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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
4
The column blends stove repair ads for O G Maxwell with town notices on teachers meetings, school changes, local improvements, and a food of farm sales. It also notes Modern Woodmen camp ranks, Illinois corn exhibit plans, and community updates from Laura to Peoria, including weather and local commerce.
High School notes list absences of Arch Bennett and Charlie Travis, the literature class reading Bacon, Lida Streicher enrolled in Primary, geometry on triangles, Latin declensions, and Horace Moon at Canton Baptist meeting. Ventilation improved in room three. Mabel Foster visited Farmington. Grace Lengeden of 1900s class to Chicago with parents. Seniors.
Mrs Annie Catton and Mr Thomas Catton wed at Brimfield M E parsonage on Thursday evening September 13, 190. Rev E Mercer of Brimfield M E church officiated. The couple, long time residents, will live in Mr Catton s farm home north of town.
A returned letter from Adnoether describes a perilous voyage. He and a companion rode in a boat that tipped, drowning a man and narrowly saving one survivor who was soaked and unconscious. He asks for money to mend his head and mentions his mother’s crying.
A countrywide scheme uses blanks like census forms asking for extra agricultural facts. A farmer signs a cut off blank space, then a promissory note is printed and sold at a bank. The con relies on exploitative manipulation of names and handwriting to counterfeit plausible documents.
J M Garretson of San Antonio Texas endured years of asthmatic misery often likened to death. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure. The ad claims it cures Asthma and all throat and lung troubles, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar with a free trial at Wm Robinson & Co drug store.
Warning notice to hunters not to hunt or trespass on the property. Names mentioned include Lahey and J. Hy Pourz. Authority appears as a private warning posted on premises to deter trespass and hunting. The notice emphasizes prohibition and bears no official enforcement details.
Regular Friday K P at M W A Hall with visiting Brothers welcome and monthly meetings of Brimfield District Court of Honor and Brimfield Fire Company at village hall. Other groups including Charles Moss Camp and Royal Neighbors share alternate evenings in G A R or Camp Halls with welcoming members. W F M S of the Methods church meets first Thursday afternoon with officers listed.
The success of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in treating bowel complaints has made it standard across the civilized world, promoted by Wm. Robinson & Co.
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