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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
8
A dental style ad notes that a spoonful of oil benefits children more than vinegar, recommending castor oil for bowel disorders and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for severe cases, with Wm. Robinson & Co. as sellers.
An Arizona mine known as the Rat Hole Mine was found by a woman who observed a trader rat moving items from her tent to a rock hollow. The mine is reputed to have paid millions in dividends.
A man from Bagwell Mo credits a cough remedy with ending three years of bronchitis insomnia. He tried doctors and patent medicines before his wife obtained the medicine, which he says fully relieved his symptoms. Sold by William Robinson & Co.
Miss Kate Beering has been nominated by the Republicans of Morris county Kansas for treasurer. The young woman defeated three of the county’s best known and wealthiest men who at once offered to go on her bond of 200000 dollars.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a secret to vitality and excellent digestion, claiming all organs are active and headaches vanish. It invites readers to try them at 25 cents, sold by Wm Robinsont & Co.
The financial year 1900 shows building societies handling 37,771,262 pounds for 2,307 societies and under 60,000 members. English members total 546,388 with 26,588,776 pounds credited, Scotland has 36,075 members with 674,343 pounds, and Ireland 15,371 members with 611,145 pounds.
Five men began a poker session in Denver at midnight on August 1. The game peaked at 7 PM on August 2 after three meals. By 2 AM on August 3 three players had dropped out for lack of funds or exhaustion. The remaining two continued playing until the early dawn.
The Kewanee Daily Courier reports Miss Frances Anthony and Heryer E Pursell wed at the Congregational church in a gala event. Guests toasted with a two course reception at the Anthony home on South Tremont, then sent the couple off by train to Colorado before settling at the bride’s home. Pursell, sales chief at Kewanee Boiler, is praised for his business promise.
The Curaco Recorp-Her ALD assigns Walter Wellman as Washington correspondent. Born in Mentor Ohio in 1833, he started a paper at 14, helped found Cincinnati Evening Post, and was once Chicago Herald’s Washington correspondent. He later led arctic expeditions and contributed to scientific journals.
An ad extols DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a dependable liver medicine that purges sickness without harsh effects. It promises gentle cleansing of poison and putrid matter, avoiding discomfort to the glands stomach and bowels.
Under a French law workmen, clerks or managers who disclose trade secrets to foreigners or French residents abroad face imprisonment of two to five years and fines of 5,000 to 20,000 francs plus loss of civil rights and police surveillance for five to ten years after release. A French resident abroad faces lighter penalties, and state arms factories carry the maximum penalty. Factory proprietors retain rights to discoveries and inventions made by their employees.
The passage uses the doubling of ancestors per generation to argue that all people share common lineage. Starting with two parents, it shows 4 grandparents, 8 great grandparents, and continues doubling to 1,024 in the tenth, over a million in the twentieth, and over a billion by the thirtieth generation, claiming shared ancestry given a global population around 1.5 billion.
A description from Mme Beantzon reveals Tolstoy accepts his wife’s guidance, eating and drinking as she prescribes with childlike docility. The piece argues this contradicts views of his absolute personal authority and portrays him as powerless in domestic discipline.
The raffia fiber from Madagascar is used as cigarette paper with samples shown at the Commercial Museum in Tananarive. United States Consul William H. Hunt at Tamatave notes the fiber is supple strong tasteless odorless and very clean and suggests manufacturers should experiment with it for other uses.
The story recounts Senator McMillan of Michigan bragging about a green Irishman named Pat at his Detroit area country place. Pat got a box of five grain quinine capsules, and when asked about it later he said he received the medicine and it cured him, but it was a lot of trouble to dig the medicine out of those little shells.
Rev Mr Raymond of First Methodist Church and Peck have an unusual agreement where the church lends land worth 500 dollars for improvements in exchange for 30 dollars and ten hours of public talks. Peck plans to discuss religion and morality from his own view, and the preacher has agreed to host the meeting.
W H Brown of Leesville Indiana endured asthma suffering until a new medicine offered instant relief and eventual cure. The letter reports sleep returning nightly and claims cures for consumption pneumonia bronchitis coughs colds and grip. The claim cites a guaranteed bottle priced oc and one dollar with trial bottles free at Wim Robinson and Co. drug store.
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