Camp Meeting Plans and Rates Announced at Brimfield
The Praran will be announced Yoon with features August 6 and 16. The Feecutive Committee plans water supply program and lodging, cottages nearly ready. Dr Kemp to preach August 16 and speak Aug 16. Rev McCulloch to lead Bible Hour daily and preach Aug 9. Music by Mr Potts. boarding hall under Rev Alford. Camping rates: gate 10c, season 2c. meals 25c, Sunday 35c. cottages from 1.00 to 2.00. corral 15c hay, 10c grain. Special days for W F M and Epworth League August 13–15.
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Plan
Reise Lee Heaven Rounds
Hev Steedore Kemp
Filb
Tilinow Wesleyan
Kemp
Epworth League
Aldom
McCulloch
TDD
Monmouth
Chas. Arthur Potts
Potts
Los Angeles
D S. McCown
Geo. K Alford
Rev. M. P
Oak Hill
W. H. M Os
Obituary of Florence Malinda Simons Kettenring Robey
Florence Malinda Simons Kettenring Robey died August 1 1908 at Decatur after living in Brimfield and Peoria. She married Christopher Kettenring in 1872 producing two children, then married James Robey in 1879 and had another child. She worked at Cottage Hospital Peoria and was buried in Brimfield after funeral services led by Rev Richard Pacey.
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Florence Malinda Simons
Washington Simons
French Grove
Decatur
Christopher Ketterring
Brimfield
Chrix
Addie
Kettenring
Baptist Church
Peoria
Episcopal Church
Addie Ransom
Angus
Richard Pacey
Brimfield Village approves 1908 annual appropriation ordinance
The village governing board passes a special ordinance for the fiscal year beginning May 1 1908 allocating funds for electric light police and street commissioners walks and streets totaling 1359 20 with official approval and an attestation by the village clerk.
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Brimfield
Big Harvest Home Anniversary Observed at Yates City
The 21st anniversary notices a community celebration at Yates City on Thursday August 13 908 with oration by Pree Fisher of Lombard and addresses by Frank Weinh Steel and Brown, a band quartet, staging for ladies and men, classes, athletics, games, baseball, concert and fireworks.
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Big Harvest
Yates City
Ita
Pree Fisher
Lombard
Frank
Weinh
Steel and
Brown
Muate
Billa
Jubilee Calls and Local Social Notes
Jubilee visitors include Mr and Mrs J L Murdoch and family from Brimfield. Misa Nellie Cole returns from a month with her sister in Peoria. Miss Ida Nicholls remains ill but friends stay hopeful. Mrs John Cavanaugh returns with new daughter after weeks in Quincy. Joseph Weber and family from Princeville visit. Lydia Powers and cousin from Dunlap join Etta Heinz for Sunday calls. Mrs Wm Bale improves and nurse leaves. Mr Bale remains ill. Filtey of Brimfield to teach at Poland school this Fall. Chauncey King travels home near Peoria, sick with measles.
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Misa Nellie Cole
Peoria
Ida Nicholls
John Cavanaugh
Quincy
Joseph Weber
Princeville
J . Smith
Lydia Powers
Dunlap
Etta Heinz
Wm. Bale
Mr. Bale
Excellent Health Advice From Mrs Davison on Electroe Bitters
Mrs M M Davison of San Jose California praises Electroe Bitterea as a superior general remedy for headache biliousness and liver and stomach discomfort. She asserts a bottle offers more digestive health value than any other remedy she knows of. Sold under guarantee at Wm Robinson and Co drug store priced 50 cents.
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M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Wm. Robinson & Co
Ringling Gres Brings World Show to Peoria
Brimfield residents can visit Ringling Brothers World Greatest Shows in Peoria on Thursday August 20. The twenty-fifth anniversary tour features a sensational mid air car thriller by Mile La Belle Roche with two somersaults, a steep dome launch, and a high landing on the track. The program includes famed acts from Germany and Spain such as Marguerite and Hanley, Eva Brien and Horton, Clark Brothers, Jordans, Kerslake pigs, Alvarezs aerialists, and De Marlo contortionists among others.
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Brimfield
Ng Brothers
Peoria
Ringling Setinee
Io Altry
Mile
la Belle Roche
Germany
Marguerite
Hanley
Eva Brie
Horton
Persia
Wormwood
Duttons
Clark Brothers
Clarkenians
Jordan
Kerslake
New Zealand
Carnellus
Acrobate
Alvarez
de Marlo
Spain
Brimfield Law and Order League Offers $25 Reward
A $25 reward is offered for information leading to conviction under liquor laws. The reward is issued by the Law and Order League of Brimfield township.
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Law and Order League of
Brimfield Township
Congregational Church Notes Prompt Evening Service Schedule
Union prayer meeting at 7 30 tonight Sunday Services include Banday School at 10 00 am and preaching at 11 00 am with subject Christ s Prenouness Junior Endeavor at 6 00 pm and E645pm Why and how to be healthy led by Mildred Foeter Preaching at 7 30 pm subject A Good Soldier due to camp meeting at Oak Hill this will be the only preaching service Everyone is welcome Pastor C D sS HogmacEns
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Congregational Church Notes
Union
Mildred Foeter
Oak Hill
Intowr
Epworth League Day Planned at Campmeeting
M E Church notes announce a prayer meeting at 7 30 tonight and no Epworth League service during campmeeting. On Saturday August 15 Epworth League day will be observed with Brimfield League possibly attending part or all of the day and plans to be announced next week.
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Epworth League
Epworth
Brimfield League
Village hall to host all committee meetings next Monday night
All committees convene at the village hall next Monday night. Finance committee includes L. Dungan Henry Memler Hugh Carroll W. E Reed J. F. Shane. Grounds committee lists W. L. Hayward H. O. Cady F. W. Clark. Music committee features Wm Harding L O Pulsi pher Dr A J Hawkes. Amusements committee comprises C C Carson H A Griggs Jaz Hindle A T Babcock D T Cowley.
Arnica Salve Promoted For Sore Feet and Burns
East Poland Maine resident Mr W Stone commends Bockien Arnica Salve for sore feet burns sores and all abrasions It is also advised for piles Sold with guarantee at Wm Robinson Co drug store price 25 cents.
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Bockien
Mr. W. Stone
East Poland
Maine
Wm. Robinson & Co
Local Notes and Social Snippets From Peoria Region
A mixed local page notes Miss Nellie Culberteen visiting West Jersey friends and Lara Brooks returning home from Laura. Mentions Rheumatic Remely product ads, weekend visitors Hartey Lucas and Clauste Brigan at Sand Point, family news from Mr and Mrs H Feratsecene, and a rambler runabout sale to M R Clark. Train schedules for Old Settlers day link Peoria Brimfield travel. big Peoria County picnic advertised. Taft health notes compare weight shifts from 430 to 290 pounds with quirky remarks from the Lacan Journal.
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Rhoop
Hartey Lucas
Clauste Brigan
Sand Point
Vic Fergneron
Della Belcher
M. R Clark
J. T
Manita
Brimfield
Peoria County
Young Klein
Whitefield
Lacan Journal
Lewis' Single Binder Cigars Sell Over Nine Million Yearly
The advertisement touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars with over 9,000,000 sold annually praising rich mellow tobacco and claiming quality equal to top 10c brands. It warns against imitators and urges smokers to ask dealers for Lewis' Single Binder from the Peoria factory.
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Lewis Factory Peoria
Strange Pageant Features Cowboys and Monsters in Autumn Show
A fragmentary report describes a chaotic carnival with panicked echoes of a great show. It mentions Bohumir Ergis and a trapeze act soaring 600 feet, wild boasts of cowboys and Indians, and a spectacle that mingles risks, creatures, and a moral tale amid a sprawling fairground.
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Corm
Wis
West
Merrimas
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State Board of Equalization
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West Jersey
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