Old Settlers Picnic Says It Will Start At Ten A M
The Old Settlers annual picnic at the school park is ready with concessions, a merry go round, stands, and decorations as the event opens at ten in the morning. Rev. John Acheson of Princeton will deliver the keynote. A feature this year is the Varney Air Field Circus with lady parachute artists. Brimfield band will provide concert music, followed by a ball game and an afternoon of activities and an evening dance.
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John Acheson
Princeton
Acheson
Peoria County
Farm Bureau
Illinois
Presbyterian
Princeville
Varney Air Field Circus
Brimfield Band
Local Notes on Reduced Rates for Frederics Permanents
Reduced rates announced for permanent wav ing Frederics permanents after August 1st. June Randy Crane Elm wood III.
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Frederics
Randy Crane Elmwood, III
Hereford Cattle Listings With Mixed Lots at Fairfield
A livestock sale note details 100 yearlings, two year olds at zero pounds, two calf loads, 70 springer heifers and two yearling heifer loads. Also mixed cattle available with sorting offered. Writ by G F Greber of Fairfield Iowa.
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G F. Greber
Fairfield
Iowa
Gladiolus Florist Laurels Charlie Nichols in Brimfield
Flowery acres of Charlie Nichols attract admirers from far and wide as his Gladiolus gardens rival famed European displays. The Brimfield piece credits Nichols as a “minister of God” for cultivating beauty and spreading color beyond Japan and local woods.
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Japan
France
Italy
Charlie Nickolls
Gladiolus
Farewell Uncle Jim Reed
A loving remembrance from a friend at Bilm wood Gazette as they recall Uncle Jim Reed. The poem Arcs from a sea voyage image with stars and a white sail signaling farewell across the Main. It speaks of absence and hopeful signs beyond the ocean while honoring Uncle Jim.
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Uncle Jim
Jim Reed
Bilmwood
Notes From The Churches Union Church Brimfield Schedule
The Church School meets at 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship at 11:00 a.m. Miss Ethel Memler presides at Sunday School this month. Herbert N. Blakeway is the minister for the Union Church of Brimfield.
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Ethel Memler
the Union Church of
Brimfield
Methodist Notes Sunday schedule changes announced
Sunday School will be at 10 a.m. but no church services this Sunday due to the pastor's absence. Services resume Sunday, August 25. Austin A. Rodgers, Pastor.
Christ the Only Way Ser mon at Luther an Church
Sunday School at ten ten a m Regular preaching at ten thirty a m with text John 3 16 21 topic The only and infallible way to heaven Christ the only way The speaker portrays Christ seeking souls with tears and blood and urges acceptance to join the heavenly banquet and have one’s name written in the Book of Life Traub pastor
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John
Heaven
Christ
Konjola Praised By Back Pain Sufferer In Illinois
Mrs Jennie Lowder of Jacksonville Illinois credits Konjola with ending eighteen months of severe backaches and a disordered stomach. She says the medicine transformed her quickly to a well person and restored appetite sleep and vitality. Konjola is sold at Zern drug store in Brimfield and by other local druggists in the region.
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Konjola
Jennie Lowder
West Court Street
Jacksonville
Illinois
Omeli
Brimfield
Zern
Bes
Cemetery Fund Rises to Two Thousand Dollars
Mrs Clemmie Chichester reports a donation from Addie Ranson nee Kettenring, a former Brimfield girl now in Detatur, boosting the Brimfield Cemetery permanent fund to 2000 dollars. Interest funds upkeep costing about 700 dollars annually. Ranson’s note requests 50 dollars for Christian S. Kettenring and Florence’s lot, marking her mother’s death anniversary. Merkle & Co. of Peoria will straighten the foot stone and monument when next in the cemetery.
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Clemmie Chichester
Brimfield
Brimfield Cemetery
Asso
Christian S. Kettenring
Florence
Merkle & Co
Peoria
Addie R. Ranson
Harvest Home August 2x in West Jersey observance
West Jersey plans a Harvest Home on August 2x. Laurence Catton and family from Savanna visit their Brimfield relatives Frank and Mrs Catton. Memler's hosts Vinegar Day with Blue Ribbon Apple Cider Vinegar at 29c per gallon and jug refunds. Pacey family from Joliet visit old home and attend picnic. Tom, longtime rail worker, times vacations with old settlers day for a double kick of nostalgia.
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Laurence Catton
Savanna
Frank Catton
Brimfield
Memler
Pacey
Joliet
Tom
Chicago
Kansas City
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Chas. L. Dungan
Horace O. Cady
Chas. C. Carson
Chas. F. Dungan
Cash J. R. Schelkopf
Asst
Cash
Brimfield, Il
Fred Arber
The
Old Settlers
Zern Pharmacy
Cliff Blundy
Hereford Steers
Gladioli
Charlie Nicholls
Lie Nichols
C. W. Hamilton
Jim
Death
the Union Church
Herbert N. Blakeway
Methodist Notes
Austin A. Rodgers
Beebe Daniels
Paramount Picture
Old Settler's
Merry Cavaliers
Lutheran Church
the Gospel Church
Denry Traub
Hccare & Birkett
Attorneys AT Law
Peoria Life Bldg
Peoria, Illinois
S. R. Quigley
Oph. B
Cen Nat'l Bnk Bid
Frederick V. Arber
Atto
LAW
Todd, Morgan
Pendarvis & Arber
Central National Bank
Happy Lady Tel
West Jersey
R. B. Roberpr
Physician
J. E. Welse
Tllinois
W. E. Nolting
Brimfeld, Illinois
Brimfield, Illinois
LAW Office
Geo. W. Cluskey
Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg
Galesburg
Nois
A. B. Stewart
Stock Yards Rendering Company
Union Stock Yards
Quaker State Oils
Ethyl Gas Johnson Gasoline
G. A. Shane
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