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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
4
Market notes show oats and corn prices with percentages and dates unclear. The readable items list Ear Corn 139 percent, Wheat No 3 17, New Beans 2 8 Oct Nov del. The fragment references commodity grades and seasonal windows, but specifics are incomplete.
Local notices highlight social events and visits. Crews attend cream social on August 26 while Blak Edwards of Belleville spends hours here. Numerous families from Belleville Peoria Kickapoo and Joliet visit or host relatives across the region. Back to school sale begins Saturday with a wide range of goods on offer.
The Laura Winners 4H club met at Jono Harvey’s home for the August session. In business, a scrap paper drive was planned. Raymond Morrissey and Mike Morrissey presented talks on Feeding Beet Salvea and Weed Control, Dorothy Kellogg played a flute solo. The meeting adjourned with refreshments. The next gathering is 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 21 at Albert King’s home.
Miscellaneous ads list Home for two cats with kits. Residence for sale in Brimfield. Four full blood Guernsey cows for sale. Chevrolet station wagon for sale. Walnut dining suite and blue velour couch for sale. Found bracelet to identify at News office. Lost ring with reward. Rent offered for timber pasture with water. Public sale notice for Brimfield home goods. Perry Walker notes upcoming sale. band bills to follow.
The brain enlarges rapidly in the first five or six years, after which doctors say its growth rate declines considerably. This finding highlights the crucial impact of early development on later cognitive potential.
The school park hosts tents and stalls for today’s big event with afternoon and evening programs planned Friday and Saturday. Older residents recall past Carlir gatherings as volunteers bow over photos, noting entries required age fifty for early seed feasts. Quarnet little bounets and curls adorn ladies while busny whiskers mark gentlemen, with relics on display.
A cautious note from a consumer safety group warns that repainting old toys may expose children to hazardous paints. The advisory stresses using child safe, non toxic paints and adhering to age appropriate guidelines to reduce ingestion risks.
Formosa with over seven million people rivals Australia in population while possessing vast land and strategic significance. The piece notes almost 200 Formosas would equal Australia’s land area, highlighting Formosa as a populous island nation close to the size of the continent’s population.
District of Columbia Hamburg Funkstown and Foggy Bottom were historic names applied to the Potomac shore near the Lincoln Memorial, reflecting old local usage around the memorial site.
A college football hopeful explains his speed by catching jackrabbits on his ranch. He says he ran beside them to judge their fatness for his fussy father, prompting the coach to note others claimed similar practice but were not as fast.
A compiled column lists help wanted for laundry work by Mrs Edna McCoy and various sale notices. Items include farm equipment, a farm scale, double corn crib, registered Duree gifts, and multiple pasture land listings near Brimfield. Local ads also promote new stationery and note sheets at the News Notice.
Hunting licenses for resident and new resident sportsmen are available at the village clerk H. Cagy's office.
To render poultry fat cut it into pieces and heat slowly ideally using a double boiler. Heat gently until fat melts and separates from solids, then strain and cool to obtain rendered fat suitable for cooking or storage.
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