French Grove Social Notes and Local Visits
French Grove residents hosted visitors from Swanton and Elmwood while others attended the Chautauqua at Brimfield. Russel Purcell underwent an appendectomy in Peoria and is recovering well. Several families traveled to Peoria and Kansas City for work, school, or stock purchases, with multiple calls on W. R. Moore and C. A. Welch households.
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Ralph Ludlum
Peoria
John Hasselbacher
Ludlum
Miss Hasselbacher
Elsmore
Kansas
Mr. Ludlum
Bradley
Reward for Theft and Grand Larceny Conviction in Brim Field
$200 reward offered for evidence of theft robbery and grand larceny leading to conviction in Brim field Community. By Order of Board Directors of Vigilance Com. The old town extends greetings to the old settlers today.
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Brimfield
Vigilance Com
What Evolution Teaches at Union Church Sermon
The Union Church schedules a Sunday morning sermon on What Evolution Teaches about the Origin and Development of Life. August evening meetings are canceled. The church school meets at 9:40 AM, with an all day picnic for the School on Tuesday at 10 AM at the Congregational church. Families share a basket dinner. A lively committee leads entertainment with many surprises. "I would give nothing for that man's religion whose very dog and cat are not the better for it." Rowland Hill.
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Congregational Church
Rowland Hill
Infant daughter of McCune family dies in 1925
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest McCune was laid to rest at Brimfield Cemetery on August 12, 1925. A funeral notice quotes lines about a wakening in a radiant land and mentions the next C. D. of A. meeting on Thursday August 27 at 2:30 p.m.
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Forrest McCune
Brimfield
C. D. of A
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