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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
5
A compact listing of church services and church-affiliated groups. EB Lack and Congregational and Baptist pastors post service times Sunday schools and youth meetings. Fraternal and veterans organizations meet monthly or biweekly, with officers named and meeting places noted.
A fragment advertises subscribing for magazines with Clair Keeling presented as a agent who can save money on any magazine published. The text hints at a promotional approach and urges readers to consult Keeling before subscribing.
Warning issued by the Commissioners of Highways about cattle allowed to run at large annoying farmers. Property damage urged to be prevented. landowners urged to watch livestock carefully.
The piece argues life span can extend beyond current norms due to advancing knowledge. It claims the critical period is around age sixty and promotes a tonic described as Elec tric Bitters that revitalizes every organ. Guaranteed by local druggists.
The 18th Annual Old Settlers Picnic in Brimfield on August 15 drew about six thousand by afternoon after a rainy morning. Gov. Deneen spoke after arriving by automobile. Spencer's band and multiple choirs performed as hundreds traveled by special trains from Peoria and beyond.
John F. Richford married Miss Alice May Kaun of Delavan at St. Louis on August 13 1907. After a brief stay at Brimfield they left for Delavan to reside. They will be at the Commercial Hotel until housekeeping and friends extend congratulations.
Miss Lulu Shane announces her millinery shop will close the first of the week for a brief vacation. She will visit the city to select new stock for the fall trade.
A jumble of notes mentions Bantam chickens from Bantam in Java, rising England divorces, France leading Europa theaters with 89 theaters, 1.5 million coal workers, olive oil arm plumping claim, an old Japanese shipyard, onyx and marble finds near Redlands California, China railways, Lake Balkhagh clarity, Amsterdam beer selling, a London keeper fined, Bella in homes post Queen Anne, Paris bird food sales, Hesse tax on bachelors, Frith painting values, Monte Carlo gamblers, and St Catherine’s Isle of Wight lighthouse.
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