Old Settlers Picnic at Brimfield Draws Six Thousand Crowd
The annual Old Settlers Picnic drew about six thousand attendees with a day full of humor stories sports and music. Rev Fr French of Monmouth spoke as Brimfield band and Ton Wilhelm of Peoria performed. Alta beat Brimfield 3 to 2 in the JAH game amid lively chatter about candidates and local families.
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Brimfield
Fr. French
Monmouth
Brimfield Band
Ton Wilhelm
Peoria
Alta
Brimfield Township High School Opens September 6 1920
The Brimfield Township High School and Brimfield Grade School begin the 1920 21 term on September 6th Teachers urge parents to send children that day The article notes high school training raises earnings with a Massachusetts study showing high school graduates earning about 4490 more per year than eighth grade graduates The Illinois State and University of Illinois recognize the school for accreditation and entry requires completion of eighth grade or equivalent
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Brimfield Township
State of
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Achoola
Massachusetts State Board of Education
Schol
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Death of Mrs Chas A Byrnes in Bloomington
Mrs Della Byrnes wife of real estate man C A Byrnes died at 402 East Douglas Bloomington after stroke complications. Born in Muscatine in 1866 she married A Byrnes in 1884 and lived in Bloomington twenty five years. Survived by husband two daughters Lucile and Dorothy, mother Mrs Joseph McDaniel, and brothers and sisters. Memorialized as Grace M E church member and former superintendent of the Sunday school. Sympathy offered to Mr Byrnes from his boyhood friends in Herlfield.
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C A Byrnes
Thin City
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Douglas Street
Sluscatine
A Byrnes
Bloomington
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Dorothy
Mre. Byrnes
Grace M. E. Church
Byrnes
Hrimfeld
Sunday School and Sermon Schedule
Sunday school at 10. Preaching service at 11. Sermon title from Luke 10 23 37. Young people skip next week singing practice. Bible school Thursday morning at 9.
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Bible School
ME Church Notes at Next Sunday Service
ME Church notes report Mr James of Galesburg will speak for the Anti-Saleon League and discuss temperance. District Superintendent F E Newland will preach and close the year's Quarterly Conference as all departments report. WF MS met with Mrs. Kingdon. forty five members attended and a titheing program led by Mrs. Laura Walliker. Mite Box Supt reported about $250. society now has sixty members.
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Galesburg
Anti-Saleon League
Edwood
WF MS
Primary Ballot colors designated for Peoria County election
Notice from Peoria County Clerk Louis J Gauss designates ballot colors for the primary on September 1920 Republican White Democratic Red for Peoria County electors excluding the City of Peoria. The statement is dated August 25, 1920 and issued from the county seat.
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Peoria County
Peoria
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