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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
5
Brimfield area churches and societies are listed with service times, leaders, and meeting schedules. Includes M E Church Rev M P Laceiar n Congregational Rev C D Shoemaker Baptist Rev Engvistor and other local organizations such as G A B Post M P Reev commander and various lodges and clubs with meeting nights and officers.
Mrs M M Davison of 879 Gilford Ave San Jose California extols Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headaches biliousness and liver and bowel torpor noting its remarkable health benefits A dealer William Robinson Co sells it under guarantee for 50 cents.
Prayer meeting tonight at 7:30. Sunday services begin with Banday School at 10:00 a.m. Junior Endeavor at 6:00 p.m. Evening service at 6:45. Written by Pastor C. D. Hormaker.
The M E Church schedules two Protestant services next Sunday. The morning sermon is This world, a help to the next and the evening topic Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Prayer meeting tonight at 7 30. Sunday school at 9 30. Regular League meeting at 6 30 led by C B Moore on Crosses or the cross.
East Poland Maine resident W Btone praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for sore feet burns and various abrasions. The product is sold by Wm Robinson & Co drug store for 25 cents under guarantees.
Local notices from Brimfield recount Miss India Herrington in Chicago and Lulu Hamilton's Mineral visit. The Wyoming fair runs Sept 8 to 11. Ray Clark travels to Brown's Valley Minnesota on business. Elmwood cider mill announces Saturday operations until further notice. Residents and visitors from Peoria Galesburg Mineral and Castleton appear in weekly greetings. Envelopes printed for rural routes, Old Settlers picnic at Glen Oak Park draws many autos, and a Burglar alarm via a dog saves L Arrowsmith home. Bumble bees and boys provide comic relief in late summer days.
Seth W Freeman died after an operation for bowel trouble at St Francis Hospital. Born in Sandwich Massachusetts in 1880, he moved to Brimfield, studied at Knox College and Oxford New York, and lived in Peoria. He helped found the Dime Savings Bank, built Peoria High School, planted shade trees around schools, and supported charitable acts for the poor. Funeral and interment were private per his wishes.
Joseph F. Kaylor, son of Chris and Emma Kaylor, born Oct 2 1889 in Pek ja TIL, died in Kansas City Sunday Aug 16 1908 aged 18. He leaves a father, mother, five brothers and two sisters. Funeral held at home north of Oak Hill conducted by Rev. C T Cady. Buried Oak Hill cemetery. The family had moved from Peoria last spring. He had been in Kansas City since spring employed there. The death caused by typhoid pneumonia and he was well liked by all.
A $25.00 reward is offered for information leading to a conviction under liquor laws. This bounty is issued by the Law and Order League of Brimfield township.
A correspondent describes Indian manners and worship in the morning bath, clothing norms, and social traits. Observations contrast venerable religious rites with concerns over water purity, dress, servility, and shaving practices among Hindus, Muhammadans, and Rajputs.
An observer notes that many sideshow acts have left the main show and taken odd new roles. The fat woman runs a country, the bearded lady drives a truck, and other freaks pursue ordinary jobs from Kokomo to Cattyhunk while smaller acts fade to the dime museums in small towns.
In a West based Omaha scheme several large railroads report large savings from a joint plan to reduce expenses. Union conferences revealed wasteful practices from coal usage to damaged cars and improper shipments. January yield an estimated $160000 savings with February adding $150000, plus fuel care savings of $10000 monthly. The report argues thrift could extend to all industries.
A travel note praises Italian street fare with large chestnuts boiled in red broth seasoned with laurel and caraway. Genoa and Naples feature friggitrice sellers serving fried artichokes and cheese balls, offering hot, crispy interiors and tender centers through portable kettles and door runs.
An anonymous Le Temps report describes two industry men near Rome who coin grease the coin trade by placing crude Caesar head coins on turkeys. Visitors are shown these coins then fed to gastric acid, erasing proof and mass producing counterfeit keepsakes for curious travelers.
In Central Park New York a boy sits on a bench watching riders with donkeys. An extremely fat woman offers to hire him a donkey but he declines saying he would rather sit and laugh.
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