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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1936
Page
11
A crowded page lists residents and guests visiting Galesburg for Centennial events and picnics. Names include Norma Escor Cuba and many local families from Peoria Canton Springfield and Denver visiting friends and relatives. A political editorial from Red Oak critiques Roosevelt era policies.
An elderly rural observer in a large town reports astonishment at an electric train, noting she has seen trains pulled by horses and driven by engines but never by a clothes-prop, in a quip cited by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A lady offers a reward and opens five one dollar bills while noting she lost a five dollar bill. The boy replies honestly, asserting he saw the advertisement and that the money was altered to resemble payment, fitting a stray stories magazine theme.
In a tense trial a group of alienists questioned the defendant. A doctor shouted a query about the number of feet on a centipede and the man replied with a dry remark about worries, shifting the mood in the courtroom.
A Moscow bulletin from the Communist International explains why they back President Roosevelt. They state support aims to strengthen influence among American social groups and to defeat London, which they say opposes class war and revolution, predicting four more years of Roosevelt will create favorable conditions for communists.
For sale a second hand range baler with 30 gallon capacity in excellent condition. Also offered are concentrates, mineral feed, salt, tankage, bran, mill feeds, grinding to order, and miscellaneous farm supplies. Representative wanted for magazine subscriptions in Brimfield area.
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