Local Notices From Brimfield and Surroundings
Wyoming Fair dates and social notes mix with visits and greetings. Names like Geo A Clerk Willis Brown Miss Pay Murphey and James Stephens of Farmington appear alongside Brimfield Club House trips and Old Settlers events in Peoria. Church services, Sunday school, and itinerant ministers from Peoria Pekin and Galva frame community life. lost glasses and local ads close the brief.
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James Stephens
Farmington
Brimeld
Stephen Cook
Lettsville
Iowa
W.G Johnson
Brimfield Club
Sand Point
Neikirk & Co
Old Settlers
Winder
Beasie Camp
Dunlap
BP. H. Herriott
Galesburg
Denver
Brimfield
James Moore
Corvallis
Oregon
M. E Church
Henry Tally
Sach Point
Ringling Brothers World’s Greatest Shows to Visit Galesburg
The Ringling Brothers circus comes to Galesburg on Wednesday September 19 with a larger show using extra trains and eighty five seventy foot cars. The Field of the Cloth of Gold will feature 1200 actors and about 500 horses on a grand stage. Special excursion rates are offered by Ringling Brothers and local lines to attend this unique exhibition, the only local circus this season.
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Ringling Brothers
Galesburg
Ring
Imng Brothers
Goto Gslenborg
Obituary for Philip Kellafadt of Jubilee township
Philip Kellafadt, a longtime respected resident of Jubilee township, died at his home in Saat'ot town at age 78. Funeral services will be held at the Lutheran church this morning with brief house services at 10 a.m. Interment follows in the Latheran cemetery. A fuller obituary will appear next week.
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Philip Kellafadt
Jubilee Township
Saat'ot Town
Lutheran Church
Latheran
Mr. Kellstadt
Obituary for Mrs Beimer Aged Mother of Mrs Walter Wilson
Mrs Beimer died at the Brimfield home of Mr and Mrs Wilson on Monday morning August 27. Funeral services were held at her Glasford home and the remains were taken to Glasford for burial. A longer obituary will appear in the next issue.
Illinois State Fair at Springfield Opens With Grand Exhibits
The Illinois state fair opens September 28 in Springfield showcasing cattle horses sheep hogs poultry farm products and implements in the largest display yet. Entertainment includes Sousa bands seven bands and two quartets with concerts nightly Louis and his band and a mammoth arsenal concert hall seating 10 000. Railroads offer one fare round trip with a 4 maximum from all points enabling mass visits.
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Sousa
Tillnois
Springfield
State Board of Agricultural
Coliseum
L. B. Wickersham
Iowa
Sonia
Louis
Mammoth State Arsenal
Illinois
Springfeld
IiMovis
Cure for summer cold praised by Waterville man
A. J. Nosbaum of Waterville Indiana reports suffering through three months of a summer cold with hay fever symptoms. He notes doctor prescriptions and medicines failed, then Fol ey s Honey and Tar quickly cured him and his wife used it successfully. Wm Robineen Co.
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A. J. Nosbaum
Waterville
Indiana
Foley
No Resistance at Miss Fantyfore’s Quiet Wedding
The Chicago Tribune notes the wedding proceeded without much fanfare as guests anticipated a lavish splurge. The groom reportedly submitted to the operation without a murmur, underscoring a restrained, quiet ceremony.
Did You Ever Experience a Change of Heart
A light dialogue from the Detroit Free Press notes a kind old lady asking about changing heart. The girl replies with humor that she has been engaged four times, illustrating a playful social vignette.
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Detroit Free Press
Atlantic Fisheries and New England Catch Value
The New England fisheries form the most vital branch of American fishing, with annual catch valued around 10 million dollars, representing about a quarter of the United States total catch. Local industry stakeholders highlight the region's economic significance and the sector's contribution to national seafood supply.
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New England
Not an Envy 7) A Woman Could Drive Him
A man admired a fine horse shown by Ron Atchison. The would be buyer asked if a woman could drive the horse. The owner replied that a woman might drive him but he would hate to live with the woman who can drive him.
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Ron Atchison
G Jve
England's Land Owners House of Lords Hold One Third Land
A report notes that fully one third of Great Britain’s land is owned by members of the house of lords, highlighting concentrated land ownership among the aristocracy and its potential social and economic impact.
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England
Great Britain
House of Lords
Engine Warmup Tip From Automobile Magazine
The gasoline engine, like the steam engine, performs best when run lightly for a few minutes before full power is demanded, states the Automobile Magazine in a practical note on engine care.
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Automobile Magazine
The Iceman Speaks on Greenland Ice Mass
A tongue in humor describes the vast Greenland ice sheet as the largest mass of ice in the west. It is formed over prehistory and now fills most of Greenland’s interior to a block about 9000 square miles in area and about a mile and a half thick. The text compares its volume to the Mediterranean Sea’s water body.
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Majestic
Greenland
Mediterranean
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Wyoming Fair
Geo. A
Willis Brown
Miss Pay Murphey
Peoria
E. O. Palsipher
Father Mainville
PF. J O'Reilly
James Shannon
M. P
D. J. Sullivan
Pekin
Leo Aaron
Atchinton
Kansas
P. O'Neill
Princeville
John P. Parker
Galva
Paap Ketaerapr
Mes Reever
Racine Wagon
King OF All
McDonnell & Son
Monica, Illinois
Atlantic Fisheries
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