Bramble School Opens Term and Local Notices
Arleigh Hayes begins term teaching at Bramble school as December entries report farm prices, local sales, and community moves. Wyoming beat Brimfield 10 to 0. several families relocate, a new land and insurance office opens, and Red Cross enrolls 133 members.
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Arleigh Hayes
Bramble School
Jubilee Township
Smith Ketchum
Champaign
Wyoming
Brimfield
J. M. Dungan
Robert Wiley
Julia Jones
George
California
E.C. Pulsipher
Eugenia
Galesburg
Thank You Mrs Clara Phares Birthday Thanks Note
A note of gratitude from Mrs Clara Phares expresses thanks to friends for cards letters and gifts on her birthday. Community Building hosts a winter event featuring skating with Esslinger's orchestra and a subsequent dance program with admission 25 cents includes skates and dancing. Spills occur but no injuries reported. The item also promotes a science article on why animals die in The American Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Phares
Esslinger
Public Notice on WPA Hiring Registration
Local workers seeking employment on the new high school project must register with the Employment Agency. Contractors are required to hire through this agency for all WPA work. Registration available with Miss Agnes Kennedy. Ship to shore telephone service began in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Kennedy
Brimfield Boys Beat Princeville In Close Twin Wins
Brimfield defeated Princeville in both games as the varsity won 15-14 after a tight second half. The junior squad opened 15-11. The town urged support for Friday’s away game against Dunlap to boost morale and trophy chances.
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Princeville
Brimfield
Brimfeld
Library News Seeks Donations For Classic And New Books
The library requests donations of listed classics by Eliot Scott and Homer plus contemporary titles and rental books by Webb Lindberg Price. Several titles are available now including Eight Cousins and White Fang. Appreciation is offered to Miss Florence Wyman and thanks are given for the new electric lights installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcott
Good Will On The Road This Christmas Season
A Christmas drive to reduce traffic deaths urges churches to promote courteous driving. The article cites the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters and urges drivers to obey safe-speed practices, proper passing, and clear signals as acts of Practical Christianity and good neighborliness.
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Iits
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Churches of America
Maher Rites Highlight Local Elderly Farmer’s Life
Thomas F. Maher died November 21 1935 at St Francis hospital aged 63 years 4 months and 17 days He was born near Kickapoo and lived in Brimfield township He married Anna Carrigan on January 8 1895 and they had nine children Funeral Mass at St Josephs Church followed by interment in St Patricks cemetery Kickapoo The obituary notes his farming life and community involvement with surviving relatives listed including five grandchildren and siblings.
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Thomas F. Maher
Patrick
Mary Doran Maher
St. Francis Hospital
Mr. Maher
Kickapoo
Brimfield Township
Anna Carrigan
Clarence L
Arthur J. James P
Marie Kelley
Esther de Ford
Hilda Cecil
Ida Graves
Lucille Maher
Ida Agnes
Martin E
William P
Charles Maher
Agnes Bowman
Emma Weatherwax
Alice Dawson
Kathryn Gray
Susie Reinhart
Brimfield
St. Joseph’s Church
T. C Harrison
St. Patricks Cemetery
Thanksgiving Day Social Notes From Peoria Area
French Grove Dale and Helen Welch were Peoria callers Monday. Many local families hosted relatives and friends over Thanksgiving. The entry lists numerous visits, dinners, and gatherings involving the Carters, Shaffers, Welchs, Pursells, Oakes, Hutchins, and other neighbors, with plans for games and extended family travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
Helen Welch
Peoria
Ninety Years Young at Clara Phares Birthday Party
A family gathering at Mrs. Clara Phares home marked her ninetieth birthday and Thanksgiving. Dinners featured her daughters Minnie Tennery Eva Fisher Nellie Carson and grandsons Ralph Carson Ross Fisher with wives. guests included Miss Ryper and Florence Care sell. About fifty ladies later honored Mrs Phares with a birthday program and readings.
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Clara Phares
Minnie Tennery
Eva Fisher
Nellie Carson
Galenburg
Ralph Carson
Ross Fisher
Miss Ryper
Galesburg
Florence Caresell
Shirley
Terra Boute Indiana
Wolf
Maude Stewart
Elizabeth Hindle
The
Geesta
Peace on earth ideal amid street conflicts cited
The Industrial New Review laments ongoing selfishness and cruelty on streets and highways. It argues that until goodwill toward men becomes real, the ideal of peace will only receive lip service and remain distant.
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Industrial New Review
Local Births Dinners and Social News roundup
Laura items report a December 3 birth to Mr. and Mrs Henry Kelley and note several social visits and gatherings. Miss Nadine Von Dreaser visits Newdeska while Laura Social Circle meets at Barbara Smith’s. Families move, Thanksgiving dinners are shared in Elmwood Springville Norwood Park and Toluca. A farewell party for Mr and Mrs Raymond Jordyn and a bridge club event are listed alongside illness and hospital visits. An accident injures Wiltur Tucker’s finger, requiring amputation. The American Legion plans an oyster stew for December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kelley
Nadine von Dreaser
Newdeska
Kansas
Lee Brown
Thanking Relatives Friends and Neighbors for Support
We express gratitude to relatives, friends, and neighbors for every kind gesture extended during our bereavement.
Death of Edward Gibbs at Mt. Union Iowa in 1846 birth era
Edward Gibbs brother of Sars Emma Pulsipher died at his Mt. Union Iowa home on Friday November 22. Born January 14 1846 at the Gibbs homestead west of Southport he would have turned 90 next month. Survived by wife son Lester two sisters Emma Pulsipher and Allie Osborne of Sioux City and brothers Oren Morning Sun and Albert Portland Oregon.
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Edward Gibbs
Sars
Emma Pulsipher
Mt. Union
Iowa
Mr. Gibbs
Gibbs
Southport
Southport-Elmwood
Lester
Allie Osborne
Sioux City
Oren
Morning Sun
Albert
Portland
Oregon
Death of Wm. Wasson Reported in Oklahoma
Relatives report the death of Wm. Wasson on Tuesday December 3 at his Oklahoma home. Burial will take place in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Wasson
Oklahoma
Annual 4 H Party Saturday Evening
The annual 4 H club achievement party will be held at the American Legion hall 404 N Monroe Avenue at 7 30 p m on Saturday December 14. W McMillen and Mrs George Shissler chair the program recognizing year end honors for judging demonstration contest and championships. Farm adviser J W Whisenand and home adviser Miss Christie Hepler present brief year in review while Ralph Hayes leads singing and Harold Pool performs a banjo harmonica solo. Much of the picture was taken in Peoria county.
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American Legion Hall
Monroe Avenue
Cc. W. McMillen
Farm Bureau 4-H
George Shissler
Home Bureau
J W. Whisenand
Christie Hepler
Ralph Hayes
Chillicothe
Harold Pool
Princeville Club
Peoria County
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Thos Pacey
Brown Building
Arthur Sollenberger
Andrew Cec
Edward McCoy
Gerald Kelly
Charles German
Harry Shirley
Clifford Cady
Francis Taylor
Red Cross
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Puble
Oberlin
Lillian Russell
United States
Rhode Island
Library News
Adam Bede
George Eliot
Quentin Durward
Walter Scott Kamon
Helen Hunt Jackson
Homer
Lang
Florence Wyman
Gladys and
Margaretta Carter
Dottie Clark
Fairy Carter
Canton
Verne Shaffer
Shaffer
Ondda
Mollie Day
Leona
McClellan Home
Harry Reed
Russell Pursell
Washington
Glenn Foster
F. F. Gingrich
Jim Welch
John Coon
Verve Shaffer
Paul
Angus Moore
C. F. Adams
W M. Carter
Margaretta
W. E. Carter
Aymond Jo
Dan
Laura
Hubert Oakes
Elgin
Kinsey Hutchins
Lake
North Dakota
Roy Hutchins
Toulon
Edson Pursell
Oakes
Eudora Smith
Nora Balcom
Fred Klatt
Clarabel Rypearson
St. Louis
Reba Herriott
Hart Kemp
Elmwood
Forest Oakes
Harry Reen
S A Kellogg
Robah Oakes
Chicago
Art Hahn
Barbara Smith
George Mooe
Wm. Layman
Harriet Reed
Zella Powers
Shannon
Springville
C. C. Leach
James Kemper
J. H Whittaker
Kewanee Public Hospital
Bridge Club
Raymond Jorday
Harold Gelvin
Wm. Jones
Mabel Jones Sell
Norwood Park
Chester Kuntz
Monmouth College
Donald Carter
University of Illinois
Raymond Jordan
Mary Miller
Cecil
Harold Miller
Toluca
Harley Reed
Wiley
Edwin Reed
Merle Beamer
Wilfred Beamer
Hannah Beamer
Charles Bacon
Gloriande
Lemont
George Morris
Near West Jersey
Frank
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Sargent House
Ransom
Mr. Dunivant
Stonelind Pipe Line Co
Donald Miller
Willard Klusman
Wm. Green, Jr
Robert Hyne
C. G. Humphrey
Elmer Daily
Baby Larry
el Paso
Gladys Cox
Milledgeville
A. E. Cox
America Legion
Wiltur J
Duane Tucker
St. Francia Hospital
Keith Cady
Lake Forest College
Ph. Eta Sigma
National Scholastic Society
Cady
Knox Stentor College
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
R. B. Roberts
Ulinois
J.E. Welsh, M.pd
W.E. Nolting
Mlinois
DR Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg-Bldg
Illinois
Frederick V. Arber
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis & Arbea
Central National Bank
Geo. W. Claskes
Undertaker
Winteler
der. R. Claybaugh
Brimfield, Winos
H R. Johnson &Son
Llinote
Palace Theater
Elmwood, Illinois
Rochelle Hudson
Henry Fonda
Slim Summerville
Way Down East
Todd Kelly
William Powell Rosalind Russells
Binnie Barnes In
Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin
Mina, Ernestine Schuman Heink In
Wednes-Thurs
Walter C. Kelly
Marsha Hunt
Stepin Fetchit
Virginia
Gene Stratton Porter
Ohs
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