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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
8
The widow Amy H Moore will auction a 12 head of Percheron horses 20 head of Shorthorn cattle 10 registered Shropshire ewes a head of broad sows a full line of farm implements Shet land pony cart and harness and many other articles at French Grove farm on Thursday with H H Aten as auctioneer.
The late Wm Makes estate offers pure bred Percheron horses Shorthorn cattle and Duroc hogs in a dispersion sale on Thursday December 20 1928 seven miles northwest of Brimfield. Location details include routes from Laura Illinois and directions to the farm with a full line of farm machinery including a Caterpillar tractor. Bills will be posted and catalogs for horses and cattle may be requested from Oakes and Oakes Laura Illinois.
Williard Weidner will hold a public sale at his home west of Brimfield on December 27. He plans to quit farming and will sell horses cattle farm machinery harness and all farm equipment and items.
Edward C Fussner will hold a public sale at his residence five miles east of Brimfield on Wednesday December 19. Tractor and tractor equipment horses cattle harness and a full line of farm machinery will quit farming and everything goes. See bills Col M R Clark auctioneer.
The Plack homestead, three miles east of Oak Hill and five miles southeast of Brimfield, will be sold at public auction on the premises Wednesday January 16 1929 at 2 o'clock p m to settle the George Plack estate. Desirable stock and grain farm or dairy farm. For information contact Colonel M R Clark Brimfield Illinois Auctioneer.
Local notes describe Cemetery association plans for an ornamental entrance and new driveway on the grounds, plus a new bowling alley at Community recreation rooms. Memorial items include the death of Mrs. Wm Shannon in Peoria and Mrs. H N Hallock in Denver. Brimfield high school basketball tied East Peoria after a 18 to 12 loss, with the second team winning 13 to 8. the squad travels to Glasford next.
Blue Valley Creamery Institute promotes a low cost farm cream cooling setup using a water-tight barrel sunk in the ground near a pump. Two cans hold warm and cooled cream, with cold water circulating to lower surrounding temperatures, then overflow to stock tank.
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