Local Market Prices and Holiday Notices From The Files
The Files issue lists historic commodity prices for corn oats wheat butter eggs and hogs across multiple dates, with entries showing corn 21 oats 15 wheat 55 butter 15 eggs 20 and later corn 37 oats 28 wheat 78 butter 18 eggs 24 hogs 4.70 and corn 63 oats 37 wheat 1.10 butter 25 eggs 30 hogs 6.00 A noted society item mentions Dr and Mrs A J Hawkes welcoming son Lester Litchfield Hawkes on December 21 1905 and a Christmas event details the community Christmas tree to be lit on Christmas Eve at 7 30 pm at the Knoxville Galena corner plus a wave of moral notes and brief comments from local life.
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Hood
Saraaparilla
S. H and M Bias
St. Jacob’s Oil
Battle Ax Plug
Sopolio
Pearline
Santa Claus
W. G. Johnson
L. E. McKown
Jubilee Gravelling and WPA Grants Progress Report
Jubilee town house construction stalls as original $300 WPA grant for labor exhausted. A further $400 request is before WPA authorities to finish interior and exterior tasks. Graveled Jubilee township road work underway since November 15, with 1.25 miles recoated and six and three quarter miles slated for new gravel and three and three quarter miles to be recoated over a five month period, costing $8,595 employing 22 men, foreman and four trucks.
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Jubilee Town House
Jubilee Township
Laura and neighbors gather in Peoria visits and events
Laura Church School plans a Christmas program for December twenty two at 10 30 AM. Many Peoria shoppers visit or accompany relatives from Bloomington Galesburg Toulon La Fayette Norwood Park and Toluca. A Christmas shower, royal neighbors election, and a trip to Chicago for a Farm Bureau meeting are noted along with a hospital appendectomy and family visits.
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Corliss Laisure
Wm. Beauchamp
Peoria
Laura Church School
Ida Dimmick
Robert Hugtey
A. J. Sells
Norwood Park
Will Jones
Ray Morris
Glenn Wasson
Britton
Oklahoma
Royal Neighbors
Social notes from French Grove Elmwood and vicinity
Friday visits include Mrs. Fairy Carter calling on Mrs. Zelda Biederbeck in Elmwood and Ora Clark delivering corn to Missouri. Several residents traveled to Peoria and Galesburg, with Christmas program prep under way and a snowy school hill outing.
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Fairy Carter
Zelda Biederbeck
Elmwood
Ora Clark
Missouri
We Hope You'll Help Us Celebrate News Delay Plea
A Christmas appeal asks readers to send news items and ad copy by Monday so the printing office can publish on Tuesday and allow staff to enjoy Christmas Day with their families. The letter requests an extra day next week and explains the printing shift from Wednesday night to Tuesday.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Day Mail Service Adjusted at Local Post Office
There will be no rural delivery of mail on Christmas Day and no window service at the Post Office. For convenience, the window will be open and mail received or delivered until 8 o'clock tonight.
Well Completed For New School Delayed Start Date Extended
Construction of the new high school is ready with the well drilled by Ebert Company of Washington completed. Delays beyond the Board of Education’s control push the start date past December 15.
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Board of Education
Ebert Company of
Washington
County Service Meets Here Saturday
Brimfield hosts the Peoria County Service Company annual business meeting at the Community Building on Saturday. Two directors will be elected and a report of the year’s success presented. Local Home Bureau ladies will serve a noon luncheon, followed by an afternoon session with L. A. March of Ihlinda Farm Supply Company as speaker.
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Brimfield
Peoria County Service Company
RNA Honors Two Charter Members at Surprise Birthday
On Wednesday afternoon two charter members of the Royal Neighbors Mrs. Carrie Archer and Mrs. Mary Hasselbacher were honored guests at a camp birthday celebration with cakes and festivities. Justus Roberts has been promoted to President Physician and Instructor in Pediatrics at Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester NY, with higher pay and a teaching role for nurses.
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The
Royal Neighbors
Carrie Archer
Mary Hasselbacher
Justus Roberts
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
N. Y
Jake
Pacific travel boom reshapes Atlantic Pacific routes
Turmoil in Europe drives Americans toward Pacific ports with Hawaii Samoa Fiji New Zealand and Australia seeing booming ocean travel. US ships fitted for Antipodean routes. travel bureaus under government control assist visitors. locals note lower prices. European gouging prompts diversions. A grade school operetta on December 20 reflects holiday season bustle.
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Europe
France
Germany
Italy
England
Hawaii
Samoa
Fiji
New Zealand
Australia
Suez Canal
Atlantic
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Antipodes
South Seas
America
Periodic motor vehicle inspection urged for safety
The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters backs regular vehicle inspections to reduce accidents. John J Gall notes most cars checked in required inspections are in unsafe condition. Memphis Evanston and Des Moines have implemented fees and testing, with Memphis reporting a 25 percent drop in fatalities after starting the program. Public officials and editors are urged to consider inspections seriously.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Sarety Underwriters
John J Gall
National Bureau
Memphis
Tennessee
Evanston
Illinois
Des Moines
Iowa
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A. J. Hawkes
Lester Litchfield Hawkes
Joan
Knoxville
Galena
Jubilee Gravelling Wpa
Columbus
Spain
King Kalaken
United States
Boeneviste
U. S
Cincinnati
B. Franklin
Lightning Rod
Joan Crawford
Ewan the Screen
Laura
James Kemper
Neva Riel
Hannah Beamer
Wilfred Beamer
Harriet Reed
Verne Shaffer
Madison Theatre
John C. Whittaker
Charles Calhoun
Bloomington
Jack Hart
John Pierson
Methodix
Fred Jones
Jones
Pear Rice
Tom Miller
Galesburg
Joseph Slygh
Toulon
Gerald Webster
Near la Fayette
Dan Webster
George Morris
Frank Riel
Messfeheda Whittaker Benson
Dan Kuntz
Raymond Koneer
Tom Maher
Chicago
President Roosevelt
National Farm Bureau
Harold Miller
Baby
Toluca
Wibur Symmond
Mary Miller
Dan Kunt
Theo Beiderbeck
Clark Beiderbeck
Shirley
Fred Fuasner
Detta Lou
Harriett Reed
Peoria Vistors
Virginia Doubet
Bertha J. Powers
Washington, D. C
W. M. Carter
C L. McClellan
Will Clark
Kel Wance
Cambridge
Uarry Reed
Jim Welch
Dale
Bert
Williscamp
Edson Paorselli
Edith
Clyde Carter
County Service
RNA
Pacific
Santa
Zea
Pauvae
Roberts
Brimficia
Minocis
J.E. Welsh, M.D
Brimfield, Tlinocis
W.E. Nolting
DR Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg
Galesburg, Ilinois
Frederick V. Arber
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis & Arbe
Central National Bank
Siet
Geo. W. Cluskey
Undertaker
Winseler Undertaking O
Peoria, Il
Brimfield, Illinois
Virginia
H R. Johnson & Son
Illinoia
Palace Theater
Elmwood, Illinois
Bing Crosby
Joan Bennett
Mary Bolana
Thelma Todd
Alice Faye
Roy Walker
Babe Daniels
Louis Alberni
Dee
James Dunne
Dorothy Wilson
Louis, Farenda In
Bad Boy
Wednes
Thura
Marion Davies
Dick Powell
Miss Glory Scotty Findz
Charley Chase
Wild Horse Mesa
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