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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
1
The Files reports a green Christmas with a drunken incident after a newborn event and three paydays in 1905. Farm prices for corn oats wheat butter eggs and hogs are listed across several dates and locations. Weather notes record heavy rain flooding Cellara roads and a fierce cold snap with ten below zero Sunday.
An article advocates ten minutes of daily relaxation to combat fatigue and stress from modern fast living. It explains fatigue as a warning to slow down and warns against overfatigue leading to health and work problems. offers guidance on planning and practicing simple rest to rejuvenate body and mind each day.
The Safety Department will start a fourfold plan on January 1, 1936, expanding auto accident prevention to fire prevention home accident prevention and farm accident prevention. County accident prevention crops will begin immediately with special recognition for Skilled Drivers Club winners at the Illinois Agricultural Association meeting in Decatur January 29 30 31 1936.
Some 300 farmers attended the Peoria County Service Company annual meeting in town Saturday. About 220 dined at noon. Directors reelected include T. H. Wasson Elmwood and Charles Gawitz Chillicothe. others: Chariesa Haller Ed wards, C. R Ford Ed wards, Wm. Cameron Hanna City, John Morrin Eden, Joe Kuntz Princeville. Fred Pollock reported a record year with sales over 137000, up 30 percent. gasoline up 39 percent. kerosene and distillate up 34 percent. Total products distributed exceeded 1.3 million gallons. Patronage dividends paid totaled 17443.22, averaging 13.26 per member. Net income after expenses but before dividends was 27540.27. Two new service stations were built in 1935, with 1936 orders far above last year. L. A. Marchant spoke on Illinois Farm Supply programs and urged support of adjustment measures while trade barriers cut part of farm markets.
French Grove Angus Moore was a Peoria business caller Saturday. Roth Jones visits Mrs. Fairy Carter at home. Gladys Carter returns home for holidays on Friday. Dale Bert and Jack Welch shopped in Galesburg Saturday. Harry Reed and Russell Pursell were Peoria business callers Tuesday. The Grove school program is set for Tuesday afternoon at the school house. Mrs. C. L. McClellan helped serve dinner for Peoria County Service Co. at Brimfield Saturday. A number were in attendance from the Grove.
The grade school children staged their annual Christmas operetta Friday evening under Miss Esper the music supervisor with help from grade teachers. The whole school participated in the tuneful drama with solos and choruses as colorful costumes and Santa with helpers Wimble and Nimble and three jacks-in-the-box entertained youngsters from around the world in the workshop Thelma DeVries accompanied at the piano.
Mrs. Martha Backus is ill at home. Ralph Carson will occupy the Babcock house. A. T. Babcock moved to the Filley bungalow on Clinton. Another heavy snow required digging out. May Morse sends greetings from Davenport Royal Neighbor home. Wm. E. Carter family dined with Roy Herron. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cox and Jean and Jerry visit from Macomb for Christmas at the A. T. Babcock home.
Community items note a fiftieth wedding anniversary reception on December 31 1935 from 2 30 to 5 00 pm hosted by Mr and Mrs KE M Maher with no gifts requested. Also upcoming Home Bureau meeting set for January 10 at Mrs Leonard Porter’s all day. Weather reports cite subzero readings and the first zero weather of the season. Local travel parties to Chicago Galesburg and nearby towns are listed along with shopping items at Netkirk Co. L McClellan wins a safety contest hosted by Farmers Automobile Insurance Association. Christmas dinner plans include multiple households in Princeville. College students arrive home for holidays from Macomb the University of Illinois Normal and Lake Forest. A corrigendum apologizes for a gubernatorial candidate error naming Frank Knox instead of Oscar Carlstrom.
Louise Macey visited from Gridley staying with Dr and Mrs Clyde Macey. Oak Hill Community Club held a potluck supper and stunt program at the schoolhouse Thursday. Sunday school entertained children with a Christmas tree and treats Monday evening. Wm E Carter and family dined with the Conrad Hauddies in Moline then visited Little Bit of Beaven and Davenport broadcasting station. Harold Keith Cady of Brimfield was elected Grand Master of Alpha Chi of Kappa Sigma at Lake Forest for the coming semester. active in basketball, Steator business manager, and president of Poi Eta Sigma.
Mrs. Chas Savage widow of Charles W. Savage died at her son Raymond’s home near Elmwood Thursday December 18 at 3 50 a.m. aged 83 8 12. Born in New Jersey April 7 1852 she moved to Illinois as a child and was the eldest of six siblings. She married Charles W. Savage January 1 1874 and leaves eight children Perry Edwards Coulter Lewis Raymond Edith Mclintyre with two daughters and one son predeceasing her. Funeral at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev. Fred Reed with music by Mrs. H O Cady Florence Hamilton and Mrs. C M Travis. Burial Brimfield Cemetery. grandsons Everett Francis Merie Savage Walter Everett Shane and Roland La Follette served as casket bearers.
Mrs. Henry Kelley of Laura died at Methodist hospital Thursday afternoon after a heart attack Tuesday night. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church in Laura Sunday afternoon with burial in Brimfield Cemetery.
Principal Pettit прият discovered bonds issued for the Brimfield public school contract in 1877. The Bryson and Silloway bonds total 2500 dollars with architect Wm. Quayle from Peoria, contract price 8900 and completion by October 1 1877. Also included are the 1500 dollar bond for Keeling’s brick and stone work, and old election notices plus a 1863 wartime bill for an academy pump.
The Ever Victorious Army, a Chinese force formed in 1861 and led by General Gordon, was built with European and American backing. By 1864 it had stamped out the Taiping rebellion that began in 1851.
A vang is one of two guy ropes extending from the gaff end to the deck to steady the peak, balancing lift and sail shape during wind.
A fragment from a Montana article notes the state records the lowest altitude among Rocky Mountain states, though wording is unclear and may contain OCR errors. The core claim centers on Montana's relative elevation compared to neighboring states.
The Ohio governor appointed George B. McClellan to lead Buckeye troops at the outset of the Civil War. He directed forces to western Virginia to protect the region from Confederate invasion, a campaign planned by Ohio leadership and executed by Ohio officers. The campaign helped preserve the Union and contributed to the creation of West Virginia.
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