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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
7
Brimfield Elevator announces the start of manufacturing a 49 percent Hog Balancer, to be state tested. The feed will exclude home grown claims and include Murphy's Cut-Goat Concentrate and other profen feeds to form a strong supplement. With low overhead, the price is 40 cents per hundred below rival 40 percent hog balancers.
Brimfield residents share Christmas visits with relatives in Peoria Joliet and Joliet while many attend church events and community gatherings. Families such as Pacey Reed Kingdon and Maher appear across multiple spots with travel from Chicago Peoria and Knoxville plus a village radio invitation and a Breakfast Cheer coffee promotion at Memler's.
Contains brief notices about a buyer meeting with Chalmer Catton, a meat business appointment, coal available at P and H Co, farm sale near Ben Johnson farm seven miles north of Elmwood, a Round Oak enamel range for sale, a Young Duroc boar for sale at Roy C Morris, an 80 acre parcel with buildings near Brimfield offered by M R Clark, and a note on the origin of Gypsies in Colonial America from Great Britain, Holland, Germany and France.
The speaker states a hurried personal milestone, mentioning that this morning they married three. The line appears as a conversational item or anecdote with limited context and no further details about identities or circumstances.
A concise cartoon dialogue shows a motorist bemoaning a year without car repairs or upkeep, while a friend recalls a service station claim and a struggle to move the car from lawyers. The exchange highlights frustration over maintenance costs and legal entanglements.
Jim asks if anyone feels anything while Red responds no. Jim warns to avoid touching the other two cables as two ready lines carry 2,300 volts, emphasizing danger and proper safety.
Phillip Streitmatter will sell at his residence four miles north of Dunlap on five horses sixteen head of Shorthorn cattle farm machinery and select household goods. Terms cash. H S Beeney, Auctioneer.
At the Elmore Stock farm 412 miles northwest of Laura Clyde Collins will sell 15 head of horses 50 head of cattle 300 Hampshire hogs 50 sheep a full line of farm machinery John Deere tractor and implements and some household goods Terms cash under $50 over $59 bangable note 3 6 or 9 months at 6 per cents H. S. Beeney Auct.
Mrs Nellie Carson offers a range of meas ties called The Pat Cravat in silk and wool at low prices. The Safety Belt is advertised as a safe travel and money holder, also known as beodle-bagsa. Hot pan holders and table mats for dining or living room are shown as practical gifts.
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