Farmers form Brimfield Protective Association at Village Hall
A group of Brimfield township farmers met Friday night to organize a Protective association to guard property from trespassers. No hunting signs will be posted at member properties and offenders will be prosecuted. Hunters must carry a landowner permit. Officers named: President Harry Dulvaney, Vice President Orville Tucker, Secretary Ellis Tucker, Treasurer Charles Porter.
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Brimfield Township
Harry Dulvaney
Orville Tucker
Ellis Tucker
Charles Porter
More Locals Mra WY. E Noiliiv home from hospital Sunday
Local notes report Mra WY. E Noiliiv's return from hospital Sunday and friends rejoicing at her recovery. The piece lists visits by the Stane and Cole families of Pontiac and other relatives in Galesburg and Peoria. It mentions a substitute teacher at Dunlap schools due to Mrs. Shaw's emergency appendicitis operation at Methodist hospital in Peoria.
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Mra WY. E. Noiliiv
Gien Stane
Clair Cole
Pontiac
Galesburg
Gilbert Mendenhall
Harold Burt
Gertrude Burt
Peoria
Willis Kingdon
John Dungan
Richard Heinz
Dunlap
David Shaw
Methodist
Harry Blundy
Frances
Merle Blundy
Frank Blundy
Clifford Bluondy
George Reicheneker
Lafe Reicheneker
Card of Thanks for Mrs Nolting illness
Dr and Mrs W E Nolting thank friends for flowers letters cards and calls during Mrs Noltings illness. Minor names listed with thanks for support and notices of Brimfield Community Recreation Club dues due by Jan 1 1933 with George Wyman to collect.
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W. E. Nolting
H Memler
H. O. Cady
Mra S. Neikirk
Mis E Hindle
Henrietta Bragg
Elizabeth Fuchs
Mildred Littlefield
A. Wolford
C. Merrill
Neva Forney
Evelyn Careen
Charles Kingdon
Willis Kingdon
Reed Carter
Brimfield Community Recreation Club
George Wyman
Silent Reminder Widow Buys Parrot in Wit Prompt
A widow asks if a parrot talks and a dealer replies the bird does not speak but seems to understand when spoken to. The widow buys it saying the bird will remind her of her late husband, referencing Der Wahre Jacob.
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der Wahre
Jacob
The Procedure Lady on Train Platform
A witty exchange on a train platform features a porter giving directions and a Lady responding with sharp wit. The porter misguides by swapping left and right, prompting a playful clash that highlights social manners aboard the station scene.
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London
The Mitt That Pays
A witty exchange about winning through apparent loss. The man notes he benefited when a partner returned his gifts and accidentally included another man's items, framing the incident as a clever victory.
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Smith’s Weekly
Sydney
Canvasser Ends Talk as Mrs Jones Spars Over Support
A fragmented dialogue shows a canvasser ending a discussion with Mrs Jones who accuses lack of support for five years. The scene then shifts to humor about robbed scarecrows and tourists in a cornfield, with Farmer Green and Farmer Hay mentioning stolen clothes hung for scarecrows.
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Farmer Green
Stray Stories and a Brassy Election Joke
In a gossip snippet Mrs Flatte questions Mabel about her engagement to Jack. Mabel’s mother defends that Mabel loved him but not all. A Washington Star quip follows about a political hopeful with a musical education, joking candidates may fund their own brass bands to avoid contributions.
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Mabel
Jack
Mrs. Flatte
Sorghum
Washington Star
Tramp-Madam Pleads Help With Six Children and No Job
A distressed speaker tells Mrs Wise about having an invalid wife and six hungry children with no income. The exchange recalls past hardships including a widowed status and a son in college, highlighting ongoing family struggles.
Convict complains about outdated prison machinery
A dated dialogue from a 1930s prison scene shows a convict lamenting the lack of modern machinery, noting the facility still cracks rocks by hand and resembles conditions from twenty years prior.
The Cat Customer And Bargain Counter Exchange
A sharp exchange at a shop features a customer challenging a clerk over a sign reading Cut Diamonds, noting women fail to stand together and mocking the bargain counter. The scene centers on a $450 diamond advertised at a discount.
Advertising Age Dialogue Sparks Household Debate
A probing exchange features a caller asking the Better Business Bureau about improving a business and a family discussing John's earnings of about 3000 dollars a year. The mother questions how John could live on that income, highlighting concern about household finances.
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Advertising Age
Better Business Bureau
John
Willie Defies Mother Tests Lighting Matches
In a brief exchange, Willie insists the matches will light despite his mother's claim they are useless. He asserts he tried them all before returning from the shop, challenging her assessment with his own testing.
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Willie
Mummy
Impossible to Please Everybody Says the Court Scene
A colorful collage from multiple papers features quips about pleas in court and political ambition. The lines include a defendant claiming innocence, a judge noting missing witnesses, and a witty exchange on red tape and female logic.
Union Church Weekly Schedule And Greeting
The Union Church lists 10:00 Sunday School, 11:00 Morning Worship, and 7:00 Christian Endeavor. Choir practice is Thursday at 7 pm. Pastor R. W. Newell signs a note of appreciation for Christmas greetings and notes a planned return from illness.
Lewistown and nearby cities basketball schedule card
The schedule lists games for Lewistown and opponents through March including fixtures at Princeville Elmwood Kewanee and Wyoming with dates from December to March and special events like a Bi County Tournament and Xman Tournament at Princeville. Home and away games are shown for each date across the season.
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Overend’s
Chicago
Brimfield
Big Hollo
Kickapoo
Farmington Westerby
Edwards South Side
Lec
Ize
Canton
Canton Pea
McCowan
Phonelin Brimfield
G. A. Shane
Ete
Wilson
Arnold Market
Aries
Heaven
Abel
Tousville Courier-Journal
Jinks
Cincinnati Enquirer
Henry Traub
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Spencer
St. Joseph’s Church
Patner Harison
the Union Church
R. W. Newell
Lewistown
Yates City
Princeville
Chillicothe
Elmwood
Wyoming
Corpus Christi
Monmouth
Fairview
Kewanee
Mar
Merry Christmas
West End
Illinois
SKY Hawk
Sweney
Sweney Stations
Gold Penn
Southern Illinois
Lump and Nut Coal
Blue Ribbon
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