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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
5
Brimfield lists multiple churches with pastors service times and Sunday schools. It notes M E Church Rev M P Lackuarp with 10:45 am and 7:00 pm services and Sunday school at 9:30 am led by C B Moore.
Nellie Hartley Executrix of Bridget Craban deceased of Peoria County Illinois gives notice to all creditors to appear before Peoria County Probate Court at the February Term on February 3 next to present and have claims against the estate adjusted.
A vintage ad proclaims that good digestion makes one feel well and offers Dr King’s New Life Pills to regulate the stomach liver and bowels. The pills are priced at 26 cents and sold at Robinson & Co’s drug store.
The note cites the Lewis brand cigar as consistently good quality across times. It emphasizes the 5c price point as a basic value option for smokers seeking steady performance.
E. 8. Lopez a carpenter from Manilla New York says Bucklen's Arnica Salve saved him from suffering after severe cuts. The salve heals burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles and costs 26 cents at Wm Robinson & Co.'s druggists.
Progress Club hosts on Saturday Feb 8 at 8 18 p m Mrs A B Herriott as hostess History American Literature Chapter 3 to page 96 led by Mrs Pilley Magazine Life Saving Service and Lighthouses led by Miss Wyman Members with club copies of literature and magazines are asked to keep them moving so all may use them
All hunters are notified to keep off the premises of the undersigned with doge and gnne. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Keep off. Signed by Wm. Kelury Sonn Bus Gro. A. Pursell Go. Mulvaxey Joan Kinapor Lawin Marr.
Miss Olive Herriott visited over Sunday in Galesburg. Mrs A Reed ill at her home. Motie laid up with pneumonia. Ray Bowman moved to Richard Carter farm near French Grove. Alfred Adams and family visit Er L Marvin in El Hot Iowa. Lois Marie born to Horace Moon and wife. Oil well yields 200 barrels on a school lot boosting funds for quarter improvements. Schools report receipts from library drives and purchases of reference books. Harry E Green, Crawford County Superintendent, notes fund allocations.
The M E Church reports a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Robert Murdoch's home on February 12 at 8 30 p m and a full Sunday schedule with 9 30 Sunday School 10 45 preaching Epworth League 6 00 and 7 00 evening service. Rev C T Cady preached Monday night Bevo McCullough spoke Tuesday and may continue nightly. The large union choir and orchestra, including Prof E L Howard Dr A J Hawkes Walter Miller Henry Tully Seth Cobb and Warner Lackland, led music with hopes for more members.
Sunday School at 10 00 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m. No evening service or prayer meeting while Congregational and Methodist meetings continue. Denominational comity observed in His name J W Smith pastor.
Prayer meeting tonight at seven. Sunday School at ten. Preaching by the pastor at eleven. Evening service at six fifteen.
The village of Neitadeld Shimois Bernd adopts an ordinance requiring property owners or tenants to clear snow from sidewalks within two days after a snowfall and to cut weeds in front of their property before harvest. Violations incur penalties equal to the cost of completing the work, and the ordinance was passed February 8 1908 with officials J A Buck president and W R Weeke clerk.
Geo Moore of Grimesland NC says consumption nearly defeated him before using Dr King’s New Discovery. After a dozen bottles he claims to be well again. Remains sold by Wm Robinson & Co with 50c and 100 value. trial bottle offered.
Notices warn hunters to keep off the property of C. E. Waters, with enforcement implied and no trespass allowance specified.
Trespassers are warned by landowners L H Clark H A Blundy G Claude Guyer Jake Plack Ed Richford Will Harding and J B Porter. The sign asserts firm action against trespassers and implies enforcement with dogs and firearms.
The post in Italy tests electric lines. England’s handmade watch trade declines. Boston plans eight car trains on the elevated line to ease traffic. US Steel outputs about 25 million tons of pig iron annually. England aims to restrict automatic seed controllers on autos. Norway restricts real estate sales along waterways to foreigners. A jade mine in Siskivon County California is noted as unique. A Nigerian Acorafiord project by Britain aims to boost cotton, road stretch about 400 miles. Norfolk peat briquettes use revolving knives and dies. Europe’s traction lags behind the US. near Liverpool 7 million within 50 miles have no trolley. Streetcar production rose 4x 1890 to 1906. 1905 saw 4004 street railway cars built, value about 9.9 million, with no cable cars and 42 horse cars.
A collage of old notes reports chess move counts at 169 518 820 100 544 000 000 000, a Westport to New Bedford stage line closed after 66 years as trolley lines rose, a London typewriting judge lamenting no kiss key, copper wire tonnage on US telephone lines rising by 53 million pounds, brass copper in telephone gear, and a Maul e bailiff water excuse in a juror tale.
A collection of maxims and sayings from French Irish Indian Hindu Danish and English sources. It links modesty hope restraint and wisdom to daily conduct and character with references to Shakespeare Pliny the Elder Rochefoucauld and others.
A collection of rustic proverbs warns that money signs and fortune come with odd folklore. It notes right hand itching predicts money or a letter while left hand itching hints at money or news. Other quirks mention hosting visitors, surprise encounters, and worn-out garments.
A veteran officer recounts a Mercer Street murder encounter where a single policeman restrained a murderer after a pistol shot, describing calm, decisive action and the clash between police duty and violent crime, contrasting it with an army officer’s tale. The narrative reflects on danger faced by patrolmen and the honor of police service.
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