Local Market Notes and Community Life in Brimfield
Local Brimfield column reports sales at Haywards and Hayes & Cadya for items like bulk oysters flour and dried fruits, plus potatoes and Miners Oil. It notes shipments delayed by heavy snow, smallpox precautions in Peoria, a Valentine day aside, and upcoming entertainments at Moore's hall. It mentions residents born this week and a siege of erysipelas involving Henan Savage, with several local names and businesses cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywards
Hayes & Cadya
Haywarda
Elmwood Society Notes and Local Ads Highlight Performances
Elmwood set features include a charity play Living Whist on Feb 19 20 with proceeds for the poor, Miss Anna Morgan from Chicago Conservatory endorsing dramatic readings by Violet Phelps, plus local notices about Dr A A Knapp, farm supplies ads, and residents traveling to Peoria for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hanna
Peoria
Mra Jaa. Girvin
Elmwood
L. Wiley
Anna Morgan
Chicago Conservatory
Violet Phelps
Brimfield Silk Dressmaking Rooms at McCabe Brick
Brimfield advertises a specialty in silk garments and skilled dressmaking with an invitation for patronage. Rooms are located in the McCabe Brick building, inviting customers to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCabe
The Grand Prize Tale of a Sewing Machine
A long promotional piece extols Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines No 9 and No 12, praising the Paris 1889 Grand Prize award, detailing both family and manufacturing uses. It claims superior quality, urges readers to buy, and lists Chicago and R Hindle as sale points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
America
Bir
Wheeler & Wilson
Nathaniel Wheeler Hregaen
Seine
Ian
Thank you for kindness during illness and death of husband
Mrs James Girvix expresses deep gratitude to friends and neighbors for their generous support during her husband and father's illness and death and during her own illness, promising to remember their kindness with sincere thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Girvix
Cut Rates Across Railroads and Steamships
Webb's ticket office at 100 South Adams Street Peoria Illinois touts rate cuts on East and West railroads and ocean steamships, advertising savings from one hundred to five hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb’s
South Adams St
Peoria
Elmwood State Bank Tax Office Visit Friday
Tax notice from D. R Strains invites attendees to Elmwood State Bank on Friday the 16th with CC E Bowatan noted for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R Strains
Elmwood State Bank
Cc. E. Bowatan
Notice on Tax Collection at Strains Store
A notice states that tax collection will be held at Strains store for Brim field every Saturday. The notice is signed by L Hasserpacern, Collector of Palaulee Lowishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strains
Brimfield
L Hasserpacern
Palaulee Lowishap
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. R. Hindle
Bran
Henan Savage
Borm
Chas. Winn
Hayes & Cady
West End
Gertie
Carrie Wyman
Brimfield Mills
Aermotor
D.R. S
Jas. Tompkina
Chicago
Congregational Church
William Yoakam
John Dunn
Geo. Mulvany
Brimfled
P. O
Ed Wyman
Wesley Vickery
E. Irving
Edward Short
John Blundy
Phelp’s Sisters
Moore's Hall
Huinous
A. A. Knapp
Cook Co. Hospital
McCabe Block
Arbers
Hermann& Fearn
Dungyn & Sona
D. R. Strain
Agt
R. C. Hayward
Valentine
R. W. Guyer
Thomas Cross
Wyoming
Wm. Yoakam
Aogibunt
Insuraxce
Cuxarn
Notary Pusu
Walter E. Wiley
Cashier
W. W. Martin
City Express
Dearen
E. D McCabe
Atty
North Jefrerson St
Peoria, Ill
Old Post Office Building
Woolner Building
Tor
Whalen
C. M. Miller
Dora Foster
Illinois
W L. Hayward
C.b.&q
Buda and
Rushville Branch
Burlington
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Custer
8. D
Deadwood
Algo
Newcastle
H. J. Wyman
The
R. Hindle
Terry Dooce
Jas. A. McManus
Dolock
McManus
C. A Reed
French Grove
J. H. Phares
Brimsfield
Peori Bus
Ng&ss University
B. C. Woon
South Adams
Tor Urn & CO
Seceiehorne MN & CO
New York
Broadway
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