Local Notes from Brimfield and Peoria Area
Local notes recount visits and news across Brimfield and Peoria including residents Lulu Pacey and Misa Magne Brennan traveling,Frank Belford planning a winter in Montana, and a New Year sacred concert at the M E church. Mentions of local farms, trades, and church events tie to Brimfield daily life with notices of relatives, travel, and community happenings.
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M. E
Knoxville Ave
Brimfield
Congregational Church
Miller and Son Fresh and Salt Meats Ad
Miller and Son advertise custom work for farmers with delivery to slaughterhouses. Prices listed: hogs fifty cents per head for killing, cutting up, rendering lard and sausage making. cattle one dollar per head. Killing day is Thursdays. A choice stock of meat in replenished supply. Your patronage solicited.
Frigid Space Metropolis Tales of Drink and Deeds
A Baltimore American report recounts quirky schemes by the space hobo community to obtain liquor. Stories include a man selling a stove for a drink, a one legged patron pawning his artificial limb, and a former beauty pawning her teeth to buy whisky, highlighting odd methods born of necessity.
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Charles Cole
Central District
Excursion Tickets Offered Tuesdays to Nebraska
Cheap excursion tickets will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays of each month for the balance of the year. Passengers may travel to Nebraska to see for themselves. Inquiries should be directed to the ticket agent.
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Nebraska
Court House
Peoria
Illinois
JosEPH HILL Offers Roof Paint and Wagon Goods
An advertisement from Joseph Hill proposes roof painting with durable elastic paint and discounts on iron wheels wagons wagon scales. It promises first class work and money savings, inviting readers in need of these items to contact him.
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Dave
Joseph Hill
Hunters Warning for Multiple Farms in Several Townships
Notices warn all persons not to hunt trespass on the August Vess farm in Jubilee township and on farms in Brimfield township. Names listed include Lewis Haaedine Joan Rusk E. K. Hayes James Porter Jostern Blunpy and Benj Hamilton. penalties for prosecution apply. Owners caution cattle stock owners to stay off without consent.
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Jubilee Township
Lewis Haae
Ardine
Hoota
Brimfield Township
E. K. Hayes
James Porter
Jostern Blunpy
Benj. Haamilron
Joms Kieren
Man Places Dummies on Kansas Rail Line Causing Narrow Smash
In Rooks county Kansas a father seeking evidence for a damage suit placed two dummy figures on a railway track at the site of a fatality. An express train approaching at forty miles per hour prompted the fireman to try leaping from the caboose, but the engineer restrained him. The train passed safely.
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Western Railroad
Rooks County
Kansas
New Year Greetings From W L Hayward
The message thanks patrons for the past year and pledges continued effort to meet trade needs. W L Hayward extends wishes for a happy and prosperous 1902 and signs with phone number 13.
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W .L. Hayward
Viking Ship Found In Wisby Harbor Mud
A remarkably preserved Viking vessel has been uncovered in the harbor mud of Wisby on Gotland. Discovered beneath an eleventh century quay, the ship features a unique construction with wooden nails that reveal a fixing method not seen in modern boards.
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Wisby
Gothland
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Touts Quick Wound Healing
An old advertisement warns that children are especially liable to minor injuries and burns. It claims DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve draws out the fire, stops the pain, and heals the wound quickly. Warns to beware of counterfeit products claiming to be a sure cure.
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DeWitt
Burlington Route trains run through Lincoln to Deadwood
The Burlington Route from Chicago to St Louis and Peoria is now completed with daily passenger trains operating through Lincoln Nebraska and Custer City South Dakota to Deadwood and Newcastle Wyoming. Sleeping cars to Deadwood. J T Hill offers Enamel Roof Paint for oil or tin with guaranteed work and low prices.
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Burlington
Chicago
Peoria
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Custer
8. D
Deadwood
Newcastle
Wyoming
J. T. Hill
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Cons
C. Carson
Ags
Wm George's
West End
Mayste Mahony
Wary Brennan
Lusky
Hank
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Messrs
Walter [Worley
W Ress Guyer
Anny
JP Melotyre
Frank Belford
Monica
Muatule
Miller & Soe
Edward Weston
Sutton
John Crahan
Indiana
C. Jones
Hothe
Los Angeles
Calif
Bessie Wiley
Charles McCluer
Mia McCluer
O Fallon
McCluer
Oak Hill
John P Coolrdge
R C. Hayward
Elpaso
Edward Chapin
Eleanor Coolidge
B. L. Coolidge
Bart. Coolidge
America
Union
National Land List
National Land List Publishing Co
Green Ridge
Missouri
Miller & Son
Oda
F. W. Reeep & Co
Peoria, Ill
Woolner Bidg
Land OF
Corn Belt
West
C. P. Burt
J. Knapp
Elmwood
Linois
W. WW. Martin
City Express
Brimfielc
E. D McCabe
Atty
Norra Jefferson
Tul
Old Post Office Building
Whalen & Weatherwax
Cor. Adams & Fulton Sts
Ottenheimers Clothing
Peoria, Ills
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Dr. Weatherwax
Dr. Ymiller
Paul Rieger
California
WM Robinson &Co
A. A. Knapp
C. A Reed
French Grove
Office of— County
Supt OF Schools
Peoria CO
J. L. Robertson
Hunters
Joan Rusk
Chicago Burlington & Quincy A. B
Eustis
Hazardon
Kodol
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C.C. Carson
Phoenix and
National Fire
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Exchange Bank
H. O. Burt
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
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Radbone & Crrnery
Graham Building
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Switzerland
G. H. Copr
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