New G A R Officers Highlight Local Notes
January 17 1889 issue lists new G A R officers including C Guyer B E W Koster I W Gilloway George Babcock R M Toad A E Walker J L Foulk J Purnell H J Wyman Thomas Johnson Phil Fally and other news. Banquet hosted by Mr and Mrs C B De Wolf. Ten Nights In A Bar Room to be staged in Brimfield. Wiley reports year ending Feb 7 receipts 3427 14 disbursements 2958 99 balance 468 15. Local livestock losses due to cholera Jobe and Everett Shissler lose fine herd of hogs. Mabel Coolidge studies music in Peoria. Howe Engine Co proposes fire apparatus 600 to 1000. Abinson buys Horace Clark Sons retail, leaves railroad by 1909. Various crop and market figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Guyer
BE. W. Koster
I. W. Gilloway
George Babcock
R. M. Toad
A. £. Walker
J. L. Foulk
J. Purnell
H. J. Wyman
Thomas Johnson
Phil Fally
Carroll Land Sale Postponed
Executora Gale of the Hugh Garroll Estate land north of Brimfield is indefinitely postponed after an appeal from the sale decree. The land will be advertised and sold at a later date.
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Hugh Garroll
Brimfield
Bake Sale This Saturday At Auto Sales Site
Fire Home Bureau plans a bake sale next Saturday January 2 at 2 o'clock. The event will take place at Auto Sales with proceeds to support relief efforts.
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Fire Home Bureau
Princeville and Nearby Teams Basketball Schedule
A condensed basketball schedule lists results and upcoming games from Nov to Feb across Princeville Orion Yates City East Keoria Pekio Elmwood Gla sford Dunlap Challicothe and regional district state tournaments. Key results include wins by Pekio Elmwood Glasford Prisgéville and Dunlap and losses for Princeville and Yates City.
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Princeville
Orion
Yates City
East Keoria
Toast
Dee
Daolap
Pekio Here
Elmwood
Chilligothe
Glasford Thre
Prisgéville
Iasford
Challicothe
Rfar
Mer
Brimfield Tops Princeville To Tie League Lead
Brimfield defeated Princeville here Friday night to pull even atop the Kickapoo league standings with an eighth straight win. The first half surged to 43 to 5, sealing the outcome as Princeville reserves fell 15 to 13 in the second game.
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Brimfield
Princeville
Dunlap Tournament Schedule With Two Name Games Left
The Dunlap Invitational schedule lists two remaining games next week. On Wednesday January 25 Lafayette versus Chillicothe at 7:30 and Branels versus Wyoming at 8:30. Thursday January 26 Duay versus Klmnwood at 7:30 and Glasfard versus Princeville at 8:30. Friday January 27 winners meet at 7:30 and 8:36. Saturday January 28 losers meet at 8:00 and winners meet at 9:00.
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Lafayette Va
Chillicothe
Branels
Wyoming
Coursaday
Local Social Roundup From French Grove and Peoria Events
Monday visits with grandmother Mrs. Fairy Carter and sisters mark a busy social week in French Grove and Jacksonville. Farm Bureau attendees in Peoria and a 25th wedding anniversary dinner for Harold Gelvin feature among gatherings. Kingsley quotation closes a reflective note on love and neighborly care.
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F. M. Oakes
Mca. H . Oakes
S. A. Kellogg
Dan McCoy
Jobo Shaffer
Farm Bureau
Peoria
Verne Shaffer
Satuday
Mra
Harold Gelvin
Robert Carter
Reed Carter
Georgia Stevens
Hazel-Mac Revue at Hazelton Studio in Burlington
The Methodisc Ladies Aid sponsor a Hazel-Mac Revue Monday night January 23 at o oclock. The program features fifteen entertainers including Little Juanita Lima famed for Hollywood dance acts and the Becca twins from radio and stage. Admission 25c and 10c.
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The
Methodisc Ladies Aid
Hazelton Studio of
Modern Arte
Burlington
Leanra
The Happiness of Life Depends on Your Thoughts
A compact reflection cites Marcus Aurelius on guarding thoughts as the key to life happiness, stressing mental discipline and the power of inner choice. The maxim is framed as timelessStoic wisdom urging mindful awareness of one’s mental landscape.
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Marcus Aurelius
Laura's Clubs Host Chinese Checker Party Tonight
Combined Laura clubs host a Chinese checker party tonight January 19 at Laura Grange Hall. Admission and refreshments are 25 cents. Proceeds will help cover Homecoming livestock exhibit expenses.
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Laura
Laura Grange Gall
How Social Security Payments Are Made
Information from L. J. Menery Peoria field office manager explains two groups receive lump sum Social Security benefits. Workers 65 or older since 1937 who earned wages in covered employment after 1936 qualify, as do certain relatives or estates of deceased workers with covered employment before 65. Benefits equal 3 12 percent of wages before death or 65, capped at $3000 per year per employer. Emphasizes keeping a single Social Security number and reporting it to all employers. postmasters provide forms. duplicate cards available for lost cards.
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L. J. Menery
Social Security Board
Peoria
Wno
Weekend visits and health news from Gatesburg and Peoria
Local notes list residents visiting relatives in Gatesburg and Chicago. George Hardy was taken to St Francis hospital in Peoria for treatment. Obituaries note W B Beachamp death affecting Mrs Frank Helacy and Merle Carter family. Quotations conclude with reflections on happiness and character.
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Bob Newberg
Gatesburg
George Hardy
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Frank Helacy
Omaha, Neb
W. B. Beachamp
Memoriams for Mrs Fannie Tucker in Brimfield
Obituary notice for Mrs Fannie Rice Tucker born July 22 1860 Center Prairie Knox IL died January 10 1939 at Brimfield home of C W Porter after ten years living there. Survived by two half brothers two half sisters nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral held Union Church Brimfield with Rev W H Young and Rev David Toda and burial in Brimfield cemetery.
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Fannie Rice Tucker
Amos le Roy
Nancy Patty Rice
Center Prairie
Knox County
Illinois
C. W. Porter
Ira A. Rice
Jesse M Rice
Wataga
Ellen van Buren
Victoria
Jennie Sterritt
Kewanee
M. E @church of
Brimfield
Union Ghourd
Harvey Young
Union Church
W. H. Young
Galesburg
David Toda
Garden
Beautiful Isle
Rudolph Savage
Funeral notices and neighborhood thanks for Mrs Fannie Tucker
Expressions of gratitude from friends and neighbors for support during illness and death of Mrs Fannie Tucker and family. List of attendees from distant towns includes Van Buren Leng Ives Smith and family Macy Cain Gill Cole German Steadfield Loyd Smith and others. Also notes of recent moving into Richard Pacevn residence and occupancy changes at Slocum and Walliker homes with partial names and owners.
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Fannie Tucker
C. E. van Buren
Mart Leng
Mabel Ives
George Smith
Rulla
Wilbur Macy
Victoria
Bertha Cain
Ralph Gill
Anna Cole
Merle German
John Steadfield
Loyd Smith
Robert
Martha Wardenburg
Rilla Herbert
Ethel Gough
Wm McMullen
Laura Miller
Williamshield
Dave Gray
Weat Jersey
J. M. Rice
Ira Rice
Wataga
Far
Lloyd Riser
Galva
Delvert Patty
Helen
Florence Patty
Russel Patty
Jennie Sterritt
Kewanee
Joe Stenger
Richard Pacevn
van Jonsson
Slocum
Giengees
Walliker
Dobneon
Fire
Truman Sferrila Wro
Laura 4-H clubs host January skating party
The Laura Grange hall hosted a Monday night party for the girls of two 4-H clubs, with Slim held and Lanra boys clubs and parents invited. Partners were chosen for Chinese checkers and fruit salads and cookies were served. An announcement noted the skating party date as January and the next event on February 13.
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Laura
Laura Grange Hall
Slim
Lanra
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Mrs. C. B. de Wolf
W.L. Wiley Corporation
Jobe
Everett Shissler
Mabel Coolidge
Howe
Howe Pire Engine Company
H. A. Abinson
Farmington
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Horace Clark & Son
Forsake Railroad
Mr. A .&. Herriott
L. Guyerewesidence
Red Cross
Scott Roath
George Corney
Albert Cat Fon
Corcoran
Knoxville
Avneue
Kickapoo Neat
Carroll Land
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Soiff
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Smith Cheesman
Smith Walliker Scanlon Fritz
Luthy
Blundy
Webber Dungano
Tully Wycoff Edwards
Dunlap
W.onesday
Duaiay Va
Klmnwood
Glasfard
Sassioe
Gerald Lee Welch
Mrs. Fairy Carter
Improvement Secuility
A R Moore
BL. Reed
Edson Purcell
Charles Pursell
JK. Wetch
Aelen, Burt
Jackile
Sam
Biluat
Welch
Kingsley
Juanita Lima
Hollywood
Becca Twins
Chinese Checker Party
Zella Powes
Claude Lorance
Gerald Webster
Near la Fayette
Don Webster
Edmund Lottman
Ma Everett Barrett
Jean
Chicago
Plord Hall
W. G. Cartmill
Dallas City
Merle Carter
James Kemper
Sanda
George Moore
Marianne
Indiana
Moore
Kemsa
Ralph Krey and
Shirley
Ora Seward Home
Belen Meredith
Tulsa
Okla
W. B Beauchamp
Wilbur Symmonds
Charles Homer
Mar. Miller
Phillins Brooks
Horace Mann
God Pascal
William P. McKenzie
Mrs
Center Presirie
George Orvile Tucker
Pearl Patty
Menanee
Orville L. Packer
Cleo Porter
Mrs. Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Tucker
Bern
Brimfield Cemetery
L. 9. Clark
H. A. Griggs
Henry de Vries
A. 8
Kelley
J. M. Stenger
Mhorace
Moon
Dor
R. B. Roberts
J.E. Welsh, M.D
Illinoia
W.e.nolting
Frederick V. Arber
Attorwey
Law
Geo. W. Cluskey
Undertaker
Hmbalmer
Peoria, IM
DR &.R. Claybaugh
Veteinarian
Brimfield, Illinois
Mr. and
Mrs. Delbert Patty
Orville Tucker
G. W. Porter
Akating Party
Johnson “Funeral Service
W. H. Herring
H.S. Beeney Edwards,illinois
Farm & Livestock Auctionser
Edwards
DR Walter Pacey
Bondi Building Galeabure
Llisdois
Palace Theater
Wayoe Morris, Priscilla Lane In
Brother Rat
Floyd Gibbons
Sun Man
Jack Beanv
Joan Bennett
Edward Ellis
Asa Shirley
A Man To Remember
John Howard
Heather Angel
Bulldog Drummond
Wednes-Thurs
Claude Rains
Frank McHugh
the Lane Sisters
Fannie Gurst
Coming
Shirley Temple
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