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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1935

Page

5

Lutheran Church Notes Sunday School and Service

Lutheran Church announces Sunday School at 10 PM and Divine Service at 10 30 AM led by Pastor Henry Traub.

Henry Traub

Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Sunday School

Public worship at 9 30 a m with Sunday School at 10 30 a m. A cordial welcome is extended by Pastor Thomas Spencer.

Methodist Episcopal Church Thomas Spencer

St Josephs Church Parish Schedule

Mass at 8 00 Sunday January 27 and 10 00 for William Ffeld. Catechism classes Sunday afternoon 2 30. Father T C Garrison pastor.

William Ffeld T. C. Garrison

Union Church Weekend Schedule and Social Fundraiser

The Union Church lists 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 Morning Worship with choir practice Thursday at 2:30. January 25 hosts the Feasly Class at H. P. Tully home. Social committee sells tickets for six entertainments and six lunches at 100 dollars, described as a major bargain for Brimfield. tickets available from Ethel Memier Elizabeth Johanson Alice Tully Bernice Bragg or Mr. Newell. adults 100. students 50 cents. children free with parents.

Brimfield Union Church Ethel Memier Elizabeth Johanson Alice Tully Bernice Bragg Mr. Newell

Stores Close at Six Hours Later Notice

Stores will close at six o clock until further notice. The local stores will not be open Wednesday evening and will close at six o clock except on Saturday evenings.

Corn Dish Recipes For Canned Corn Use In Meals

Dietitians offer recipes for canned whole grain corn including Corn Fritters Corn and Pea Rarebit on Toast Corn Salad and Corn and Pepper Salad. Fritters yield sixteen. Rarebit serves six to eight. Corn Salad serves twenty four. Corn and Pepper Salad serves six.

Early politics shift after Civil War convention in NC

The first postwar political gathering organized by Ohio soldiers met in Raleigh on May 2, 1865 to rally support for Gen Jacob Dolson Cox for Ohio governor. The meeting spurred Buckeye regiments to send delegates to the later Republican state convention in Columbus where Cox was nominated and elected.

United States Ohio Cleveland Plain Dealer North Carolina Jacob. Dolson Cox Columbus Cox

Blue Earth Vein Found Off East Prussia Coast

Geologists report a narrow vein of blue earth about 100 yards beneath surface near the East Prussia coast. The stratum is leftover from a jungle era, exposed offshore, with waves during storms casting amber onto the shore.

East Prussia

Monitor war vessel named Yan kee cheese box on a raft

The Monitor built in 1861 designed by Capt John Ericsson, a screw propeller inventor, measured 172 feet in length with five inch armor on its sides and eight inch armor in its turret. Its odd appearance earned it the nickname the Yankee cheese box on a raft.

Monitor John Ericsson

Elephant tusks as species markers across regions

Path finder Magazine notes that tusk shape and size vary by species rather than sex. Some Ceylon elephants lack tusks, Indian cows have small tusks or none while bulls are large, and African cows consistently bear large tusks.

Ceylon India Pathfinder Magazine

Crocodile Blockade at Majunga River Faces Crossing Barriers

At Majunga on Madagascar Island a river named Tsiribi hina is blocked by crocodiles, with banks likewise swarmed. Locals can shoot them for skin preservation. rocks do not biologically grow, but may accumulate matter from outside and appear to move toward the surface through freeze thaw.

Majunga Madagascar Tsiribihina

The Shortest Day in December Then and Now

The shortest day in the year is December 22 except leap years when it is December 21. First Municipal Railway Cincknet was the first city in the United States to operate a municipally owned railway. A baseball hurled by a professional travels about 90 feet per second on average. Some hardwoods are softer than some so-called softwoods.

Cincknet United States

Sideslips and weather forecasts in imperfect facts

A playful note on linguistic slips and the gap between financial prudence and weather prediction. The piece jokes that misheard or misused words reveal how incomplete data hinders accurate forecasting and clear communication.

Odd Bits and Oddities From a Curious World in Brief

A look at peculiar items from Chelsea to Detling. Caged baby sleep devices in Chelsea Bay. A cigarette puff housing up to four billion dust particles. An Infra-red scan reveals censored lines in a book three centuries old. In Detling England over 100 residents share the Brown surname amid a 1,000 population. Scotland Yard reports four hundred thousand fingerprint checks with zero errors. Oklahoma voters rebuff all candidates over age forty. In Mt Vernon New York three men who lived centuries ago are named in a foreclosure suit on a vacant lot.

Mt. Vernon N. Y

Nosedives of wit and words in old prose musings

A compact essay style passage ponders the charm of cinema and laughter paired with tears, notes on investigations and poetry, reflections on authors’ early lives, twin beds as insomnia relief, and observations about novels, reading, and the plot in mystery plays.

Women in Russia and Turkey Highlight Changes in Roles

The survey notes 1467 leading Russian scientists with 192 women among them and Britain listing 19 women police chiefs inspectors and superintendents. Global unmarried women exceed 300 million while US customs see 90 percent of smuggling attempts by women. Turkey reports slimming trends in women, linking to past harems and weight changes. Russia counts 7 million working women with 400 thousand in local Soviets and 6 thousand as collective chairmen.

Russia

Catholic Daughters Meet Twice Monthly at Community Building

The Catholic Daughters of America hold meetings in the club room of the Community Building on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Sara Reed serves as Regent and Nellie Carroll as Historian.

C. D. of A Sara Reed Nellie Carroll

Modern Woodmen Meeting Schedule at Community Building

Modern Woodmen M W A Cid No 847 meets in the club room of the Community Building every other Tuesday evening W C Rudolph Savage H B Bowman Clerk.

M. W. A. Cid No W. C. Rudolph Savage H. B. Bowman

Royal Neighbors Meeting Notice at Community Building

Royal Neighbors Camp No 203 R N A meets on the first and third Wednesday afternoons in the Community Building club room. Oracle Eva Clark serves as Recorder and Carrie Arber is noted.

Oracle Eva Clark Recorder Carrie Arber

Women's Relief Corps Monthly Meeting Notes

The Women's Relief Corps holds meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons each month with Stella Kelley as President and Alma Ellis as Secretary noted for the record.

WRC Cuey Stella Kelley Alma Ellis

Basketball schedule list for Glasford and opponents

The schedule lists games with dates and locations for Glasford’s basketball season. Notable entries include home games against Maqnon and Cuba and away games at Elmwood, Chillicothe, Dunlap, Princeville, Yates City, Gilson, and Cuba with dates from November through February.

Elmwood Chillicothe Princeville Maqnon Yates City Gilson Cuba Glasford

Superstitious Donts From A Florida Paper

A lighthearted item from the Florida Times-Union shares old time superstitions. It warns against walking under a falling safe or a ladder with a painter above. It jokes about impossible shirt buttons and a coin about paying debt. It notes misfortune with mirrors and hazards to a husband.

Advice snippets from Answers Maga zive column

A fragmented reader’s page offers quips on generosity and financial caution. It cites lines about too many friends in need, amateur artists, selling politeness, and aging hair, attributed to a writer from Answers Magazine.

Magazive

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