Old Settler Picnic and Brimfield Notes Highlight Busy Town
Local notes cover farm sales and new goods at Brimfield, visits from Peoria and Chicago, market prices for hay and potatoes, and plans for the Old Settler’s Picnic on August 15. Mentioned are Slocum & Shane hats sale, Dain implements, and community events at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shane
Neva Maxwell
Averyville
Minnesota
Memler Bros
Harry Wyman
Peoria
Rallston
Cady Bros
Slocum
Shane’s. Tewis
Misa Parkes
Dain Bragg
Slocum & Shane’s
George
Bragg
Joe Boden
Idaho Draws Divorce Seekers as South Dakota Tightens Laws
The article notes a shift by wealthy divorce litigants toward Idaho after South Dakota amended its laws to require a year of residency. It highlights Boise’s predicted growth from an influx of eastern seekers, and outlines a broader pattern of reform spurred by Mrs J. G. Blaine Jr’s case. It also describes Stuyvesant Fish’s work life and career moves between railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Tryagain
South Dakota
Boise City
Mra
J. G. Blaine, Jr
Episcopal Diocese of
Luxertewns Minting Onmya in Mining Towns
The piece notes a shift from rugged mining days to affluent city life in camps like Goldfield and Cotati, where fortunes fund fashion, carriages, and luxury. It highlights wives bringing trunks of fine gowns, upholstering camps with New York goods, and miners adopting cultured, urban lifestyles alongside schools, churches, and opera houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frisco
New York
Fifth Avenua
Goldfield
Cotalt
Yale
Harvard
Union
Sailor Mocked Tea In Soup Confusion On Ship
A sailor questions an officer about the meal saying the soup is tea in disguise. The officer samples the broth and concedes it is not bad, while the sailor bitterly notes the insistence that it is tea.
Noted Jurists Fail to Hold Will Against Contest
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that even prominent lawyers cannot always ensure their own wills stand. The late Chief Justice Paxson of Pennsylvania left 1.5 million dollars to a boys charity, but the will was invalidated for lacking proper witnessing, and the money passed to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J Tilden
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paxson
Pennsylvania
Kaiser Wilhelm II Receives Letters on Unity
A chaotic early report notes Kaiser Wilhelm II receiving between six and seven hundred letters about unity. The item mentions costly foundations and deep borings in New Orleans revealing solid ground only in sand and clay complicating pier construction for a giant project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Wilhelm II
New Orleans
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the Brimfield News
S Brimfield
Illinois
Addison Pacey
Telephone
Market Report
Arber’s
MecDermot
Ethel Harker
Elmwood
Warner Lackland
Brimfield
Anna Herriott
Galesburg
John Heaton
Verne Charleston
Mra N. Overen
Carl Fuchs
Pekin
Miss May Hayes
Maniton
Middletown
Iowa
Chase and Sanborne
Membr Oras
Raymond Clark
Fielden McFadin
Peora
Lara Brooks
Lauri
Tlfe MckKown
Vira
Reed
Moe Hood
Tanday Purmorer
PeoriaAn
Sand Point
Slocum & Share
Ierry Hayes
M P Lackland
W T. Lackland
Elgin
Nelle Alford
Princeville
Sisses Margaret
May
R. B. Catton
A. J Hawkes
Tenanee
Saturdy
Tuesdy
Bert Tucker
Williams
Nell Culbertson
Alfie Cady
Pythias
Cers
Hugh Miller
Joe Emery
Geo Wyman
Shanahan
Kent
M L Moody
Ezra Tucker
Mr. Moody
Tucker
Opie Reed
Armor Plate Hosiery Mills
Tucker's
Cade Bros. S
W H Stead
State of
General Assemble
Woot
Stead
Creneral
J TL Moore
Brimcotter Cheng
Chas Hayes
Mr Moore
Tit
Tim
Hayes
Basser
Moore
Johnson’s
Johnson's
Car
Chas. Fletcher
Toolon
Ed. Littlefield
Albert Merehall
Maqnon
Hazel
Wilford Tucker
Brage Save
Alice Maher
Oak Hill
Patrick Maher
Eureka
Buckwalter
H. Winnoe
Camp Grove, Ill
Teresa Margaret
London
Baltimore News
James Weese
George Fair
Mark O'Brennan
James Brennan
Robert Bragg
Roseville
Ohio
California
The
Wyoming Post Herald
Charles Winget
Peoria County
Trivolh
Elza
Henry Winget
Winget
Stark County
Penn Township
Wyoming
Slayton Lyceum Bureauan
Slayton Tennes- Recana
Aix
Aingere
John B Rato
Brear’s
Arber’a
W. M. Oaks
Laura
Ilnois
Stark County News
Thomas Lapton
America
Home Magazine
Hartford,Connecticut
Carl B. Moore Brimfield
Stuyvesant
Rock Island
Union Club
Stuyvesant Fish
Illnois Central Road
Cacertaignty
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