Runaway incidents and local notes from Brimfield area
The column records three runaways this week including I. W Sulowsay's team and Rider's corner incident with a bogey, plus a De Blumer vet runaway near Trivoli. It notes July activity in 1894 and 1904 markets, local telephones, business sales, and partnerships. Also reports deaths of James B Hill and Ver Mattaai, community events, park trips, school courses, and weather with heavy rain and hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W Sulowsay
Joseph Blundy
de Blumer
Trivoli
Allie Bowman
Tom Richford
George Flynn
Peoria
Infantile Paralysis Warning for Peoria County
Warning urges parents to recognize early signs of infantile paralysis in Peoria County and to protect children during summer. Forewarned families may prevent life long disabilities by limiting overexertion, seeking prompt medical advice, and accepting available serum through the county health department to ward off crippling outcomes.
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Peoria
Soma
Penzia County Defense Zone
Radley Victory 4-H Club Holds July Meetings
The Radley Victory 4-H club met at Betty Maher’s on July 13 with five members answering roll call. Shirley De Groot led the pledge and 4-H pledge as Betty Emerick read five talks on sauces and uses, accessories, posture in housework, and press cloths demonstrations. Light refreshments followed and the next meeting was set for July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radley Victory Club
Betty Maher
Shirley de Groot
Betty Emerick
Helen Endress
Earlene Colina
Betty Mahers
Radiey Victory 4-H Club
Betty Mahber
Icea
Victory Helpers hold July meeting at Brimfield
Victory Helpers held their fifth meeting on July 14 at the eighth school. Ten members attended. Darlene Sollenbeger and Willedean Reinhart demonstrated using raw vegetables in a salad. A talk on serving salad and cookies followed. Patricia Dign Roth and Nancy Knight Lang spoke, while Yarilyn Tucker read. Next meeting slated for Friday, July 25, with Patricia Dungan serving as reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fnr
Brimfield V.ctocy Helpers
Darlene Sollenbeger
Willedean Reinhart
Patricia Dign Roth
Nancy Knight Lang
Yarilyn Tucker
Te Bird
Laura Items The Annual Chicken Supper Event
The Woman’s Society of Christian Service sponsors the annual chicken supper on Wednesday evening August 16 with a program. Local visits and social notes include Peoria visitors Mrs. Paul Noland and Greta Strickland, and numerous area residents hosting and visiting among families in Beamer house, Toulon, Wyoming, Galesburg, and Peoria over the weekend and into Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans—Society of Christian Service
Paul Noland
Dickie
Greta Strickland
Peoria
Gerald Webster
Near Kewanee
Homer Webster
West Jersey
Don Webster
Hoyt Lorance
Near
Toulon
Paul Ogle
John Whittaker
Aston German
Waste Grease Sought for Community Plaque Project
The Carson County collection agent requests waste grease donations to fund a community plaque. A county collection truck will pick up grease on a regular schedule, urging residents not to delay participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Sure
Library Closes During Month of August
Library services suspend for August as the facility pauses operations. No details on hours beyond noting closure during the month.
French Grove Improvement Society meets with Mrs Leila Custer
The piece notes social visits and gatherings in French Grove and nearby towns. It lists the Improvement Society meeting with Mrs Leila Custer on Thursday, plus multiple calls and dinners at homes of local residents including the Shaffers, Martins, Hathorns, and Ottens, with travel mentions to Mt. Sterling and Texas camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Improvement Society
Leila Custer
Potluck Dinner Shared by Local Residents Sunday
A potluck dinner Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Harmison was enjoyed by Orrin Tucker of Peru Indiana, Jim Christian, Mrs Leona Marea and Walter, Mr and Mrs Rank Howard and Bobbie of Dahinda, Mr and Mrs Eugene Daum, Raymond and Delarer, and others including John Smith, Bette Rose, Mrs Buane Tucker and family, Paul Fucker and Roland.
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Harry Harmison
Orrin Tucker
Peru
Ind
Jim Christian
Leona Marea
Walter
Rank Howard
Bobbie
Dahinda
Eugene Daum
Raymond and
Delarer
John Smith
Bette
Rose
Buane Tucker
Paul Fucker
Roland
Doctors in uniform urge free medicine after war
More than fifty five thousand doctors serve in the armed forces now and many were practicing physicians before. A medical officer urged every physician and medical organization at home to form committees to shield medicine from government control and reassure civilian doctors that postwar practice will remain independent.
Illinois Governor appoints six to National Rivers and Harbors meet
Governor Dwight H. Green selects six Illinois delegates for the National Rivers and Harbors conference in New Orleans July 27 and 28. The group includes State Senators Crisenberry and Dick, Oscar Nelson, Walter Rosenfield, Ivan Palmer, and Thomas Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
National Rivers and Harbors Conference
New Orleans
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
Legislative Commission On Flood Control
Frank J. Dick
Quincy
Flood Control Commission
Oscar Nelson
Walter A. Rosenfield
Ivan A. Palmer
Thomas B. Casey
State Division of Waterways
Richard Yates Rowe
Carl W. Johnson
Batavia
Johnson
William H. Hughes
Illinois Liquor Control Commission
Edward J. Hughes
Rowe
Alfred F. Schupp
Joliet
Harry J. Wernsing
Schupp
There Is No Santa Claus And The Tax Debate
The article argues that after the war tax system must shift from taxing the rich to taxing all labor and industry. It criticizes government spending and postwar programs that burden private enterprise, urging tax relief and removal of nonessential government projects to protect workers and business profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citzens
Santa Claus
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