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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
4
The fragment chronicles many Brimfield area visits and events. Families from Peoria Galesburg and Elmwood join Memorial Day and Decoration Day gatherings. local radio and jewelry ads appear. Multiple car crashes are noted with no serious injuries. Brimfield residents host relatives and attend church festivals and strawberry events at French Grove church.
Brimfield 4H Livestock club meeting with Margaret Ann Maher will be held at a later date due to the French Grove festival postponement.
The page lists multiple local sales and requests including Sini soy beans, strawberries, asparagus for canning, a man with or without a team, cows pigs and horses, 4 ten gallon milk cans, Berkshire and Chester White pigs, wool shearer services, carpentry and repair work by day, a 4 burner gas stove, Duree gifts, tomato plants and rhubarb for canning, and agricultural limestone delivery with special bulk prices.
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