Brimfield Notes From The Files Across Years
A dated collage of local agricultural prices and events from Brimfield records. Entries include corn oats and wheat prices, hog counts, farm sales and transfers, new trains and car service, yearbook on sale, church and civic notes, and community milestones from 1893 to 1923 with figures for crops, eggs, butter, and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley’s
M. Dungan
LC. L. Dungan
Brimfield
A.K. Grant
Wm- Banlon
Grant
Killeen
Arthur Whittaker
Geo la Follett
Luella Prentice
Mre la Follett
W. F. Harding
George
Spectrator
Ruth Hayes
Ethel Memler
Alma Dengan
Th.a
L Ff
Cuttom Gea
W Scat
A Jones
Fr A. Mamville
Victory Garden Planting Dates Amid Unprecedented May Rain
The Victory Garden chairman warns Illinois gardeners to avoid digging soggy ground and notes late May to early June rains threaten crops. It provides latest planting windows for Central Illinois with dates for beets, carrots, cabbage, corn, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, cucumbers, radish, and more, and mentions an auto sale near Carson's store and a tractor ride into town with women accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
New Zealand
Rachel Friedland Marriage Announced in Norwich Garden
Mrs Otto B. Friedland of East Lansing announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Rachel Friedland to Daniel I. Malamua son of Mr and Mrs E. J. Mallamud of New York City. The ceremony was May 28 in Norwich Connecticut with Rev. Earl Mathewson officiating. The bride, a Michigan State College graduate and Sigma Kappa member, and the groom, Yale graduate, will reside in Norwich for graduate psychology work at the University of Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto B. Friedland
East Lansing
Rachel
Friedland
Daniel I. Malamua
Mars E. J. Mallamud
New York City
Norwich
Conn
Florian Heiser
Earl Mathewson
First Congregational Church of
Michigan State College
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Yale University
Malavad
University of Connecticut
State Journal
Lansing
Mich
No Magic In Bureaucacy By Barbour On Government
Robert Barbour, president of the Watloway Board of Fire Underwriters, warns at the board’s 77th annual meeting that government overreach via bureaucratic edict threatens individual liberty. He cites global trends toward state power and urges an informed public to resist plans that replace private initiative with state planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert ¥. Barbour
Watloway Board of Fire Underwriters
Board
Barbour
Medical progress noted in American health system
The American Medical Journal highlights two goals for doctors: to best distribute medical resources while safeguarding local self government, and to ease licensing barriers between states. It praises U S Public Health Service plans and notes doctors serving about one per 1,500 people, with Americans well cared for globally. Emily Corney spent the weekend with the Corney family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Medical Journal
United States Public Health Service
Laura Items and Local Party News From Week End
Nearby visits include Paul Noland with college friends near St Louis and Mrs Tony Oppels with daughter Donia near Speer. Galesburg callers include Mrs John H Whittaker and Mrs John C Whittaker. Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Atha Danivant were Mr and Mrs Carl Meacham and son from Pekin. S. Set Wiley Reed reported arriving safely overseas. Children’s Day program planned at Laura Church on Sunday June 13 with baptismal rites at 10 o’clock followed by Sunday School program. Roy Whittaker and spouse celebrate 38th wedding anniversary with family. Le Roy Whittaker serving in armed forces.
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Carl Meacham
Pekin
Laura Church
Roy Whittaker
Edith
Peoria
Robert
Toulon
Louise
Vera
le Roy
Laura Winners 4 Meeting Discusses Demonstration Prep
Laura Winners held a June meeting at the Pau Noland home with ten members and two visitors. Dickie Noland was chosen to attend Camp Shaubena if possible, with Richard Every and Ward Harding as alternates. Gordy Warttaker spoke on creep feeding, Dickie Noland on potato faucets and their control, and Dorothy Kellogg on beef calf feeding rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Pau
Noland
Petent
Dickie Noanan
Camp Shaubena
Richard Every
Ward Harding
Gordy Warttaker
Dickie Noland
Dorothy Kellogg
Pilot Ray Gene Gell Training At Hobbs Field
29g Lt. Ray Gene Gell, son of Ray Gelling, is reported at Hobbs Army Air Field New Mexico for transition training as a multi engine bomber pilot per Col. Joseph P. Bailey Hobbs Field. Lt Gelling was commissioned as second lieutenant and earned his wings at Marfa Field Texas on May 20 1943. After Hobbs training he will be qualified as a combat bomber pilot.
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Ray Gene Gell
Ray Gelling
Hobbs Army Air Field
Hobbs
New Mexico
Joseph P. Bailey
Hobbs Field
Gelling
Marfa Field
Texas
French Grove News Summary of Local Socials and Events
French Grove residents share weekend visits and gatherings with Forrest Dady and Jesse Peve. Betty Carter works at Lincoln Loan Company in Peoria. Illinois Polled Shorthorn sale attended near Peoria on June 4. Graduates from Western State Teachers College include Odetta Lou Shaffer on June 3. Detta Lou Shaffer served as maid of honor to Kathryn Kincaid at Raymond Page’s Athens wedding on June 6. Detal unkn
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Emily McCoy
Verne Shaffer
John Shaffer
Western State Teachers College
Odetta Lou Shaffer
Detta Lou
Kthryn Kincaid
Raymond Page
Athens
Muncie
Rockford Woman Guest Before Navy Induction
Misa Frances Valentine of Rockford visited sister Mrs J D Sest and family over Sunday. Her brother Joseph Valestinne from Peoria also joined them for the weekend before leaving for military service after induction into the Navy.
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Misa Frances Valentine
Rockford
J.D Sest
Joseph Valestinne
Peoria
Navy
Retailers Should Not Subsidize Government Mistakes
Government agencies delay root causes of inflation harming the food distribution industry. Merchants pass higher costs to consumers while officials seek to force prices below real costs. Retail distributors praise their role in price and rationing controls but reject subsidizing government errors.
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Food Administration
Mrs Thomas L Maher Dies After illness at St Francis Peoria
Death of Mrs Thomas L Maher at St Francis hospital Peoria after illness on June 6. Born Elizabeth C Boozan in Monmouth March 28 1900 she married Thomas L Maher February 6 1923. Survived by husband four daughters four sons her parents and several siblings. Funeral at St Josephs Brimfield with burial Calvary cemetery.
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Thomas L. Maher
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Elizabeth C. Boozan
Monmouth
Michael and
Nellie Shumich Boogan
Brimfield
Betty
Eleen
Kathryn
Rosemary
Aon
Thomas, Jr
Margaret Boczan
Aonmouth
Canrad Gibbemeyer
Knoxville
John Doyle
Francois Tiery
Little York
Michael
Richard
St. Joseph’s Church
Thomas C. Harrison
Calvary Cemetery
Richard Heinz
Frederick
Robert Carroll
Wilbur Cluskey
Albert Meegan
Robert Webber
Academy of Our Lady In
Galesburg
Brimfield Newspapers and a Fire Duke the Line
A historical note traces Brimfield papers from the Brimfield Gazette to the Brimfield News, with owners including Robert H. Miller and R. P. Chandock. It records fires that damaged the News, relocations to Elmwood, and eventual sales as the town’s press thrived over five decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brimfield
C. W. Hamilton
Brimfield Gazette
R. H. Miller
Peoria County News
Chapman and Moody
Brimfield News
Craddock
Robert H. Miller
Miler
Gazette
Miller
Elmwood
Elmwood Gazette
Urimfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
McDonough Bros
Keeling
Peter Christian
Kickapoo
Glover
Arthur Hartley Leas
Oak Hill
Victory Gardenera
Illinois Victory Gardeners
Mustard
Crese
Menry P
Tally Your Victory Garden
Carson‘s
Tart Bey
Gbery
Rachel Friedland
Germany
Russia
Emily Corney
George Corney
Paul Noland
St. Louis
Tony Oppels
Donia
Speer
John H. Whittaker
John C. Whittaker
Mra
Harley Reed
S. Set. Wiley Reed
Jennie Barrett
Greta Strickland
Billie
Lee Burgess
Monica
Fred Steinman
Streator
Bob Dunivant
Aoail
Ruth Ann Oakes
Will Fo
Forrest Dady
Carl Peve
Jesse Peve
Betty Carter
Lincoln Loan Company
Central National Bank
A. R Moore
H L, Reed
L. Oaken
C. F. Adams
Floyd Brittingham
Delores
Vivian
Asa Moore
Jesse Bredshaw
Grant Nelson
Promonia
Washington
Delores Ratcliff
Maxine Callister
Harnett Martsuif
Arvid Rambo
George Martluf
Moody and Clapman
Gaselle
R. P. Chandock
Bureau County
Hampton
Busircas
Chaddock
Benton Harbor
Michigan
Overacker
Addison Pacey
Yates City
DR. WH. Hearing
R. B. Roberts
J.E. Welsh
M. D
Brimfield, Itlinolea
Frederick V. Arber
Arber Johnson Attorneys AT Law
Jodd, Arber, Pendasvis & Anderson
Bidg Peoria
Ilinoia
Cluskey Mortuary Co
Madison St
Dohnaon Funeral Service
Walter Pacey
Bondi
Oscar M. Harding
Oak Illlinois
Nat’nal Realty
Reppett’s
Avecatur
Indiana
Ewalt’s
Perdue Use
U.s.war
Alace Theater
Einwond
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
Keeper of the Flame
Ellen Drew, Richard
Lionel Barrymore
van Johnson
Richard Quine
Susan Peters
Dr. Gillespies
James Cagney
Joan Leslie
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