Local Notes on Peoria and Brimfield Mobility and Visits
Local items note straw corn growth clover hay readiness and alfalfa harvest. Peoria discusses an eight hour police day while residents and visitors, including Wilma Griggs and Woodmen from Brimfield, travel between Brimfield Williamsfield and Chicago for various events. The Steenburg Banking Co. erects a new Farmington bank building as Shriner contacts and theater promotions unfold. High points include Joliet band’s championship prize, Shriner convention travel, and a noteworthy Just Around The Corner screening at Community Theatre voicing classic magazine origins.
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Steenburg Banking Co
Farmington
Fordite Steering Wheels Made From Farm Straw
At Dearborn Michigan Ford plants power by Fordson tractors use straw from the Ford farm to create Fordite steering wheels. The plant near Highland Park turns out about 8 500 wheels daily with three shifts six days a week. Straw serves as a binder in the wheel core, supplying a ton and a half daily, with the straw only lasting about nine months before external purchases are needed.
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Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Fordson Tractor Power
Ford Motor Company
Fordite
Highland Park
United States
Canada
Fordson Tractora
French Grove Strawberry Festival at French Grove Church
Annual Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival set for Thursday night June 14 at French Grove church. Everyone urged to attend for community celebration with treats and goodwill.
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French Grove
French Grove Church
Primrose 4234 to season at Brimfield area home
Primrose 4234, a Belgian horse, will season at Chalmer Catton's residence two percent miles north of Brimfield. Terms set at $15. Primrose described as a fine horse. Viewing requested to see him.
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Brimfield
Williams
Donald Fuller
Jean
Windom
Minn
Frank Finnegan
Primrose
Chalmer Catton
Major Karnak Belgians Stallion at Blundy Farm Sale
Major Karnak a Belgian stallion three years old weighing about 1800 pounds will be found at R W Blundy's farm during the season. Terms set at 1200 dollars for the colt nine days old.
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R. W. Blundy
Royal Wynne Draft Horse on Display at Maher Barn
Royal Wynne No. 18933 a ton draft horse will be found during the season at the barn of T F Maher. A live colt is priced at 12 dollars.
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Royal Wynne
T.F. Maher
Administrator's Notice in Peoria County Estate
John A. Caldwell as administrator of the Mary A Caldwell estate announces probate hearings in Peoria County court house on August 6. Creditors must present claims for adjustment and all debtors should pay promptly to the administrator. May 24, 1923 Peoria Illinois United States
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Mary A. Caldwell
Peoria County
Ilinois
Peoria
John A. Caldwell
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McClintock's Oak Hill Berry Farm Ad Urges Fresh Berries
Mrs Housewife questions middleman costs and promotes McClintock's fresh picked berries at Oak Hill Berry Farm. The ad urges readers to write or phone Oak Hill Post Office to place orders with C E McClintock.
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McClintock
Oak Hill
C. E. McClintock
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R. B. Roberts
State Bank OF Brimfield Capital
Ian Y Se Arc
Geo. Howard
Fred Arber
Kelley & Son Cash Meat Market
J.S. Harker
Sains Food Administration
Brimfield, Mlinois
Wilma Griggs
Milan Claybaugh
Adrian Jiggs
Sanford Fisher
Ivan, Curran
Jesse Harder
Aurora
Clifford Ireland
Imperial Outer Guard
Shriner’s
Washington
Mariel Deiley
Chicago
Josephine DeGrout
Augusta
Flo Bowman
Glencoe
Myrtle Brady
Toronto
L. O. Kelley
Mrs Brady
Fred Chichester
Great Falls
Monana
Knoxville
Peoria- Galesburg Trail
Joliet
Tom Pacey Jr
Matatti
Kenneth Yoakam
Stronghurst
Washington, D.C
E. Yoakam
White House
Shriners
New York City
The
Famous Players, Lasky Corporation
Community Theatre
Saturday Evening Post
E. R. Ristine
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Elmwood
Indiana
Illiois
University of Illinois
Ristine
Cornell College
Henry Ford
McCabe & Birkett
Attorneys AT Law
Peoria Life Bldg
Peoria, Illinois
Kirk & Shurtleff Attorneys AT Law
Central National Bank
Peoria, Lil
Telephone Main
Walter J. Kirk Geo
A. Shurtleff
Robert Scholes
Henry KE. Prat
Henry Kneller
Scholes & Pratt
Jefferson Building
Io All Courts
Karnak
F. W. Arcer
S Hetliee
C. W. Hamilton
Field, Illinois
LAW Office
Frederick V. Arber
McRoberts & Morgan
Central National Bank Btd
Illinois
Margaret Seddon
Paramount Picture
J. E. Welsh
DR. F. Gleeson
Brimfield, Ilinois
Peoria, Il
Peoria Life Building
Peoria, Ih
Geo. W. Cluskey
Winteler Undertaking
C. H. Risius
Brimfield, ii
Butea
Central Illinois Light Company
Mr. Frame
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