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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
8
Late in the day prison inspectors questioned inmates briefly. The Pickpocket cites abstraction, the incendiary jokes about it, the forger seeks a name, and the burglar admits taking advantage of an opening in a large mercantile establishment.
Morning worship and church school continue as a single service from 9:00 to 10:30. The W. B. C. meets at Mrs Etta Hamilton Jane 19 at 2:30. A. A. Lee, Pastor.
St Joseph’s Church announces Mass on Sunday June 28 at 7 30. Daylight saving time is observed. Pather Thomas listed as reader with Harrison serving as pastor.
A new class will be formed for young people over high school age. The morning service of worship begins at 11:00. Infant baptism will be administered. Sunday School Picnic is planned for Thursday, June 26 at Jubilee Park with a swimming opportunity in the afternoon and a picnic supper for children and adults at 6:00 p.m. Hargreaves, Pastor.
A Sunday service outlines Christian duty beyond fear of punishment, urging obedience to higher powers for conscience and love of God. It rejects the phrase my country right or wrong as devilish patriotism and calls Christians to strive for social and industrial improvement while living by God's law.
A fragmented clipping lists draft camp addresses and asks readers to provide the home addresses of draftees. Names like Keith Savage, Paul Lottman, Bernard Catton, Albert Miara, Kenneth Vaughn, Rudolph Tucker, Ray McKinney, Guy Galit, John Blunay appear with assignments at Camp Custer, Fort Benning, Camp Davie, and others, inviting public contact to add to a local roll.
A Denver letter from Mildred McClellan Melville describes her son’s high school graduation, plans to attend Colorado Agricultural College, and interest in cattle ranching. She recalls Alaska, the large Toddentany Eustis high school, local volunteers, and a busy recreation center.
Brimfield 4-H girls met at leader Mrs Julius Shaw on May 27 with Maxine Galliater presiding. topics included a county club tour planned for June 2 and a program of clothing, posture, food school, cooking, piano, and vocal items. Fifteen members and four visitors attended.
Local notices list rewards and sales items including a stolen bicycle appeal. Names such as Franklin Driskell Mrs Attwood Roy Randle Oscar Harding and Brimfield area references appear with ads for seed, livestock, painting, and repairs.
Christian Science churches held the Lesson-Sermon on Sunday June 15 with the Golden Text The eternal God is thy refuge and underneath are the everlasting arms from Deuteronomy 33 27 The lesson also cited Psalms 91 1 2 4 and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy page 151 emphasizing the divine Mind that made man in its image and likeness and that the divine Mind and its idea comprise the entire harmonious and eternal being
A bizarre courtroom exchange unfolds as a man claims innocence after being sent to a penitentiary. He says he was drugged and robbed by his own doctor who advised him to take iron. The man insists he followed the advice, resulting in an arrest for stealing a stove.
A witty exchange centers on a dead letter at the desk prompting speculation about who has died. The brief dialogue hints at mystery and a playful misunderstanding without revealing any factual events or names.
Mr. Smith returned from attempting his first bicycle ride with a tender black eye. His wife quips that’s what he gets for riding a bicycle, to which he replies that he’s paying the price for not knowing how to ride one.
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