This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
10
Local notes recount livestock trades with Walter Tucker and H L Fisher painting work while Cedar Rapids and Peoria mentions appear. Social events include garden parties Y P C E meetings and a Brimfield Fourth celebration with sermons, outings and minor accidents.
Illinois town and village clerks gain authority to issue burial permits after July 1. The law requires death certificates from physicians or coroners and sets reporting duties for births within 30 days, with a 25 cent fee to the reporter. The act outlines which officials may issue permits and how districts may be formed in counties not under township organization.
West Side notes report W J Reed painting his house and visits from Mrs James Arnold and Walter Guibout at local homes. Families from Glasford Elba Elmwood and Peoria feature in guesting and travel updates. A festival at French Grove Church netted about 40 dollars and towns discuss a neighbor telephone, a recent meeting at J S McCoy’s, and hints about cigars and a new railroad trip.
A Kirkman Iowa note describes a gasoline stove explosion injuring a woman. N. E. Palmer writes doctors failed to heal the running sore, but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve entirely cured her. The ad claims effectiveness for boils sores bruises and many conditions and lists local seller William Robinson & Co. as point of sale.
An archaic moral exhortation urges residents to buy locally and support home merchants, printers, and mechanics. It emphasizes honest credit practices, preserving town welfare, spending earnings at home, and teaching these tenets to future generations for communal prosperity.
A compiled notice lists uncalled letters including Patrick Benne Wm Baird Ione Beam Prof H D Bittener Helen DeArmond M Chambers H 8B Fisher Mrs C T Gill J G Hill C L Hart W B Lilly Mrs Vesta Lower C W Mc Means Wm McCarthy McCormick and Warner Mr Ralph Pratt H Rider August Swartz John J Schneider Mrs M Symonds Geo Tichner Verna Waithington.
Five hundred Woodmen candidates will join at Peoria at one time with four hundred drawn from camps within a hundred miles, potentially reaching 1000. The event features guards at the depot, Veiled Weavings of the Woods, and 106 acre Assembly Park for games before the initiation in a mammoth tent, with an expected attendance of 10,006 due to low railroad rates.
A compact notice page lists regular meetings for K of P Zylka Lodge 479 Brimfield District Court of Honor 437 Brimfield Fire Company and John V Brown Camp 66 8th Div IL plus Royal Neighbors Arnholt Camp 208 and W F M S Method church group. Meetings occur on various Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays with visiting members welcomed and officers named. Many groups meet at M W A hall G A hall or village hall on set dates each month.
An old advertisement urges taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. The copy promises a refund if it fails and credits E. W. Groves as the advertiser.
Trustees offer the Brimfield Presbyterian church building and lot for 3500 cash, sale pending approval by the Peoria Presbytery. J J Parsell or any member named in the notice.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.