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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
1
The bill imposes taxes on manufacturers importers pawnbrokers and dealers of machine guns sawed off rifles and shotguns and a 3200 transfer tax on each weapon. Within 60 days of enactment every possessor of a sawed off shotgun or machine gun must register with the Collector of Internal Revenue or face a fine. Pistols and revolvers are excluded.
Peoria truckers and nearby counties prepare to register under the N&A Code at Maroney's Hall on South Adams Street. Registration starts at 9 a.m. with penalties up to 500 dollars or six months jail for violations. At 7:30 p.m. Agricultural Transportation Association haulers elect county officers and a vote committee for Peoria County.
Brimfield High School's Class of 1934 records four years of growth and changes. The piece lists presidents, secretaries, and advisors across freshman to senior years, notes dances, plays, and receptions, and recalls events at Peoria University Club, the Madison Theatre, and YCA.
A playful senior class note from Brimfield High School 1934 distributes traits and talents. Helen Clark leaves trombone skill to Esther Tucker, Russell Purcell bequeaths to Raymond Gesszell, Bernice Purcell passes dancing ability to Arlene Plack, and other seniors assign attributes such as bluffing teachers, seating, or sleepiness.
Friday and Saturday visits noted among local families including Mrs Frank Carter Edith Alexander and WW E Cart er. Comment on crops shows many farmers planting oats and building barriers amid heavy rains and drought losses. A AA plan cited with optimism but described as propaganda by the Earlville Leader.
Miss Swig of Peoria and numerous Peoria residents are listed visiting relatives in Galesburg and Elmwood, with hospital and funeral references, and local events include a Home Bureau meeting, a band concert, and cherry canning season. The item also mentions ongoing cross-town visits by Wilbur Symmonds, Lorene Kuntz, and Katherine Scott among others.
Casius KK, former Seattle Chamber of Commerce president, argues that progress rests on past foundations and warns against overzealous reforms that threaten rights. He cites Germany, Italy, and Russia as cautions, urging tempered change grounded in trial and error and long experience.
New fair opens May 26 featuring Merrie England and 14 foreign villages with authentic reproductions of old Europe. Visitors tour a world through 84 miles of exhibits daily music dancing and fireworks plus new scientific displays. Costs kept low with past visitors spending about 1.17 dollars per day. weekend trips by train or auto offered for nearby residents.
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