First Plows of Tree Branches and Prince Alberts
The text notes the prevalence of Prince Albert frock coats among U S senators in the nineties as a symbol of statesmanship and maturity. It then mentions early farming with crooked tree branches as plows, and identifies George Hay as Scotland’s first glassmaker, using a cave at Wemyss For the Fife coast as his furnace site in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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Prince Alberts
United States
Scotland
George Hay
Wemyss
Fife
Summer sale and community notices from Brimfield
Dozens of summer items go on sale at Membra as Brimfield community life fills weekends with visits to Peoria Chicago and Wisconsin. The note full of names details social calls band concerts Royal Neighbors meetings and a civil service exam update for the local post office.
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Membra
Earl Stansbury
Nancy Martha
Winter Park
Florida
Josephine Reed
Myrtle Reed
Foster Miller
H E. Pemple
Urbana
Orville Miller
Millicent Pacey
Lincoln Pacey
Chicago
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Walesburg
Brimfield
Charles
Gettemy
Boston
Victor Armstrong
Kewanee
Homer Tucker
Tucker
Armstrong
John Neal
Bleepy Eye
Minn
W.J. McCowan
Minnesota
H. W Phillips
Baltimore
A. T. Babcock
Civil Service
FR N. Bragg
Post Office Department
Brimfield Village Orders Stop To Bicycle Riding
The Brimfield village Board of Trustees ordered bicycle riding on sidewalks halted immediately by directive of W. F. Harding president.
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Village of
Brimfield
W. F. Harding
Village Board of Trustees
Community classified notices and sales in Brimfield area
Local ads list alfalfa hay priced at 4 cents per pound cash and various farm items for sale. Includes John Deere cultivator, Guernsey bull, buror range, Acme feed service, Pilgrim Twine and Brimfield Cooperative Elevator Co announcements. Limited names include C L Mc Clellan, Mrs Airy Carter, Reginald Walliker, Monica, Mrs Arthur McCoy, O D Edwards.
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John Deere
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Westinghouse Refrigerators
Emmerson Electric Fans
Johnson-Arbor, Inc
Count Oymch
Jenkins
Pain and
Frame
England
Porto Bello Central
LA Ahdic
Fong Antieles
Sean
Togisa Tai 2
Loi
Ad ‘Ra AS
Temes
INA Priory
Jenn
House DE Commons
Cppromguy Wu
Colorado
Rockies
Burlington
Denver
Denver Zephyr
Overland Express
Deover
Colorado Springs
L. Graham
Elizabeth Daum
Aldah
Peoria
Rose Fuson
John la Follette
Bob Harris Standard Oil Station
Albert PeWilde
Roanoke
Opew Gym
Henry Memler
Otto Friedlund
Schenectady, N
Eva Clark
Anne Crahan
Bradley
Mary Crahan
Edw. Richford
Sarlan Elliott
Marjorie
Monica
Mr. Jud Harding and Sons
J.S Harker
C. D. Forney
Roy Fisk
Charlotte Fisk
Eldon Blair
Prophetstown
J. A. Clark
H. C. Cady
Verda
Keith
Northwestern
Hedding College
Abingdon
R. B. Roberts
H C Cady
George Cady
Kenosha
Wiscorsin
Joseph Coyle
J W.clark
J W Clark
Wm. Pollock
Mossville
J E Clark
Coyle
Lappy
Harvey Young
Union Parsonage
Knox College
Irving Bragg
Russell Bragg
Hileen
Bernice
Ruth Bragg
R. W. Blundy
Miriam Bragg
Franklin Bragg
Della Kneer
Hazel Savord
Lee Brown
Laura
James Allen
Florence Steinman
Toulon
Homer Daum
West Jersey
Peter Daum
Mra
George Lavfollett
D. G. Shirleya
Aledo
Meimler
Johnson-Archer Inc
Reed Blundy
Imperial Council
Detroit
Joe Biundy
Bob Doubet
Camp Shanbena
Lake Bracken
Galesburg
Millie Littlefield
W W. E. Carter
Milwaukee
Nancy Harker
Marie Armbruster
Los Angeles
California
A &S. Herriott
Arthur Hunkler
Minniie Chambers
Minnie Murdock
Alice Whittaker
Fred Chichester
Elmwood Methodist Church
Pat Bennett
Joe Coyle
Tom Lewis
Norma
Eimwood
Lewiets
Mr. Coyle
Gene Kinkie
George Doak
R. Ls Pacey
Grant Cordes
Washburn
R. E. Brasmer
R R Claybaugh
Lucille la Follette
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Veterinarian Association
Mechanicsville
Gray
Williamsfield
Cedar Rapids
Ora
Stella
Effie
Frances
Ira
John
Ray Martin
John Caldwell
Misa Della Caldwell
Mt. Pleasant
John Richards
Ernest Hollis
Victor King
Carrie Caldwell
Arthur Hollis
Princeville
Harry Peters
Carl Schmidt
Meg Dames
Ben Johnson
John Crownet
Floyd Tuckwalter
Bert Monroe
Harold Forcum
Lee Dentino
Mesdanes Florian Klingert
Carl de Vries
John Johoson
Horace Moon- Raymond Letterman
Donald Imler
Francis Bleichner
Lloyd Capron
Lewell Penn
Harold Harlan
Walter Rayfield
Earl
C. L. McClellan
Guernsey
Reginald Walliker
Arthur McCoy
Acme
Brimfield Co-operative Elevator Co
Murphys
Brimfield Elevator Co
Coop
Pilgrim
O. D. Edwards
Mgr
Tus Bawbee News
Brimfield Illinois
Addison Pacey
Mildred Pacey
Overen Cafe
Ava
Kellogg’s Wheat
Kellogg’s
S.H. Neikirk
Twine
McCormick-Deering
International Harvester
McCormick- Deering
Cecil Hardware Co
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