29 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
1
A jumble of figures and notices recounts farm prices for corn, wheat, oats, and butter across dates like July 1 1900 and July 3 1919, plus farm deliveries, property sales, a new tabernacle plan, hotel interest, and local movements including restaurant leasing and village election results. The item mentions Miss Marie Snyder visiting, trusts for Oak Bill camp ground, and local road updates with route numbers and pasture changes.
The readable fragment mentions a “Judge” and a neighbor dispute with incomplete wording, suggesting a court or legal matter without clear names, dates, or actions. The text appears to be OCR noise from a legal notice or court filing.
Thirty five farmers from Peoria County attend demonstrations showing results of long term soil treatments and crop rotations. A 63 year old corn plot averaged 25 bushels for a decade without treatment, while another end of the series yielded higher with limestone phosphorus and manure. Wheat varieties, new red smooth Thorne wheat from Ohio, and bromesgrass show strong performance. Dozens of experimental fat steers will be ready for cattle feeding late July or early August. Nellie the Brown Swiss champion remains a record setter. Visitors may walk or drive through the Station buildings and fields.
Thirty two Peoria County farms near Laura are listed in the county entries for the Farm Floral contest. Winners will be chosen the first week of August with awards at the state fair. Judging emphasizes overall presentation including flowers fences entrances trees and lawns.
A brief note on a Girls 4H Club event highlighting a 65 unit achievement in an unidentified activity. Names, dates, and locations are unclear due to fragmented OCR text. The item reads like a local club update with minimal concrete facts.
French Grove residents and visitors frequent Galesburg this week. The Welch family hosts, while Reed and Ward families call on friends. Barbora Smith and Ethel Duncan shop in town as Ruth Ann Moore and Kenneth Winble visit Statenscore’s. Detta Lou Shaffer visits Peoria and Billy Shaffer spends 10 days at Camp Shaubena. Nina Mills weekends with daughter in Iowa. Oakes, Dufford Lynn, and Harold Gregory enjoy a farm Bureau tour at Urleans. McClellans travel to California sharing sights and cards. Lamra Winners 4-H attend Elmwood county judging. Mondszy Saward Cot recently returns from a west coast overland trip with friends, describing a southern route out and northern return.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses public safety and encounters obliquely. It mentions a summer context, danger in certain events, and unspecified references to persons and places, but lacks coherent names or concrete details.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a citizen in the community, a second annual event, a second son, and a monetary amount and dates obscured by errors. The readable items indicate a local notice style with limited identifiable entities and unclear specifics.
Laura Stems Mrs Edmund Lottman spent Thursday in Peoria Mr and Mrs Fred Steinman spent Friday afternoon in Galesburg James Kemper drove to Abingdon Monday for dental work Mr and Mrs Owen Waibel and son of Canton spent Sunday here with Mr and Mrs John Pierson Mr and Mrs Paul King and son of Hewanee called at the Hay Douglas home Saturday Mrs Fred Schutts of Williamsfield spent Thursday with her folks Mr and Mrs Homer Symmons Mr and Mr Charles Shawver of Abingdon spent Sunday afternoon at the James Kemper and Warley Reed homes Mise Lois Milroy returned to her home at Galesburg Sunday after spending two weeks with her sister Mrs Claude N or ance Among those that shopped in Peoria Friday were Mrs J B Whittaker and Marcelle Zella Powers Neva Riel and Mrs Jane Kemper
Mrs. Henrietta Guyer visited her sister in Knoxville on Saturday. Rose Mendenhall of Princeville and Ruth of Peoria called there Sunday. Mrs. Arthur Gorgan of Peoria spent last week with her sister, Mrs. R E Carson. Arn bolt Camp to meet July 21, 1939 at Gady's Ball. Ivorid Moline and family from La Fayette joined Attwood's birthday celebration. Mr. and Mrs. P. Tally and others visited Mr. and Mrs. Himmel at Topeka. Lanan Arnold, Clare Arnold and families enjoyed Spring Lake Park. Beauty spot features a large patch of purple columbines at the Ibeck home.
Funeral service for Mrs Clara Cady Phares was conducted Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home with Rev. John Bliss of Princeville officiating and Rev. David E. Todd assisting. Hymns and readings highlighted a long life of devotion to family, church, and community, with burial in Briesfield cemetery.
A family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for acts of kindness shown during the illness and death of their beloved mother, noting appreciation for support and sympathy received.
A long list of mourners arrived from several towns for the funeral of Mrs. Phares. Attendees included Eva Fisher, Albert and Ross Fisher, Harry Fisher, QO Knox family, Elisabeth Brown, Nettle Stour, Dr. A S Corcoran, Allison Grigg, Henry Phares, Maud Richards, Anthur Golgin of Peoria, Lawrence Cady and daughters from Kewanee, John Bliss, Forrest Gray from Princeville, EB Oberholzer Williamsfield, Flo Snyder, Karl Kemp, Ka Vaughn from Elmwood, Clara Smith Kickapoo, D B Carson, Mrs Carin, Miraci W Wolf, and Maude Stewart of Gatesboro.
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