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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
5
A statement notes that slightly more than the price of one cigarette from each dollar paid in state property taxes would fund the University of Illinois for a full year of operation.
A humorous exchange features a comedian’s quip about crookedness and a feisty employer Jimson. The boss accuses Jimson of swindling, referencing a day off to bury a mother in law. Jimson denies saying she was dead but jokes about attending a funeral.
Sunday School starts at 10 a m with divine service following at 10 30 led by Pastor Henry Traub. The brief notice urges attendance and marks the church schedule.
1931 population in Sweden stands at 6,162,346 while the German government reorganizes social insurance. US exports doors to 51 markets in 1951 and 1931 US marriage ceremonies total 1,060,005. Philippines chambers favor sales tax cut. A Berlin suburb plans a colony of small houses for dwarfs.
The Methodist Episcopal Church invites all to public worship at 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School. A cordial welcome is extended. Thomas Spencer serves as pastor.
The University of Illinois offers annual tuition for the year or two semesters at 70, with total living costs on campus and in private homes reduced this year. A state university student can secure a full year's education for as little as 122 including tuition, room and board, clothing, books, and laundry. A moderate budget still allows a year’s study for 35 plus fraternity dues or recreation.
St Joseph Church lists Sunday Mass at 7 30 and 8 00 oclock, Uenten Devotions on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 50 in the evening, catechism classes Saturday at 2 30 in the afternoon, led by Father Harrison the Pastor.
A humorous dialogue from the Brooklyn Eagle features Mr. Fallbride offering to carry his companion and a lunch basket across a stream. Mrs. Fallbride refuses both being carried, insisting she will carry the basket herself to avoid an overly heavy load.
The Union Church schedules 10:00 Sunday School and 11:00 Morning Worship. Choir practice is at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The Friendly class meets Friday March 24 at the church for a St Patrick's party, husbands invited. Pastor R W Newell.
Directory lists Amer ican Legion Brimfield Post 452 meetings on the first and third Thursdays in the Community Building club room. C D A meets second and fourth Thursdays. M W A Camp 847 meets every other Tuesday. R N A meets first and third Wednesdays. WRC meets second and fourth Wednesdays in the Community Building or Cady's hat. Officers named include L F Pacey Donald Best Nellie Carroll Rudolph Savage H B Bowman Eva Clark Carrie Archer Stella Kelley Alma Ellis.
The report summarizes advances in electric lighting plants in China, cornering drill bits, double deck elevators in New York tall buildings, a Italy developed motor device called Motormoto, automatic telephone rung systems from South Africa, two grapefruit plants blossoming in five weeks under X rays, and an electric eye landing aid for pilots in fog.
Dr Edwin B Frost, famed blind astronomer, explains stellar scales. He says the sun is 850000 times Earth’s size and some stars tower forty million times larger than the sun. The piece then offers quips on life, duty and society in pointed paragraphs.
A historic note reports Ancient Richmond England electing its first woman mayor. The piece lists a 276 figure of Women rural mail carriers and mentions women entering harsh labor. Other items reference Australian gold field rushes and a Missouri woman profiting from growing rattlesnakes. It also notes a marriage leading to Mrs Seth Jeffries of Detroit and a playful jab about Mary Christmas in Indianapolis.
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