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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
5
All parties with piles of hedge or brush along Brimfield township highways are urged to burn or remove them at their earliest opportunity by order of the Board of Highway Commissioners.
A terse health brief notes a decline in deaths from appendicitis, citing improved medical care and earlier diagnosis. Officials advise continued vigilance and access to prompt surgical intervention to maintain the trend.
May 1 high school contestants performed in Peoria with songs and dialogues directed by Professor Campbell. Judges Prof Larson Attorney Aller and Mrs L Howard announced results while the audience heard choirs and soloists such as Margaret Lackland Madeline Burt Caroline Church and Helen Blair in a program including The Building of the Ship The Lord is Great and The Convict's Violin.
Mr J L Burt of Peoria is visiting his old home here. Miles Conger of Bradford visits his aunt Mrs Sue Jackson. Mrs James Pemble has gold jewelry and aquariums for sale cheap. Joe Littlefield connected with Brimfield Exchange. Blanche Wrigley of Harbine Nebraska guests of aunt Mrs L E McKown. Baptist services next Sunday morning and evening. House cleaning chaos grips village from a microbe. Brimfield High faces Jubilee College today on campus. Jubilee visits Brimfield May 9 and 16. Merle Snyder and Lola Bart of Elmwood attend declamatory contest. Jubilee College farm sale draws crowd. land sells for 61 per acre to Mr Lefingwell. Hugh Carroll’s steam plow returns. 120 acres turned in six days. Paulson shears 710 sheep in five days for E S Stetson. high daily clips. Fire destroys most of Douglas block. lightning or cigarette spark suspected. Employers seek sober, well‑groomed youths over flashy talk.
The treasurer's 1906 receipts and expenditures report was presented December 30, 1905 and accepted for printing in Brimfield News. Public credit is given to contributors for 1906 with amounts listed for Mrs Pursell, Mrs Arnold, Mrs Slocum, and Mr Bart totaling 9.00 dollars.
Notice to all hunters to stay off the undersigned property with dogs and guns. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Signed by Wm Kell ey, Joan Rusk, Fossner Bros, Gro A Purs Lu, Gro Mulvaney, Johan Kina Don, Lewia Margtin.
A Wisonsin farmer, William Keegan of Bear Valley, painted his house with Devoe lead and zinc paint, using six gallons instead of the usual twelve, and reported a successful result. A neighbor also used the same paint with favorable outcomes, illustrating the value of keeping buildings well maintained.
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