Brimfield Village Treasurers Statement for Year Ending 1907
The treasurer reports receipts totaling 2014 83 and disbursements listing dozens of payments to trustees, labor, supplies, and services. Beginning balance 969 08, ending cash on hand 689 52, with treasurer John Carson signing the statement sworn before H Chichester on April 30, 1907.
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Brimfield
Exchange Bank
County Treas
H R Jobnegon
H J Memler
Ccere
F W Clark
Crossser Rears Senseress
Ésayed Geiens Saycasars
Chas Humason
Bower
H B Johnson
H & Johnson
R B Weeke
B Weeks
Peter Swimm
J H Snyder
Dravage
L Dungan
Lumber
Chas Hayes
J H Savage
Chas C Carson
Village Treas
Jane
Banda of Treas
Cuas C Carson
Village
Treas
Devoe Paint and Cotton Cloth Offerings Advised
A letter to Memier Gros discusses mussin cotton cloth and Devoe paints. It touts wider cloth that lasts longer and sells across many miles, with claims that Devoe paint covers more area per gallon and keeps a fresh look. Nelkirk & Co. are noted as dealers.
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Devoe
F. W. Devor & Co
New York
Chicago
Nelkirk & Co
First Trust in America and Hudson Bay Company’s Fur Monopoly
The Hudson Bay Company emerged as the first and greatest trust in America, controlling North American fur trade for centuries from Labrador to the Pacific. It held monopoly power, pushing out rivals through force and coercion while employing various colonial actors. A separate note cites a London Lancet idea linking apron-stirred vessels to appendicitis, suggesting broader medical beliefs.
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America
Hudson Bay Company
North America
Labrador
Pacific
Coureur de Boils
Standard Old
United States Steel
Office hours and hours of operation note
Office open 7 00 to 12 and 1 to 7 80 Mai closes 8 10 a m and 4 50 pm Tesas Jonnson Postmaster.
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Mai
Tesas
Jonnson
Trivia from a bygone era on daily life and world facts
A collection of curious notes covers marriage lifespans, economics, science, geography, and culture. It mentions Paris grease, Japan earthquakes, English French word counts, and port Louis turtles with dates, prices, and strange statistics.
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Seine
Japan
Quotations on virtue and humor from various authors
A collection of short proverbs and witticisms on self restraint duty and character from Kempi Bailey Tib et al Quintilian Socrates and Socrates. The excerpt includes a joke about the jocular vein in students and notes how people avoid discussing justice after obtaining it.
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Piot
Quotations and witticisms from varied sources
A collage of proverbs and humorous lines from different origins. Includes notes on personal conduct, old age, and social roles, with a dialogic anecdote about a barber and a barber-surgeon and a brief exchange about Sabbath fishing.
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Batiste
Panama
Lorraine
Todia
Qur
Gent
Gady Brothers
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Ilinots
Shoop
D Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Tan
Faris
Lula Berry
Farmington, Ark
Cardu
Cardus
G. W. Cloyd
Plunk
Eeeee
George Cobb
Stafford Stamp Works
John Caldwell
Jos Catton
W Hamilton
Walter Wilson
John Murdock
Jos Dungan
Yoakam
J 8 Snyder
Drayage
J Wyman
H Savage
W Chichester
Pacey
L Hayward
Member
Bros
H Snyder
L Dunegan
JH Savage
Fred Arber
A &Nyder
George Lafollett
Police
E Yoakam
B Culbertson
Ed Wyman
Jos Phares
Cady Broa
W L Hayward
RH Lovett
W B Weeks
W Clark
Labor
Team
J Hamilton
Win Hockenberg
J H Sacaga
Jobo Hamilton
Neikirk & Co
Elmwood Elec Light Co
Joe Catton
Loyd Savage
H 8Ilioway
WE Kelly
FE Bieneman
Catton
Bert Hayward
Isabor
Ed Littlefield
Cady Bros
Mdbc
Creeceree
JH Snyder
AH Sillway
Elmwood Electric Light Co
Tucker
Horee Hire
W Dungan
Wm Robinson & Co
Mdse
JA Buck
GG Tucker
OL Dongen
Peoria
Wilson
Joe Dungan
Teeeee Coscereres
Wevaes
Apel
H. Chichester
J P
Memier Gros
Brimfield, Il
James Sawyer
London Lancet
Chase & Sanboro
Seal of Minnesota
Vienna Mills
Graham
Tiger Inn
Memler Bros
England
United States
Emperor William
Port Louis
Mauritius
France
Great Britain
All Saints Church
Sheffield
London
Gladstone
Berlin
Vatican
Rome
New York State
Birmingham University
Germany
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Panama Canal
SAGES
Kempi
P. J. Bailey
Beaumont
Agesilaus
Cicero
Tiajan
Washington Ster
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