Brimfield Village Treasurer Report 1929 Summary
Report of Village Treasurer Chas C Carson for Brimfield village term ending April 30 1929 lists receipts from brick sales dog tags licenses and township funds with charges for municipal services. The document includes balances on hand and year receipts and detailed disbursements to janitors labor and utility costs amid a long ledger of payments and credits.
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Nee
Brimfield
Chas. C. Carson
Chas. F. Dungan
Bayasinger
Bragiy
Rinehart
Shaw
McKown
Chas. Hayes
Blundy
Village Marsal
Harder
LaFollett
Farquer’s Ins
Village Marshall
Twp
Brimfield Coe
Justice of Peace
W. R. Weeks
Elec
C. L. Hayes
George LaFollett
William Seagraves
John Bragg
John LaFollett
George Wyman
J. W. Sheets
TL. Light Co
W. J. Flynn
Canton Culvert Co
Colverts Cent
DL Light Co
Streets
IL Light Co
Park
Hi. Light Co
Hall
Wyman & Marvin
Robert Pursell
Frances Taylor
William Cornwell
Irvin Welles
Elder Wiley
Justice Roberts
Earl Rogers
Donald Cominger
Harold Cecil
Frank Clark
Elwaod Kelley
C. L. Dungan
J. A. Clark
Til. Light Co
Ill. Light Co
I. Light Co
W. R.weeks
Marshal
Reyburn Ins. Co
Ind
Clark
Gravel
Labor
Addison Pacey
Gent. Ill. Light Co
IIL Light Co
Cent. Ti. Light Co
Exchange State’ Bank
Time
Makita Nas Skee
Seve, Lahor
H. R. Johnson& Son
Mdse
Georne Ee Talett
Haber
H.S. Ey Tvewen
Max Hayes
Yee Marvin
Ti. Light Co
Hil. Light Co
John Marvin
Ira Martin
Roy Miars
Brimpele Uliness Postsites Weekly Publisher Notice
Public notice from Addison Pacey, publisher and owner, regarding post sites at Brimpele and Uliness. Published weekly every Thursday. Contact telephone 202 for matters related to second class mail distribution and publication details.
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Brimpele
Uliness
Addison Pacey
Flu Victim Credits Konjola Treatment for Relief
William E. Caughenbaugh of Peoria describes long battle with influenza causing kidney bladder issues and sleepless nights. He credits enjela Konjola treatment for his recovery and renewed health, inviting skeptics to try it and share results.
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William E. Caughenbaugh
Bergen Avense
Peoria
Reinfeld
Livestock offerings from G F Greber at Fairfield Iowa
80 steers averaging about 880 pounds available with two loads to arrive, three loads yearlings, two lead calves, and 90 springer heifers. Seller: G F Greber of Fairfield Iowa.
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G. F. Greber
Fair Field
Lewa
Invisible Metal Film Pushes Photo Cells Limit
Rubidium metal films of varying thickness were deposited inside glass tubes at Bell Laboratories New York City to improve television photo-electric cells. One film achieved an exceptionally thin layer measured by polarized light at about one stem, or roughly 1-500,000 of an inch, making the film nearly invisible and revealing thickness dependent on light twist.
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Bell Laboratories
New York City
Saya Popular Science Monthly
Ancient Butrint site reveals Greek Roman relics
In Butrint, near the western coast of Italy and Greek-influenced Italy, archaeologists report discoveries at a city settled by Trojan-patterned rulers. Five Greek statues unearthed include a possible Praxiteles work, along with Stone Age bones, Bronze Age buckles, and ruins from Greek and Roman eras, including a Fifth Century baptistry.
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Iee
Mititato
Butrin
Italy
Troy
Ae Ugolini
Butrinté
Praxiteles
Euclid’s methods ahead of Euclid uncovered
A report from Leningrad claims the Mathematical Papyrus in the Hermitage collection has been deciphered. Dated to the eighteenth century B C, it shows mathematical methods 1,500 years before Euclid and nearly two millennia ahead of his era.
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Exyit
Euclid
Les
Hermitage Mauseum
As a Thief in the Night Reappears in Freeman Tale
The piece notes R Austin Freeman’s story As a Thief in the Night and its claim of a novel murder method through arsenic poisoning via candy. It compares the idea to historic methods and cites earlier uses by Spanish inquisitions and by Conrad, asserting similarity to older tropes.
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R. Austin Freeman
Conrad
All in the Family by Ancestor Doubling Theory
The piece notes that if ancestors doubled each generation and cousin marriages did not occur, a person would descend from over a million ancestors from a thousand years ago during William the Conqueror era. It argues that many English French or German stock share common ancestors a millennium back. American Journals of Sociology.
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William the Conqueror
American Journals of Sociology
Total eclipses seen over half the earths surface
The article notes that total eclipses of the sun are rare events, while partial or annular eclipses occur more commonly and attract limited public attention. It discusses the rarity and global visibility aspects of solar eclipses and their varying public interest levels.
Fragmentary Quote From Unknown Source
A partial excerpt shows characters in dialogue with uncertain context. The line includes pained or urgent speech and a brief insistence that “It’s all right” amid unclear events. No identifiable persons, organizations, or locations are readable.
Pattern for a Dress Inspires Young Listener
Little Patsy, a delicate youngster, admires a dress after a theater symphony and sighs to her mother that she wishes for a dress like that music. The remark captures a child’s sweet, artistic sensibility following a refined concert.
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Patsy
Statters
Carnegie Beats Opponent By A Tenth Inch In Height Tip
The dialogue notes that Carnegie was taller by a tenth of an inch and would receive a tip related to the stock exchange. Lander recalls the verdict in Carnegie's favor, and the millionaire whispers a closing remark about United States Steel.
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Carnegie
Stock Exchange
Lander
United States Steel Common
Artificial Flower Trade Transforms With Palm-Leaf Petals
The artificial flower industry has surged in both domestic and international markets. A new material from palm inner-pith shavings in Formosa creates translucent petals resembling white poppies or tea roses, offering lustrous tinting and durability. In moisture the petals soften, but sun restores firmness and beauty.
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Formosa
One in a Hundred Pars Miracle Hits the Green
A Boston Globe note on a South Shore golf hole with a green ringed by sand pits. A threesome plays the hole with a tee shot, a bunker reply, and a hole in one followed by a niblick roll into the cup and two putts.
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South Shore
Boston Globe
Films and Farmyards Link Cows to Movies
An English investigator notes that cows liking mustard may explain moving picture shows. He explains gelatin coating uses silver bromide to capture images, but impurities in gelatin from cattle hides provide sulfur, sourced from the animals that eat wild mustard, enabling recording.
Leckhed Well in Print A Center Conversation
In a Scottish weekly, two locals discuss a recent marriage and the gifts listed for the bride. They note the high value of the presents and joke about the mother’s generosity, mentioning a horse and tap as keepsakes amid light banter.
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Arry
Auction Room Fireworks Turn onlookers at sale
A crowded auction scene ends with a husband bidding against his wife as the lone bidder aside from the auctioneer. The two confrontation over a piece, amid a tense, far wrap display, draws attention from lingering spectators.
Beacon Hill's Charter Crisis and Early Boston Forts
Boston’s Beacon Hill era saw the charter surrenders and land title turmoil after Massachusetts surrendered its charter in 16231. A royal governor headed a life and death commission over colonists with a leader described as an ardent heresy hunter. Salem's fort at Castle Island symbolized early colonial defense as a distant Detroit News-era note recalls the dawn of American division.
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Boston
Charles
New England
Eneral
Culony
Salem
Castle Island
Boston Harbor
Bence
America
Detroit News
Printer Proposes Bid Tiring On Medical Ailment Joke
A rough OCR fragment recounts a printer mocking bids on medical printing while joking about an appendectomy and open incision. The anecdote references doctors, bids on paper types, and plans for future operations to save costs, with a Forbes Magazine attribution.
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Texas
Forbes Magazine
Royal Prussia S Miser of Frederick of Prussia
Thrift Magazine recounts Frederick William II of Prussia, praised for grand public works and colonization efforts while frugal in theater lighting, noting his habit of personally reviewing requests and funding large projects but denying candles for performances. The piece highlights his mixed legacy as a founder of canals and banks yet stingy with stage illumination.
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Royal Prussias
Frederick
Prussia
Royal Opera
Thrift Magazine
No More Shaving And Hair Growth Experiments
An English naturalist reports that hair growth can be regulated and mice bred to become bald in 16 days. A second scientist tracked a fly or insect life and notes a seven year record showing a creature grows only 204 days in a year and hairs extend a quarter inch longer in winter.
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Nnis
Evolution of the letter I and its diacritic dot
A concise note traces how the letter I gained a dot from a diacritic mark used to emphasize the i in tion. It discusses origins in Latin manuscripts from the eleventh century with Ti in words like ingenji and explains expansion to I beside m r n and other letters.
Fine Art of Hoechling Observation and Mockery
A remark notes annoyance at an unnamed taunter as Hoechling reflects on being glad to see someone in her path. The fragment hints at tension with a wan spectator who heckled.
Shortage of Cheicheye in early 20th century era
The note discusses a period between 1916 and 1919 marked by shortages of the Cheicheye variety and references a three to four year window of limited supply, though details are fragmentary and unclear.
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