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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
5
Cabbage plants early and late tomato plants early and late mango and cayenne peppers eggplants celery plants cauliflower plants yellow Jersey sweet potato plants all plants for sale in their season by James H Pemble.
Catherine Yess administratrix announces in Peoria Illinois that she will appear in Peoria Probate Court at the June term on June 4 to have all claims against the estate of Charles Vess settled. Creditors are asked to present their claims and debtors to pay promptly.
Warning to all property owners in Brimfeld township to burn or remove piles of hedge or brush along highways at their earliest opportunity by order of Commissioners of Highways.
Blunt posted warning by named signers prohibits entry with dogs or weapons. Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Keep off. Signers include Som Rusk and others from local area.
A Brimfield village ledger from May 1906 itemizes cash balances receipts and expenditures including salaries for Peter Swimm A Porcey and J H Savage, election costs, police and marshal fees, lumber and hardware purchases, cemetery and printing expenses, and a final balance certified by Village Treasurer C Carson and Justice H E Chichester. Also notes a Pupils' Reading Circle commencement held May 10 at the opera house with program details and remarks by Superintendent Stone.
An old style ad asserts that deaths from appendicitis decrease with Dr King’s New Tate Pills. It claims the pills banish danger and pain, relieve constipation, and restore vigor. Guaranteed by William fans and sold for 25 cents.
Hattie Dowdall of Princeville married Earl Hibbs of Brimfield on Monday May 14 1906. Judge W I Slemmons officiated. The couple will reside in Kewanee after visiting relatives in Princeville and here. The News extends congratulations and good wishes.
A Jubilee College trip passed through town on Saturday en route to Jubilee. Forty guests gathered at Mr and Mrs Howard White's Friday and enjoyed a pleasant evening returning home in the early hours. Lillian King and Edna Mae Stenger visited Peoria. A Jubilee College baseball win over Peoria Spalding Institute was noted. Rufus King lost a large gray horse, a misfortune told as about three hours.
A letter to Prof Carl B Moore recounts how painter J M Vaugho mixed lead and zinc paints for Winfield Kansas school superintendent J W Spindler. The repainting, done with Devve lead and zinc Palot, turned out well and sparked a grateful compliment from Spindler.
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