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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
1
Judge John P. Hand of Henry County was renominated without opposition as the Republican candidate for the Supreme Court in the district after the April 18 Judicial Primary. The election is set for Monday June 7 1909 with calls to voters to support his re election.
The Peoria County Athletic and Declamatory Association hosts its sixth annual meet on Friday May 28 1909 at Brimfield Illinois. Declamatory contests at the opera house start 9 a.m. athletic events at the school park 1 15 p m with 25 cent admission. Claude A Stone president Carl B Moore secretary treasurer. Afternoon events include 50 100 and 220 yard dashes 440 yard dash relay 4 men half mile mile run girls and boys tennis events sprints hurdles jumps pole vault shot put discus and more.
Mrs A L Alley of Beals Maine says after ten bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery her family saw relief and believes it beats medicines for coughs and lung trouble. The ad cites bronchitis asthma hemorrhage croup lagrippe sore throat and chest pain with 50 cent and one dollar prices and a free trial bottle.
George W Belford Sr is named administrator of William Belford late of Peoria county Illinois. He will appear at the Peoria probate court at the June term on the 7th day of June to settle claims and demands against the estate and creditors are urged to present their claims or make payments to the administrator without delay. E LD McCabe is the attorney for the administrator.
The Brimfield junior class hosted a progressive reception for the senior class last Friday night. Participants gathered at Miss Baye Forney’s home for a mock luncheon, then moved to Miss Mildred Pacey’s and Miss May Weeks’ homes, finishing with a four course banquet at H. W. Lackland’s house. Prof C. B. Moore acted as toastmaster with remarks to the seniors, the class of 1910, orators and athletes, and glories to come. Attendees included Prof. C. B. Moore, Alice L. Cady, Norma B. Yoakam, J. G. Strieder, F. B. Carson, Juniors, and Misses G. May Weeks, Faye W. Horney, Mildred E. Pacey, C. L. Day, Rudolph Savage.
Mrs. Carrie Belcher aged 71 years 2 months died at the Proctor Endowment Home at 4 am Saturday May 15 1909 after eight weeks of illness. A birthday card shower nearing two hundred marked her 71st birthday March 20. Funeral services were held May 17 in Tiskilwa and Bacon Mission church attended by family and friends.
A $25 reward is offered for evidence leading to conviction under liquor laws by order of the Law and Order League of Brimfield township.
William Parr, said to be England's oldest man, reportedly married for the third time at 120 and lived to 140, with a claim he kept working in the fields till 132 and lived 20 more years. The item promotes Bitters as youthful medicine with a Kentucky user stating he feels 16 after six bottles and credits relief from kidney trouble. Available for 50 cents at Wm. Robinson & Co.
In a dialogue between a bishop and captain, the captain reassures that danger has not yet arrived while noting sailors below swear and curse as a sign of safety. The bishop anxiously seeks the worst, and a later report confirms continued tumult from the forecastle, with relief as curses persist.
Claude A Stone announces office hours daily from 8 am to 8 pm with superintendent days on Mondays and the first Saturday monthly from September to June. Regular teacher certificates exams will be held at the courthouse on the third Friday and Saturday of October January April and July, starting 8 am.
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