Elmwood News: farms, bands, frauds, and frost touch Peoria area
A collage of items reports corn and wheat prices, butter and egg quotes, and frost damage. The M W A Silver Band plans an open air concert, and Rev Dickman trains a roadster gift. Harry McMuhen moves to Peoria for an implement firm, Daisy Richardson's successor teaches, a village pound is built, and a park fund grows with dairy and fruit notes.
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W. HB. Dickman
Dickman
Elmwood Courier
Harry McMuhen
C. B. & Q. Depot
Peoria
Arleigh Hayes
Theramble School
Knoxville
Daisy Richardson
Memorial Day Program Details At Community Building
The Memorial Day program lists B H S band and Pekin singer B Smith performing. Reading includes Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address. Flowers for graves should be sent to the Community Building by 9 on Memorial Day. decorations planned for the afternoon ceremony.
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America
Decorating Committee
B Smith
Pekin Music
Star Spangled
C. R. Wright
Park Side Cafe Opens Summer Party at Village Park
Joe McCoy proprietor invites all locals to a summer opening at Village Park on Friday afternoon May 24. Free treats for children souvenirs for ladies and music by the school band. A new soda fountain has been installed and the interior redecorated. The McCoys are well known for tasty lunches and dinners and Parkade plans to carry a larger variety of popular summer foods with new equipment.
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Joe McCoy
Parkside Cafe
Village Park
Century Since Bishop Chase Endowment Honored in Peoria
Peoria hosts a centennial tribute to Bishop Philander Chase founder of the Illinois diocese. A motor caravan pilgrim to the Jubilee College site and prayers at the bishop’s grave marked the event. Editorial columns praise Chase as a frontier builder who united religion and civic virtue in early Illinois.
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Peoria
Trincia
Jubillee College
Philander Chase
Diocese of
Illinois
Bishop Chase
The
Transcript
Episcopal Church
Midwest
Phil Lander Chase
Milinois
Brimfield Band Concert Opens Summer Season
Brimfield marks the summer season with a village park concert Saturday night directed by Marlon Saxton who leads the band alongside his school duties. The town notes Brimfield’s long tradition of strong band performances dating back to the gay nineties and promises another fine show.
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Brimfield
Village Park
Marlon Saxton
Wil
Grade Honor Roll and cemetery solicitation notice
The record lists students by grade with names such as Charles Carson Curtis Reents and Robert Duogan Ear Reinhart with averages around 90. It also notes a cemetery association's second annual solicitation for funds, naming solicitors Florence Wymen Frances Bly and others, inviting contributions via visitors or through Mrs Chalmer Forney, Chairman.
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Cemetery Association
Florence Wymen
Frances Bliy
Meadames
Blanche Savage
Laura Walliker
Mabel Catton
Blanche Oakes
Hazel Collins
Harriett Brandy
L.#. Pacey
Community Notes from French Grove and Nearby Visits
Tuesday visits included Jim Welch, Helen and Jack in Galva, with Kewanee residents Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Catton and daughter calling on Angus Moores. Robert Oakes attended a Purdue University cattle sale. Social guests included Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Whittaker Sr and Mrs Huey at Jim Welch’s. Mrs. Fairy Carter’s health improves. Aona Oakes of Melrose Park spent the weekend with relatives. Local men attended the state farmers meeting in Peoria Armory to hear Wallace and others. Church cleaning postponed due to weather. C L McClellans volunteered to sweep. An Ameri can Weekly feature on India crime appears with the next Chicago Herald and Examiner.
Brimfield Grade School Operetta Friday Night
Upper grade pupils directed by Miss Norma Efnor present the operetta The King's Sneezes by Richard Atwater on Friday May 24 1935 at eight o clock. Admission 10c and 25c. Cast includes King Nicholas Queen Dorothy Princess Lucy Lisabel and many villagers and fiddlers with local students in named roles.
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Brimfield School
Norma Efnor
Richard Atwater
Local Galesburg Notes and Social Calls
Mrs Wm Jones and Virginia visited Galesburg Monday while school closed for a Friday picnic. Farm Bureau plans an oil nation on Ray Douglan’s lot. 4 H bake sale set for May 25 at 10 a.m. at the Post Office. Commencement for eighth grade at Grange Hall last Thursday honored Marger Ann Chapman Betty Doubet Phylisa Biederbeck and George Taylor.
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Wm. Jones
Virginia
Galesburg
The
Farm Bureau
Ray Douglan
Merry Makers 4-H Club
Grange Hall
Marger Ann Chapman
Betty Doubet
Phylisa Biederbeck
George Taylor
Army Worm Invasion Anticipated in State
W P Flint entomologist of the State Natural History Survey warns of a general army worm outbreak developing over the next month. The damage will be widespread though not in every county, with heavy moth flights. Farmers should monitor blue grass and small grain stands and use poison bran bait for control.
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W. P. Flint
State Natural History Survey
Flint
Brimfield Dentist Moves to Main Street Office
Notice that Dr. Nottings dental practice in Brimfield has relocated to Main Street. Office hours are Monday Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9 p m. Beginning June 6 the Exchange State Bank will close at 12 o clock noon on Thursdays.
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Dr. Nottings Dental Office
Brimfield
Main Street
Exchange State Bank
Important Meeting for Ex Service Men at Village Hall
The American Legion calls all ex service men to attend a meeting on Thursday evening May 23 at the Village hall. The event aims to coordinate veterans affairs and community support efforts with local leaders and fellow members.
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American Legion
Mrs. Gertrude Hayden Dies in Chillicothe at 76
Mrs. Gertrude Hayden died at her home in Chillicothe from heart trouble on Friday morning May 1. Born November 1879 in Brimfield to James and Hannah Sherman, she was wife of Frank C. Hayden, who preceded her. Surviving: two sons Thomas and Mary at home, L A Hartwell of Evanston, Jr., Robert Hayden of Peoria, and one grandson Thomas Hartwell. Funeral at Chillicothe Congregational Church at 2:30 Sunday. burial in Chillicothe cemetery.
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Gertrude Hayden
Chillicothe
Glee Guem
Mss
Hayden
Brimfield
James
Hannah Sherman
Frank C. Hayden
Thomas
Mary
L. A. Hartwell
Evanston
Robert Hayden Peoria
Thomas Hartwell
Rev Hunter Brink Buried in California
Relatives report the death of Rev Vincent Hunter Brink at his Altadena home on May 12 after long illness since his 1926 retirement. Born February 23, 1865 in Blandinsville he served in Kansas Illinois California parishes before settling in California in 1903. Funeral May 16 at Holliston Ave Church Pasadena with ministers from the conference.
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Vincent Hunter Brink
Beverly Drive
Altadena
Rev. Brink
Blandinsville
Kansas
Inlinois
California
Stephen S. Brink
Brimfield
Lorena Farnam
James
Catherine Caay Farnum
Brink
Lake Avenue
Holliston Ave. M E
East Bollywood
Huntington Park
Arroyo Grande
Glendale
Pico Heights
Los Angeles
Gardena
Pasadena
Southern California
The
Methodist Church
Acmng
Holliston Ave
A. J. Hughes
Joseph—Maple
Fan Ly
Howard Brink Clark
Belvedere
Rex. Brink
John Paul Clark
Harry Coolidge Dies at Minnesota Home
Relatives announce the death of Harry Coolidge a member of a pioneer family at his home in Arthyde Minnesota Funeral services were held there Tuesday afternoon local notice notes his passing and the family background
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Harry Coolidge
Minnesota
Arthyde
Brimfield High School Commencement Set for May 29
Brimfield High School plans its thirty fourth annual commencement in the Community Building on Wednesday May 29 at 8 o clock. Nine young men and four young women will receive diplomas, including William D Minor Le Roy M Whittare Raymond C Gessel Wilfred F Blundy Lawrence J Gasselbacher William A Archibald Cecil M Milles Vern Catton William E Duffy Edith B German Barbara L Johnson Kathryn F Maher Lenora E Ekena. Reverend Thomas Spencer will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist Church on Sunday May 26 at 8 o clock with special music. The Exchange State Bank and Post Office will be closed Memorial Day with no rural delivery.
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Brimfield High School
Commuocity
William D. Minor le Roy M. Whittare
Raymond C Gessel
Wilfred F. Blundy
Lawrence J. Gasselbacher
William A. Archibald
Cecil M. Milles
Methodist Church
Thomas Spencer
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R. B. Catton
Boward Weeks
Velma Rayes
French Grove
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Chnrch Pays
Jabilee College
Bshop Chase
Charles Carson
Curtis Reents
Robert Duogan
Earre Reinhart
Gwyneth Duogan
Ariene Collins
Grace Beny Carson
Gale Foster
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Ruth Ano Manner
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John Jones
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Taomas Kadees
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Lloyd V Despines
Donald Muars
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Jsutia Beil McGuire
Zad Grade
Wallace Overend
Frank McGinnis
Velma Torner
Chalmer Forney
eNhaser
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Jim Welch
Helen and
Jack
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Laurence Catton
Kewanee
Angus Moores
Robert Oakes
Purdue University
Andrew Whittaker, Sr
Jhuey
Jim Welch's
Aona Oakes
Melrose Park
Pflug
Arthur Hown
Farmers
Peoria Armory
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
C. L. McClellan
India
American Weekly
Chicago Herald and Examiner
King Ncholas
John Eadres
Queen Dorothy
Mary Jane Welsh
Lucy Lacy
Lisabel
Eloise Sevage
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Toulon
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Bloomington
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Mrs. George Moore
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Edgar Cartmell
Kirksville, Mo
Lee Brown
Galesburg Hospital
Everett Barrett
Henry Kleffer
Princeville
Charles Bacon
Lockport
Frank Riel
Dan Kuntz
Claudio
Roanoke
John Riel
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Poughkeepsie New York
Clarence Beiderbeck
Chillicothe Congregational Church
Peoria Transcript
Rev
Hunter Brink
Lorena Fr. Brink
Sadie E. Clark
Raymond Pichares
Leo Clark
Huntington Beach
Olin Clark
Redondo
1. B. Clark
Burt V. Richardson
Glendora
Ashton Baroum
Chino
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D. E. Welsh, M.D
Frederick V. Arber
Central National Bank
DR Walter Pacey
Bank of Galesburg Bldg
Galesburg, Winois
Undertaker
Calis
Peoria, Ti
R. R. Claybaugh
H R. Johnson & Son
Brimfield, Illinois
Evalyn McCowan
Peoria Conservatory of Music
Esther Strong Newell
Palace Theater
Flmwood, Illinois
Richard Dix
Irene Dunne
Edna May
Oliver Im
Cimarron
Fred Astare
Ginger Texs
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Richard Cromwell
McFadden’s Flats
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Virginia Brace
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