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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
5
The report lists St. Josephis Church schedules at Brimfield with Sunday Mass at 1 30 and 10 30 o clock and Williamsfield Mass at 9 00. Pastor Thomas G Harrison is named as pastor.
Union announces Sunday services with Sunday School at 10:00 and Morning Worship at 11:00. The Sermon theme Fragrance from the North Wind. Children's Day Service on Sunday, January 8. Sunday School and Church Service combined at 10:30. Pastor G. Hargreaves.
The Methodist Church holds 10:00 Sunday school with Fred Wyman as superintendent and classes for all ages. 11:00 Worship Service on Friday evening. A farewell party for the Rey Rasmussen family on June 6 with a potluck supper on the parsonage lawn or inside if bad weather. Everyone invited. Harold Rasmussen involved.
Zion Episcopal Church offers services on the first three Sundays with communion at 10 30 a m and morning prayer plus sermon at 11 00 a m Rev Henry N Hyde is acting rector for the services.
A wartime general reflects on pride in fatherhood over battle fame. He urges Christian fathers to lead families in daily prayer and nurture children in the Lord, warning that juvenile delinquency mirrors a failure to heed God's call to fatherhood. He stresses faith in Jesus as Savior and vows to model prayer at home.
A fractured roster lists soldiers and units across multiple sites including Fort Knox Armored School Kentucky El Paso Texas Boca Raton Florida and Davis Monthan Field Arizona. Names ranks and service numbers such as Pvt Aliquatue Risius Beaumont Gen Hospital Ward 28 El Paso and Pte Rolland Gadg are interspersed with unit references and field locations.
Salt accumulation in Western state irrigated lands cuts yields by 10 to 25 percent in many fields. Saline soils often lack available phosphorus and respond to phosphate fertilizers. Reclamation involves gypsum applications, flooding inside levees, drying basins, then reflooding to manage salt buildup.
Advice on hogs: use a creep feeder to keep piglets eating while nursing to avoid slow growth after weaning. Sow udder checks help estimate farrowing. Poultry: separate young chicks from older birds to prevent disease. Replace old hens with pullets each year. Trim wool around ewes udder at lambing. Newborn lambs may nurse wool. Calves need colostrum rich in vitamin A.
Georgia poultryman Arthur Gannon explains etiquette for visiting the poultry house. A knock before entry reduces excitement among hens and prevents egg production drops, as sudden door openings cause fluttering and back-of-shed scrambling.
A manufacturer, amid reviving wartime trade, unveils a priorly novel combo item. The device combines an inkwell clock pencil sharpener cigar cutter and calendar with a bronze dog carrying a stamps box and a pin cushion atop. The creator concludes the gadget needs music to finish.
A mother reassures Algernon before a tonsil operation, promising he will sleep through the procedure and wake in bed. He pledges courage but asks for a puppy afterwards, clarifying his fear of hospital crying and seeking comfort.
A famous author autographing copies in a department store is surprised when a man presents not only the latest book but reprint editions of two earlier works. The wife’s birthday gift is revealed to be a Cadillac, adding comic shock to the moment.
A Californian narrates a humorous exchange about climate cure and a failed trip to Illinois to fetch an invalid sister. The speaker claims the hot air in Illinois helped her sister, then jokes about deflating tires to end the journey.
Two women riding a bus debate paying fare with one choosing honesty. The fare dodger boasts she got away with it, but the other volunteers to pay. The honest rider returns with a quarter and change for 50 cents from the driver, claiming honesty pays.
A humorous exchange between a young agricultural college graduate and an old farmer unfolds over a pear tree. The grad boasts outdated cultivation methods while predicting meager apple yields. the farmer reveals the tree is a pear, delivering the witty reversal.
The article notes holes in gizzard linings of chickens from insufficient erosion material in feed. It does not slow growth or cause death but is common in chicks with omissions in early feeding and care.
A preacher’s wife recalls a wedding where the officiant asked the bride to vow to obey. The bride replied jokingly, and the groom, still dazed, muttered I do. The moment triggered unexpected reactions as the wedding proceeded.
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