Federal crime bills expand U S reach across state lines
The President signed a package of federal crime laws extending penalties for kidnap across state lines, extortion by interstate means, fleeing to avoid prosecution, and shipping stolen securities. A separate push seeks international arms trade licensing to curb global armament races. The piece notes scrutiny of arms manufacturers and historic European interconnections, citing Vickers in Scotland as an emblem of maker power.
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Department of Justice
Congress
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
Fortune
Europe
Germany
England
Switzerland
Scotland
Vickers
Eogliuhb Arms Maker
County Honors Announced For Eighth Grade Pupils
County honors announced by J. A. Hayes highlight top finishers in recent diploma exams. Brimfield district places include Donald Hayes and Thomas Day tied for first, Stanley Cady second, John Babcock and Margaret Reinhart tied for third. Jubilee township lists Kathryn Reents Bramble first, Fabian Cahill Canill second, Joanna Miller Shane third. Nightingale Howard Jacques first, Robah Kellogg French Grove second, Joseph Ward Carroll Scotland third. Millbrook township honors go to Joseph Ward Carroll. Commencement exercises for about 500 eighth graders are set for Saturday afternoon at Peoria Central High School.
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Peoria Central High School
Brimfield
Donald Hayes
Thoms Day
Stanley Cady
John Babcock
Margaret Reinhart
Jubilee Township
Kathryn Reents
Bramble
Fabian George Cahill
Canill School
Joanna Miller
Shane School
Howard Jacques
Nightings
le School
Robah O. Kellogg
French Grove
Joseph Ward Carroll
Scotland
Millbrook
Dr Walter Briggs Diploma Event in Peona Ill
Dr Walter Briggs of Peona Illinois presents diplomas and scholarship letters in a formal ceremony. Attendees include AeS, Nichols, and other local officials.
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Walter Briggs
Peona,Ill
Family Dinners Mark May Celebrations Across Households
A series of family gatherings marked by birthdays and anniversaries. Mrs Bert Slocum and an uncle celebrated at home with a chicken dinner and dessert. Willis La Follette observed a May 23 anniversary. A J W Aurder home hosted a thirtieth wedding anniversary for their parents with four generations present. Attendees included La Follette, Nichols, Strube of Peoria, Peterson of Peoria, and Hurders and Arnolds from Macomb.
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Bert Slocum
Willis la Follettes
Mra
Willis la Filette
J 1
Nichols
Mae Strube
Peoria
George la Follette
Dorothy Clesson
J. W Aurder
Homer
Peria
Jesse
Macomb
Eva Peterson
Cloyd Elliot
Henry Hurder
H. A Arnold
Hurders
Arnolds
Mia Hourder
Brimfield Pays Tribute To Soldier Dead
Memorial Day program by VWRC and American Legion drew a large crowd at the Community Building to honor those who died serving the country. Uncle Pete Bowers, Brimfield’s Civil War veteran, aged ninety one, was the honored citizen. he served in Company E, 7th Regiment, enlisting at Peoria from Rosefield township in 1861 and discharged 1865.
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VW. R. C. and
American Legion
S.P Bowers
Uncle Pee
Brimfield
Pete
Company E. Tith
Peoria
Rosefield Township
Aas Usul
Brimfield High School Graduates 350 to Date
A retrospective on Brimfield High School commencements from 1896 to the present notes 350 graduates scattered from New York City to California. Alumni include doctors dentists merchants lawyers farmers nurses teachers editors and homemakers. The first two classes 1898 and 1908 had one graduate each. 1899 had none due to curriculum change. The largest class was 22 in 1931 and only three classes have 20 or more graduates including this year.
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Brimfield
Janie Marshall McGarrah
Yates City
Mary Mulvaney Swant
Tucson
Arizona
Class of 34 Hears Excellent Sermon
Brimfield High School’s Class of 1934 heard a strong message in St. Joseph’s auditorium as Father Harrison urged graduates to make careful life choices. He said they should cling to good, discard dishonor, and become a credit to home, school, community, and God.
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St. Joseph's
Brimfield High School
Harrison
Wedding of Gertrude Guest and Ranald Musgrove in Maywood
Miss Gertrude Guest and Ranald Musgrove married Tuesday at five in the Johnson home with Reverend Ralphe A Harris officiating. The ceremony featured a Wedding March from Lohengrin and flowers of yellow roses, blue iris, and delphinium. Afterward the party traveled to Peoria for dinner at Pere Marquette and then planned to settle in Riverside. Mrs Grace Cole and Mrs Mamie Longden are visiting aunt Grace Radcliffe in Ferndale, Washington.
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Gertrude Guest
Ranald Musgrove
Ralphe A Harris
H R Johnson
Johnson
Lohenging
Elizabeth Johnson
Helen Jones
Oak Park
Peoria
Pere Marquette
Simpson Marshall
Ralphe A. Harris
Frank Guest
H. R. Johnson
Musgrove
Kathryn Johston
Vermont
Myrtle Ehlers
Myrtle Strider
D.° H Tohnson
Elizabeth
Barbara
Carrie Archer
Mrs
Grace Cole
Mamie Longden
Grace Radcliffe
Ferndale, Washington
Cemetery Fund Canvas Shows Strong Committee Work
The canvas for the Cemetery Association funds is proving satisfactory as committees finish their reports. The write up notes many will miss supper and suggests a visit without meals to lift the burden of planning preparing and serving from the twenty or thirty volunteers who bear it each year.
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Cemetery Association
Matt Crahan Buried Here Monday
Matt Crahan son of John Crahan died at the family home in Peoria Friday. Funeral services were held at St Cecilia's Church in Peoria Monday morning and interment was in Calvary cemetery at Brimfield.
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Matt Crahan
John Crahan
Peoria
St Cecilia's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Brimfield
Grade school closes for break as teachers plan next year
The grade school ends Friday and pupils enjoy a break from classes. The present corps of teachers has been reemployed for next year and four rooms will be led by Virginia Clark Mrs. Harold Burt Elizabeth Johnson and Helen Hart.
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Virginia Clark
Harold Burt
Elizabeth Johnson
Helen Hart
Keighan School Picnic Set for June in Oak Grove
Oak Grove School known as Keighan in District 17 will hold the third annual basket picnic on Sunday June 17 with dinner at noon. All present and former teachers pupils and families who lived in the district are invited to attend. Everyone bring table service.
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Oak Grove
Keighan School
Old Spanish Custom Operetta Delights Local Audience
The High School operetta An Old Spanish Custom played Friday evening to a fair sized crowd. Roles and production pleased, with a lame soldier and wooden soldiers delighting the audience in a military drill. A surprise appearance by the School Band impressed all, led by M. M. Saxton from Peoria, showing months of practice and promising a junior band next year.
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M. M. Saxton
Peoria
Golden wedding anniversary celebrated at Clute home
Mr and Mrs John Clute marked fifty years of marriage with a golden wedding anniversary. Their son William Clute and families from Peoria and Sargent Nebraska visited along with many neighbors to extend best wishes to the couple at their Glute home on Monday.
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William Wellbrook
Wm. Clute
Peoria
Floyd Smith
Sargent
Nebraska
John Clute
Corney Family Hosts Sunday Dinner in Chicago and Peoria
Willis Corney of Chicago and Mr and Mrs Albert Claude and Emily Corney of Peoria joined their parents Mr and Mrs George Corney at home for a Sunday dinner, highlighting family gathering across cities.
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Willis Corney
Chicago
Albert Claude
Emily Corney
Peoria
George Corney
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R. W. Newell
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Norma Einor
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Roy Cec
Keith
Plymouth
Soldier Dead
R. B. Roberts
J.E. Welsh, M.D
Tllinois
Frederick V. Arber
Todd, Morgan, Pendarvis & Arber
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Central National Bank Bldg
Sulling School
Virginia
Teacher’s College
DeKalb
la Grange
Illinois
Riverside
Bernice and
Margaret Purcell
Keighan
DR Walter Pacey
Bank of Galenburg-Bldg
Galenburg
Geo. W. Cluskey
Winzeler Undertaking
R. R. Claybaugh
Minois
H. R.johnson &Son
Brimfield, Illinois
Evelyn McCowan
Peoria Conservatory of Music
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Razin
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Chicago Herald and Examiner
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