Brimfield Directory Highlights Churches and Societies
Brimfield lists M E Church led by Rev M Plackuarn with services at 11 and 7, Sunday school at 9 30, Young People at 6, and prayer Thursday at 7. Other churches include Congregational and Baptist with similar schedules and rites. Societies cover Odd Fellows, M W A, Camp, and local fire company with monthly meetings and welcomes.
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M.E
M Plackuarn
C. B. Moore
Bay
Young People’s Meeting
Congregational Church
DS Hormakger R
Henry Memler
Baptist Church
Reptict Church Notes
Sunday school every Sunday at the regular board. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7 00. A 200 attendance is desired.
Rheumatic Remedy Promises Clinched by Dr Shoop
A Wisconsin physician Dr Shoop markets Rheumatic Remedy claiming to cure rheumatism by treating the constitutional cause. Patient testimonials spread by word of mouth, with grateful patients sharing results as the medicine gains popularity and is sold by dealers nationwide.
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Wisconsin
Shoop
Robon
Brimfield Horse Association Accounts Notice
Parties owing the Brimfield Nor man Horse Association may pay the account to Wm Harding, treasurer, or at the Exchange Bank in Brimfield.
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Brimfield Norman Horse Association
Wm. Harding
Exchange Bank
Brimfield
Lewis Single Binder Cigars Demand Holds Nine Million Sold
The ad touts Lewis' Single Binder cigars with annual sales exceeding nine million and claims of reliable quality. It stresses rich mellow tobacco and asserts no substitute beats the brand, urging readers to request a Lewis at their dealer in Peoria Illinois.
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Peoria, Il
Removal sale opens at Johnson's as ads flood the pages
Advertisements spill across the issue with a Johnson removal sale and other notices. Local notes mention corn picking soon, a roller skating event at the opera house, and various visits and sales including cloak specials at Mem bre's Bros. and watch and jewelry offerings at McKown's store. Fire at the county farm looms large with $17 000 loss and full insurance, while emergency crews battle the blaze and plan temporary care for inmates.
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Johnson
Johnson's
W.J. Reed
Monica
Phillip Tully
Canton
Aporoero
Hamilton
Peoria
Johnece
McKows
Wanted Advertisements Prompt in Four-Line Style
A neighbor may travel widely for exchanges of goods and services. The text suggests trading items by driving across the country. The line hints at a barter or want list approach in local listings.
Classified Ads Sale List Includes Seeds and Pigeons
Sale bills The News sells them Timothy seed for sale W L Hay ward Old papers for sale 5c per bunch at this office For sale New core dump at cost W A Wilson Pure bred Berkshire male pigeon for sale 15 each F M Smith mile west of Oak Hill
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W. A. Wilson
Berkshire
F M Smith
Oak Hill
Jubilee News From Kramm and Surrounding Towns
Jobo Searle from Kramm spent Sunday with his mother. Mc3 Pilley of Brimfield visited home folk. Mr and Mrs Benj Tucker and family were Peoria callers. Barbara Smith returned home after a three week store stay. Robi Peppard, away from the College last year, will resume this fall. Walter Heinz was ill Sunday morning but improved. Joseph Stenger and Edna Mae of Edelstein visited. College openings drew many to town and classes start Monday. Minanda Nicholls remains improving while her father is bedridden with rheumatism.
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Pilley
Brimfield
Benj Tucker
Peoria
Barbara &Mith
Robi. Peppard
Joseph Stenger
Edna Mae
Edelstein
Joseph Smith
Where Bullets Flew Civil War Vet Praises Electric Bitters
David Parker of Fayette N York, a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach trouble and keeping him strong. He says the tonic is worth more than five hundred dollars and advertises 50 cents at Robinson's drug store.
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David Parker
Fayette, N. York
Gettysburg
Robinson's Drug Store
Local visits and community notices in Brimfield and area
L Hasselbacher visited Peoria yesterday and John Murdock transported livestock to Chicago last evening. Elmwood residents Mr and Mrs Charlee Slayton and Fordyce Ark couple Mr and Mrs Harry Foster visited Brimfield on Wednesday. An October 2 Oak Grove school ice cream social features ice cream and cake. Eldon Taylor of Yates City, a high school student, shot himself at home on Monday. His family and friends mourn his tragic act. A two hundred gallon gasoline tank is being installed underground to serve store rooms through a pipe system.
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Jobn Murdock
Chicago
Charlee Slayton
Elmwood
Harry Foster
Fordyce
Ark
Brimfield
Cial
Oak Grove
Edison Phonograph
Lsc
Mildred Foster
Eldon Taylor
Yates City
Ross Taylor
McCullough of Urbana Nominated for Auditor
James 8 McCullough of Urbana the Republican nominee for auditor of public accounts was born near Mercersburg Pennsylvania and moved to Urbana in 1854. He served in the 76th Illinois Infantry earning a left arm loss at Fort Blakely April 9 1865 and later held county clerk posts from 1873 to 1896. He was renominated by acclama tion in 1900 and 1904 and secured a fourth term nomination in the August 8 primaries.
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James 8. McCullough
Urbana
Auditor of Public Accounts
Mercersburg
Seventy-sixth
Ilinois Infantry
Vicksburg
Jackson
Benton
Jackson Cross Roads
Vaughn's Station
Meridian
Fort Blakely
James A. Ross Secretary of State Nominee Biography
James A. Ross, Republican nominee for secretary of state, was born October 13, 1850 in Golconda NL. He studied in state common schools and at Illinois Normal Normal, taught in public schools, served as Pope county superintendent in 1878 and state's attorney in 1881, and held roles as trustee of Pontiac reform school and Chester penitentiary commissioner during Gov. Fifer's administration. He won the secretary of state post in 1834, reelected 1900 and 1904, and sought a fourth term in the August 8, 1908 primaries by 116,083 votes ahead of four competitors.
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James A. Ross
Golconda
Illinois Normal University
Normal
Pope County
Fifer
Pontiac Reformatory
Chester
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Peoria Herald Transcript
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Timothy
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Jobo Searle
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Walter Heinz
Minanda Nicholls
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JAMES A. _ROSE
Secretary OF
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