Community Greetings and Local Happenings Chronicle
Mrs Pearl Wilson visits Peoria and auton. Wm Hick at Methodist hospital after Friday operation. Mir and Mrs Robert Bale welcome a daughter. Mary June born Thursday Aug 30. Ralph and Edward IUbeck, plus families, enjoyed Ft Madison rodeo. Harald Parks and son Bon visited Jack Bragg in Walled Lake. Washburn residents, including Donald, dined with the Lester Kingdon family. Key Work Clothes in stock with free Key Comics book for first 100 youngsters. Mary Bennett, Jack Davis and sons visited from Chicago and Gallimore. D H Johnson travels to Butler Mo for Ed Snyder funeral. DeVries, Gady, Chase family host supper. Chase Stewart returns from ten-day Blae Ridge trip via Mammoth Cave. Maynard Reinhart and Joan of Peoria return from visit with Mart Rein hart and Carol. Missing billfold return sought by Mrs Wm Hick. Numerous names from St Charles, Marion Ind, and Champaign area noted in local notices. Mary Jane Arley and Lyman Carlock wed in Peoria, with reception. Kelch family vacationed Labor Day weekend in Buena Vista, Iowa. Merle Savage group and Pete Daum’s circle spend Friday with Toulon host. Mrs Merle Coon returns from eleven-day Vermont trip including Fort Ticonderoga.
Baby Contest At Uncle Ezra’s Jamboree At High School
Brimfield residents will vote on a baby contest for ages one to six during Uncle Ezra's Hayloft Jamboree at the High School Auditorium on September 14 and 15. Votes cost one penny each, with boxes in local stores. Contest closes at 4:00 pm Friday September 15 to benefit church improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Ezra
Methodist
Brimfield
Market Grain and Produce Prices Reported
The notice lists weekly evening markets with grain prices including corn at 142 percent, wheat at 139 percent, and new beans at 226 percent, noting cadences to occur on Wednesdays and ten days before a referenced date.
For sale notices and auction at Frend Kirk Patrick residence
A dated collage of sale notices lists items such as a 44 ft Sandwich corn elevator, a 30 gal water tank with attachments, coal beater and other gear, multiple stoves, and purple grapes. An auction sale of terschold goods is planned at the late Frend Kirk Patrick residence at 3 o'clock DS Saturday, Sept. 16. Also notes licenses, bowling league interest, and poultry fat rendering instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frend Kirk Patrick
Brecka West
Smith’s Hardware
Pearl Murdoch
Feeding a cap quantity of grain in the litter each morning
A note suggests placing a limited grain portion in the litter each morning to support feeding. The guidance emphasizes small amounts to prevent waste and encourage steady intake.
Do It Every Time Grizzled beggar recalls sailor past
A hungry beggar shares a brief tale of his past as a sailor during a meal. He recounts shipwreck off a southern coast and meeting a tribe of wild women who had no tongues, explaining why they could not talk. The exchange unfolds with the kind woman’s probing questions.
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South Sea
Family Row Over Cremation Pie Sparks Tense Exchange
Fragmentary exchanges show a quarrel about a burnt pie and a widow with six children. The young husband complains the pie is burnt while the wife retorts it belongs to her own cremation. The dispute hints at deeper tensions after remarriage and blended families.
Now He Knows
A mother takes her young son for a car ride and the boy asks where all the inferior idiots have gone, prompting a sharp, humorous moment as the exchange highlights a child's blunt curiosity versus parental restraint.
Do You Tell Your Wife Your Thoughts and Actions
A witty dialogue notes a man questions whether a husband should reveal all his thoughts and deeds to his wife. The reply jokes that she already knows his thoughts and that neighbors inform her of his actions in a breezy, humorous exchange.
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Vale’s
John H. Bowman
Bigelow St
Peoria
Rawleigh Dealer
Herman Siebenthal
Arcade
Pillsbury
Lochers Feed Store
Murphys
Murphys Vigoro
Brimfield Elevator, CO
Johnson-Arber
H. J
Pearl Wilson
Wm Hick
Methodist Hospital
Mra
Faye Miller
Ghillicothe, Mo
Nancy Marshall
Mir
Robert Bale
Mary June
Ralph Carson
Edward Iubeck
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Mca Harald Parks and
Son Bon
Walled Lake, Mich
Jack Bragg
Mra R.L. Pacey
Donald of
Washburn
Lester Kingdon
Mias
Melen Bennett
Chicago
Mia Jack Davis
D H Johnson
Butler, Mo
Mr Johnson
Edw. Snyder
Henry DeVries
Clifford Gady
Murray and
Bonnie
Wayne Chase
Billie Jo
Rimwood
Chase Stewart
Blae Ridge
Snoky Mountain
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Maynard Reinhart
Joan
Ot Peoria
Mart Reinhart
Carol
Mart
Tully
Wichita
Mra Wm Hick
A Pence
Penn
John Smith
Bette and
Rose
St Charles
Rolla F&owder
Orrin Tucker
Marion
Ind
Ida Paul
Lavina Park
Randall Paul
Bushrell
Duane Tucker
Ray Brady
San Diego
Calif
Clammie Chchester
Mra Brady
Myrtle Chichester
Fred Chichester
Brady
Buffalo, N Y
Mra P. A
North Dakota
Murray Miller
Wacry Maher
Mary Jane
Arley
Lyman Carlock
Frank Kelch
Buena Vista
al Freiburg
Merle Savage
Nancy
Roger
Pete Daum
Vern Keckler
Toulon the
Chas
Merle Goon
Middlebury
Vermont
Grant Harnest
Mra Coon
Fort Ticonderoga
Trading Post
Miriam Bragg
Phillips
Merle Con
Mildred Bragg
Paul McKinney
Partather Ave
Peoia
Peoriaphoas
University Ra
Mra J. Mc
Uire
Robert Webbes
Brimfeld
Asle
M. R. Clark
Gady
Dutch @orney
THE
Drimfield News
Mareh
Kate
Illinois
Oregon
Ade AG Ank
Dez
Bartlett
Idaho
California
Carsons Super Market
CA. Lawrence
Princeville
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