10 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
1
Local listings note a program titled Frila and a high‑guess show slated for Saturday night. Details are incomplete with multiple garbled phrases.
Nancy J Caldwell Forney born March 2 1860 three miles southwest of Brimfield died September 4 1914 at Brimfield aged 54 years 6 months and 2 days She endured years of illness with Christian faith and strength leaving two children Ethel of Brimfield and Wilbur of Denver Sister and brother survivals noted Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at the M E church conducted by Rev L F Cullom assisted by Rev R Pacey with burial in Brimfield cemetery Pallbearers listed and local music provided.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for help in a time of sorrow from Ethel Forney. An advertisement touts Fuley Cathartic Tablets as a thoroughly cleansing laxative for chronic constipation or occasional purges praised by a Kentucky user.
Bids to lay about one third of eight inch tile along Galena Avenue BrimBeld will be received by the village. Full particulars and specifications available from the village clerk. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. H B Bowman Village Clerk.
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure dizziness biliousness and constipation by stimulating liver and stomach function. The “first dose” is said to purge waste and fermenting poisons, with a 25 cent price at all druggists.
A Ventura era advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as fast acting relief for rheumatic pains around joints. It claims deep penetration without rubbing and broad uses for pains from bruises to sore throats, with a testimonial from Ches Wentworth of California and a 26 cent price at druggists.
War correspondent Fredrick Palmer, famed for The Last Shot, has covered conflicts from the Grecian Turkish war to the Boxer uprising and the Russo Japanese War. Now at the front, he witnesses the prophecy in his story fulfilled as his serial appears in these columns.
Rev Bracey attends the annual MP conference this week. Miss Emily Chickeater will teach at the city high school in Bloomington next year. Mrs Jobo Richarde of Mt Pleasant Iowa attended her sister Nancy Forney's funeral. Mrs Ed Herron of Mt Union Iowa visits her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Murdoch west of town.
The J A Hayes office is open 8 am to 5 pm with weekly Saturday work. Examinations for teachers certificates will be held at county seats on July 16 17 1914 November 12 13 1914 and May 6 7 1915 under state board rules. Third grade tests cover orthography civics history physiology penmanship reading grammar geography history arithmetic and study methods. Second grade adds pedagogy and elementary science. First grade requires high school graduation or equivalent prep six months teaching and exams in orthography civics United States history grammar algebra and three sciences among botany zoology physics chemistry physiography. Other certificates include high school teacher supervisor kindergarten primary and special certificates with subject limitations. A circular on the new law is available by request. Office on fourth floor Court House Room 42 Peoria Illinois.
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