Brimfield Happenings and Local Notices
Community notes from Brimfield and vicinity cover daily life, weather, trades, and local events. mentions include gas prices at McClellan's, Shane's millinery, Chichester's hall events, letters, postmaster trip to Springfield, and farm updates amid dust and drought conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Springfield
City
Peoria
Mary A Keefer
Moses Etta McDonnell
Glen Oak
Mise Mc Donnell
Averyville
Brimfield
District Court of Honor
Art Kelly
A. E. Goudy
George Bloody
George Blundy
F. Clark
Sentinel
C. G. Farnam
Olive Littlefield
H .R. Johnson
C. L. Hayes
Fred Arcer
Clair Keeling
Widespread Customs of Courtship and Arranged Marriages Across Cultures
The piece surveys leap year traditions and courtship rites from Scotland to Polynesia, Dutch Borneo, the Torres Strait, Tud, Mabuiag, and New Zealand. It cites statutes, oral law, and ritual behaviors where women initiate proposals, men approve or resist, and marriages form through intermediaries, debt, or strategic social tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
England
Colesarius
Genoa
Florence
France
Italy
New Zealand
Soandeo
Polynesia
Dutch Borneo
Sawmillman Offers Half The Logs To Save Them
An Ohio flood anecdote describes a sawmill man who, amid rescues of drowning people and livestock, shouted that he would give half his logs if others saved them. The crowd focused on logs rather than lives and reportedly saved about a hundred logs before realizing the absurd offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Wilhard
Harry Willard
Laura
Willard
Ron
Mr Willard
H E Barrett
Von
Barrett
Hia Wan
agsieUng
Chilh Colne
W. G. Huey
Gibson City
Alf Whetzel
Whetzel
Huey
James Huey
C. M. Scott
Arkansas City
J. W. Irons
Scott
Geta
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brimfield and Vicinity
McClellan's
Chillicothe
Cady Bros
Louie Piack
N.S
Ap Acorn Ranger
Amall
Ezra Tucker
Brimfeld
John E. Lyon
Soon
Shane's
Harry Hayes
Knox College
James Loveall
Hough C Finch
Davenport Fithian
Thos Johnson
Henry Memler
Cash Store
Chicago
FE. Anderson
John Jiggins
Allen
Pleasant Pia
Wisconsin
Harry Coolidge
Superior
Wis
Tennessee
Hilboro
Dr Shoop
Wagh Farrell
Kansas
Illinois
Lansing
Bragg’s
A. L. Gibson
Farmer Spratt
Chichester's Hall
Lewis Plack
Albert Birdson
Gilbert
Chichester’s Hall
J.S McCoy
Galesburg
Oak Grove
Edison Phonograph
Mildred Foster
Shoop
Ellen Furlong
Kickapoo
Fort Madison
Iowa
Edwards Station
Iowa Central Road
Peoria Star
Alf Whette
Mt Pleasant
Monmouth
Mt. Pleasant
Warren County
Cliff Gondy
Wyoming
Burlington
Joseph Redbeck
Hayward Farm
Henry Tully
W. A. Wilson
J. H. Moore
Commer
Wm. Kell
Tillie Snyder
J. H. Snyder
Carlyle
Penna
Cement Age
New York
Stark County News
Héxe
Lanving
Irving Bragg
Art Moore
Wm. Wilbur
Arthur Whittaker
Lizzie Hight
Metamora
Speers
Harley Lucas
Gettysburg
South Dakota
Harley
Curran
Willie Clifton
Ray Clark
Beardsley
Mica
Clark
Epworth League
M E
M. P. Lackland
C.G Farnum
Frappe
Marguerites
Rock Island
Poys
Relly
West End Grocery
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Vancouver
Bellingham
Victoria
Spokane
Walla Walle
Wenatchee
Ellens- Upr
St Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
R. L. Seffens
B.&q
The
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Con
Carl B. Moore
Torres Strait
Australia
Tud
Ty Willin
Mabuiag
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