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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
6
Washington dispatch notes debate among Republicans and Democrats on peace policies led by Bartholdt and Bartholdt allies with facing opposition to administration aims. It reports the Adams on bill honoring engineers and sanitation officers for the Isthmus project and outlines retirement and promotion provisions tied to presidential will.
The Illinois State Poultry Association will host its twentieth annual exhibition at the state arsenal building in Springfield January 5 to 10. Secretary McCos of Golconda reports unprecedented advance entries from Springfield and Sangamon breeders, with catalogs obtainable by card request. The event shines as a major state poultry show, highlighting breeds and potential national recognition.
Reports from Mount Vernon and other Illinois towns describe printers and newsroom workers walking out after demands for higher wages and shorter hours were rejected. The piece also notes a funeral stone memorial for Gen. Smith D. Atkins and various local incidents, including murders, mines idling, and civic notes across several cities.
A blotchy multi town digest reports a switchman killed in an accident near Emws, births in Richview, and a cascade of civic notes across Richland County and surrounding towns. It covers resignations, pastorates, a jail holding, and Rhodes scholars from Illinois colleges with brief obituaries and local elections outcomes.
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