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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
3
In Rev Mr Starr’s house Prudence delays her wedding while Carol catches measles and tries to convert town roughnecks. The tale follows Prudence Fairy Connie and Lark as Carol and Lark confront embarrassment and a near painful incident that becomes a comic moment in the family.
During a crowded Sunday school recital at Mount Mark, twin Lark faltered delivering a piece in front of the audience while Carol coaxed her sister aloud. Carol finally performed to support Lark, and the crowd applauded both, endearing the twins to the town.
A city judge up for reelection speaks in New York on civic virtue and judging. A club member asks if a straight flush beats four of a kind under all circumstances, prompting discussion of law and logic amid the audience.
The 315 foot steel steamer War Dog was launched at Vancouver becoming the first of its type built in British Columbia. The contract was placed by a local concern through an English firm and the vessel has since been sold to a British company.
A couple attempts to draw Europe from memory reveal widespread geography gaps. The Ohio State Journal notes they misplace nations and borders despite reading about Europe for years. The piece suggests trying maps of other continents and even domestic locales for fun to glimpse shifting earth.
A Philadelphia North American essay argues music appeals to women more subtly than other arts by triggering deep emotions. It contrasts with painting and poetry, noting music creates telepathic, shared feelings and romantic spark when lovers listen together. It also rails at medical overprescribing and warns doctors against excess drug use and waste.
The article recalls a colonial custom in Mexican towns where a town leader carried a cane with a gold or silver head as a scepter. When crimes occurred, a subordinate would place the cane horizontally on the accused’s chest as a ritual confession proxy, a practice borrowed from Spain still used in major actions.
A nearly perfect skeleton of a tall man was found during surface water drainage alterations in Farnham. Nearby bones included a horse fragment. The site lies near a Norman cemetery where first century cinerary urns were once found, some now kept at Waverly Abbey.
Bell ringing in the village of Longstock Ireland is carried out by three or four girls after the young men joined the army. They ring regularly on weekdays and Sundays, trained by a local instructor. A correspondent notes this may not be essential war work but is of immense value to the neighborhood mornings.
Frank J Cheney, senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, swears the firm will pay 100 dollars for any catarrh case cured only by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason witnessed this December 6 1986. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood and system purifier.
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