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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
8
A Illinois legislative inquiry probes the Lincoln Feeble Minded University revealing brutal conditions. Dramatized by witness accounts the facility houses about 1200 inmates classified as idotic or epileptic with deformed bodies and routine chores performed without regard to intellect.
The French dramatist Victorien Sardou became so absorbed in the draft of La Tescue that he ignored others at home. A messenger summoned him to dinner, where he finally joined, silent and deep in thought, before finishing his meal.
A collage of curious notes cites South America’s size versus the United States population, Bavaria’s 102 year old Peter Huter, cow leather yields about 85 pounds and horse hide 18, and the Hungarian city Arad holding a record for divorces.
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