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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
5
An impressive speaker asks What in reform and Senator Sorghum replies he does not know exactly what it is but insists it is something everyone must cheer for regardless of desire. The exchange reflects political rhetoric.
Mr. Alexanders revival songs captivate England now as Sankey’s did long ago. The Glory hymn, a favorite, has appeared in print about 17,000,000 times in three years. London newspapers even publish the words and music.
The new president of the French Societe des Gens de Lettres is Victor Margueritte, the younger son of Gen. Margueritte. The literary partnership of Paul and Victor Margueritte forms a Parisian topic akin to the Edmond and Jules de Goncourt alliance.
A fragment recaps a conversation about Mrs. Crank's maid inheriting $50,000. The husband questions the maid's merits while the wife asserts the maid deserved it, and the husband remarks he has seen Mrs. Crank rather than the girl.
A messenger bursts into the castle yard and informs guards of a delayed arrival. A yeoman quips that the king is not impatient but only concerned with his moustachiox, reflecting a playful medieval tone from Puck.
Pope Pius X considers establishing an official press office in the Can cèlleria palace to supply Vatican news to correspondents. Cardinal Merry Del Val urged the plan to curb rumors and protect Vatican interests from hostile views.
A Fatehargh India based group forms to provide enumerative labor for Christians and to support native Christians who have joined Epics casts for the Gospel. The venture seeks to address difficulties in furnishing aid and operates with a cooperative plan among organizers.
A garbled narrative fragment mentions senses time and a lawyer. Clarke and Birrow comment on growth and botany as a clock ticks. The passage shows scattered quotes about wages and a salary, with unclear names and events.
Higher Walton of the Darwin division in Lancashire claims a unique record with 420 votes from 426 cast. Of the six missing voters, one was in America, one in Canada, one at sea, and two were ill in bed.
Women arrested during recent riots in British Guiana were sentenced to have their hair cut as punishment. The practice is a legal penalty in the colony, but the Earl of Higin has intimated that women will not be punished in this manner again.
Indian linguist and philosopher Johnny Milne real name Mah-Me-Qua-Che-Ma-Che-Mah-Net has been in Washington in interest of the Mexican branch of his tribe. He is said to be the most accomplished.
A Chicago university professor said the world’s end is millions of years away. A English prophets’ convention countered that it will come within 25 years. The exact date remains undecided.
Viscount de Alte the Portuguese envoy at Washington leads a reclusive life and, though based in this country for four years, is known to only a few capital residents. He rarely hosts colleagues or accepts invitations, maintaining a solitary schedule.
The 1905 report shows Pennsylvania supplying more hemlock bark for tanning than any other state and targeting wood alcohol and acetate. It produced 7,890,346 bushels of charcoal, slightly less than Michigan's 8,193,337 bushels. Hemlock bark production reached 379,772 cords in Pennsylvania.
Dr W J Goodhue medical superintendent of the leper settlement at Molokai Hawaii writes from Toronto that he has discovered the leprosy germ in the mosquito and vermin. He was born October 3 1869 in Habaskaville Quebec and is a personal friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Paris scholar Dr Gustave Le Bon argues a controversial theory that matter can change spontaneously at the molecular level. He asserts this as a revolutionary conclusion challenging established science and points to unseen forces at work beyond conventional physics.
A distorted OCR fragment mentions tallan and Ayay Wallaxias with references to Italian attire and a witty line about exhaustion. It lacks clear event or structured facts but indicates discussion of clothing and dialogue. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are reliably present.
R. Buchanan, superintendent of Averyville Public Schools and candidate for county superintendent, faces a primary election on August 4. The OCR yields garbled text but confirms campaign for the county post and a Saturday voting date in August.
Miss Bradshaw of Missouri visits Rev Lacsland family at the M E parsonage. Mrs Wm Stansbury ill. Miss Ference Stansbury aids. L L Evernden to sell household goods Saturday July 21. Elmwood visitors tour Brimfield. Livery trips to Peoria bid fare of 100 dollars. Kansas wheat and corn prospects. Lewis Hamilton injured July 4 at Bartonville asylum. potential lockjaw. Local snake sighting near Whetzel timber pasture. Brimfield and Jubilee College ladies picnic praised. thanks extended to college staff. Ice cream supper at Bethel church. Sunday school picnic planned. W F L of M E church met at Mrs L H Clark. Rev D M Hill to speak at Peoria Congregational church morning, Bethel afternoon, BEE church evening. Brimfield quartet to sing at Bethel. Atha Ladies Aid meeting. comfort donation to Presiding Elder’s cottage. Sunday school record strong. 12x enrollment last quarter. 40 new members joined. 190+ present. Sunday school at 9:80 each Sunday.
A clipped report lists attendees of the 4th of July Jubilee in Prisceville. Several couples traveled to Pev Enaarth in Prius for a social/business function. Addison and Mrs. White are among those mentioned in the meager text.
An annotated feature describes the Record Herald’s women focused pages. It highlights Martha's Management, Mme Qui Vive beauty Q&A, daily home and menu topics, Sunday sections with Dame Cortsey and Marion Harland, and the Sunday Magazine filled with stories, verse, humor, and illustrated miscellany.
A Cleveland Leader joke notes a pupil named Jimmy devises a scheme to skip school by washing his face at recess to look sick. The teacher misreads the pallor as illness and sends him home, reflecting lighthearted schoolyard mischief of the era.
The London Globe noted that the full horror of the San Francisco crisis was not appreciated until it was announced that all able-bodied men in the city were being forced to work. This stark observation reflects contemporary alarm over compulsory labor measures.
A fragment shows a gangster saying he promised friends to break silence while a cautious adviser urges restraint. The line hints at high tension and possible disclosures to come. The dialogue reflects pressure and strategic thinking under duress.
A quip notes that scientists gather all the ifs and buts when explaining natural phenomena like sun spots or earthquakes, and deserves credit for compiling them to justify explanations.
Construction of the Ratcliff Rotherhithe tunnel beneath the Thames will take five years. It will measure 6,883 feet long with an external diameter of 20 feet, providing a 16 foot carriageway and two footways four feet eight and a half inches wide. When completed there will be three tunnels under the river at London.
A natural miner mummy, claimed to be about 2000 years old and well preserved due to copper oxide in a Chilean mine, is slated for auction in London. The item’s origin and exact age are noted as historical curiosities.
An English scientist lectured a London audience on the importance of house cleaning, arguing that cleanliness affects health and productivity. He asserted that tidy living spaces reduce disease risk and improve daily life.
A vignette from the Chicago Daily News describes a couple on a porch as a red moon climbs above the trees. The suitor notes the arm around the beloved, while frogs croak approvingly from the chilly swamps.
A group of 80 cyclists organized by Enterprising Dealers and a London car firm pace patrols with red flats to warn motorists when and where to drive cautiously. They plan daily departures to outpace police traps and disrupt speed law arrests, offsetting a rising pressure from speeding infractions.
In Congees near the Aveyron mountains a small Roman church held an art treasure shown at the 1990 exhibition. It drew two syndicates of dealers offering 32,000,000 francs for its enamels reliquaries and Roman statues in gold and silver, but the art syndicate did not purchase it.
Three native committees in Shanghai work toward producing three new Bible versions. The effort aims to improve accessibility and accuracy for local readers as part of a broader church initiative.
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