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Newspaper

Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1920

Page

6

Scarred Childhood Shadows in a City of Night

A troubled boy named Con Levington grows up amid grim city scenes near Dory Street. His father John Levington, a drinker, dies after a harsh, poverty haunted life. Con’s early years mix wonder at steam trains with harsh lessons from street life as he navigates crime, class, and destiny under the influence of tough urban figures.

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Love and Flight Across a Worldly World

Poetic visionary John Levington and Mary Martin marry in Michigan. He works in a stove factory and writes on Sundays. Mary leaves her husband briefly and Mary’s hospital disappearance ends the marriage. John loses work and departs. Cornelia Levington appears. Two years later John returns, claims his son, and wanders the earth with the child.

John Levington Mary Martin Michigan John Mary Corneliua Levington

Question on pFrt and Con Levington performance

The query asks if greater pFrt could have outpaced Con Levington under the same conditions. It weighs potential improvements versus actual output, highlighting uncertainty and hypothetical comparison without asserting a definitive result.

Con Levington

Fragmentary Leather and Horse Weight Note

A garbled line from an old issue notes leather mass and horse weight figures. The text is interrupted mid phrase showing fractions and comparative amounts, with references to pounds and hides. The readable fragment hints at a comparison but contains insufficient context for a full event or name identification.

Democrats Name Cox For President At National Convention

An long and contested Democratic nominating process in San Francisco culminated with James M. Cox chosen on the ath ballot as the presidential candidate. Bundled with Cox, the convention adjourned after party leaders debated platform planks on peace, Prohibition, and military training as delegates debated among Palmer McAdoo and other figures.

Democratic Party Golden Gate City Cox Nuon Cox William G McAdoo Palmer Gebiss Prva Cetonal Baletin Ci Ernest Bert Bourke Hettie Paty

McCoy Declines Statement After Democratic Nomination

Gov James McCoy, named for the presidency by the Democratic National Convention, waits for convention ratification before commenting on his victory. He received the nomination at Dayton.

Cox James McCoy Daytom

Lydia E. Pinkham Woman’s Remedy Letter Cites Relief

A reader from Oak Ridge Ave. Bammit New Jersey endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from hot flashes suffocation headaches and dizziness. The letter claims improved wellbeing enabling better work and urges others to try the remedy.

Bammit N. J E. Pinkham Victoria Ke Oak Ridge Ave

To chase what we want is riches

A fragment quoting George Macdonald on wealth and power notes that pursuing wealth without the discipline of study or learning is hollow, suggesting true power comes from knowledge rather than riches.

George Macdonwd

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