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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
2
Catholic parishes of Freeport announce a new high school with a $100000 budget to be built within a year and a cornerstone ceremony planned for September reflecting a local faith community effort to expand education in the area.
The American Legion reunion to be held at Sterling August 6 promises the greatest nonconvention gathering in Legion history. Commander 8 F Wrieder says at least 10 000 Legionnaires will attend with a $10 000 budget, including $3 000 for the grand parade. Racine drum corps official drum corps of the Legion will attend along with Kankakee Rockford and Blue Devil Bloomington bands. Hanford McNider will address the gathering as state and Illinois leaders attend.
The school board voted to start Quincy public schools on Monday August 31 breaking from the long held plan of opening the day after Labor Day. Other items note a mix of local incidents and state actions including a Chicago murder suicide case, beauty culture licensing, theft and war time interest issues, bank robberies, traffic counts, a lightning accident near Pana injuring Miss Anne Berns, and hunger for reform across several Illinois towns.
Department of Commerce figures show 1924 auto and motor-vehicle deaths in 58 principal cities at 5,030 with a 19.0 per 100,000 rate, up from 4,908 deaths and 18.8 in 1923. The trend climbs from 14.6 in 1920 to 16.9 in 1922, with New York recording the most deaths but Paterson N J reporting the highest rate.
Snowball a cat owned by G H Jensen of the Silver Fox farm near Tacoma acts as mother to two baby foxes. After the fox mother abandoned the cubs Snowball feeds and cares for them, demonstrating unexpected maternal behavior in Seattle Washington.
Hoquiam resident J H Geoghegan reports fossil finds near Saginaw Logging Company camp No 12. Saurian forms stretch about 100 feet along a grade cut beside the railroad. Visible ribs and teeth samples identified by University of Washington scientists are brought to Hoquiam.
University of Michigan expedition at ancient Karanis uncovers Greco Roman life with more than 2 000 objects. Finds include 450 Greek papyri a large glass vessel collection 300 terra cotta pieces 200 lamps coins and tools plus complete donkey and camel harnesses a bakery grain bins and a mill. Preservation is excellent due to dry conditions.
Mrs Amelia Hall aged sixty two is described as the oldest woman deputy sheriff in Christino county. Sworn in two years ago she has built a strong record for enforcing law and earning praise from Sheriff Flesher for efficiency bravery and loyalty. She has arrested many troublesome individuals and handled intoxicated men with notable success.
Roy M. Hudson of the Department of Commerce warns preventable waste costs the nation about 10 billion dollars yearly. He cites railroads cutting inventories 22 percent after removing 62,000 items and reducing stores accounts from 38 million to 20 million. He notes average stock carrying cost at 24 percent of value and obsolescence making up about half.
The memory of Homer Oscar Ackerstrom, a Swedish student who starved himself to fund his education, was honored at the University of Pennsylvania commencement. He died at University Hospital two months earlier. classmates obtained a post mortem Bachelor of Arts in Economies for him, sending the diploma to his mother in Sweden.
A Walpole New Hampshire resident reports health gains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for long irregularity and severe pains. She says it improved her nervous, run down condition and enables her to care for her home and children, with many women endorsing the remedy.
In a Los Angeles Times excerpt, Mayor Shouse of Danville ridicules communists and exposes a broad satire on selfish egotism. He defines terms like dude, sloven, spendthrift, and snob as contrasts to common self centered thinking. The rhetoric targets social pretensions and parallels class attitudes.
A brief exchange shows one person noting pleasure from gardening while another mentions enjoying auto riding and related activities, highlighting casual leisure talk. The fragmented lines imply a relaxed, domestic mood without broader context or events.
Canada reduces wheat diversity from over 100 varieties to six varieties by 1907, reflecting a consolidation of grain crops. The move signals a shift toward uniform cultivation practices and potential impacts on resilience and regional farming.
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