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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
1
In a caravan of travelers and gypsy camps we reach Constantinople and enter the Khan of the Georgians. Nikka and Wasso Mikali arrange to case a palace site in Sokaki Masters for a hidden treasure linked to Beran Tokalji.
Hugh Chesby, World War I veteran, recalls a treasure tale as his uncle Lord Chesby sails to New York with an unknown companion. A hospital deathbed confession points to a killer named Tou tou and a hidden room called the Prior's Vent. The chase pivots to London and Constantinople, with a gypsy violinist Nikka Zarenko and a mix of friends seeking the treasure in the palace of the Bey of Istanbul.
The narrator and Nikka flee by night with Kostabidilap and companions, trading civilized dress for gypsy garb. They ride through burned villages toward a rugged Balkan landscape, climbing a jagged route toward a fortified monastery that once sheltered learning under Turkish rule.
Helen Buckler notes cakes symbolize life events from birth to death, though those at christenings and funerals are not for the honored person. In Yorkshire obsequies guests drank spiced ale, and wealthier families served wine with savory biscuits wrapped in paper showing coffins and skulls.
Electrical storms arise from rapid temperature changes in the atmosphere. The upper atmosphere is cold, so such changes are rarer in winter, making thunder and lightning more common in summer.
A European critic named Priber reports that many so called modern inventions were created earlier. He cites pneumatic tires in 1845, fountain pens in 1809, roller skates in 1823, a roll top desk in 1772, safety razors 1702, a loud speaker 1671, a diving bell 1604, and a periscope around 1702, noting poor adoption then. The Chinese allegedly used bamboo to imitate phonographs long ago.
A court note reports a divorce decree issued after a dispute described as a woman's black eye. The piece signals evolving agency in domestic matters and hints at cases where women assert rights against traditional norms.
The current session will adjourn soon with a ten day recess while Governor Emmerson reviews bills. Senator Florence Fifer Bohrer’s bill to place felons in state welfare custody instead of Stateville and Chester passed the senate and moves to the house. House Bill 670 allows forming road districts within townships to issue bonds for secondary roads. A bill on third reading in the house requires certificates of title for registered motor vehicles, sponsored by Karl R. O’Hair. Reports show 31 of 48 states save stolen car recoveries and lower insurance rates by 10 to 20 percent.
The house passed Bills 330 331 and 332 giving the governor and state auditor annual power to audit the sanitary district books. Introduced by Rep Crowley of Peoria the measures place state responsibility for oversight. Crowley also introduced Bill 18 empowering the American Legion to remove veterans from state institutions when proper facilities exist to care for them.
Fort Massac park in Massac county will receive 20000 dollars as the appropriation for the next biennium by the Fifty sixth general assembly. The bill was introduced by Representative W V of Metropolis and was reduced to 12000 dollars in the appropriation committee before Bush and colleagues secured an increase to 20000 dollars.
A subcommittee of senators Wright Searcy Lantz Haenisch Cuthbertson and Hughes, appointed by the senate appropriation committee, will visit Waukegan to review Senate Bill No. 356 by Senator Ray Paddock Wauconda. The bill would authorize buying dune land along Lake Michigan to create a state park.
Fergus et al appeal from a Chicago trial to oust Illinois general assembly members returns for June term review. Representative M. P. Rice and Ex senator Jesse L. Deck prepare briefs and defend against the appellants. House Bill 430 and Senate Bill 275 merged to address cemetery association irregularities statewide.
Senator Marting R. Carlson of Moline leads the state’s largest appropriation bill totaling 57 million dollars for highway construction, maintenance and patrols. The Clinois highway patrol could grow to 300 members under a bill by Rep Frank A. McCarthy that has passed the senate and awaits the governor. The house also backed Rep Homer J. Tice’s cattle TB testing bill. Dr Andy Hail cautions outdoor planners about typhoid and other intestinal disease risks.
Representative David Hunter of Rockford announces a house bill that would require the state to pay tuition for pupils residing in institutions. The measure has passed the house and is now sent to the senate for consideration.
Atty. Gen. Oscar E. Carlstrom advised Governor Emmerson that replacing bridges across the Illinois River cannot be financed with special appropriations from the legislature. The opinion supports advancing completion of the state's waterway project to the federal government.
Representative Richard J. Lyons of Mundelein, the youngest member, has seen two of his three introduced bills pass. One bill requires mufflers on motor boats and another allows communities to dump sewage in outlets. Lyons received strong support during his maiden speech on the drivers license measure, House Bill No. 566 by Representative Harry Baxter. Baxter chairs the contingent expense committee overseeing house supplies as the new member’s efforts continue amid legislative moves on normal school appropriations and Senate Bill No. 355 advancing from Senate to action.
Senator James H. Felts of Marion, in his first Senate term, has previously served two terms in the lower house. He edits the Marion Evening Post and the Illinois Baptist, a state religious paper backed by the Illinois Baptist State Association. Felts has lived in Marion 25 years and is currently a city commissioner.
The house committee on appropriations favors a 280000 appropriation for repairs to the state capitol. A bill by Rep. Vaughan to drain and protect land from overflow passes the house. Stratton certifies the Women’s City Beautiful association charter in Chicago. Dailey will succeed Becherer as state purchasing agent and Hagebush is named superintendent of the Southern Illinois hospital at Anna. both appointments await senate confirmation.
Governor Emmerson signs a bill introduced by Senator Earl B. Searcy Springfield appropriating 700000 for an addition to the Cen tenial building. The House passes a bill by Senator Henry M. Dunlap Savoy appropriating 12064500 to the University of Illinois for two years. Silver foxes raised in captivity to be taxed. Attorney General Carlstrom informs Bureau County state's attorney.
A bill by Senator A. S. Cuthbertson from Bunker Hill to reimburse Gillespie with 18 306 dollars from the state road fund for constructing a link in the St Louis hard road has passed the senate.
State highway projects will source 3,000,000 barrels of cement from Illinois mills using Illinois coal. A prior year loss in coal sales to out of state mills is noted. A vocational agriculture program expands to 16 more Illinois high schools, bringing total to 20. The state court of claims will shift routine injured employee cases under a finance bill amendment.
State Representative John G. Jacobson of the twenty-fifth district died suddenly in Chicago on May 24. He was in his sixth term in the general assembly and is the fifth member of the current session to Die. The Chicago school board bill introduced by Calvin T. Weeks would raise school revenue by about 38 million dollars for two years and has been sent out for passage by the senate committee on education.
Lawmakers push to wrap up before adjournment as all low action bills in committees are tabled. About 38 million dollars in appropriation bills were killed in the appropriations committee.
Senator William McCauley of Olney pushes a bill through the senate to drop the grand jury indictment requirement in criminal cases when a defendant pleads guilty. The measure eases formalities in plea agreements and speeds up proceedings.
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