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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
6
The Senate passes a full amendment boosting city employee pension taxes after a hard party-line battle. Figures on total cost remain unclear as supporters argue relief is needed. opponents warn of wide effects. The session also reports Republicans retaking a majority on the state Supreme Court with four justices holding and three Democrats, reshaping the bench for future cases.
A robbery narrative describes burglars entering the Alvin post office, blowing the safe and fleeing with about $200. Police pursued them in autos and carriages but lost trace. a Chicago Press note mentions five years. The item then drifts into memorials and Civil War references with numerous OCR garbles.
A scattered digest reports floods near Peoria and Cairo with McClure and Dogtooth Bend under water and crops destroyed. Marriages, school graduations in Abingdon and Mount Carmel, and a six weeks summer session at Edwardsville High School are noted. A rail wreck near Minner injures three, while fires destroy an elevator in Sullivan and a broom warehouse in Fristoe. Authorities in Springfield adjust county tax areas and a voter recalls a citizen’s ballot moment before death.
A memoir style tale unfolds at a seaside hospital where nurse Joyce and Dr Raymond grapple with love, duty, and morality. Joyce risks marriage to another man to preserve her conscience as a life hangs in the balance during a delicate surgery and a patient nears death.
Philadelphia reader Mrs Abel Langdon reports severe displacement and inflammation with backache and side pains. After six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she improves, enabling factory work and house duties. She urges publishing her name to help others. Danger signals include backache and nervousness linked to female derangements.
Grow Sudan Grass. IH say wid be in great demand next winter at high prices Farmers should sow Sudan grass as it makes a splendid forage See ad in another part of this Paper Adv.
A harsh remark labels a baseball player an ugly mug and mocks his abilities as a pitcher. The comment centers on appearance and role, reflecting a crude sports fandom remark without detailed context or broader incident.
A narrator says he uses a death notice in the paper to fool his boss into believing he is going to a funeral and not to a ball game. He relies on a printer brother and a downtown office boy in a humorous exchange about bragging and misdirection.
The Russian empire bans selling brandy in state shops from mobilization day, eight months on. Moscow vodka consumption data show shifts from 1913 to 1914 with monthly figures and a policy that restricted vodka sales in first class restaurants and banned bottle sales with heavy fines.
A Western town woman recounts relief from stomach trouble after switching to Grape-Nuts. She details heart burn, gas, and rapid weight loss until recovery and regained energy, crediting the cereal with restoring her digestion and strength. The advertisement invites readers to try a few days to see similar results.
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