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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
2
A chaotic OCR dump from Brimfield News features garbled political musings on poverty bans in California, duels in France, and a spectrum of disjointed notes about marriages, newspapers, and social trends. The article devolves into incoherence with scattered names and misplaced phrases.
Secretary W J Bryan urged voters to back Democratic senators and support the primary outcome in a fiery address. He stressed rule by the people, warned Republicans and Democrats to align with their nominees, and hinted at the Sherman vs Lewis dynamics and a possible short term vacancy.
A wild Peoria fire endangers 150 women in a Bartonville cottage due to packed rag and paper between floors. Benton reports Joe Schmidt shooting his brother-in-law Eli Noe before a suicide attempt. In Vandalia Ernest Harrison arrives under guard after alleged attack on Dorothy Holt. Harrisburg sees Louis Major’s body found after his disappearance from Ledford. A Findlay boy, Helborilla McKinley Thompson, dies at a yard switch engine. Elgin guard Fred Powell faces discipline for inmate maltreatment. Fire at Trewight Hay Press factory and other industrial blazes noted. Missing in Ebih Creek search and multiple accidental firearm deaths reported. Belvidere school chief under fire, Pecatonica river floods Winslow, and Sunday theaters proposed by local leaders.
A short dispatch compiles several vivid incidents and notices: Lena reports a miniature cyclone demolishing a windmill and injuring John Schofield. Mount Morris notes the 60th wedding anniversary of Emanuel and Mrs Newcomer. Bloomington memorializes John McPherson, Civil War veteran and musician, who died at 69. Kittredge records a section man, Conrad Gelse, struck by a train. Springfield covers canvassing board selections, Decatur reports Dr Morrison Brandom’s death, and Lt Nev Barratt O Hara cites cross-state cooperation on white slave traffic. Bloomington notes a boy, Glenn Rhodes, killing a prairie wolf for a bounty. Lombard features J B R Webb’s genealogical claim to Mayflower lineage. Springfield mentions Carl Eades’ arrest in Edwardaville over forgeries. Jonnet recounts a St Mary’s academy fire drill with no injuries. Bloomington notes Mrs Johanna Procka found dead near her daughter’s home. Windsor reports a $10,000 elevator loss at Windsor Grain. Cairo notes the Webb bill stirring liquor dealer debate and shipments being restricted in Kentucky.
The passage ponders the elusive universal American hero, weighing figures from Corday to Washington and Lincoln, then shifts to a tea versus coffee debate. It recounts a medical narrator who quit tea after a long habit, praising Postum as a safe coffee alternative, with branding details for Instant Postum and the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd.
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