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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
A poet longs for a distant home with sheltering walls and a glowing hearth. He imagines returning by windward eras to shores of Olyrin to find the house filled with melodies from Eden beyond Syria. The heart remains the true homeland.
In a tense Prescott library scene, George Wright reveals a troubling bond with Edith and confesses a past that shape his present, prompting a cautious family council about his future with Edith amidst reluctance and respect.
A boy of 12 flees a harsh home to join a circus, befriends a drunk elephant keeper, learns from an educated sailor, and survives a deadly shipwreck. He becomes a skilled circadian foreman under Mr. Wright, earning trust and a chance to leave the wanderer life. Edith Prescott interrupts as plans shift and a family council forms.
A burglar named Palm burgled M Descaves' Paris house in 1899 and later met his victim in court. The exchange was courteous with Palm humorously noting wardrobe loot and advising open shutters to mislead intruders. Descaves left the door first as Palm prepared to depart.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt, a girl overhears a family dilemma and asks George Wright to remain. The old man cannot persuade him to stay, and the mother and father decline. Edith urges action and George pledges to stay.
Three years after a Russian prince abandoned a Paris sweetheart, his mother vetoed their marriage. The prince later helped the woman renounce the match, and the princess funded a pension of 2000 dollars yearly and a 30000 dollar endowment to create a rescue fund for young women who have taken the first false step. Mme Rousseau administers, with Clemenceau as president.
The case of Captain Peter A Hains Jr charged with the murder of Annie Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club proceeds before Judge Garretson with District Attorney De Witt and chief counsel Joseph F McIntyre leading the defense. The defense seeks an insanity plea and plans to put Hains on the stand to explain his mental state amid relations with Annis and his wife.
Pedro’s Estella, the champion butter Jersey cow of the world, owned by Missouri Agricultural College, died after stumbling into a ditch. In twelve months she produced 712 pounds of butter and would have yielded about $414.75 at seven cents a quart, enough to support a student for a term. A boiler accident scalded Mrs. James Shay of Missouri, risking blindness.
A compilation of editorials and remarks from several papers about Fidel Castro, Venezuela, and related political tensions. The items reflect varied reactions, hopes, and warnings as Castro's position and influence are debated amid regional instability.
A collection of city headlines describe graft investigations in Pittsburg with criticism of public safety leadership, anti graft efforts, and indictments of politicians and millionaires. The tone likens officials to Roosevelts amid ongoing corruption concerns.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild liquid laxative and stomach tonic for women and children. It claims gentle action, easy taste, and benefits for constipation liver and digestive complaints, with prices and where to buy.
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