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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1930
Page
10
Senator Borab defends Doctor Blank as a natural born diplomat fit for a federal post in his state. The times quote a scene with a farmer and a wary elder, implying the doctor’s sturdy heart and steady judgment are his redeeming traits.
In the Volga region of Russia children playing hide and seek uncovered chests containing gold silver and jewelry valued in millions of rubles. They exposed a passage to a treasure chamber beneath a lumber pile and noted that similar finds have occurred elsewhere in Russia where treasures were hidden by prior creators in struggle.
Discoverers report a large deposit of pure white statuary marble in Middlebury Vermont quarries. A small vein once drew famous sculptors sixty years ago, then vanished amid repeated search efforts before quarry owners finally locate the vein again.
A humorous quip from The Humorist portrays a prisoner asked why he ran when an officer approached. The prisoner skeptically suggests the officer intended to sell him a ticket for the policeman's annual concert, highlighting mistrust and irony in the exchange.
A fragment from Chicago Daily News quotes a terse exchange with emotionally charged phrasing. The note mentions a last hot bit and an enclosed message, reflecting a personal, intimate correspondence reported in the paper.
The department of public works and buildings, with Gov. Emmerson's approval, studies a state wide parks system and a memorial to Gen. George Clark at Fort Kaskia. Illinois ranks foremost in state park development and seeks to improve historic sites for vacations and tourism.
Gov Lous L Emmerson honored Col Frank D Whipp for long welfare service naming him head of the Illinois delegation to the International Prison conference in Prague Czechoslovakia August 25 30 Whipp has held many welfare posts since 1889 and became superintendent of prisons in 1929 The piece also notes the death of Douglas Pattison in Chicago and other state employment figures and welcomes John Afirlthouse to the State Mine Chiefs directorate after a Pittsburgh meeting.
A notice offers pheasant eggs for setting from Haberkorn at the New Dublin farm, with free distribution limited to the order of requests. Meanwhile an embargo on cattle with Bangs disease is in effect, requiring imported cattle to show inspectors' certificates. The Illinois agriculture department will push an egg market improvement campaign, directed by Stuart E. Pierson, with county advisers notified. Also, Mrs. Alice Dunn, wife of Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Dunn, died in Charleston after a long illness.
State auditors report total inventories at 107 million 16 E with real estate and improvements at 87.7 million and personal property at 19.36 million. Illinois Farmers Institute held 19 district conferences in 86 counties plus 87 locations for household science programs, with 138 speakers across 279 days. The Illinois Osteopathic Physicians convention is slated for Danville May 8–9. Charles F. Will named industrial officer in the state labor department. Vandalia state capitol to be restored after fire, per state public works. Attorney General clarifies county refunds cannot cover engineering costs in road projects.
Private Allan recounts a June 15 1918 moment in Gill 204 trench warfare when strict smoking bans risked court martial. He disobeyed to share a cigarette with Lieutenant Hose, pleading for relief as shells fell and hunger for a smoke overwhelmed duty and danger.
A Springfield Union item recalls a boy named Robert who admires his uncle Charles's habit of going without hose supports. While the uncle sits with crossed legs, stockings hang loose at the ankles. His mother repeatedly fixes the wrinkled stockings, and the boy finally confesses he wants to wear stockings as the uncle does.
In London the French ministry fell amid naval conference chatter. Premier Tardieu shrugged, predicted a return, and asked Secretary Stimson if forgiveness could be granted. He added he forgives his friends with a sad smile.
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