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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1924
Page
6
A June 3 vote in Sterling will decide the fate of a Sunday theater proposition. Other Illinois notes include health findings at the State University of Illinois, Camp Zachary Taylor reunions, electrocution at a Shelbyville plant, and a Chicago safe robbery.
A Tampico volunteer fire department claims a state record after more than a year with no calls, while Joliet finds a fragment of iron meteorite unearthed on a lawn near George L. Harley’s home. Other notes cover Dr. Walter J. Brown’s death from blood poisoning, Evanston’s growth, and regional public notices.
Spot the famous bulldog ran from the outskirts to the police station to summon help when John McElroy sixty five suffered a paralytic stroke and collapsed on the sidewalk, a story of faithfulness and trained instinct in a quiet city scene.
Springfield state health report shows 901 Hilnoisans ill with measles in the past week, the largest number in months. New pneumonia cases total 343, down from the prior week, and scarlet fever cases reach 241.
R Jelliff of the Knox County Academy of Science warned at Elgin during the seventeenth annual Illinois State Academy of Science conference that inadequate pure water supply and ongoing river and stream pollution threaten the people of Khois if the situation continues.
Dr J C Kraftt of Chicago named president elect and Dr J C Neal of Springfield elected first vice president while Dr Charles Maple of Chicago becomes second vice president Dr Harold M Camp of Monmouth named secretary Councilors elected include Dr Fr Ferguson of Chicago Dr HP Bierne of Quincy and Dr William D Chapman of Silvis A coal mine hoist record of 6045.85 tons at Nokomis set in eight hours with 1239 hoists and March average tonnage 5742 per day Clerks and patrons at a Streator grocery store panicked when a large black snake appeared in a back room after feeding on eggs. workers attacked and killed it.
A New York Herald Tribune fashion writer notes the shift of fashion authority from Paris to American women. Skirt lengths vary, with ten inches above ground favored here. tailored Paris suiting is embraced but not required. Silhouettes stay slim and elaborately trimmed, with evolving footwear and decorative buckles driven by both day and evening needs.
Nettie plans a new life with Cal in Texas while his wife Mary, a long married woman, reveals she is pregnant and their divorce seems possible. Nettie confronts a moral tangle as Mary visits, confessing desires and trust in Cal. Nettie races to abandon her packing, sobbing as she realizes Mary’s secret alters everything.
A sidelight on cold slowing life processes in frogs shows insulin from pancreatic tissue affects mortality. Overdose triggers fatal convulsions in warm-blooded animals, while frogs exhibit delayed symptoms depending on temperature, occurring within hours at 85 degrees and extending to five or six days in icy conditions.
A scientist with the United States Geological Survey reports quartz and agate over fossil sands in Wyoming, ranging from under an inch to over three inches. The stones are entirely foreign to the geological formation and were found among dinosaur skeletons.
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