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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
2
A collage of jokes and headlines from Brimfield Illinois pokes fun at war and cholera, tobacco substitutes, love prices, office humor, and weather. It riffs on sports, domestic life, and quirky observations about fashion, ice and matrimony, with playful verse fragments and eclectic quotes.
In Springfield the house elections committee favors the Magill suffrage bill, passed the senate earlier, with a 14 to 7 vote and optimism for house passage. The session also debates seating George Boardman in the Forty first district, defeats a bid to defer, and postpones the McCormick contest amid recall concerns. The highway commission issue, judiciary recall warnings, and university funding disputes also fill the scene with public notices and procedural moves.
Springfield Carr of Galesburg elected honorary president for life of the Illinois State Historical Society at its fourteenth annual convention. Officers chosen include President Otto L. Schmidt Chicago and several vice presidents. Decatur district clergy changes noted. A 12 year old girl case in Jacksonville ended with Bainbridge sentenced to 21 years. Various local notices span Redmen, churches, schools, and community events across multiple Illinois towns.
Mount Auburn editor Fay D Slate rearrested after Mayor B P Windsor dies from a bullet in a quarrel Slate claims accidental shot and threats against him surface in Mount Auburn case Jacksonvil le and Peoria report diverse events including college commencements and medical society talks at large gatherings across Illinois with multiple cities noted in brief items
An Italian notice recalls a 1682 war declaration by Sultan Mehemet IV against Leopold, warning of massive invasion. It cites 1633 letters about Turkish advances into Hungary and Austria, and notes the enduring, unchanging nature of the Turk across 250 years.
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