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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
13
Early returns show 533 cities and villages voting anti saloon, with 1 39 saloons shut down. Rival estimates vary, from 40 to 2 000 venues affected, as larger cities mostly stay wet. Results span multiple counties and municipalities, highlighting a fierce dry versus wet battle nationwide.
A New York City report claims eight Mormon missionaries are active in the city promoting their faith and inviting Protestants to convert. The piece notes tension with local churches and describes a dramatic incident involving a death threat linked to a demand for money.
The Populist national convention nominated Thomas E Watson of Georgia for president and Williams for vice president as delegates debated credential legitimacy and protested nondelegates. Jacob Coxey chaired the afternoon session after a disrupted morning with calls for order and questions about state accreditation.
A funeral escort returning from Oak Ridge cemetery to Chicago was struck by an Aurora Elgin and Chicago Electric Railway train at West Madison and Butterfield near Keilwood. Four women and the driver died. others were injured as the wreckage burned and bodies were scattered along the track.
A historical figure in exile advocates ending autocracy and forming the United States of Russia. He claims a central committee based in Moscow supports the cause of freedom and liberty bonds. The narrative notes opposition from the current czar and touches on revolutionary rhetoric.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes a modest improvement in Chicago's trade and bank payments compared with last year, with fewer business failures yet weakness in iron and steel and coal mining. Weather delays demand for retail goods while wholesale and dry goods show volume. building, lumber, hardware rise, but raw material receipts lag and mining idleness persists.
The report outlines varied quotations across cattle sheep and hogs with prime and common grades. Prices range widely from cents per pound for some hogs to several dollars for cattle and sheep, including hay and corn values, in a broad Chicago market snapshot.
OLS Supt Maxwell urges creation of a department of school hygiene led by a medical associate superintendent. Proposal includes many physicians to screen children and nurses to visit homes for sick pupils and minor in-school care. He cites crowded quarters and calls for federal and international insights to improve methods.
Fragmentary OCR notes list events from 1785 to 1868 including victories, governorships, Napoleon's exile to Elba, 1843 Metcalfe appointment in Canada, 1847 Covent Garden Italian opera, Perry treaty with Japan, Circe discovery, Crimean War ending, Indian mutiny battles, Shiloh, Richmond evacuation, General Lyon loss, and diverse international incidents.
In 1883 Battleford Saskatchewan suffered an Indian raid as fragments mention, while later references describe large Atlas City sections and the opening of the Simpson tunnel at Bridgewater Connecticut with casualties, and the establishment of a ridge factory nearby.
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