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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
6
Poem prose excerpt by Joel Benton in Success Magazine speaks of a wind singing in a chimney as a moaning memory of ancient days. It imagines the past’s gloom traveling across sea and land inspiring reverie and questions about life and fate.
In a chaotic scene at James Brown’s home a week after his secret marriage a string of visitors confronts him. Uncle Tom Brown exposes the ruse as Nelly Sharp Kate and Sarah arrive, revealing Jim’s three marriages and prompting a humorous resolution.
A gavel made from Itsuunvitas wood was sent to Mayor Dahlmann of Omaha by JG Harris of Fort Robinson Nebraska for use by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Taggart at the Denver convention on July 7. The item signals expected Nebraska and Omaha involvement in the event.
Advices from Bechar report a French column near Talzaza Hill attacked at daylight Thursday by Berbers and nomad Arabs. The French rallied, repelled the assault, and pursued for six miles, losing 28 men with an officer killed and 100 wounded. Berber casualties were heavier, with 125 bodies found as darkness stopped the pursuit.
Harold M. Finley reports for the Federation that New York has over 75 blocks with densities above 1,000 per acre. In 1906 there were 806 blocks with 1,000 souls, 186 with 2,900, 46 over 3,000, eight over 4,000, and one at 6,173—the upper West Side negro block. Alien share among 122 congested blocks is 53 percent.
In Issy France Henry Farman and Leon Delagrange achieved a historic joint flight in the same aeroplane with Farman piloting the craft. Delagrange served as the other operator while Farman had earlier set a 2.5 kilometer record in 3 minutes 21 seconds. Also notes northern Minnesota sawmills resuming limited operations with day shifts.
An annual compilation by Tir HN Carroll in the New York Christian Advocate reports total gans of all religious denominations with 241 ministers and 27,048 communicants across 4,214 churches. Catholic membership leads at about 117 million, followed by Methodists and Baptists. various Protestant groups show gains, while Jewish and Episcopal figures appear in the mix. Bishop Samuel Fallows advocates a 120 year life prescription focusing on rest, exercise, morality, and diet.
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