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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1903

Page

2

Turmoil At Yellowstone Bridge Sparks Major Inquiry

Unclear parties attempt to destroy the Northern Pacific bridge over the Yellowstone river near Taviston Meugm. A large central hole collapses the span. In a separate tragedy, Stein is shot amid a jealous dispute leaving a widow dead. A suburban fire in Washington borough kills Harry Siple and his wife with their child.

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Accused parents in Jefferson township face murder charge

A long list of varied news items notes events across states. William C Arnold and his young wife from Jefferson township Pennsylvania stand accused of murdering their newborn. Other items include naval midshipmen entrants at Annapolis, weather forecasting experiments, and a fatal lightning strike near Munsontown.

Willliam C. Arnold Jefferson Township G. Thomas Iowa E. L. Anderson Michigan Navy Annapolis Smithsonian Weather ‘Bureau A. B. Youngson Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Pop Arthur Meadville

Arrest in land title swindle probe expands nationwide

Inspector Dice cites a land title swindle investigation reaching Colorado Michigan Pennsylvania Missouri Texas Kansas Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia and North Carolina. Fourteen accused parties have been arrested. Miss Alice Dane of Pasadena California recovered use of limbs and voice after a stair fall struck her chest.

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Maggie Walker Named President of St Luke's Savings Bank

Maggie Walker, a colored woman, elected president of St Luke's Jenny Savings Bank in Richmond Virginia. A fierce storm and lightning killed three at New Hope Church Appomattox County while others were injured. A rear end collision near Springfield, Virginia, left two dead and seven injured. A violent electrical wind and rain storm swept Austin Texas causing major damage with four and a half inches of rain. A Georgia Legislature conflict over convict school textbooks may lead to duels. A state exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was approved. Windsor Strades in New Kent County sold for 6500 dollars to Madison Wis syndicate, plans to subdivide into tracts for colonization.

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Fragmented World Scoop From Early Global Turmoil

A jumble of overseas incidents, rail damage, and war talk shows a tumultuous world. Reports from Cairo in Turkish style, Dardanelles maneuvers, and Russo activities mingle with domestic rail destruction in Crosby and Crosby shed fires. Noted are wartime fears, passport controls, and a mix of naval retirements, university plagiarism probes, and Klondike wealth projections, all indicating broad international strain and evolving economic signs.

Century-old Seizure on a Philadelphia to Virginia Sloop

A hundred years ago David Gitchell of Philadelphia was seized by a British warship’s crew aboard an American sloop between Philadelphia and Alexandria. The Elbe blockade was begun by England in the war against France. Lord Kilwarren, chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench, was killed by Irish revolutionists in Dublin. Three Americans Augustus Topham Joseph Hudson and Thomas Hodginson were kidnapped from the Charles Carter off Cape Henry by the British frigate Boston Torham escaped by swimming ashore.

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Seventy Five Years Ago Newsbriefs From Passaic Falls to Brazil

Seventy five years ago reports describe Sam Pateh making a famous jump from high rocks at Passaic falls into the basin below. A machine for printing figures on calico was exhibited for the first time to English goods manufacturers. Over 7000 savings were reported at Rio Janeiro, Brazil. Within two years 3600 more displayed on shipboard.

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Pierce Visit Prompts Washington Work Inspection

Fifty years past President Franklin Pierce toured the MeeVersineneadepartments in Washington without notice to check if workers performed duties properly. He declined to leave the White House during repairs and the lingering effects of the late View Prsikut Bing controversy. The Governor and Legislature of Massachusetts donated one day’s salary toward the Washington monument fund.

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Civil War Battles and Political Shifts Highlight 40 Years Ago

Fort battles near Wappings Theushts Virginia see Ewell's brigade routed by Spinola's Fourth Maine under Gen Spinola. Swamp Angel battery work begins at Charleston by Linen troops. Morgan's roofers burn depot at Campbell Ohio and derail rails. Brutus J. Clay nominated for U.S. Senate from Kentucky to replace John G. Crimden who died. John Morgan and Confederate officers sentenced to Ohio penitentiary awaiting surrender.

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Thirty thousand Carlists in Spain ignite belligerent status

In Spain about thirty thousand Carlists were reported under arms. The government moved to recognize them as belligerents. A divorce suit was filed in Salt Lake City by Mrs. Eliiza Webb Young, seventeenth wife of Brigham Sonng, seeking damages of two hundred thousand dollars. A Ku Klux Klan raid in Owen County Kentucky burned a farmhouse and killed a Black servant. President rapt faced calls for pardons for society members convicted in North Carolina. A Vienna exposition event saw Americans win in reapers and mowing machines. British and French exhibitors declared it useless to enter. A bid to raise gold to 123 was formed by Jayrould. the Treasury was short of the metal.

Spain Eliiza Webb Young Brigham Sonng Salt Lake City Owen County North Carolina Jayrould Treasury Department

Reunions and Politics Stir 19th Century Headlines

Twenty years ago a Union poem was read at a Bexon Kentucky reunion of Gen Grgzins rebel raiders with Confederate leaders present. Garfield was accused of nominating Matthews to the Supreme Court for a campaign gift from Gould and Huntington. A British syndicate pressed to cut Southern borrowers from London money. Nineteen killed in a Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad crash near Albion New York. Gladstone pulled back his Suez canal revolution due to British Parliament opposition.

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Unemployed Miners Fed in Denver and Diplomatic Moves Across Asia

Thousands of unemployed silver miners in Denver were fed at public expense. France notified powers of a blockade along Siam coast and severed diplomatic ties, impacting Siam and the region.

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Labor and trade news from the era in a fragmented report

The weekly review notes brisk business in patches across the country with workers returning to jobs in building trades and improved railway earnings in July. Foreign trade shows import gains but exports drop. steel prices stabilize yet structural weakness persists. Prices shift in wool and production costs rise. finance and shipping face uncertain prospects amid broader economic tensions.

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Market quotes for livestock and grains across major cities

Chicago cattle range common to prime at 4.00 to 5.00 per box with FASO 5.40. Indianapolis hogs 3.00 to 5.25. St Louis cattle 4.50 to 5.20. Detroit cattle 3.50 to 4.50. Milwaukee wheat No 2 7 to 8 cents. New York cattle 4.00 to 5.50. butter Creamery 18 to 19 cents. eggs western 15 to 19 cents. other grains and oats listed by city with mixed quality and prices.

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