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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
2
A report notes the steamer Lanania was heavily damaged at a Liverpool dock. The large, mixed batch of items mentions various global topics from politics to finance, including reforms, court actions, and economic policy.
Misa Elsie Gasser, an 18 year old daughter of a Cincinnati lawyer, died after an operation due to tight lacing according to the family physician. Steamships Umbria and Etruria of the Cunard Line are seen as out of date and coal hungry, though once record breakers with six day Atlantic crossings two decades ago.
The opening Indianapolis speedway day ends in tragedy as driver William Bourque and mechanic Warry Holcomb are killed when their car skids, crashes into the fence, and overturns at about seventy five miles per hour. A third mechanician dies later from injuries. Thousands witness the crash as records fall in other events.
New York Venezuela Company among five American claims against Venezuela ends with a protocol to pay 475000 dollars for development expenditures on a 1901 concession. The dispute helped rupture diplomatic ties sixteen months ago and had been readied for The Hague tribunal next fall.
Theodore Harris longtime Louisville banker dies leaving more than 1 000 000 to the Baptists of Kentucky. His will from April 15, 1907 sets life tenures for blood heirs and monthly incomes, with remaining portions reverting to the Baptist Church if beneficiaries die or are disqualified. He says inherited wealth is rarely useful to heirs while church benefactions will aid thousands yet unborn.
Gorge Speed, a Kentucky man, shot and killed his brother in law Abe Vinson and fired at his sister who was inside the Fulton home. The incident occurred as the Vinsons, guests at Speed’s house, slept on a hot balcony before Speed confronted them and opened fire.
Country Jay, a 13 year old trotter, drops his track record from 211 to 2074 in Detroit circuits while a $12 betting pool pools $492. Harry G. Legg wins the trans-Mississippi golf title over Bernard Guinand at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Glidden tourists witness a Dan Patch Minor Heir dead heat in Minnesota. Orloff horses from Moscow exhibition planned for fall state fairs to test American interest in importation.
An unidentified man about 70 was found hanging from a tree near a public road in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. He had apparently been there about three months and no identifying marks or crew were found on the body.
Two men drilled a safe at the State Bank in Kiefer Oklahoma and killed City Marshal Inford and fatally wounded Cashier Calmer Wobling. The robbers, who had just drilled the vault door, fled as the marshal and cashier attempted to intervene.
Railway services face great disruption as floods wash out tracks and block pass routes along the Arkansas River in Colorado. Royal Gorge region bears the brunt with rock walls 1000 feet high inundated. trains on Midland Denver Rio Grande and others diverted over long routes, some 300 miles extra via Las Animas. Homes evacuated as floods surge through tributaries.
Russell Johnson of Town sued a St. Louis physician after a failed surgery left a gauze piece in the wound. The U.S. Court of Appeals sustained a $20,000 judgment, noting instruments were overlooked and improperly sewn, with an appendicitis operation dated March 30, 1907.
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded by the seismograph at the weather bureau in Washington. The origin was estimated at about 2,500 miles away, likely in California or the Pacific coast of Mexico, or near the Azores.
Unusually intense heat, officially 110 degrees, caused at least three deaths in Kansas City and widespread crop damage across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Southwest. Topeka recorded 102 degrees, Oklahoma City 103 with 112 in the business district, and Muskogee 110 as the hottest day in years. Three deaths reported in St Joseph included 74-year-old Civil War veteran William A Kenyon.
The Egyptian lotus flourishes three miles east of Hammond on the Calumet River with thousands of blooms. Observers claim the plant grows in a natural state the Nie and Calumet rivers are cited as the only streams where it occurs locally, with blooms five to six inches wide and yellow tipped with green. Old Hammond settlers think the lotus is indigenous to these waters, not imported from Egypt.
An underground blast in a Clermont Fer rand mine caused the death of twelve miners. The disaster followed a fire damp explosion, prompting rescue efforts and investigations into the incident.
A Graniteville reader endorses Lydia E E Vegetable Compound for women's ailments claiming it helps during the change of life and pregnancy. The letter praises the medicine as safe effective and affordable and cites Mrs Barclay's strong praise comparing its value to mountains of gold.
A dialogue on reformers names a reformer as a man who believes himself uniquely qualified to hold office due to his professional inexperience, reflecting a critical view from the Washington Star.
Matilda Holtert of Providence extols Allens Foot-Ease as a rare remedy for sore or tired feet. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents, with customers urged to ask today.
In a Rochester Democrat and Chronicle excerpt, Helen recalls the boat incident with Hazel saying the opposite of what Helen expected. Hazel contends the boat actually upset when he embraced her, leading to a tense exchange.
Suc cess Magazine portrays William as a multifaceted ruler resembling a strenuous president. He yachts, rides, writes songs, plays music, excels at chess and poker, artistically criticizes, engineers electricity experiments, theologizes, breeds horses, curates a vast library, commands ships and troops, discusses cookery, tunes editors, plays guitar, speaks five languages, and delivers world threatening speeches.
A Boston mother extols Grape-Nuts for feeding three sons ages 6 4 and 2 since infancy and notes improved health in a neighbor's 3-year-old after Grape-Nuts with cream. She and her husband rely on the cereal daily and urge others to consider it as a wholesome snack or meal substitute. The reader is invited to look for the Road to Wellville booklet in the package.
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