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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
6
A wandering wind and whispering trees call for rest as a baby sleeps at the mother’s breast. The restless sea and moonlit rocks, the hidden guardians above, and a plea to the Lord of earth and sea to visit their home. The verse ends with the child sleeping peacefully in darkness.
A fragmented wartime memo recounts a Confederate guard, a prisoner named Percy Livingston, and a court martial over a fence crossing. The judge adjures the case, a father-son revelation unfolds, and Livingston is sentenced to execution for disobedience while a relocation plot yields a somber reconciliation.
Missouri lawmakers enacted eighty new statutes affecting public life. Laws prohibit nude art displays and publishing scandalous court records, ban revolvers from show windows, bar liquor on trains except dining cars, segregate men and women in reform schools, and punish underage smoking with fines. Aimed at restricting vice, regulating power theft, and limiting game sales and hunting, the measures also set wage limits for women and curb misuses of electric power.
The sermon at the Cathedral of Saint Mary Magdalene in Salt Lake warns that divorce imperils the nation and the Christian home as rail and mail services transform rural life in southwestern Kansas. Dr Joseph Goldberger tests straw disease as a possible infectious hazard among yacht crew members.
The agriculture department notes weak wheat yields in Central Europe led by Germany and Austria Hungary with a 50 million bushel drop, while Western Europe and Britain show better conditions. Italy Spain and France vary, and Eastern Europe remains generally favorable with Romania and Bulgaria promising. Canada and India offer hope of good to excellent grain crops despite regional droughts and sowing challenges.
Missouri contains 284 886 farms averaging 120 acres each with 79 acres improved per farm and land valued at $35 per acre. The state’s farm stock includes cattle horses and hogs and animal products provide about $130 million annually, underpinning more than half of farmers’ income.
Mrs. Shelby M Cullom, wife of Illinois Senator Shelby M Cullom, died in Washington after a long illness. She accompanied her husband through Civil War days, shared in public life, and was notes as one of the last women in official life to have served in Washington during those times. Her death closes a long, varied career beside a prominent public man.
The Chicago Board of Education president, despite children in frats and sororities, opposes them while new superintendent Ella Flagg Young pushes to wipe them out. A substitute program with afternoon and evening sessions and a club house for pupils is proposed, modeled on a successful high school approach.
A Des Moines Capital note urges readers to beware of Washington supplied “news” from reporters working without Congress in session. It claims 80 percent of Western papers’ Washington reports are false and warns readers about the sensational tone of the capital’s correspondence.
A Baltimore Sun line notes Alphonso battles household revolt as he handles a busy reign. The Toledo Blade and others joke about Spain’s king in a light air of political strain. The Cleveland papers quip about a nasal operation, suggesting the king’s vanity and fragility of divinity.
A collection of editorial lines argues the corporation tax evolves, impacts net earnings, and invites scrutiny of business methods. Sources include the Washington Post Washington Herald Springfield Republican Washington Star and New York Evening Post. The pieces discuss tax burdens on firms, the need for careful enforcement, and the balance between tax intake and business conduct.
A collection of press excerpts shows James J EM claiming prosperity will spread nationwide. Opinions vary on his plans to mobilize freight cars and finance wheat markets, with reactions from papers in Washington Springfield Toledo and Atlanta.
The Pittsburg Gazette Times and Indianapolis News criticize Secretary Nagel for defending clerks earning their salaries through faithful service. They argue against incompetents in Washington and warn such views could hinder economy, aside from other budget concerns.
A collection of brief quotations on suffragettes from multiple papers. The notes juxtapose jail, hunger strikes, and public scorn with references to English history and education.
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