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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
A fragmented reading of a sentimental piece mixing a child’s fear of night with a grandmotherly moral. The excerpt includes a boy confessing bravery, prayers, and temptations, followed by quoted lines from Eugene Field and John Howard Payne about home and comfort. The tone mirrors a late 19th century hometown column.
Clarence H Mackay, heir to John W Mackay, abandoned a wealthy social life and racing stable to run the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Companies. He dictates a disciplined path, presides over all business details, and continues his father’s cable pursuits including finishing a Pacific cable project. He works daily in New York from nine to five and spends summers at Restlip aboard his yacht.
The passage notes John Julius Mackay’s grand Roslyn home built for his wife Misa Katherine Duer of New York whom he married in 1898. It states he lost $1,000,000 and that his charitable acts are discreet, performed without public airing.
Kansas City flood destroys hundreds of pianos with losses over 200000 dollars. Dealers tear out water soaked instruments while salvaging hardware only. Newly arrived Jenkins Music Company pianos and hundreds of rented pianos are deemed total losses. Salvalge prospects for salvage are poor as damaged cases and warped internals render instruments worthless.
Consul Guenther reports Germany has laid thousands of miles of cable over the past years, including Emden to New York and links along the Chinese coast. A second trans Atlantic cable between Emden and New York is under construction with service expected next year, as Germany plans further Eastern Asia and Pacific cables New cable works and two cable steamers bolster the network.
A Philadelphia Press snippet recalls a couple’s quarreling about bidding at an auction, highlighting a light domestic dispute where the wife insisted on compliance and the husband resisted, leading to humorous tension between them.
A Baltimore News quote challenges labeling a convict as one man meeting the highest standard. The exchange asserts that the Bertition system is the highest standard known, framing a debate over judgment and governance.
A remark about the difficulty of measuring labor clashes with a boastful claim that some workers are so busy they cannot discuss their efforts. The line satirizes self praise and echoes a broader critique of visible overachievers.
Chicago marked its centennial with a review of Fort Dearborn origins and the city’s growth from a tiny 1779 cabin to a sprawling metropolis. The planned celebrations will culminate in a late September week of festivities featuring Mardi Gras style attractions and other events to honor the milestone.
The seer H ix Edens warns that September will bring widespread havoc due to a West India cyclone season and Soli lunar effects. He claims an astro barometer can predict dates and disasters, with September 19 to 26 marked as the peak period for storms, earthquakes, and other calamities across global regions.
Philadelphia and Pittsburg capitalists back a 20 million combine uniting twenty Western Pennsylvania breweries. In Syracuse a wall at the L. C. Smith & Brothers typewriter plant collapsed burying five workers. all were rescued with severe injuries. Dr. Alden A. Knipe sues University of Iowa president for 600 dollars balance of last year’s coaching salary. C A Hooper & Co planing mill in San Francisco and adjoining lumber yard suffer fire loss of 150 dollars. Rural free delivery routes reach 2,455 in July. total for fiscal year ending June 30, 1908 is 5,064.
The Marquis of Salisbury aged 75 died Saturday at Hatfield, the long serving British prime minister born Feb 3 1830. His career spanned Parliament from 1864. secretary for India 1874. foreign secretary 1876 1900. His diplomacy shaped Britain in the late 19th century and his rivalry with Gladstone left a lasting political mark.
The Reliance defeated Shamrock III by exactly nine minutes, seven minutes three seconds after time allowances, proving American sailors and shipyards supreme. The race, the fifty second anniversary of the America triumph, featured a dramatic start but a dominant finish as the English challenger trailed.
The weekly crop summary notes cooler than normal conditions across northern districts east of the Rockies, delaying corn maturation and threatening harvest. Moisture excess in Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys contrasts with drought in the Ohio, Texas, Florida, and Oklahoma regions, while soy and oats suffer from wet weather and rust.
Emperor Alexander of Russia offered to mediate between England and France amid their war. James Monroe, then U.S. minister to England, was presented to the king at a levee. Theodore Tucker reported minting of the first $50,000 in cents and half cents. Dublin, afflicted by uprisings, divided into fifty districts with curfews and posted inmate lists. Fort Dearborn began on Chicago site by U.S. troops under Lieut Swearingen from Detroit, linked to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn.
Striking weavers in Philadelphia rioted and were attacked by militia, resulting in several deaths. English newspapers condemned the newly introduced steam automobile coaches exploiting highway travel.
Fifty years ago pamphlets and magazines in the United States moved to 1 cent per ounce postage. The Navy Secretary faced ridicule for beard length orders. President Pierce drew censure for entrusting the steamer Michigan to a papal envoy for a tour, amid tax disputes.
A retrospective recount notes the first Pennsylvania Negro regiment marching south, federal troops in Edgar County suppressing draft unrest, Sibley’s Minnesota campaign ending in a massacre, Fort Sumter bombardment beginning, French recognition rumors of the Confederacy, public whippings in DL, Dix warning NYC draft resumption, Reynolds letter urging secession, New York draft riots under troops, Knights of the Golden Circle attack near Havana, Vallandigham campaigning from exile as Lincoln blocks entry.
The Spanish corps voted to call out 80000 reserves to suppress the Carlist rebellion. In Cuba Rear Puerto Principe Cuban insurgent Marimo Gomez killed thirty-one Spanish soldiers. Jefferson Davis in Richmond declared the South was cheated not conquered and would not have surrendered if reconstruciton had not followed. George F. Hoar criticized Gen Butler for salary grab in an open letter. A royal commission probes the Canadian Pacific Railway scandal with claims Sir John A. Macdonald was involved.
The Transvaal produced 230000 ounces of gold in March. George Ayers and Tom Woodson of Bristol Tennessee were badly injured blasting coal. G B Bailey of Mountain Park Oklahoma Territory killed W Brown. A mob in Henderson Texas freed a negro after planning a lynching as judges promise to review the case. Mrs RB Scott of Richmond Virginia wounded on a Cincinnati car. Liszie West of San Francisco bought two coffins after failing to receive funds in Denver and drank cremation fees amid illness.
Twenty years ago the general telegraphers strike in the United exten was called off, ending a long labor action. The report notes unclear wording as the decision concludes a historic labor episode.
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