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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
3
A British introduction describes a fire suppressing device for ship holds. It generates sulphurous acid gas in a chamber from burning sulphur, displacing air to halt combustion, then uses a condenser to pass the gas through the chamber as it cools the burning materials to prevent reignition.
A Wallace Michigan man, Oscar Swanson, cares for his mother afflicted with Kidney and Urinary troubles and Female Weakness. He gathers remedies and finally uses Dodd's Kidney Pills. She improves rapidly, and he is praised for his dedicated care.
A clipped exchange contrasts optimism and cynicism. The optimistic speaker hopes everyone holds some milk of human kindness while the cynic notes what is found is often the condensed variety.
Reports from across the Midwest and South detail mixed crop fortunes. Corn in the belt suffers drought in parts of Texas Missouri and Illinois while rains aid corn in Indiana Ohio and central regions. Spring wheat harvest progresses in the Dakotas Minnesota Oregon and Washington with some sun-dried heads. Cotton suffers from heavy rains in the central and eastern cotton belt and needs rain in Texas. Apples and peaches show shrinking prospects in the mid Atlantic while soils east of the Mississippi stay favorable for fall plowing. Weather remains a mix of heat drought and improving showers influencing yields nationwide.
The statement defends adherence to contract observance and rejects alliances, arguing workers should not sacrifice business integrity for sentiment. It notes support from district vice president W. O. Davis in the action of refusing to strike.
Reports on potential merger of St Lawrence and Adirondack with Canada Southern and details on a long Nickel Plate bridge over Conneaut Creek. Union Pacific aims to cut Chicarco to San Francisco travel time by twelve hours. King Alphonso of Spain receives a drawing room catch and dining car from Jackson and Sharp. Nashville votes to authorize a $1 million stake in Nashville and Clarksville Railroad. Longtime L and W W engineer William Kevel, 47 years on engines, to retire in two years. Chicago chosen as route for Christian church convention delegates, with Van Buren Street depot construction and plans for a new Grand Central style operations, to finish within a year.
A violent wind and rain storm swept New York City Brooklyn and parts of New Jersey causing widespread damage. Jersey City suffered collapsed buildings including near St Marys Church and the Bijou Theater. St Marys steeple fell and bricks poured onto pews. The storm also disrupted streetcar traffic, knocked telegraph poles, flooded Bronx streets, and produced four fatalities at Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania as a dam burst upriver.
Chicago Tribune notes elevated roadbeds in six years shorten schedules by five to twenty minutes for both inbound and outbound trains. Rail experts initially focused on eliminating grade crossings, but the speed gain became a key benefit as companies cut running times.
Railroads report faster schedules after elevating sections of track. The Burlington raises between Western Avenue and city limits enabling mail trains between Chicago and Aurora in 45 minutes over 39 miles. The Rock Island to Joliet covers 41 miles in 50 minutes. Illinois Central to Peotone 42 miles at nearly a mile per minute. Other notes include fires, drownings, and a new system to send telephone and telegraph messages simultaneously.
A teenshifted author and hope of a Dutch family visits a New York publisher to discuss a forthcoming book. The publisher asks for the book’s nature, and the writer hints at a work in the spirit of Leg Miserables but livelier. Also notes on Allen's Foot-Ease ads and a Detroit Free Press quip about Glover and restraint.
Harvest yields show soil productivity across Northwestern Iowa and adjacent Minnesota South Dakota lands offered by Mesars Illen Brooks agents. Also items note Mrs. Austins new dress, a humorous exchange from Puck, and Piso's Cure for Consumption as advertised.
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