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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
2
The Chicago and Alton railroad passes to Clover Leaf control. Other items note Hawley seeking revenge on BEHL, and rival Rock Island interests escaping government prosecution for a competing lane.
Jealous of attractive bridle two months old. Jala Torch a silk weaver shot herself in Newark and then killed herself. The Hague plan angers Brazil. Atlan McLane Tamiltan doubts Mrs Mary Baker Eddy after exam. Brandt Walker tied to a fist fight in Saratoga. Boiler explosion on Patterson kills engineer Huophins and six others. Bernard Imlaney shoots wife then himself in New York. Mme Agnes Lake, first woman circus owner, dies at relatives in Jersey City at 72. Two Philadelphia girls answer kitchen joke about weapons by catching a burglar with a potato masher. Bes sie Part and sister Jeannette nab a burglar after potato masher struck head.
Secretary Taft spoke to the Buckeye Republican Club in Columbus outlining his tariff views and stance on trusts. He urged stronger ICC rate powers, anti trust reform, and argued for a lawful trust while opposing government railroad ownership and free trade. He signaled his presidential bid against Bryan and predicted a national referendum proposal is unlikely.
Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture visits Europe and may spur an international congress to standardize food and drug rules. Nations agree on public health goals but diverge over how to define adulteration and regulate exports. U S actions are strengthened by the pure food law as European officials show practical interest in ingredients in foreign foods and beverages entering the United States.
A collection of eccentric notes and satirical captions references long forgotten figures and oddities. It sketches a mosaic of social trends from marriages delays to peculiarly pragmatic judges and a Nebraska kiss for a verdict.
Telegraph dispatches report Sultan’s forces defeating a large Knass tribal revolt in Moroccan territory. Sir Harry Marlorn held by Moors. Paris papers describe growing unrest and calls for a new Moorish army before Casablanca. Over 1000 colonial troops mobilized. France faces pressure over Fez.
The famous equity suit brought March 1 by George Woodover and others to control the property of Mary Baker Eddy and the Christian Science church was dismissed immediately after the hearing opened. Counsel cited lack of any immediate profitable result as the principal reason for dropping the action.
Internal Revenue Bureau releases a year end report for 1816 showing overall revenue gains. Figures detail receipts from spirits tobacco fermented liquors and butter products with notable increases and a decline in miscellaneous receipts.
The article notes an American diplomat on a Northyeast investigation tour through Canada and Britain to encourage a return of the American current to the United States. He is to report confidentially to the President on tour results.
The census highlights rising prison population figures and shifting demographics. It notes a drop in total numbers since 1904 and changes in gender and race shares, with women and Black inmates more common in later years.
Unusually dry conditions in Massachusetts forests have fueled extensive fires across Cape Cod, Bristol and Plymouth counties. About 7,240 acres burned with 2,274 firefighters on the scene, many blazes unchecked in Douglas woods and nearby towns.
Analysis shows Atlantic coast defenses have been strengthened to guard major cities like Boston New York Philadelphia Washington and Charleston. Plans include a artificial island with disappearing guns to seal Chesapeake Bay entrance and ongoing federal funding for mines searchlights and fire control stations.
Berlin police clash with numerous moving picture shows as doctors warn of eye injuries, especially among the young, amid a wartime boast of enforcing public health.
A government built battleship off the Maine coast outperforms its private built sister ship Louisiana. The Connecticut achieved an average speed of 18.73 knots on its five best runs with a fastest mile of 19.01 knots before tidal adjustments, while the Louisiana’s best average remains 18.59 knots in 1859.
Despite telegraphers strike and adversities, trade conditions hold with no recession. Banks retain ample reserves amid heavier discounting as crop shipments move currency inland. Rail earnings rise and lake traffic expands in ore coal and lumber. grain at port totals 6 617 163 bushels. Bank clearings reach 224 174 169. failures number 22 in Chicago district.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes growing crops toward harvest and fair trade expansion in western and eastern centers. Cotton fabrics demand rises for bleached goods, with some yarns softer. Woolen goods sell well in high grade lines but other grades slow. leather shows life with better hides and dieshorn, while low grades lag. Iron and steel face weak demand and easing prices. Weekly business failures: 146 in the U S, 30 in Canada.
Market notes list live cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Prices cover butter eggs wheat corn oats rye hay and pork for shipments and markets, with ranges for each city and commodity.
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