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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
3
The 1915 death tally shows heart disease tuberculosis and pneumonia as the top three causes, with roughly 900,000 deaths in the registration area. Tuberculosis declines persist, while pneumonia and heart disease rise, influenced by reporting accuracy and medical care.
A Postmaster presents a brass plated leather collar to Mount Carmel mail dog in recognition of long service guarding mail. The gift, ordered by Postmaster General Albert Burleson, honors the canine’s faithful duty despite complaints from a Pennsylvanian about kicks during walks.
Data from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shows U S leather glove imports in 1916 fell to their lowest since 1900, valued at about 5.1 million dollars after peaking at 10.6 million earlier. Import totals fluctuated between roughly 3 million and 10 million in intervening years before slipping again.
Official figures show the United States imported tropical products totaling 1,060,850,416 dollars in fiscal year 1916, led by sugar at 314 million. Imports rose sharply from 1915 and earlier years, with gains across rubber substitutes, raw silk, coffee, dyes, fruits, nuts, raw cotton, tobacco, and cocoa. The rise highlights U S dependence on tropical goods not produced domestically and on insular territories.
The document details cultivated land area in New Mexico and irrigation figures, with 12,000,000 acres cited as threatened or undeveloped. It notes major mineral resources west of Raton, Cerrillos, Gallup, including copper, gold, silver, lead and zinc. Copper output valued at about $13.43 million and gold at $1.46 million. coal value reported at $5.43 million for 1915.
Import figures from the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce show beet seed imports reaching 18.5 million pounds for the nine months ended September 30, 1916. This is 1 million pounds more than the total imports in 1914 and 1918 combined and nearly double the 1912 full-year total, signaling strong beet sugar industry activity in the country.
Elizabeth Van Benthuysen reports that looming European conflict threatens the bulb supply for decades. Dutch defense plans may flood dikes to disrupt imports, imperiling Holland’s bulb industry while growers seek home methods including pots, sand, and water cultures to preserve flowers through winter.
A fragmentary item discusses a rose’s growth and pruning in the context of broader wartime and European events. It contrasts useful and unproductive items, mentioning Theresa and a declining renewal due to the European conflict, with a focus on curb appeal and horticultural care during wartime.
Mary Smith, a Chicago girl who went to live with rich farmer James Pankhurst near Amboy to inherit $10,000, quits the plan and returns to Chicago. A Joliet prison farm accident kills Miss Miriam Rife and injures Rev. E. B. Rife and two others after a car trips off a 30 foot embankment. Amid state election coverage and local incidents, scattered notes include bank robbery fears at the Farmers State Bank and other stray items from the Joliet and surrounding counties.
A farm accident left Rudelph Coleman with his right arm severed while feeding a corn shredder as Keckford Hie's sleeve got caught. A fire at the Hallarwell property endangered several buildings. Mrs. John Hrenley owned prize winning poultry valued at 5000. Reports say skeletons and relics were unearthed at Fort Guage suggesting a possible new Indian relic site.
Fire at 1819 33 Carroll avenue drew ambulances and forced use of ladder trucks as 250 gallon benzine tanks and paint kegs threatened a massive blast. The Hockaday company at 1881 Carroll avenue, Johnson & Tomek at 1825 Carroll avenue, and Hub Electric at 1819 Carroll avenue faced heavy losses with early estimates around 100000 dollars.
Edwerdsville Benbow City, long the wettest spot in Ulinots, was purchased by Standard Ol cam puns. A deed conveyed the city’s territory to David & Woebof. The ground will be used as swite hidteg Sards and the city had about 7,000 inhabitants and 23 saloons.
The University of Illinois civil engineering department will direct a ten day educational convention on road building from January 8 to 19. The event gathers all interested in highway offers and education on yoms roads subjects.
A body found near Peoria is identified as seventeen year old Tames Richard, a member of a nonwealthy family. He disappeared after a hunting trip and was found with a gunshot wound. A guard stood over the scene, but his rifle was missing.
An incoherent OCR fragment mentions a bank safe blown and a bank planning a rooftop bungalow for a judge and family amid scattered names, places, and dated hints, illustrating a damaged historical page with no clear single story or date.
The Northern Maols Horticultural Society will hold its fiftieth annual meeting in Princeton from December 5 to December 8, featuring exhibitions, lectures, and society activities with local attendance anticipated.
Harry Petterson, an escapee from the prison honor farm since August 8 1915, walked into the Joliet main door and told Warden Zimmer his conscience drove him back. He is serving a one to ten year term for larceny from Peorta and has 18 months remaining.
In Prophetstown thieves robbed Mrs. Peter Christofferson’s coops taking 150 chickens valued at about $200. The incident underscores local livestock theft concerns and prompted a police report.
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