Brimfield News Briefs From Haines Area
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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
6
Political and World News Digest 1909 Style Sparse Dispatch
A sprawling OCR jumble cites imperial tension and domestic policy. Mentions Japan immigration bans United States and Caribbean events alongside U S Supreme Court and Taft Roosevelt remarks and various political personalities.
Bonaparte urges more legal power to appeal to Supreme Court
Attorney General Bonaparte in his annual report argues for the right of appeal to the U S Supreme Court as a matter of right after circuit court reversal. He cites the Standard Oil fin e case and recommends statutory changes especially in criminal prosecutions involving wealthy defendants to prevent escape from punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponapar
Apy
Cotea
Bar Tego
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonaparte
Congress
Supreme Court
Dutch Prize Event Shocks Westay Figures
An unfamiliar text fragment describes a prize event in a place called Westay with references to prizes, notable figures, and onshore activities. The scattered OCR yields unclear names and dates, but hints at a prize or contest and public attention.
Missouri Supreme Court Confirms Life Terms for Murderers
The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed life sentences for John Wooley and Robert Sassman for murder. Wooley killed his 3 year old stepdaughter Pearl Smith, and Sassman killed a traveling companion Carl Miller, stealing his wagon and horses. The Sassman crime was uncovered years later due to a woman accomplice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Missouri
John Wooley
Robert Sassman
State Penitentiary
Wooley
Pearl Smith
Sarsman
Carl Miller
House approves unanimous resolution on President's secret service evidence
The House adopted by unanimous vote a resolution urging the President to furnish any evidence in possession justifying remarks on Congress attitudes toward government secret service appropriations. The special committee led by Mr Perkins and John Sharp Williams pledged full, impartial consideration of the evidence.
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Baltan
Eee Weament
Turkeys
Phe
House of Representatives
Congress
Perkins
Tinesmie O
John Sharp Willams
Npa
Beth
Bennett
New Yetk
Wil Donatap
Senate
Secret Service
Aldrich
Culberson
Bailey
Bacon
Tillman
Foraker
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Postal Savings Bank
Burkett
Nebraska
District of Columbia
House
Preacher Condemns German Temperance Foe at Fairfax Conference
Fairfax Minnesota delegates pass a unanimous resolution opposing the view that all Germans oppose temperance laws. Across reports from Chicago note Canon Moyolhan’s death at age 100. The Minneapolis saloon fight looms as Civic Federation presses reform. The world Protestant Catholic counts show 180 million and 200 million believers respectively. Charles City Congregational marks its fiftieth anniversary with veteran member addresses and greetings.
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M. E
Fairfax Minn
Moham
Bandjer
New Hampshire
Minneapolis
Brewing Companies
Civic Federation
Mill City
Congregational Church
Charles City
Roosevelt Defends Panama Purchase as Pulitzer Feud Escalates
President Roosevelt sends to the Senate a special message defending the Panama canal property purchase and denouncing press accusations as libel. Joseph Pulitzer responds from the New York World alleging the president is a reckless demagogue. Also reported are the engagement of the Earl of Granard to Beatrice Mills and a steel plant blast injuring five in Youngstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Nationalise Federation
New York
Sherman
Roosevelt
Congress
New York World
Panimus Canal
Senate
United States
Ina
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Tis
The
Panama
Earl of Granard
Beatrice Mills
Ogden Mills
Bernard Arthur Forbes
Japan Announces Ban on All Emigration to United States
A Washington correspondent reports that Japan will stop all emigration to the United States after a specified date. The decision, tied to negotiations led by Elihu Root and Baron Takahira, aims to remove a major source of tension while allowing travel for merchants students and tourists under existing passport arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Baron Konwara
Japan
Elihu Root
State Department
Root
Tokio
Baron Takahira
America
Knox to Head the Cabinet in Taft Administration
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania has reportedly accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Taft cabinet, preferring not to leave the Senate but prepared to resign. Knox previously served as Attorney General under McKinley and Rooseve lt and later as a U S Senator after Quay's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piilander C Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Washington
Knox
Senate
Stuart
McKinley
Roosevelt
Matt Quay
Humorous News Notes and Paraphrased Global Quips
A jagged collection of wry lines and misread phrases mentions shivering crowds, Rockefeller, Panama canal challenges, Japan China tensions, and bank wreckers near winter confinement. It reflects scattered, humorous observations with garbled era language and partial proper nouns.
Brownsville affair dominates Senate action in Washington
The Brownsville incident drives much of the Senate’s Monday session with Foraker pushing a three-officer commission to review reenlistment eligibility. The president’s War Department findings are read, and measures on the District of Columbia, foreign affairs, and postal savings are discussed. The House halts key reform efforts and adjourns for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Holland
Gomes
McLurely
Chicago
Senate
United States Supreme Part
E. H. Harris
Interstate Commerce Commission
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Foraker Ryan
Warner
War Department
Foraker
District of Columbia
House
Washington
Panama Canal
Secretary of War
Warren
Carter
Depew
Gardner
Massachusetts
Committee On Foreign Affair
Secretary of State
House of Commons
Minor note on railroad workers and clash near Bre Bel
Twenty men were involved in a minor incident on a railroad near Bre Bel. The report mentions clashes and various names, but details are unclear due to damaged text. No injuries are specified.
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Fis Railroad
Civens
Bre
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