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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
2
The Austin Minnesota Tait’s department store was closed by sheriff’s execution. Major creditors include Powers Dry Goods of St Paul at 9000 dollars Fisk & Co of Chicago at 4000 dollars Reid Murdoch Fisher of Chicago at 1000 dollars.
Justice Henry R Beckman dies of apoplexy on his home steps. A 15-year-old girl is arrested in New York for forging checks to steal 340 dollars. Liquor bans posted at Lake Erie harbors threaten expulsion for violators. A Unadilla youth loses sight from heavy cigarette use. Franklin Baker Company fire inflicts 150000 dollars in damage. A Boston minister's wife gets a divorce for infidelity. Coal and rail lines suffer fires and losses near 200000 dollars. A Mountainville man is found dead. a burglary nets 100 dollars and a gold watch. A New York firm faces fire losses around 40000. Natalie colliery strike ends with concessions. Fire alarms plague Boston. total losses near 200000. Cutter & Cutter factory and Wakefield building burn. Paralyzed town events and robberies noted. Hypnosis case at Emergency hospital details a surgeon’s procedure on Kneeland.
Widespread events fill the page from Middletown to Fergus Falls. An improvised militia clash, a deadly shooting, a bank raid, a railroad contract, and a looming pulp mill signal a turbulent era. Notable items include the destruction of a town district, the death of a guerrilla figure, a kidnapping and ransom case, a dangerous oil mill incident, and a major rail and timber investment shaping regional economies.
Reported robberies and killings in Arcadia Mississippi and New Orleans with confessed culprits. Fire destroys Jerome Wooten mercantile row on Columbia South Carolina Main Street. Large-scale labor and migration moves: 200 negroes depart Nashville for San Francisco en route to Honolulu. planners seek 10 000 more. Florida town charter planned by Jacksonville Springfield Improvement Co with 100 000 paid in capital. Robber’s body found. conductor Kinabrew’s watch confirms identity of train gang leader. Ashland Kentucky two streetcar crashes fatally injure motorist John Sisco and injure Motorman William Campbell in dense fog.
A garbled report lists police cases, executions, explosions, fires and deaths. Notable items mention a doctor’s death, a postmaster sentenced, a nitroglycerin blast at a Lima factory, a boiler explosion in Tennessee, and multiple injuries in a shooting near Palkhasen.
Reports from around the globe note 200 Christians slain by Turks in central provinces and 30,000 Antwerp dock workers striking for higher wages. Morocco paid a 5000 indemnity for a murder, and Colombian rebels were defeated with 600 killed. Boers and British clash in South Africa while Jamaica sees race riots. A London humor item ends with a puny spelling joke.
Reading through a jumble of clipped items, the report mentions a fire at Cold Brook mills near St John causing heavy losses with insurance figures, a Venezuelan boundary dispute fee paid to Ex President Harrison, a Seattle arrival of Mes Mary Cochran as the first woman to walk a trail, a Dawson Dawson trap notable feat, a San Francisco doctor named Dravid Allen winning money in a four day span, a steamship incident on the Dann Canal Alaska with thirty passengers aboard, and various political and shipping notes including changes in diplomatic posts and a tug Crawford involvement near Port Burwell with a Langer Tash Company tie.
Chicago and Indianapolis markets show cattle shipping prices from $3.00 to $5.00, hogs $3.00 to $5.50, sheep $3.00 to $4.50, with diverse grain quotes for wheat No 2 red 73 to 78 cents, corn No 2 white 34 to 39 cents, oats No 2 22 to 32 cents, rye No 2 46 to 62 cents, and butter and eggs moving in creamer and western market ranges. New York and Milwaukee listings echo similar ranges, while Buffalo and Toledo report mixed results across livestock and grain sectors.
Flushing Michigan December 24 1900 Mrs P A Passmore a temperance reformer suffered three years from kidney and bladder trouble despite four physicians and home remedies She tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and after less than a box reports relief now a well woman She endorses the remedy for kidney and bladder diseases and urges others to try it with new stock available through dealers.
Helen Wat terson Moody discusses ideals of female strength in the Ladies' Home Journal. She argues a confident, capable woman earns admiration from even younger men, citing fiction and real life examples to highlight character and competence.
The eastern edge of the North American continent is dominated by the sea making coastal waters shallow. To reach the true edge of the continental land mass one would need to travel about eighty miles due east from New York.
An 1890s promotional notice offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. It cites endorsements from firms Werat and Truax and Walden Kinnan Marvin in Toledo Ohio, claiming F J Cheney & Co. is honorable and financially capable. The ad touts internal use, blood and mucous surface action, with testimonials and price seven fifty per bottle.
A note explains that paper can be produced from tobacco leaves as one of the plant fibers used in papermaking. The ribs of tobacco leaves are highlighted as part of the material source.
An odd mix of early 20th century ads and stray lines. Cough remedies promise instant relief with Kemp’s Balsam sample offers. Jell-O flavors praised. Random notes mention sea salt quantities and a theft statistic about South African diamonds. A stray line hints at hearing asymmetry.
Tess confirms to Jeas that Mr. Ernest gave her a ring and she accepted him last night. Jeas expresses relief and recalls his earlier concern that Tess might have to accept Ernest after his repeated visits. Philadelphia Press.
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