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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
18
Instructions on storing vegetables for winter in cellars and earth, treating potatoes to prevent sprouting, keeping carrots and parsnips, and general farm notes on poultry diseases, vinegar making from cider, manure management, and a short piece on a cavalry horse and corn smut feeding.
The article discusses poultry as a key farm industry in France and compares it with the United States. It notes up to five fowls per acre, labor demands, and the need for farmer attention to realize profits. It also covers general farm profit principles, fertilizer use, and a basic home plant fertilizer recipe using nitrate of soda, superphosphate, and sulphate of potash.
A gas jet in the St Francis Catholic school dressing room ignited flames during a Christmas rehearsal in Quincy Alabama. Eleven children died or were fatally burned and eight others injured as sisters and Father Andrew fought the blaze amid chaos in the auditorium and hallways.
A Burlington Iowa to Chicago run carried 206 miles in 209 minutes with a late start. The Mendota to Chicago leg took 76 minutes for 83 miles, and Mendota to Aurora 46 miles in 39 minutes. Head winds and heavy train contributed to an average near eighty mph with spurts near ninety mph.
A massive rockslide at Amalfi Italy swept from a cliff burying the Cappuccini Hotel monastery and villas. The debris plunged into the sea crushing four boats and killing many including monks feared among the dead in the disaster on the gulf of Salerno.
Report from Gen. Young at Figan to Manila states Col. Howze's column recovered all American prisoners taken by insurgents, including Lieut. Gilmore of the Yorktown captured near Baler. Gilmore vanished after leaving a relief party, with mystery surrounding his fate as the Yorktown searched the coast for three days.
Speaker Henderson announces heads of House standing committees. Names list includes Elections No 1 Robert W. Taylor Ohio, Elections No 2 Walker L. Weaver Ohio, Elections No 3 William S Mesick Michigan, Ways and Means Pere...e Payne New York, Judiciary George W Ray New York, Banking and Currency Marriott Brosius Pennsylvania, Interstate and Foreign Commerce William P Hepburn Iowa, Foreign Affairs St. ... Illinois, Naval Affairs C A Bostelic Maine, Public Lands J Lacey Iowa, Indian Affairs J S Sherman New York, Railways and Canals Charles A Chickering New York, Manufactures G W Faris Indiana, Education G A Grow Pennsylvania, Labor J J Aahan New Jersey, Invalid Pensions C A Sulloway New Hampshire.
The article describes a near total lunar eclipse obscured by clouds in many areas. It notes naked eye viewing was more satisfying, and explains the Earth shadow and Moon positions with labeled stages and times from 5:45 p m to 9:07 p m.
The famous evangelist Dwight L. Moody died at noon Friday at his East Northfield Massachusetts home after a period of illness. Born February 5 1837 in Northfield he rose from a Boston shoe store clerk to a global religious leader founding Moody Institute and Mount Hermon School. He left active work in Kansas City weeks earlier but recovered briefly before passing. His wife Miss Emma C Revell of Chicago and two daughters and two sons survived. Moody was revered in both the United States and England for his revival campaigns and educational ventures.
The battleship Texas will transport the bodies of Maine victims from Havana to the United States. Congress appropriated 10 000 dollars for the removal of remains. Of 192 buried in 176 coffins, only 74 identified. 68 remain missing near the wreck. Ensigns will fly at half mast until final shipment to Norfolk.
Globe National Bank of Boston closed Friday morning after Bank Examiner Daniel G. Wing took charge at Comptroller Dawes request. Deposits exceed 8 million while liabilities run over 16 million, with losses expected mainly to stockholders. The crisis stems from mining securities linked to Charles H. Cole T. A. Clark and W. A. Coolidge in the so called Three G group. The failure triggers wider financial tremors and a possible receivership to preserve assets.
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