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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1909
Page
6
Harper's Weekly presents a meditation on perseverance through hardship and the value of striving. The text extols the harsh climb, resilience, and the enduring glory of effort, while acknowledging the possible fall after toil. It reflects on success and failure as part of the human striving narrative.
Sybil Moore moves between two admiring rivals as Perc y Marlow and John Deane clash over love and marriage plans. A lake stroll interrupts the fight, and Sybil confronts the men, revealing tense rivalries and mounting passion at the social event.
A fed eral attorney in charge of a southern district claims a Roosevelt scheme aims to establish a US protectorate in Sudan north of Kongu Free State to expel African Americans to a new American empire in Africa. The article notes an alleged motive to curb German expansion and shift balance of power in Europe.
A fragment from the Tatler notes a Celt character on Deane's shoulder declaring "I've got him." The line reflects witty period dialogue and theatrical tone.
Missouri farmers incur floods losses totaling 44 million dollars over seven years. Engineers say 6 foot channeling and riprap could protect river bottoms from overflow and save millions annually. Farmers plan meetings to discuss self funded levee districts and tax schemes mirroring lower Mississippi efforts.
The summary notes 1909 bringing vast changes across regions from North Pole exploration to Turkey reform and Persia, England and India shifts, China influence, Belgium reforms, and wireless telegraphy advancing public utility. It emphasizes improved mine and sea safety, evolving global civilization, and shorter Atlantic distances, framing the year as pivotal and forward looking.
A sweeping timeline lists kidnappings in Cleveland and Africa, royal successions, battles with Creek Indians, fires in Fort Worth and Kalamazoo, naval losses, political shifts, and notable deaths including Roosevelt, Cervera, Modjeska, Hitchcock, Crawford, Swinburne, Lilley, and Turpie. The record covers storms, earthquakes, tornadoes, conquests, trials, and trials of public figures, with notes on fires, elections, and legislative moves in 1908.
A rapid series of events spans geopolitics and disasters from Yuan Shikai in China to maritime relief at Suez. Earthquakes devastate Sicily and Southern Italy, Bluefield mine blasts, Zeigler mine tragedy, and a Lake Michigan waterworks fire. Console actions include court cases, political shifts, battleships ordered, and notable deaths.
A condensed timeline lists events from 1900s era America and abroad including land frauds alleged under Gov Haskell, German floods, Newport News ship launch, anti Japanese legislation defeat in California, Lincoln centennial celebrations, naval protocol with Venezuela, theater fire deaths in Acapulco, Apache Geronimo death, Jan F Angell resignation at Michigan, US fleet arrival at Hampton Roads, Omaha race riots, naval pageant, Lucky Baldwin death, New York tenement fire deaths, Taft and Sherman inauguration, Congress adjournment, death of Joseph Blythe, a Brinkley tornado, Nicaragua Salvadorean naval clash, extraordinary Congress, Eleanor Lane death, George Angell death, Payne tariff bill, Willie Whittaker kidnapping and ransom, Parkersburg flood, and Curry resigning as New Mexico governor.
By the will of the late George Crocker Columbia is to receive 1000000 dollars to be used in conducting original research for the cause and cure of cancer. Both Crocker and his wife died of related illnesses.
A compiled OCR snippet lists events: openings, strikes, deaths, ship incidents, earthquakes, murders, naval and aviation items, labor unrest, disasters, and notable deaths including Col A K McClure and Sarah Orne Jewett. Also notes a ship burning near Aomon and a Messina earthquake.
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