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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
5
A jumble of items from Peoria, Champlain and Brimfield mention social visits, family births, farm life, land trespass warnings, and a bank robbery attempt near Princeville. Notable details include Mrs Gouff’s funeral procession, a Chanute wrestling trip, California move plans for the Phares family, and a district bank heist chased by police with no suspects.
The Burlington Route announces summer trips with train No. 8 from Chicago offering sleeper service to Denver and many western points. Excursion rates include $25 for a round trip and $2.50 for a double berth from Chicago. Special tours cover Colorado Utah Wyoming North and South Dakota and New Orleans area via multiple dates in July August and September.
Fragmentary OCR note hints at a public sales action with unspecified details and involved officials. Readable elements point to a local sale notice, but exact date, place, and parties remain unclear.
The article notes Cornelius Vanderbilt as the most notable family member today, aided by his wife, gaining a reputation as a versatile man. It also mentions W. K. Vanderbilt Sr, his son and namesake W. K. Vanderbilt Jr, and Alfred and Regete Vanderbilt in a discussion of varied traits within the Vanderbilts.
Sir William Muir has resigned the principalship of the University of Edinburgh at age eighty three. He has spent much time in India since 1837 and his home serves as a museum of Indian and Scotch curiosities. Among the curiosities is a velvet cap said to be from John Knox's breeches.
A visitor to London tried on costumes for two hours in a great merchant’s showroom. King Leams bought twelve dresses at $800, one for each of his wives, after the selection process.
The passage notes that she ceased to be considered beautiful as the common sun picture became popular, suggesting to observers that she appeared elderly and that time had not been kind. Makeup was deemed less effective as trends shifted.
Fragmentary report notes Judge Raver in Catskill tied up a holding court session. Two youths and an attorney faced opposing counsel in a case described as old fashioned and poorly prepared, with emphasis on a weak argument and unsteady proceedings.
Fragment from a historical column contrasts Niagara with Italian skies, noting brighter conditions in America and the Italian air that belches smoke and fire upward, asking what America has equal to Vesuvius and prompting a sharp reply from Mr. E.
The text recalls a vivid, if cryptic, scene involving ancestors in pioneer days and a dramatic flourish described as an influenza smile that yields to sadness. It ends with a reflection on the court asserting prerogative, framing a tense clash between memory and authority.
Postoffice department lists October mail losses valued from 25 cents to 100 dollars. Items include pocketknives kodak film electroplate hairpins scissors playing cards pipe hardware keys beads flower bulbs seeds apron dress goods samples toy watch fountain pen watch chain razor salve spectacles gar ters toy telephone promissory note for 150 dollars surgical instruments brass buttons safety pins hat feathers yarn butcher knife thres tabie
A North Missouri editor known for verse writes of a sad town accident. Johnny bred a mule and donkey in a loop around the block. When the mule halted, Johnny used a pocket knife and struck. The donkey then moved, and Johnny vanished. No body has been found yet.
Bent Murdock relates the custom where Eldorado siris share diamonds, laces, jewelry, and more to help visiting girls look regal and break local hearts during visits or dress parades, a practice noted by the Kansas City Journal.
Many fish can produce sounds. The red gurmard earns the name seacock from its crowing noise, while another species is called the piper. Oth-
The display features tapa cloths from Samoa Fiji Tonga and Hawaii. Patterns grow rarer and valuable as tapa becomes scarce. Some pieces show softness and fineness akin to silk capable of draping as worn by dancing girls. Colors include yellow black white gray tan and terra cotta.
Two well known clubmen spent an evening at a neighborhood cafe enjoying liqueurs and highballs. As they left a tall new skyscraper near Broadway Fifth Avenue and Twenty third Street lit with colored bands drew their attention and one asked whose pousse cafe it was.
A playful NY Times anecdote describes a girl of a witty family crossing Broadway with her brother. A pretty girl in front displays her foot and ankle as she trips and the brother jokes about skirt length. The sister challenges him to identify the hat, then smiles. The brother offers no more counsel.
A warehouse manager recounted keeping a resident cat at ten degrees above zero, even in 30 degree compartments, to combat rodents. The cat reportedly adapts to cold with a constant mew and scratch, raising questions about how low a cat can endure.
A Country Life in America description lauds a monumental Florida live oak with a 120 foot diameter canopy and sprawling limbs. The giant supports a garden of airplants and ferns, its immense crape-vine trunks suggest long vanished saplings, marking it as possibly Florida’s largest live oak.
The captain of a lightship near the San Francisco harbor reported many land birds sought shelter aboard the vessel. Dense smoke from northern forest fires obscured sea and land, leaving exhausted birds to land on deck. At one point about sixty birds occupied various parts of the ship, including owls and hummingbirds among others.
A small dog in Colorado became the first to profit from an insurance benefit after barking at a red light in Boulder County. The alert woke its owner, who halted a potential train wreck at a burning bridge. President Trumbull of Colorado and Southern received a letter from Frank & Du Bois of New York, with a $25 check.
Maurice Graf’s season stage manager Almanz, a Belzan of high professional reputation in Europe, stands in immaculate evening dress with white gloves and a firm hat under his arm. He remains composed amid act transitions, never letting his opera hat fall, a figure New York has not seen equal to.
The passage asserts the United States population around 82 million including territories Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. It claims 5 percent of the world total and highlights vast American shares of cultivated land and key commodities such as corn wheat iron copper lead quicksilver gold and silver, emphasizing national wealth and dominance.
At the start of the nineteenth century there were sixteen cities in the region, with populations and economic roles that shaped development. The article outlines urban growth patterns, noting key centers, trading hubs, and administrative distinctions among cities as they expanded.
Manchester Union notes that the Manchester Print Works built the largest cotton mill building in the world with two wings, while the Amoskeag No. 11 mill on the west bank is the largest exclusively devoted to cotton cloth manufacture, not used for storage.
A fragment from a Mississippi discussion recounts Uncle Marcus denouncing yellow fever and smallpox. He argues fever may be curable but the new misery grips every part of a person, warning there is no hope when seized by the blue flag.
Omens from mild winter weather suggest a second crop of lichees may fail in China. The Hong Kong Daily Press notes interior trees flowered again, sparking wild rumors of pestilence, rebellion and war. A Taiping parallel is drawn, with double lichee crops preceding upheaval.
The life saving service logged 385 accidents to registered vessels last year with 28,424 people at risk and only 19 lives lost. Property loss stood around 200,000 francs. There are 272 lifesaving stations, 195 on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 60 on the Great Lakes, and 16 on the Pacific coast, at a maintenance cost of 1,620,000.
Trade data shows the United States exports to Cuba and imports from Cuba for the first half of 1902. Cuba relied on foreign goods, with Spain and the United States playing significant roles in its import and export patterns. Per cent figures indicate Cuba’s export share and sourcing of imports, reflecting economic ties with major partners.
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