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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
6
A dialogue between fading and fallen leaves as they endure wind and death. The exchange touches on life's brevity, memory, and longing for meaning beyond decay. The speaker, Richard Garnett, frames the autumnal meditation as a lyrical exchange on life and death.
In a London/East End setting a tormented man Darkie Crossland recounts a tunnel accident plot to kill Jem Barker, a betrayed lover, while his wife Liz grapples with fury and forgiveness. The nurse narrator recalls a brutal choice and a peaceful, final plea for mercy as Crossland dies.
A Berliner Fremdenzeitung notice urges guests to tip 10 percent in restaurants, 25 percent in cafes with a special waiter, and 20 percent above eight dollars in hotels. The ruling sparks talk of a crusade against tipping as managers and staff push for higher percentages and better service.
Extraordinary measures supply rare milk to babies in New York tenements. Cows are kept in sterile, climate controlled barns, inspected daily, and milk is pasteurized, bottled, and delivered within 36 hours. Five lab workers prepare physician prescribed formulas in a spotless, steam sterilized room.
Former President Jose Zelaya of Nicaragua left Corinto aboard the Mexican gunboat Guerrero for Salina Cruz, Mexico. The departure was kept secret and only trusted allies knew of the voyage, as Washington reportedly compromised by not objecting to his flight and seeking perpetual exile in Mexico and Nicaragua.
The piece blends lyric musings on November woods and sleep with classical reflections from Lycidas. Helen Hunt Jackson’s lines evoke the forest as a comforting bed for life’s endings, while Milton’s meditation on fame contrasts worldly praise with eternal judgment delivered by Phoebus.
The Ohio River from Pittsburg to Cincinnati is closed to navigation due to ice, with a gorge miles long near Martinsville West Virginia risking Wheeling and other towns. Rivermen fear heavy property losses before thaw as coal operators and shippers suffer delays from holiday coal fleets awaiting transport.
Postmaster General Frank H Hitchcock reports the United States Postal Service ran a record deficit of 17.479 million dollars in 1909. The surge from earlier annual shortfalls to this peak prompted calls for locating underlying causes and reform. The administration began extensiveOperations to address the financial crisis.
A Great Northern freight engine crashed into the baggage room at St Paul Union Depot at 6 AM, wrecking the shed roof and scattering cars beyond the tracks. Engineer La Clair survived with no injuries, saying brakes failed. Debris and dust filled the scene as investigators assess the explosion-like damage.
The Philadelphia Inquirer argues steam navigation would have advanced earlier if a Philadelphian had foresight like Chancellor Livingston. A memorial and grave marker for Fitch are proposed by the Historical Society, which preserves his diary and autobiography as a testament to a man stifled by conservative times.
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