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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
2
Illinois reports campaign to eradicate common barberry concluded with 80 000 bushes destroyed across 20 counties. State capital Urbana preparing annual report while other items note Mrs Lilly McDaniel suit, crime verdicts, school funding, seed grain show, farm accounts, wheat outlook, spelling bee results, and Rockford street paving plans for 1925.
Dr Isaac D Rawlings, state health commissioner at Springfield, warned against raw oysters after a surge in typhoid fever in Chicago and vicinity. He urged cooking oysters or avoiding them, noting strong evidence linking raw oysters to the outbreaks and directing downstate communities to abstain until further notice.
Metico City reports Popocatepetl Mexico's smoking mountain erupting sending alarm to nearby villages and Mexico City officials. Villagers flee as ash and fire columns appear while locals resort to witchcraft rituals to appease the god and avert disaster.
Miss Sarah L. Lockwood of the University of Missouri at Columbia is the only woman professor of journalism in the world. A Missouri native and graduate, she joined the faculty after years with Missouri and Oklahoma newspapers.
Washington reports a rise of 2599 in the Indian population, total now 54090, with health conditions improving on reservations. Campaigns against smallpox and tuberculosis show results, and Commissioner Burke seeks $1.9 million for ongoing work. School attendance climbed and teachers rose, while oil and gas operations on reservations declined.
Dr J E Machenty of New York reports experiments using an artificial larynx that enables cancer throat patients with vocal apparatus removed to breathe and produce speech. A pad covers the neck breathing hole. air from the lungs vibrates to form monotone speech audible in a room.
Normal leases and oil and gas sales boosted Osage and related tribes with total revenues near 145,517 dollars from leases and over 4.0 million from oil and gas. A tract of 100 acres in Osage Reservation brought about two million dollars, while lumber and other resources generated substantial Indian earnings and a large Arizona canal project promises more benefits.
In New Canaan Connecticut Elmer Jones faces possible complications after wholesale removal of headstones from a small cemetery. Ninety three stones were moved, including five marking Revolutionary and Civil War graves. fifty three were relocated to Lake View cemetery, while others were piled in a swamp. Authorities say the cemetery is public property and Connecticut law imposes penalties for tampering with graves. Homer S Cummings was retained to pursue action if warranted. Jones was away. his wife declined comment.
Washington reports confirmation by Dr Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson that spiral nebulae seen as whirling clouds are in fact separate stellar systems or island universes. Observations with the 100 inch telescope show hundreds of thousands of spiral nebulae with sizes ranging to resemble the great Andromeda nebula spanning about three degrees in the sky.
Chinese ballroom floors are divided into numbered squares each marked by a bird, fish, or nature sign. Dancers must stay within their square or receive a colored disk stamp. Three failures to stay within a square lead to leaving the premises.
The French innovator Camille Dussard has developed a concept called cold dirt enabling a 2 OW candle power electric lamp to operate without electric shock or heat. He claims ordinary systems dissipate heat quickly and that the remaining power glows without heat, suggesting a method to handle heatless power for lighting.
The notice warns consumers to look for Bayer on aspirin packaging or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin trusted for 23 years. It cautions that imitations may be dangerous and urges buyers to say Bayer when purchasing.
A theology lecturer questions which biblical character has the largest following. A voice from the back bench cites Ananias as a notable figure, mentioning Columbia, South Carolina. The exchange reflects interest in who commanded the greatest following across old and new covenants.
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