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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
9
President Roosevelt urged Harvard University to make scholarly careers attractive by offering financial rewards as great as those in business or law. The address highlighted incentives to draw strong men into academia.
A heavy storm struck Tarlem and the Bronx, demolishing a building under construction and killing one man while injuring two others. The episode follows a string of notable deaths and incidents across cities including Middletown, New York and Philadelphia, with figures such as James Horton, former president of United States Leather Company, and George E. Macklin noted among the deceased.
Briefs report Hoch of Kansas urging white crepe at funerals and to keep faces of the dead hidden. Yale boat crew defeated Harvard in the four mile Thames race at New London Connecticut with both boats lapped at finish. Actor William J Fielding dies of heart failure aboard a train in Richmond Hill.
A frantic telegraph of grim headlines reports a Colorado murder suicide attempt, Michigan bankruptcy, a fugitive arrest in Ohio, Chicago firm failures and clerical defalcations, airship trials in Ohio, a ten year prison sentence for a civil engineer, storms, fires, and fresh indictments. Also noted are a bank cashier’s forgery, a governesses’ trials, railroad wrecks, and police riots.
News from the era reports Russia designating M. Neiidof and Baron Rosen as plenipotentiaries for the Washington peace conference. Other items note Ambassador Reid’s London banquet, banker Georges Rodrigues’ suicide amid a rout, Manchurian battles, Odessa unrest, and moves toward constitutional government in China with shifts in Indian command.
The Chief Engineer Wallace is removed from the Panama commission by President Roosevelt after a policy clash. Also noted: lower court awards survivors of the Bourgogne wreck 22664 dollars of a 3 million claim. Navy assigns Rear Admiral Brownson to North Atlantic squadron.
Mutiny erupts aboard the Kniaz Potemkin as revolting sailors hoist the red flag in Odessa. Officers are killed or wounded and the crew seizes control, firing on the city and taking a coal carrier and torpedo boat into action. A midshipman navigates Potemkin to Odessa after laying the chief officer to rest by the corps. The incident echoes through Sevastopol as crowds confront authorities.
Former Archduke Leopold becomes a Swiss army private. Sir Alma-Tadema to be paid £14,000 for The Finding of Moses. England's lord chief justice once a noted boxer. King of the Cocos Islands near Sumatra governs the world’s smallest province. M Sebillot succeeds M Denikér as president of the Anthropological Society of Paris.
Chief engineer John I. Wallace resigns from the Panama Canal Construction Force and the canal commission to take a $60,000 yearly post with a New York corporation. He objects to minor officials, seeks freer authority, and faces potential war department approval issues. May results suggest delays, higher costs, and a possible century-long timeline. The isthmus reports worsening yellow fever and staff losses, with Gov. Magoon and Major Gorgas authorized to act to eradicate the disease.
Weather bureau weekly crop summary reports insufficient heat and sun in Washington and Oregon but favorable temperatures elsewhere. Heavy rains affect central and west gulf districts, Missouri and Ohio valleys. drought in the south Atlantic states and central Missouri. Corn slower in upper Missouri valleys but progressing. oats ripening. wheat harvest advancing. yields variable with rust and smut in spots. potatoes cut short in the south. Grapes, berries promising. apples falling. spring wheat in low lands faces rust but overall strong in spring wheat region and north Pacific coast.
Théodore Hansen, noted as the first secretary of the Radsida embassy in Washington, is described as an acclaimed pianist who frequently gives concerts for charitable purposes.
A distorted note reports Mecca pilgrimage numbers and regions involved while noting blackmail tolls and robberies during the season. The text also includes an advertisement claiming Dodd's Kidney Pills cured rheumatism and gout, with personal testimonial about restored mobility and self-care after five years of illness.
The article surveys Millet's impact on art, noting his focus on labor and peasant life across seasons. It highlights Castagnary's praise for Millet's Reaper and claims Millet’s seriousness shaped a cadre of artists including L Hermitte and Israels who depicted peasant life with sympathy and understanding.
A typewriter boarder jokes that women live about ten years longer than men. A scanty-haired bachelor retorts that they might live fifty years longer if not slow to pass the 30 mark.
In a humorous courtroom exchange a lawyer asks a lady witness her age and she counters with a wry reply about having seen 22 summers. The lawyer follows with a playful test of how many times she has seen them.
An enthusiastic Cartersville reader praises Postum Food Coffee claiming it cured indigestion and nervous trouble from coffee. He credits better sleep, quicker health improvement, and long term use with superior taste and benefits. The endorsement mentions the Postum Company and a recommended read.
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