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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
6
A quarrel over which hat to wear at a picnic led Joe Sedlin a 38 year old Springfield miner to kill his wife and then commit suicide. The article also reports timber thefts in Illinois and minor crashes and legal cases involving theft and antenuptial agreements with substantial sums at stake.
Jackson Kemper Dering of Chicago and Lake Villa, coal company founder and noted sportsman, died in Waukegan hospital. Survived by a son at bedside. wife en route from Europe. He was 54, active in coal since 1888, with a Chicago home at the Ambassador hotel and a Lake Villa summer farm.
The federal government derived revenue from the 1924 income tax in Illinois and the United States. Internal Revenue figures show total tax paid nationwide and a surge in returns from Illinois. One payment exceeded 5 million dollars, likely from Standard Oil.
Arrangements completed by the American Business club for the U S marine band to hold a November 16 concert in Danville. William C Thompson, ex sheriff of Vermilion county, was killed in Danville when a Chicago and Eastern Illinois switch engine struck his bicycle.
The Sillneigs crop bulletin from Springfield reports strong corn progress and plowing wrap up. A special election will be held in Aurora on September 8 to decide annexation of several nearby sections developed in the last four years. George M. Lucas, Dallas Brothers Iron Works official from Chicago, died in Mobile Alabama from a broken neck after a diving incident in shallow water. An unidentified sixteen year old boy was killed at the Chimo Rapid Transit yard in Forest Park after tripping and falling onto a high voltage rail.
William J O Neill husband of Illinois first woman legislator Lottie Holman O Neill died at his Downers Grove home after a year long illness. He was 45. He aided his wife’s 1922 campaign and lived in the shadow of public service. A separate opinion from Rev E J Aiken urged domestic science to aid American girls in finding husbands. A $20000 injury suit filed in Elgin on behalf of eight year old Ralph Morrison alleges negligence by hardware dealer William F Zeigler and his sons Lloyd and Lyle after a dynamite cap was found and discharged, resulting in amputation of one hand.
Elmer Dahlquist commander of the American Legion at Geneva and Fred Rumple a Sandwich farmer died from the heat in Geneva. A Legion memorial observed with flags at half staff. Also reported: a blood stained car incident from a Willow Springs picnic near Chicago ends in one death and three stab wounds, with defendants claiming self defense. Other notes include the execution of Campbell McCarthy for Gitzen’s murder after a swift trial, a drowning of Robert Stratzner in Frontress Lake, a Rockford school textbook fee dispute upheld by the State Supreme Court against a pupil’s father, and related local cases.
A United States Department of Agriculture study shows North Dakota and western Minnesota farmers increasingly add sheep to diversify farms. Profitability rises with flock size, labor during lambing is crucial, sweet clover pasture risks bloat, but overall losses stay low. 190 flocks analyzed show higher totals with larger flocks and better care.
The University of Arizona reported a Latin inscription puzzle dating from 790 to 9800 on lead crosses near Tucson. Professor Beeson and Professor Fowler analyzed the Latin phrases, noting references to Jacob Israel and Theodorus, with possible Spanish or European origins and unknown authors.
The report notes serious losses from dogs and coyotes affecting local flocks. It also highlights a by product of the sheep industry in Minnesota and North Dakota, valued for weed control.
Delegates and visitors to the three year Episcopal convention in New Orleans will walk along a blossoming St. Charles avenue street. A committee with plants shrubs vines trowels and watering cans canvassed house to house leaving flowers and notes when residents were away explaining vines and shrubbery appearing in gardens.
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