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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
2
A broad overview of political rhetoric and events mentions Prohibitionists predicting a large turnout for the upcoming presidential election. The piece references speeches, labor policy discussions, and notable public figures shaping campaign discourse across multiple locales.
A fragment advises sparing use of heat trapping clothing and anger, lean meats, vegetables, and cereals, with ice water avoided in large quantities. It warns against coffee tea and fatty foods, favors light unlined garments, and notes hats like canvas ventilated styles. It cites Stanley and his derby as poor headgear.
Judge South of Lancaster County Orphans Court voids a will provision bequeathing funds to a church and academy in Swedenberg and related university plan. The estate of Frederick J Kranph is distributed to his heirs after the bequest is struck as invalid under state law. Remaining estate funds are directed to the Philadelphia charity for ministerial support and church work. The case notes concerns about posthumous worship and proper use of the estate under the testator’s conscience. The court awards the residue to the estate heirs and outlines contingency for future church and university funding. The report also includes a short agricultural commodity bulletin noting crop forecasts and price expectations for the year.
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago was chosen for president and Aaron Watkins of Ada, Ohio for vice president by the Prohibition national convention in Columbus. The party adopted the shortest platform in history calling for equal suffrage and a broad program including prohibition, direct senator election, tax reforms, postal savings, and labor protections.
Eugene W. Chafin a Wisconsin born attorney and Prohibition leader now living in Illinois is a prominent party figure. He has sought the Illinois governorship and has written Lives of the Presidents and Lincoln the Man of Sorrows. He moved to Chicago in 1901.
Reports from Sioux City and surrounding regions show corn two weeks ahead of last year. Earlier heavy rains raised concern for Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota but recent warm weather boosted growth. Missouri valley lows recovered with minor losses. South Dakota wheat oats and other grains are thriving and some harvest has begun.
The Soo road faces no court fight to enter in. Wisconsin compiesion rules. Wabash Railroad HQ moves from Pittsburg to Leeland with a new million-dollar depot and office building to be rented. A federal grand jury in Richmond indicts Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and a Richmond grain dealer for rebating. Burlington seeks to file a 300 million mortgage in St Paul but faces a $100 thousand registry fee and real estate disclosure. Westward, Wheeling and Lake Erie receiver Worthington appointed as Gould properties fall to receivers. debt surpasses 28 million. Canadian Pacific to plant 1,500 miles of pine along its tracks from Winnipeg to Vancouver for snow clearance and timber use. Interstate Commerce Commission trims Rhinelander Paper rate from 8 to 6.95 cents, ruling no excess or unlawful adjustment.
Helen Keller opens Shop for the Blind in Manchester Mass selling handicrafts by blind workers. Displays include loom products and house furnishings as the first of a planned chain of shops.
In San Francisco, lightweight champion Joe Gans, long holder of the title, loses to Battling Nelson after seventeen rounds in a decisive boxing match.
A Chicago Record-Herald analysis notes rising national business activity, with crop yields high and unemployment falling. Post office receipts in June exceed 1907, Chicago rail jobs rebound, and freight flows resume as manufacturing and agriculture show promise across Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The article explains that expanding Southwest settlements have crowded out grazing land, shrinking cattle ranges. Prices for cattle on the hoof are at record highs, prompting city shoppers to boycott high meat prices and shift toward rust and vegetables.
An unidentified sound heard by a visitor in a city apartment building prompts speculation about the source. A passerby suggests a dentist in the building, then shifts to the Popleys' baby as the likely source of a tooth eruption.
Mrs Frank Dopabne of Kokomo Indiana describes a severe outbreak on her little boy with itching sores spreading from hands to body. She used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Water treatment nightly for four days and reports the boy fully cured.
Ambassador Wu Ting Fang related a Shanghai doctor tale about a selfish politician who visits for advice. The physician jokes that the mandarin should exercise and polish the doctor’s larger floors, illustrating vanity and self interest.
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