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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
7
British government begins a public school expansion to teach girls practical home skills. The program emphasizes sanitation, cooking, and household management, with written exams and notebooks detailing hygienic reasons and routines. Students plan budget meals and visit grocers to practice shopping.
The London School Board opens kitchen and laundry centers in many corners, teaching girls cooking, laundry, and home nursing. Classes move to shared centers away from traditional classrooms, aided by grants and prudent procurement, producing capable, neatly dressed students who manage meals, waste, and care routines.
The School Board pressed a grant request for expanded home management education but faced government resistance. It then created dedicated housewifery classes in public schools, starting with a New Kent Road building opened by Lady Londonderry on July 1. Courses run half a day weekly for three years, beginning at age 11, while boys are excluded. In contrast the National Training School trains boys in culinary skills, with East End youths practicing with bats and pans aiming to become chefs.
Onions and cucumbers are among the earliest vegetables known to humans. Egyptians cultivated them over thirty centuries ago. The onion may be the first vegetable domesticated, with wild onions not found. A leek-like plant exists in Southern Iberia resembling the Welsh emblem.
A short note reflects on how certain individuals seem to accomplish nothing yet provoke anger in others. The piece hints at social frictions and personal interactions in everyday life.
Secretary Hay delivers the president's mediation offer to Minister Wu in Beijing after Emperor Kuang Hsu appeals for U S help. The plan seeks cooperation with China to protect Americans, open Pekin communications, and safeguard life and property, with the United States acting in good faith to relieve Pekin officials and missionaries.
The Porto Rican census taken in October reports 953,243 inhabitants with a density of 264 per square mile, the island the most densely populated among new possessions. Four-fifths live in rural areas, and the country remains dominated by small farmers.
Telegraphic brevities note Havana reports yellow fever waning while separate items mention a Boston tragedy, missing Dr. Sawyer in New York, naval vessel debates, a Chicago subway plan, Finnish language restrictions, and Rev. Charles M. Sheldon denying a vice presidential nomination in the United Christian party.
William S. Night recounts a Chicago Great Western train incident near Des Moines where a chair car caught fire in mid journey. The conductor ordered full speed to reach Des Moines, and engineer Tommy throttled the locomotive as fire threatened the car, finally extinguished near the yards with a water hose after the engine won the race.
Many American travelers overlook tiny wooden crosses along Mexican railroad routes indicating where a fellow American died in an accident. These graves often lack consecrated grounds as locals, though superstitious, insist on marking each grave. In the Rascon mountains 363 crosses line 32 miles showing where inquests occurred. Burial costs deterred long term support by the railroads, ending a prior effort to fund decent burials.
A Philadelphia Record report recalls a crowded Darby car where a mother leads a boy and sits on the floor with him after a newsboy is summoned. She rejects a male passenger offering a seat, vows to model politeness, and mocks men who fail to be courteous, challenging civic manners.
Australia reports a low proportion of blind people relative to its population, indicating better overall eyesight compared with most other nations. The brief note highlights the favorable rate, suggesting fewer cases per capita than in many countries.
A quirky meditation on traffic described as the world’s strangest vegetable. It lacks roots and leaves yet affects people deeply as they react to fashion and public appearances. The piece notes humor in fat and dresses called brilliant for a reception.
A survey of state by state election plans shows forty five states will vote for presidential electors and Congress on Nov 6. Oregon already chose its two Congressmen on June 4, with other states listing governors, secretaries of state, and assorted statewide tickets up for election. West Virginia remains Republican despite a Populist administration, while many states set four year terms for governors and state officers and consider constitutional amendments.
Reports cover Chicago and Alton station opening in St Louis and Santa Fe traffic growth in San Francisco. Differential fares target Grand Army of the Republic routes. Rio Grande Railroad incorporated in Denver with 2 million dollars capital to build through Wet Mountain valley. Northwestern line opens in South Dakota towns. Illinois Central reports 32.44 million gross earnings and 9.57 million net for year ending June 30, with 38.3 million dividends and 2.1 million surplus. Central Passenger Association bans free tickets for large parties. Eastern lines target ticket brokers amid New York Central leadership. Cassatt of Pennsylvania Railroad announces acquisition of Allegheny Valley and Western New York and Pennsylvania roads.
The article explains why sunburn and freckles arise from sun exposure and UV rays. It notes heat may aid sunburn, says tanned skin can come from brief repeated exposures, and describes treatments for sunburn. Freckles occur mainly on fair skin, often in summer, and may fade in winter. wearing veils can help prevent them.
General Merriam reports on Lake Chelan in Washington noting cliffs 1500 to 2000 feet high and waters averaging 3000 feet deep. He describes a sixty five mile length, a three day canoe journey from head to end, and explains the glacial carving that formed the deep narrow lake with a great moraine at its foot.
In a dramatic mythic scene Amphion seizes Mercury's lyre and plays as Thebes sleeps. Stones rise to form a wall surrounding the city, preventing escape, while Zethus wonders at the sudden construction and Amphion proclaims the audience must stay. The passage captures a mythic concert of power and constraint.
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