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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
2
A vivid poem where armed men sweep toward a queenly city with banners and cannon, yet falter as a white flag appears. The invaders enter through open gates, flowers fall along their path, and the city’s defenses yield with trophies claimed on its walls.
In Buckeye Bridge a preliminary hearing for Buck Powell on hog theft attracts a crowd of seventy five as the case hinges on ownership and a girl’s testimony. Powell is released when the judge dismisses the case after the daughter testifies her father traded hogs for books, and community support offers him a chance to start anew with farm work.
A writer argues Hindu dietary practice keeps Indians vegetarian, while American cooking drains vegetables of flavor and nutrients. The piece contrasts Indian steam cooking with Western boiling, noting water disposal affects taste and nutrition and cites a siege example where rice water fed Indian soldiers. It ends with a tangential remark on modesty and social gatherings.
The administration railroad bill passed the U S Senate by 50 to 12 with Democrats voting against. The bill now heads to conference as debate spanned twelve weeks and featured speeches by Cummins and insurgent Republicans and Democrats including La Follette Dolliver and Gore.
Mrs Dora Elizabeth Doxey was found not guilty by a St Louis jury in the murder charge involving William J Erder with arsenic after an eight hour deliberation. She was rearrested on a bigamy charge. Dr Loren B Doxey also faces trial within two weeks. Proceedings trace her birth in 1880 near Aledo Illinois and multiple marriages ending in tragedy surrounding the Erder death. Kate Erder, sister of the dead man, helped trigger the Nebraska arrest.
A Portland brief argues the 1866 grant of 3 000 000 acres to the Oregon and California Railroad Company is unlawful. The defense cites lack of jurisdiction and lapse of time, seeking return to the public domain of about 2 000 000 acres valued at roughly 45 to 50 million dollars.
Ohio ex banker George A Rose of Cleveland is freed after a ten year sentence for national banking law violations. He had served since 1900. In Cincinnati a baby boy four hours old was found beside the Big Four tracks near downtown, apparently discarded from an inbound Cleveland train, rushed to city hospital with guarded hopes for recovery.
Edna Goodrich, wife of actor Nat Goodwin, announces they will separate after mutual agreement. She says she will no longer endure the constant worries of married life.
A Massachusetts Senate tie vote sinks a bill to impose a general state income tax on earnings over 2000 dollars, halting the proposal in the chamber. The result shapes tax policy debates as lawmakers consider revenue measures.
Union Pacific trains employ billy goats at 25 mile intervals to steer sheep from cars to feeding yards. The goats march sheep through chutes, ensure unloading and reloading within 28 hours, and receive tobacco as rewards. The system reduces labor, cuts delays, and cuts fines under Interstate Commerce Commission rules.
A humorous exchange unfolds with Hank Stubbs debating ambition and progress. Bilge Miller counters with pragmatic questions about moving ahead, while Hank remarks on the need to keep bumping into others when behind the procession. An Independent Spirit notes Halley's comet appearing every 75 years, sparking local pride.
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