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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
7
A sprawling report notes political and economic tension from Taft era reforms to railway rate talks. It covers highway and hotel magnates, a New York surgery death, an earth tremor in Italy, a Nicaraguan crisis, and Roosevelts big stick origin, with mentions of taxes, banks, and international diplomacy.
President Taft and leaders from 24 railroads reach agreement to withdraw enjoined tariffs and suspend new rate hikes until Congress passes a railroad bill. Government suit to dissolve a Sherman act case remains paused pending law.
An arbitration board awards a 10 to 12 percent pay increase across 51 railroads for 27,000 locomotive firemen and enginemen plus 15 cent daily or hundred mile schedule wages. The decision cites higher living costs and adds extra increases for overtime work.
The Wisconsin Republican State convention in Milwaukee endorsed President Taft and his administration. The platform praises the tariff law and future revisions. Vice President Sherman addressed the gathering, receiving a warm reception, while naming of State ticket candidates was deferred to the September primary. William Connor of Marshfield was chosen as State chairman, a role he held six years ago under La Follette.
William Sydney Porter known as O Henry dies in New York at Bellevue Hospital from cirrhosis of the liver after a failed operation. Born in Texas forty two years ago he worked on the Houston Post as a journalist and once was a cowboy sheep herder and grocer. The report also covers political notes including W F Schilling seeking Senate, House actions on Speaker Cannon, Socialist party stance on immigration and the rejection of the commission form of city government.
The House approved the postal savings bank bill 191 to 101 amid guarantees it will become law soon. The measure sets up a board of Postmaster General Attorney General and Treasury Secretary to oversee banks with deposits from $1 to 400 and bonds for larger sums, securing deposits with government backing.
Receivers appointed by a federal court take over Jones Dry Goods Company of Kansas City. It has assets around $2,000,000 with liabilities near $1,400,000. Company says operations will continue, while creditors in St. Louis Chicago Philadelphia and New York are listed as principals. The action cites poor spring weather and prior real estate expenditures as factors.
President Taft declared socialism the nation’s greatest challenge while praising the Republican party’s record. He spoke at Jackson during the unveiling of a bronze tablet commemorating the 1854 birth of the party under the oaks. He warned that if individuals refuse party discipline a rule by groups could emerge. Earlier, he addressed Monroe honoring Major General George A. Custer at the unveiling of a bronze statue.
Reports from the North Central Minnesota Editorial Association outing at Glengarry Springs on Leech Lake near Walker are noted alongside college activity. Debaters from St Thomas College defeat Minnesota Forum. Minnesota University drops fifty students for scholarship lapses. Beloit College hires Dr John C Parish. Manitoba scholar Dr R R Cochrane dies. rural school funding and medical inspection urged at the Tri-State Educational meeting in Grafton North Carolina.
Letters from Hudson area mothers express gratitude for Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Advert shows women with painful or irregular periods helped, urging others to seek confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Mr Weerus returns to the shop as Miss Nona frets over a forgotten watch charm. He assures he can retrieve it later, but she warns it may be a long time before he visits again. The exchange hints at a sentimental moment and the risk of delayed reunion.
A lengthy dinner with many speakers leads to a failed introduction as the toastmaster misnames the next speaker. The Chicago Tribune cites a writer on the scene about the awkward moment and the crowd’s reaction. The piece also references a cartoonish exchange and a line about the average man’s misunderstood enemies.
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