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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
2
Fragmentary verse evokes a celestial vigil beneath the moon with angels in radiant wings bowing their heads in reverent stillness as the holy ground lies under a night sky. It reads like a devotional meditation on divine presence in a graveyard or sacred field.
Mrs Bernard proposes a gift for Mr Dobson from her old horse Bess, described as homely but talkative. Mrs Jenkins offers quilts while Mr Early contributes canned fruit and a ham. The group excitedly lists donations as Mrs Barnard relays the news to spread the surprise.
In a Nebraska river valley the poor Dobsons face social scorn until a community party reveals their worth. After taunts and envy, neighbors authorize a farewell gathering that instead renews them with honesty, work, and acceptance, transforming both family and town relations. The incident ends with the Dobsons joining a revived social circle near the Platte.
Alderman and Harvard-educated Sherburn Merrill Becker, age 30, known as Sherbie, wins the Milwaukee mayoralty after a rapid rise from supervisor. His family ties to S. S. Merrill and global travels shape a dynamic career in politics.
Reports from Caracas say President Castro temporarily resigns to rest with Vice President Gomez stepping in. European and Russian affairs include France Japan loans, French gratitude to Russia, and the Polish coalition’s rise in the Douma. Hungarian settlement leads to cabinet reshuffles and proposals for universal suffrage. City schools expansion and streetcar reforms proposed by Prof. Wilbur Jackman to improve urban education and sanitation.
The Mechanical World Magazine notes the highly lucrative yet speculative trade in wild animals. Keeping a stable stock requires vast space and enormous daily feed, with elephants alone consuming about 750 pounds of greens a day. Hagenback’s business office lists vast food bills including 460 tons of horseflesh and trainloads of hay, fish, bread, milk, and crackers among other items.
Within a week after the California earthquake and fire disaster hundreds of books were in preparation in various cities. about one hundred thousand copies planned for market. Some were offered to the public before others cooled. Shippers and oil trusts feature in a linked financial bustle. The government in Cleveland opened an investigation into railroad and Standard Oil ties, with former Attorney General Bennett of Ohio representing the ICC. the Petroleum Producers’ Association leaders rallied behind Bennett.
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