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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
3
A detailed account describes how pins are produced from brass wire through twenty two operations. Automatic machines handle straightening, cutting, heading, pointing, smoothing, whitening, and sorting. Large orders drive demand as millions of pins pass through various stages daily.
A harsh critique targets aristocracy in China and Spain, branding them useless. The piece accuses Chinese nobles of inherited entitlement and Spain's elite of indolence, with Moorish blood cited as a factor and remarks on Spain’s 1876 constitution limiting noble influence. It quotes a Spanish grandee claiming disinterest in commerce and work, praising empire past and lamenting present duties.
In France elopements are infrequent because marriage law requires written parental consent for all ages and, if parents are dead, grandparental approval. Two cases describe how orphans faced delays as they sought the necessary consent before a ceremony could proceed.
A mix of tidbits reports health and science notes. Contaminated wells spurs protests by local peasants. world population figures and light speed basics appear alongside notes on open air hospital treatment and the musk ox in Greenland. Musk-ox discovery details and a hovering insect group are described, with a forecast on steel shield development for future warfare.
A narrator-tinged fragment describes Beamery discovering broken egg shells in a hemmery and demanding who did it. A frightened girl admits she, with her hatchit, caused the mess. The Detroit Free Press note then shifts to a cryptic, misquoted reflection on teens and faults.
News notes describe a solar eclipse observed from North and South Carolina and Virginia with photographers capturing many images. The totality lasted five hours twenty three minutes, the shadow moved rapidly across the Pacific to a point south of Cure, with the moon’s shadow traveling about 2500 miles per hour.
The note outlines hotel charges during the convention with starter rates from $6 for a single room and $8 list, higher for doubles. Rooms accommodate two to five people in peak times, with daily rates from $2 to $3 per man and total daily sums rising to $18 or more. Suites with parlor bedroom and bath range $40 to $75 per day, and many hotels impose a four day minimum.
The text describes total solar eclipse observations across the United States and internationally. It notes preparations by the U S government universities and observatories, with expeditions to Pinehurst Barnesville and Tripoli, and mentions observers in Mexico City Siberia Africa Alicante and Spain. It also references the purpose of eclipse expeditions and the evolving science of astronomy aided by modern instrumentation.
A collage of historical tidbits covers census style stats, crime gender split, oleomargarine production, Argentine student exchange, locust warning, smallpox eradication costs, recent U S disease cases, Kansas City political caravans, Dutch coffee exports, widow support fund efforts, and naval fortifications with speculative threats.
The article details General Roberts advancing on a vast front from Kroonstad to Vereeniging, with Methuen and Broadhurst forces in support, closing in on the Boers. It notes Pretoria and Johannesburg as key objectives while Boers retreat to concentrated positions, fight to the last ditch, and decline US intervention.
Indignant crowd at the second day of the National Congress of Mothers in Des Moines protested an assertion by Oscar Chrisman that men lack love. The clash dominated the session as delegates argued that men do love, prompting interruptions and a prolonged rebuke by the professor. Over 1,000 delegates attended with police aiding crowd control. Gov. and Mrs. Shaw welcomed attendees at the State House.
A Washington special reports that Cuban customs is honeycombed with fraud and corruption. An official returning from Havana says thousands of dollars were diverted into dishonest channels through lax methods and inefficient staff. Disbursements ranged from 100 to 10,000 dollars for unperformed services. A War Secretary estimate puts the investigation at about a month, with broader officials under fire.
Reports claim seventy three victims in Snyder North West, while Hanover Bank in New York plans to raise capital from one million to three million. Salt Lake City census notes three hundred thousand Mormons exist. Rural free delivery expands to one thousand routes serving one hundred thousand homes. Panama Canal concession extended six years by Colombian government. Philadelphia area shows only thirty one possess both Federal and State licenses. Proposal for a three million dollar international dam above El Paso to redeem the Rio Grande valley.
A mine explosion in Cumnock North Carolina killed twenty two workers, ten white men and twelve Negroes, injuring others. Rescue teams from Sanford drew bodies to the surface within hours, marking the mine's second fatal blast in four years. Local reactions include aid efforts and national political chatter expands across states and parties.
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