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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
2
In this Penny Pictorial Magazine piece, Tom Morton dies after a party game where twenty seven coins are handed to him proving the Llama's curse real. The narrator witnesses the German coin bearing William II and the cursed mark. The tale centers on superstition, danger, and a fatal outcome.
The famed pianist Paderewski explains his pre performance hand regimen. A valet rubs and twists each finger to loosen joints, then rubs the palms hard. A basin of extremely hot water is used just before going on stage to immerse the hands.
The quote recalls Frank R Stockton in conversation with a young lady about sugar and lemon in tea illustrating social tastes. It notes Stockton’s wit and his famous work The Lady of the Tiger. The remark plays on enjoying both women and men in society.
A reflective note notes that life experience may make a man suspect a broken mirror at birth and that some women in church work end up being merely talked about, suggesting a critique of vanity and social judgment within religious community life.
Shocking tale from Galveston survivor as the West Indian hurricane pounds Texas. Over two thousand believed dead statewide with Galveston submerged and at least 2,500 drowned, missing, or killed. James C. Timmins reports from Morganspoint after fleeing the storm. Recovery efforts hindered by telegraph cuts and widespread destruction. Galveston’s waterfront shows total wreckage with 4,000 houses destroyed and many residents displaced.
The article sketches Galveston after a devastating storm with widespread destruction. It cites an uncertain death toll possibly reaching thousands, describes ruin across the city, and notes residents living in fear while awaiting official tallies. The narrative contrasts warned danger with continued business as usual before the disaster’s full toll is known.
Disturbances causing destruction in recent times exceed any earlier decade in the nation. The Texas storm, if reports are accurate, has left a wider ruin than any in twenty years. Its trail is marked by more victims and property losses reach tens of millions beyond past records.
The Texas horror will cause immense losses to railroads entering Galveston Houston Port Arthur Velasco and other cities and to steamship companies serving Galveston Velasco harbor and Port Arthur. Damages to terminals elevators warehouses docks and rolling stock will total many millions, with the biggest hit on lines serving Galveston. Six railroads and several steamship lines with large interests face near total losses.
A massive cyclone struck Galveston causing extreme flooding across the island. The Tremont Hotel and Market Street faced deep water, and orphan asylum and hospitals were destroyed. Towns along the Texas coast reported heavy loss of life and widespread wreckage, with bridges, railroads, and electric infrastructure devastated.
A tropical hurricane swept Houston Texas on a weekend causing widespread destruction. Estimated damage reaches 500000 with one fatality a colored man killed by a falling timber. Many buildings including the Masonic Temple and churches are damaged or unroofed and schools report substantial losses. At Owensboro Kentucky a fevered woman killed her baby and cut her throat.
The London Chronicle surveys wealth across continents, noting princes and dethroned royals as wealthy in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. It highlights heiresses, merchants, and financiers in Germany Austria Hungary Russia India China and beyond, valuing personal fortunes and royal estates and commenting on the distribution of wealth in modern empires and republics.
A Sixth Street restaurant sign promising 15 cent dinners drew crowds until a prankster erased the letter B from “beat.” The altered message read “you can’t eet our 15 cent dinners” causing a larger crowd outside than inside and a bemused proprietor.
Japan rises as a strong silk competitor to Crefeld producers and rivals in Germany and France. About 4,000 powered looms and 50,000 hand looms operate, producing silk at prices that threaten foreign markets.
The United States has long led global honey production. data shows 15 million pounds per year thirty years ago, 25 million pounds twenty years ago, and 65 million pounds a decade ago, reflecting a steady rise in output.
The Congress for Christian archaeology meeting in Rome has asked the Pope to open the Vatican crypts for research. The crypts reportedly include galleries and a subterranean church with valuable treasures.
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