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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
7
Reports describe progress on the Norodden falls hydroelectric and chemical works in Norway, with 250000 horsepower potential at Rjukan. Photographs show near completion of buildings and machinery, including the revolving Feenas and electrode systems, in two divisions: generating station and chemical works.
A damaged caption describes a green bug infesting wheat leaves and a bee larva feeding on the bug. The piece notes bees as beneficial to farmers and urges recognition of their role in pest control as the life cycle repeats with eggs hatching and larvae maturing.
W J Bryan arrived in Peoria to address a large crowd at the State convention. He spoke on government regulation of corporations and party unity. Adlai Stevenson and Adlai Stevenson Jr. addressed the gathering as the convention indorsed Lawrence Stringer for Senate and reendorsed the state ticket. Trustees to University named Long Term Edward Tilden A L White and Isaac S Raymond Short Term A L Bliss.
Springfield dispatch reports the first Republican State convention under the new primary law convened in the arsenal with about 8 000 in attendance. Speaker Cannon urged unity for the full ticket and tariff support while Shaws and Hopkins backed financial relief ideas for depositors, detailing panic responses and banking safeguards.
The report notes improving production and distribution with rising demand for mill and factory outputs. Agricultural conditions are encouraging with prices for leading grains above prior periods. Chicago permits for August reach 41 valued at 1.507 million, while bank deposits rise modestly.
An article discusses mowing clover to improve seed yield and describes a finger like mower attachment. It warns on tomato disease from insufficient spraying, identifying black brown spots and crescent spores. It promotes the wheel hoe and combined drill systems as affordable, long lasting garden aids that save labor.
August is the time to inspect trees for borers by digging around the bases to eight inches, scraping bark for sawdust or gum, and treating with a paste of cow dung lime wood ashes and crude carbolic acid. Quince dwarf pear and peach are especially affected by this pest.
A proverb about a farmer who enjoys wealth while his wife and children suffer in a cramped home. He later realizes the misallocation of resources and the neglect of family, but the moment of awakening comes too late.
A note states that bees usually replace their queens before they age out of service and mentions Apiary 14 being stocked with a high grade of queens.
An experienced California date grower who visited the lower Rio Grande two years ago reported finding many date palms, old and barren, now bearing fruit after artificial pollening. Local landowners accepted his proposal, while impoverished Mexican residents, who regard him almost as a sorcerer, kneel to beg cures for their infirmities.
Article extols a disk harrow as essential for modern farming. It explains that it cuts weed roots in place, avoids transplanting roots, and can substitute for a plow with sufficient horsepower, notably in orchards where plows risk damaging large roots and sprouting suckers.
The piece states that weeds such as false-filax wormseed mustard tum bling mustard common wild mustard shepherds purse pepper-grass bell mustard corn cockle chickweed dandelion Canada thistle bindweed plantain rough pigweed king-head red river weed ragweed and cocklebur can be destroyed by spraying the field with a 2 or 8 per cent copper sulphate solution using about eighty gallons of water per acre.
At the New York Cornell Experiment Station mangels grown four years on the same land produced over nine tons of roots and one ton of dry matter per acre. Rotated land yielded thirty four tons of roots and four tons dry matter per acre. Suggested stands range from 25 000 to 80 000 for mangels rutabagas and hybrid turnips and 40 000 to 60 000 for carrots per acre.
A reader endorses corncob tea as a calf drench to treat scours, describing preparation by steeping chopped corncobs in water and using the cooled liquid as a dose. Advice also promotes using low wagons to reduce hay handling effort and outlines a fireproof mix of spar, lime, water, and water glass for coating.
The Republican party in Illinois commends Roosevelt's administration and praises the last Republican Congress. They endorse Governor Charles S. Deneen's progressive state leadership and criticize prior mismanagement. They support the national Democratic platform on key issues and cite William Jennings Bryan as aligned with major public concerns. A New York Press quip about lateness ends the piece.
A brief dialogue highlights a self sacrificing man praised by a woman. He responds with urgency as she notes his unselfish nature and devotion to friends during a birthday exchange.
Illinois Prohibitionists rally to electors and trustees as they reaffirm last May platform. William P. Allin of McLean chairs the meeting and claims potential over 100000 Prohibition votes in November. University of Mindia trustees named Marie O. Brehm Lulu C. Meiner Curtis H. Percival and 8 Nethercott to fill a vacancy.
A judge quips about needing more room as a joke about a dining table. The remark implies crowded domestic scenes and humorous legal wit without detailing a formal case or outcome.
Fall trade shows modest improvement with cooler weather and fall festivals boosting activity. Buyers seek near term needs while awaiting clearer political outlook and late autumn harvests. Industrial output expands as iron steel run at 60 to 80 percent capacity and strikes end. Bradstreet reports U S failures at 210 for week ending Sept 8, Canada 17.
Chicago and Indianapolis markets show cattle bids from 4.00 to 6.60 for shipping steers and hogs from 4.00 to 7.22 with mixed sheep and lamb values. New York and Toledo quotes list wheat No 2 prices around 93 to 102 cents, corn No 2 at 70 to 80 cents, oats 48 to 49 cents, rye around 60 to 76 cents, and seed markets with clover at 6.02 dollars in October.
Orville Wright maintains perfect control circling Fort Myer Virginia fifty three times for fifty seven minutes thirty one seconds setting a new world aeroplane record. He praises the machine and notes he could have flown longer if aware of nearing an hour. A French aviator Leon Delagrange later breaks the Paris air record with thirty one minutes, though a deduction adjusted results.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the conviction of Tilsk by British forces in India and a Bombay court sentence described as six years of imprisonment with heavy fines. The text references political events, assassinations, and a crisis involving government damage estimates and a monetary figure around 195 million.
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