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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1902
Page
2
Elizabeth a nurse and Eustace Winthrop trace a rocky path of flirtations and conscience as Civil War era duty calls. Years later Elizabeth tends a fever patient who reveals a lifelong love and confesses she was the Number Twelve. The tale blends romance with duty amid wartime healing.
Geologists report the glacial flow in what is now the Connecticut valley moved southward while flexing eastward toward Massachusetts Bay. Evidence shows the glacier extended beyond the current coast by fifty miles, with Georges Bank and Cape Cod sands marking the glacier’s reach.
An elderly man prefers a pragmatic, nurturing partner who would tend to a need with simple care over a woman who would sacrifice herself for him. The reflection contrasts practical care with dramatic devotion.
Twenty two men die and eight are hurt as gas and coal dust explosions rock the Nelson mine of the Dayton Coal and Iron Co in Dayton Tennessee. Firemen lighting blasts before quitting work trigger the disaster. Two firemen perished and others injured outside the mine. The incident recalls prior blasts at the same mine in 1895 1901 with additional fatalities.
The Spanish American War Veterans hold their first encampment to keep Memorial Day alive after Civil War vets. The new organization, formed in Lexington in 1898, aims to cement friendships among those who served and promote fraternal bonds across soldiers, sailors, and marines. Attendees included Generals Wheeler Funston and Otis. President Roosevelt is a member but did not attend. Camps formed in Cuba, Porto Rico, Guam, the Philippines, Hawaii, and the United States.
General Schalk Burger a Boer officer and orator tours with a flag of truce to seek peace terms under British lines. A former presidential candidate and Transvaal executive, he commands on the Portuguese frontier and acts as civil administrator and adviser. Born Lydenburg in 1852, he hails from Voortrekker stock and is famed for integrity and oratory.
London plans for 500000 poor to be guests of the king with £30000 earmarked by the metropolis mayors for a celebratory dinner. Meanwhile New York churches launch large funds for ministers' widows with $100000 targeted for Mrs Purves and $50000 for Mrs Babcock.
James K Jones, longtime Arkansas politician and Democratic leader, loses in a recent legislative primary. A Civil War veteran and former U S senator since 1883, his defeat signals a political upheaval in Arkansas as parties align post primary.
The bureau of animal industry cites the abolition of horse cars as the first cause of the 1890 downturn in the horse market. It notes a subsequent business lull in 1893, then highlights the rapid rise of bicycles and automobiles as closely following factors.
Women and girls increasingly fill worker roles at the Chicago Stock Yards. They perform kitchen tasks such as cutting dried beef packing cans stuffing sausages and labeling cans. The trend expands with business growth.
Sanford Ballard Dole, native Hawaiian born in 1844 and a key figure in Hawaii’s 1890s upheavals, has arrived in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt on island affairs. Dole helped shape Hawaii’s Supreme Court appointment, led the 1890s revolution, and later became Republic president before U.S. annexation.
General William Levy Lanth warned at the Chicago Real Estate Board dinner that many downtown steel frame buildings are corroding due to air and gas exposure. He said painted oil layers will fail after about three years, risking collapse within a few years and dangerous conditions for the elevated structure within ten to twenty years.
Ada Mosheson aged 22 of Brooklyn attempted suicide by camphor balls eight times saying she would rather die than be a woman. She claimed women are handicapped in life’s struggle and failed to see women’s real mission to civilize uplift and humanize men.
Maj. Gen. Elwell Otis retires from the U S Army at age sixty four after a four decade career beginning as a New York captain and ending as a major general. He served in the Civil War and the Philippines, earning multiple brigadier and major general brevet ranks and commanding at the Department of the Lakes before retirement.
All Around the Globe reports a River Brethren conference near Abilene Kansas. a mob tried to seize Lewis Solomon in Carthage Texas but was stopped by the sheriff. Wellington Kansas awarded contracts for an electric plant with 64 arc and 1500 incandescent lights. J W Farley of the Astor House confessed to firing the building and other fires. John Vinso found guilty of first degree murder for killing Wallace Ward in Pierce City Missouri last fall. Green W Pritchett killed and John Below fatally wounded in a duel at Corydon Kentucky, linked to business disputes. Bulgarian revolutionists attacked Turkish guards at Nerva. two killed, several wounded. Christian C Nelson arrested in San Antonio Texas for bigamy. husband of Mrs. C C Nelson of St. Louis. San Antonio police say he has had twelve wives.
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