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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
1
An article notes young women prize strength of character business ability respect for women and honesty in men. It cites the Ladies Home Journal survey of 300 girls showing desires for a husband include 42 for character 25 for ability 18 for respect 17 for love and 16 for broad mindedness. Only a few want wealth looks or dressing.
One woman lawyer from California, Laura Tilden Ray, was admitted to practice in Colorado on Sept 5 1990 after eight years of success in Sacramento. She studied law with her father M C Titln, and her grandfather J H Ralston helped found California's early legal framework. Miss Connolly also lectured on the “Old Maid” in history and life at the Newark Woman's Club, citing charts on bachelor women.
A new work notes women’s callings in a 1901 England and Wales census. It highlights themes of women's rights in masculine fields and offers abstract guidance on home life. The text mocks stereotypes and suggests ways to keep husbands content, including managing finances, chores, and following published recipes.
The article profiles Hon Charlotte Knollys, famed as the greatest personal confidante of Queen Alexandra. Once Lady of the Queen's Wardrobe, Knollys has long shared private ties with the royal family, earning the Queen's affection and royal marks. The King is said to respect the friendship, with expectations she may be granted a peerage in her own right.
The report notes late crop progress with delays in the Northern and Southern states. Threshing of winter wheat continues under favorable conditions with uneven results by region, while oats, corn, and hay show mixed yields and quality. Drought relief appears in some districts and fruit crops promise good or improving prospects.
Mrs J W Wadsworth Jr, daughter of Secretary John Hay, becomes mother of a healthy girl named Evelyn after Mrs Hay. The infant’s birth honors the grandmother. Willie Sella loses suit against his mother’s estate for 78 000 dollars in Topeka, Kansas, related to a salary as a bareback rider.
The coronation of Pope Pius X in St. Peter’s Basilica Rome drew about 70 000 spectators as Cardinal Macchi placed the triple crown. The pageantry featured a papal procession of 500, red uniforms, gold and silver scenes, and a crowded basilica bursting with acclamations and choral music.
Secretary Root announced the retirement of Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, head of the U S Army. Gen. J B M Young succeeds him briefly, then becomes chief of staff as the service shifts to the new regime under the army bill. Miles, a Civil War veteran, helped capture Geronimo and other chiefs.
Charlies Horan died after falling down a coal shaft in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. Rev. J. I. Alsworth of Cape Girardeau Missouri drowned while bathing in the Mississippi and is accused of stealing earrings from a woman.
Long running legal battle between John Massengale of Macon County and Elijah Rice of Chariton County over a $30 steer has grown into a costly feud with costs exceeding 3000 and multiple appearances in justice and circuit courts and the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The piece notes the staunch, opposing characters and the ongoing fight for principle despite the rising expenses. It also mentions new school appointments in Colorado and Oklahoma and the drowning of 11 year old Ammen at South McAlester while skiffing on a reservoir.
Professor William B Hailey of Yale compiles the first extensive statistics on death by own action in the United States covering 1807 to 1901. From 10 000 cases, 7 781 were males and 2 219 females with most deaths between ages 20 and 40, and shooting and poisoning as common methods. Despondency and illness cited as leading motives. alcohol related deaths far more among men.
A survey of labor topics notes new equipment in Egypt and union growth in the United States Europe and the UK. It reports pay raises for Detroit street workers a German Catholic stance on union labels and the rise of longshoremen groups led by a Bus City election winner. It cites Nottingham profits tax relief aims and France’s guaranteed association rights plus a proposed national defense fund by Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance.
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