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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
9
A survey of 3100 girls reported by Ladies' Home Journal lists ten key qualities sought in husbands. Strength of character and business ability lead, with many desiring respect for women, honesty, humor, and devotion to home and children. few want wealth, looks, or fashion.
Mrs. Laura Tilden-Ray, an out of state lawyer from Sacramento, California, was admitted to practice in Colorado on September 5, 1890, after eight years of successful law work and a motion before the Colorado Supreme Court. She traveled to Denver after receiving high accolades from California officials and came from a family with notable legal figures.
A newly published book presents summary tables from the 1901 England and Wales census. One table notes women entering masculine fields and includes humorous, pointed advice about domestic harmony, managing finances, and abiding by household instructions in newspapers and magazines to please husbands.
The piece notes Charlotte Knollys as the Queen Alexandra’s intimate and future royal ward robe leader. It mentions royal favor from Queen Alexandra who nicknames her Chatty and hints at possible peerage for Knollys. The account references the King’s cordial regard for the queen consort and ongoing closeness since the Princess of Wales era.
Crop reports show delays in threshing of winter wheat with harvest uneven across states. Cotton conditions improve while oats and corn face drought and uneven yields. apples, clover, hay, and potato crops show mixed progress. Overall quality varies. Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota report mixed to favorable conditions with regional shortages and late ripening.
Mrs J W Wadsworth Jr reports a healthy girl named Evelyn born to his wife. Evelyn honors Mrs Hay the grandmother. Willie Sella loses suit against his mother's estate after Alice Sells death in Topeka Kan. Willie sought $78000 against salary as a bareback rider in his father's circus.
The coronation of Pope Pius X in St Peter’s Basilica Rome drew about 70000 spectators in a pageant of lights color and ceremony. Cardinal Macchi crowned the pontiff as bracelets bells and choirs filled the basilica. The procession featured red uniforms gilded scepters and imperial banners with the pope seated in a gilded chair under a canopy.
Secretary Root announces the retirement of Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles who has led the U S Army. Gen. H B M Young succeeds him briefly as commanding general before becoming chief of staff under a new army structure. Miles rose from a volunteer in the Twenty second Massachusetts to Civil War leadership and Indian campaigns including Geronimo’s surrender.
Charlies Horan died after a fall in a coal shaft in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Rev J I Alsworth drowned while bathing in the Mississippi at Cape Girardeau Missouri and was accused of stealing her earrings.
Two wealthy Missouri farmers, John Massengale of Macon County and Elijah E. Rice of Chariton County, have fought since 1889 over a steer sale and the name scrub. Cases have reached justice and circuit courts and the Kansas City Court of Appeals, with costs surpassing 3000 and rising. Breem left Indian school post. Peterson named successor at Chiocco Oklahoma. 11 year old Ammen drowned paddling on Choctaw Railroad reservoir at South McAlester. 7 year old companion unable to aid.
A Yale analysis by Prof. William B Hailey covers 1807 to 1901 with 10 000 cases showing 7 781 males 2 219 females. Most deaths by own action occur between ages 20 and 40 with shooting and poison as leading methods and despondency as a main motive.
Reports cover a range of labor developments including new equipment in Egypt, chartering of the Brotherhood of Railroad Freight Ed Baggagemen, pay raises for Detroit lighting workers, and union label support by German Catholic societies in New York. Other items note New York union membership, national headquarters for the Boxmakers and Lawyers union in Chicago, a carnival queen candidate backed by organized labor, and the Longshoremen union’s large membership. Nottingham shows strong municipal profits used to cut taxes while France grants workers broad rights to form associations and strikes. A national defense fund for the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers International Alliance is planned with at least 100000 dollars.
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