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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
2
A jumble of quips on probes and politics, fashion, marriages, and winter. Bits about Jack Frost, China, New York city budgets, and a Los Angeles woman receiving 212 marriage offers. Observations on suffrage fashion, marital happiness, and a thornless blackberry alongside a world trotting goat addicted to cigarettes.
Rear Admiral Melville, famed for Arctic exploration with De Long’s Jeanette expedition, later led recovery missions and earned a congressional gold medal. Born in New York, educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic, he served in the Civil War and reshaped US naval construction under Whitney. His cautious progressiveness guided Spain War achievements.
Rev Dr George R Lunn led a fusion of Republican and Democratic factions with Socialists to win all city officers and most county offices in Schenectady. Lunn, former First Reformed pastor, polled roughly two thirds of the vote and held a 1999 plurality amid a city of 81 000 and $51 million assessed value. He edits the Citizen and leads Sunday meetings for his sociopolitical views.
The active effort in the men and religion forward movement covers seventy six cities with complete organizations and campaigns. New York headquarters coordinates national work while leaders from business and professional sectors back the effort. James G. Cannon of Fourth National Bank in New York chairs the campaign, calling it a potentially historic church effort. A Grand Rapids mass meeting featured Rev Charles Stelzie and Dr S J Lansing on The Church and Labor drawing diverse audiences, including laborers, professionals, merchants, and factory workers. Cannon expresses strong optimism about the campaign’s progress and impact.
President Taft endorsed her candidacy and voted for her though not on his ticket. Campbell, aged thirty five, is described as brilliant with executive ability and educational experience. Her win marks the first woman elected to public office in Cincinnati and the first to the Board of Education here, with Taft’s support noted as influential.
The steamer Diamond exploded midstream below Davis Island dam, killing Captain Edward Swaney and four others while five crew members were rescued. The Diamond, owned by Diamond Coal Co., sank quickly as debris filled the river. Rescue work by nearby boat Alice saved five crewmen. In separate court news, McNamara brothers pleaded guilty to murders connected with dynamite cases in Los Angeles, with sentences set for December 5 and 6.
Chicago police arrest 26 year old William G Guttenberger charged with murdering Mrs. Edmund Kaufman after a theater outing. The couple, returning home, were accosted by three men who pistol whipped Kaufman and shot Mrs Kaufman in the right temple as the assailants fled in a parked automobile. Guttenberger claims he was at home. Kaufman identified him as the gunman.
Bamott Atkins Eliot Jr., grandson of Charles Eliot, dined at the Harvard Union with Emma Goldman and several students. Goldman praised Eliot’s stance in the Pankhurst controversy and vowed to return to Cambridge to deliver a lecture, while students addressed her as comrade.
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson arrives at her parents home in Sandoval with about twenty five relatives gathering for a family feast. She plans to stay two or three months while considering her next steps after acquittal in the murder case of her Denver husband.
Baltimore heiress Mrs. Capt. Isaac E. Emerson, a millionaire, intervened to shield her husband when a discharged worker on their Georgetown area estate in D C attempted to shoot him. Mrs. Emerson rushed between Capt Emerson and the assailant.
The final census report records Germany's population at 64,925,993 on December 1, 1910. An increase of 4,294,504 people since the 1905 census is noted.
A playful dialogue quotes Tom asking about reciprocity as a hug and kiss exchange with Mabel. Tom hesitates, saying he is not sure he is prepared to reciprocate that way. The snippet captures light flirtation and social manners in a casual exchange.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts a non superstitious friend with a sensible woman. The playful insinuation hints at belief and gullibility within a social exchange.
Mrs Lippincott endorses Resinol Soap in a local newspaper notice praising its skin cleansing power. The testimonial claims eruption relief and new skin formation after use, while Resinol Ointment is touted for eczema burns and various eruptions. Brand sold by druggists in opal jars at fifty cents and a dollar with free samples upon request.
Dialogue captures a public sanity moment where The Agent questions belief in advertising and The Merchant argues risk versus life value. The exchange frames commerce as vitality, preferring a quiet town with purpose over fame amid danger.
Nokomis Indiana artist Horace Taylor known for newspaper illustrations formed a band in Hod's Egypt district. The group, unnamed at first, became the Marine Hand of Nokomish Chicago Evening Post.
A frank speaker notes a woman named Miss Cayenne knows Europe well through reading guide books while others travel less and stay home. The comment highlights contrasts between book learning and actual travel experience.
A Bay State woman recounts severe indigestion and crippling headaches from childhood. After nearly failing health, she quit coffee and began using Postum. She reports rapid improvement within a month, with headaches and fatigue easing as digestion and strength returned, crediting the beverage change.
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