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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
3
A New York Sun excerpt describes an anarchist plan for affordable single room apartments. A sample 20 by 10 foot unit showcases built in closet drawers a folding dining table wall shelves and a mirror closet wall unit. The concept aims for $15.4 monthly rent and future multi room designs for small means tenants.
The passage reflects on Rosa Bonheur and George Sand sharing a tranquil, naive charm. It recalls Sand’s expressive eyes and Bonheur’s humane bond with animals, noting her practice differed from other painters by granting freedom to her subjects rather than studying behind bars.
A parlor dialogue jokes about deformities sparking a flirtatious exchange while a Chicago Record-Herald piece mocks confident know-it-alls. A commuter grouses about an overconfident man, and a cousin’s visit fuels a tale of prideful certainty versus proof.
King Edward opened Parliament with full ceremony as in February last. The King and Queen Alexandra sat on the throne with the Prince and Princess of Wales nearby. The speech from the throne praised the Prince and Princess, noted ongoing South African operations, colonial contingents arriving from Canada Australia and New Zealand, and cautioned on the sugar conference and a US treaty for a canal project. Opposition attacks followed in both houses, drawing responses from Premier Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain.
Missouri collection notes Sampson of Sedalia donating a 7 000-title library to the Missouri Historical Society. The set covers Missouri history amassed over thirty three years and reflects local theater lore and anecdotes.
A New York dispatch reports multimillionaire John D. Rockefeller appears thinner and sicker after shaving his mustache. His hair is thinning toward baldness, and fatigue marks him as he works long days at his Pocantico Hills estate seeking strength. He ends days with crackers and skim milk at a blood heat temperature, a drastic change near collapse.
Railroads struggle to supply coal as shortage of cars and motive power hits demand nationwide. New York and big cities face potential coal famine with supplies lower than the previous year, amid disrupted anthracite shipments.
Captain Francis A. Schoeffel of Rochester, a West Point alumnus, was among seven American soldiers killed or wounded when Company E of the Ninth Regiment was ambushed by bolomen in the Philippines. The Ninth has borne the brunt of fighting there for some time, with Schoeffel noted as a brave officer.
Upper-class Captain Schoeffel, one of the first to scale San Juan hill, fought at Pekin where he was headshot during the charge that killed Col. Liscum. Son of a noted Rochester Civil War veteran, he drew praise for five of his comrades falling before him in a single day.
General J Franklin Bell orders renewed reconcentration and martial law in Batangas Province to crush the insurrection. The plan, citing a Civil War general order, targets insurgents and those aiding them while allowing confiscation of property and punishment of spies and traitors as measures to restore peace.
A garbled 19th century style jumble mentions Captain Glark and a coronation, Britain’s capture of a strategic spot, Rye as dangerous, a Cuban claim about the Maine, Whitelaw Reid for royal duties, Tom Reed for Czars, a steel trust forming, Russell Sage’s memory lapse, a New Haven youth’s death from old football injuries, Monte Carlo gambling denials, Kentuckians distinguishing Uncle Tom from grand opera, spirits of rye and speculations about King Edward, and a wartime outlook with signs of insight amid confusion.
Advices from Col. J. B. Shaler report three insurgent and two government ships sunk in Panama harbor battle that began at dawn. Rebels Padilla Darien and Gaitan clashed with Lautaro Chicuito and Boynenu, aided by the U S Philadelphia cruiser nearby. Panama's governor reported killed.
Ex Senator Charles A Towne plans to enter Wall Street with A Towne & Co bankers and brokers, aiming to occupy offices on Wall Street and acquire two seats in the New York Stock Exchange. Towne, once a critic of the money power, has since practiced law and built several companies into a Fortune.
Nearly 1,000 United Mine Workers attend the thirteenth annual convention at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis. Delegates from 24 states represent every coal field. Guest Ben Tillett, a British labor leader, speaks for President Mitchell. The convention runs until a joint conference with operators from Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Indiana, expected to last about ten days.
Eleven inmates escaped the United States penitentiary on McNeil's Island Washington in a bold Sunday break. A tunnel under cell No 10 connected to a air chamber beneath the floor then to the boiler room where an iron grate hid the exit. Guards nearby and timber growth offered temporary cover as the fugitives fled across the yard.
December 1901 postal receipts at fifty principal offices rise 14.5 percent from December 1900, totaling 5,137,310. Chicago leads with 22.8 percent increase to 783,904, followed by New York at 16.7 percent and Philadelphia at 14.9 percent.
Secretary Gage issues two Treasury Department orders pressuring clerks to pay debts and perform duties faithfully. The piece notes the garnishment prohibition for federal employees, calls out collectors, and mentions ongoing rat problems at the White House prompting a new Executive Mansion plan. It also covers Navy expansion, coffee imports, irrigation proposals, and Interior Department actions affecting Indian dress and ceremonies.
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