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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
3
A discussion traces bachelor predominance after the 1900 census, arguing women’s conduct influences marriage rates. It cites social roles, fashioning men as various types, and notes women’s inertia may curb conventional pressures to wed. Other items advise needlework, reading, and prudent household budgeting.
A thrifty girl crafts neck stocks from odds and ends of silk and trim, showing several black and white and polka dot options. The piece also outlines daily hygiene, bathing, and cold plunge tips for women, citing gains in health and appearance, with notes from the Pittsburg Dispatch on reflex reactions to cold baths.
Spring and summer gowns will use broad collars in lace, new or oriental embroidery. Collars are square and formed from white or color empros, with linen or lawn not used. Pique also appears in collars, some with coarse lace appliques.
Widespread freshets from heavy rain and melting snow paralyze industry and transport in the Middle Atlantic and New England. Paterson and Passaic suffer multi million dollar damage while 30 lives are lost. Pennsylvania and New York report extensive flooding, factory drownings, and tens of thousands left unemployed.
Hiram Cronk of Dunn Brook Oneida County New York age 108 the last survivor of the war of 1812 has won a favorable pension bill. Cronk born April 29 1800 comes from a long line of military ancestors including service in the French and Indian and Revolutionary eras. The pension board notes 1527 widows remain but most husbands were older veterans.
The article notes the Prince Henry itinerary disrupted by floods along the Mohawk and Hudson rivers. The Empire State Express and Montreal Express were stranded near Castleton with passengers evacuated by boat. A meat dealer named Barrett drowned near Kingston as water covered tracks. Roosevelt plans trout fishing in Garrett County Maryland in April.
Britain suffers a major reverse as Gen. Methuen with 1100 men is defeated by Boer General Delarey near Mafeking. Methuen wounded and captured. three officers and 38 men killed, 72 wounded, 200 missing. Paris and forces split. guns captured. British defense falls. Dispatch read in House of Commons confirms the loss and notes delayed relief of Kimberley.
The U S Supreme Court held the Illinois anti trust statute unconstitutional due to its exemption for agricultural products and livestock. In Connelly v Union Sewer Pipe Co of Ohio Justice Harlan delivered the decision, first upholding Judge Kohlsaat's January 1900 ruling that the exemption taints the entire act, voiding the 1893 statute.
Notes of Current Events report an influenza epidemic in London and a search of Greenville Mississippi for a $100000 claim. A snow slide in Fishers Colorado killed 18 year old Richard Hovey. Miss Stone’s capture by brigands is discussed and Turkey denies kidnapping liability. Chicago broker William G Wasmansdorf is insolvent owing $92000. St Joseph Missouri attorney George Clabber died by suicide.
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