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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
6
A roundup of Illinois events with a June meeting for the Egyptian Hustlers in Centra lia, new appointments including James C. Bell as president of the History Union at the University of Illinois, and Edward H Cook named coroner of McHenry County. Also noted are church dedications, obituaries, highway plans, and local civic updates across Sterling, Rockford, Oswego, Ottawa, Moline, and other communities.
House delays final action on Governor Smuts veto while a bipartisan bloc under Attorney General Brundage presses the gateway resolution to liberalize the amending clause. The measure would allow changes to three constitutional articles with a 35 percent vote of all ballots cast. The chamber also postponed the veto discussion to next Tuesday amid absences and calls for more study as hundreds of bills circulate in committees and lobbyists flood Springfield.
A fashion correspondent notes the spring fashion mix from the New York Times embracing long coats with square lines and heavy embroidery paired with simple silhouettes. Three piece suits, fur collars, and hats with drooping brims dominate, while felt and lace hats diversify the headwear for a season of adaptable, dressy outfits.
In a dramatic tale a wealthy uncle plots a harsh stipulation for his heir’s marriage. Stephen Harrington, presumed dead, returns and, aided by Barbara Endicott, outsmarts the will by publicly proving reform before claiming the estate. The plan unravels with a staged trial of love and loyalty.
Edward Kingsley, sixty nine, a night watchman at the Biflex Bumper company in North Chicago, was killed when struck by a switch engine while en route to work. Elsewhere, Dewitt and Logan county threshers sign contracts with farmers at Clinton offering 3 cents a bushel for oats and 6 cents for wheat, while central Illinois threshing contracts settle at 2 1/2 cents for oats and 5 cents for wheat.
Exchange invokes reflection on time ahead, asking what you do with your future now. The Boston Transcript quotes a line about looking forward and facing the coming twenty years with purpose, urging action rather than nostalgia.
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