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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
2
Recounts fallen soldiers who wore the blue, resting beneath sods in memory of long-cherished days. Pays tribute to unknown graves with each rose and wave of memory, as loved ones remember brave lives and the banner they fought for remains.
On Memorial Day a child teeters on a screaming carriage flame as a runaway team rips through a street. Old Bill Braddock leaps from a window, steadies the horses, and saves the child from grave danger, taking blows but earning gratitude and a crisp gift in his apron.
In a village tale of old Bill Braddock a wounded past drives him toward a final act of courage. After years of war memory and drinking he finds peace in a cemetery, where a wreath and a child reveal the steadfast valor that saved a life. The General and his daughter witness a quiet, redemptive end as bells mark Memorial Day.
The entry notes enlisted men wore a dark blue flannel sack coat for fatigue dress, extending halfway down the body as specified in wartime uniform regulations. It emphasizes the blouse as the standard fatigue outerwear for service members.
A disjointed reminiscence follows Bill Braddock as he battles drink and memory after a near death incident. He recalls a general’s daughter saved before a memorial, vows a day of sobriety, and departs in a Grand Army uniform with a wreath, seeking at Belleview a personal renewal. The fragment hints at Civil War era nostalgia and military attire details.
A reflective note celebrates Army nurses who cared for the wounded, suggesting their selfless work surpasses sainthood and highlighting friendship as a universal, life sustaining virtue in wartime service. Cicero is quoted to frame military nursing as exemplary civic virtue.
Department of Labor Bulletin No. 39 compiles wholesale price trends for cattle beef and mutton from 1890 to 1901. It notes record lows and highs, with detailed per hundred pounds and per pound figures, highlighting fluctuations tied to farm product prices and differing trends across cattle beef and sheep markets.
A 40 foot shaft in Arlington cemetery's Spanish American War section honors fallen soldiers who fought for the flag and humanity in the tropics. Unveiled in a ceremony, the marble shaft features a cannon ball with In God We Trust, an American eagle, war arrows, and laurel. The National Society of Colonial Dames organized the memorial's dedication.
The McKinley Memorial Ohio College in Washington will become a premier higher education center. President Roosevelt recently endorsed the project linking it to the American University, with programs in political science international law civics diplomacy municipal government and related fields.
Ray Croffeth of Troy Montana was killed and Bridge Foreman Collins was badly injured in a work train wreck on the Jea nings branch of the Great Northern. J R Brown keeper of the Point Bonita lighthouse in Sausalito near San Francisco died of pneumonia at age 70 after years of service. 700 of 1000 Chicago wagon workers in four express firms formed a labor union despite employer protests.
Agricultural Department crop report shows rains aiding corn planting in central valleys, with favorable conditions in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska while Iowa lags due to rain. Winter wheat mostly unchanged with pockets of improvement in Missouri and Nebraska. Frosts impact New England and middle Atlantic states. cotton and fruit outlook mixed. grass improving in upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys.
Secretary Root changes the criminal procedure law to let Cuba’s Supreme Court review all questions of fact law and procedure and to award neutral or dismiss proceedings. Estes G Rathbone’s attorneys seek a new trial with nine witnesses including four army officers and records from the Post Office Department. Governor General Wood ordered the Supreme Court to act and Rathbone’s lawyer filed for retrial promptly.
Impressive ceremonies marked the reinterment of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans at Arlington Cemetery in a plot of national memory. The body, brought from Los Angeles after vault confinement, lay presided over by a draped caisson with full general honors as engineers, Marines, and cavalry troops formed the escort. The Arlington Hotel cortege, under escort, moved to the cemetery for exercises conducted by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, with the President and cabinet in attendance and Speaker Henderson presiding.
In Far and Near a Santa Fe ice house in Argentine Khan was nearly destroyed with damage around 40000 dollars. The comptroller of the currency approved organizing the Tooth-Lemon National Bank of St Joseph Missouri with 200000 capital. Rumor says Missouri Pacific railroad shops in Kansas City Kansas may move to Topeka due to heavy county taxes.
A Budapest desk reports a failed assassination attempt on Emperor Francis Joseph. A bomb hidden in his compartment was found ten minutes before the night train from Vienna to Budapest reached its terminus. The long reign of Franz Josef, spanning fifty eight years, faced many crises, yet this dynamite attack did not succeed.
A Swiss steamboat dock bombing legacy cites the four year old Empress Elizabeth murder by an Italian assassin who confessed to anarchism and remains in solitary confinement. His son Rudolph died after a quarrel in a gambling den, the Baroness Vetcert involved, while Maximilian of Mexico, brother to the killer, faced further tragedy and loss as political turmoil swelled.
All in the mine dead after the Fraterville explosion in Coal Creek Tennessee. Between 175 and 225 miners perished with no rescues besides possibly one survivor blown from the pit. Wives, mothers, and families faced utter despair as gas and collapsing walls sealed the fate of those below.
Rail progress in 1902 shows faster passenger service as New York Central and Lake Shore trim six hours Chicago to New York and Chicago and Northwestern cuts Missouri River to Chicago to eleven hours. A double track and block signals enable a near mile a minute pace, making the transmissouri run the fastest of its kind in the United States.
Mexico Missouri will offer free mail delivery after July. The British House of Commons approved the finance bill on its second reading by 224 to 134. Kentucky has 38 building and loan associations with assets over one billion dollars. An oil strike occurred near Waters Station, a few miles from Austin Texas, at a shallow depth of ninety feet.
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