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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1901
Page
17
Cyril Graham courts Blanch while a Protestant heiress faces a strange inheritance trap. A Roman Catholic marriage condition tests Blanch’s resolve, and Cyril learns true love beats wealth. Jack meets Cyril as Blanch contemplates fate and happiness.
A woman rushed into a Harlem drug store with a empty quart bottle and a five cent piece requesting five cents worth of ozone. The pharmacist explained ozone is in the air and suggested benzoin, which the woman accepted to replace the mistaken order.
An old farmer worries his son returning from college may forget practical skills. He reveals a chop house behind the kitchen where the son must learn to handle the axe, noting about six cords of wood awaiting cutting.
California's state flower, the golden poppy, is the focus of a new book by a Stanford University professor. The work traces the flower's legend and significance in California lore.
A fragment notes advice on becoming close with a woman to gain her trust and have her confess her aches. The tone suggests guidance on intimate conversations and emotional disclosure within relationships. The sparse text implies a moral or social instruction context from an older publication.
On an uptown streetcar a sharp featured woman scolds a man in black for not giving up his seat to a lady. He explains an accident left him infirm and reliant on a cane as other passengers, including women, react with sympathy and scowls. The scene closes with an aside from a Kansas City expert on Brahmin religion.
An analysis by Dr Granville Macleod of South Chicago cites records from Cook County Hospital, railroad, iron and boiler works, grain elevators and coroners to support a theory that the period from the 20th to the 26th is especially dangerous. The hospital data show about 95 monthly injury cases with 65 during that period while coroner records indicate roughly 65 percent of deaths and investigations cluster in those dates. Saturdays and Mondays appear most affected, possibly due to work patterns and social factors.
A humorous vignette recalls street life before cable and electric cars. A heavy truck blocks a streetcar on Panine Street and a courteous exchange ensues as the motorman thanks the courteous driver. Nearby pigeons nest in Washington Bridge masonry, with fledglings and their parents occupying the stone crevices.
A London bird doctor specializes in avian diseases and minor surgery, treating canaries and parrots with delicate methods. Canaries, favored as drawing room pets, require careful handling and bring touching scenes of owners' tears and relief when birds recover.
In this brief item readers are shown a note on living costs in India where millions sustain families on about 60 cents weekly. The fragment hints at questions about fashion or attire, mentioning raglan coats and a rhetorical query.
Eight people die in a horrific collision on the Illinois Central Railroad near Perryville Illinois. The No 4 Omaha passenger train and a Chicago freight train collided on a curve in deep cold weather. Fire engulfed the wreck, preventing rescue as bodies and survivors faced exposure. Only three of the six in the smoker car escaped. others burned. Relief arrived two hours later at Irene three miles away where medical care was given.
Rain wind and melting snow cause widespread damage across New York Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia. Rivers rise flood streets damage bridges dams and rail lines. In Ithaca the flood tops last 187 with $500000 loss and a fatal train collision injures several near Middletown.
A long compendium of sentences from Buffalo News Toledo News Detroit Free Press Cleveland Plain Dealer Philadelphia Record St Paul Dispatch St Paul Globe Topeka Journal New York Evening Sun and others. The items lampoon politicians, royalty, industry and society with dated wit and clipped mockery across diverse locales and topics.
Indiana couple lose farm after a peculiar reward dispute. In January 1900 Marion Rutherford and William Miller saved Mrs Highley from a swollen creek after Highley promised $1000 for their rescue. When they demanded payment Highley refused, assigning his farm to his wife. A suit awarded the rescuers $1000 each. after mortgage and costs, the farm was sold and shares settled.
Marconi reports a successful wireless transmission of electrical signals across the Atlantic from Poldhu Cornwall to St Johns Newfoundland covering about 1700 miles. The letter S was sent at a set time and received as planned via a kite aerial system, with safeguards against errors.
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