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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1902
Page
6
Margot, a wealthy English heiress, travels with a chaperon and endures relentless suitors due to her inherited fortune. In Judson, America, a silent, wealthy man named John Drayton intrigues her as rumors swirl, tests of trust emerge, and their wary attraction grows amid public scrutiny.
In a confession-like snippet the narrator recalls an affair with a young, unmarried millionaire. They meet by chance over a dropped book, bond through shared tastes and sorrow of wealth, and believe in mutual affection. He loves her genuinely while money alters motives, yet they find happiness despite riches.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report describes silver coins turning black in Beaumont Texas oil areas due to gas exposure. A Beaumont observer notes shiny dollars are rare and all long in the belt show oxidation, with a man proving the effect by placing a fresh dollar in his pocket near wells.
Northern men led by Robert C. Ogden convened the fifth annual Conference for Education in the South at Athens Georgia to aid Southern schooling. Attendees included Rev Dr David H Greer and Dr Albert Shaw among other educators and wealth individuals. The group notes Census gaps show the South bears 35 percent of school pupils while receiving only 4.64 percent of expenditures. Alabama spends 3 cents per capita for schools and North Carolina 51 cents with 22 days average attendance. The conference pledges to raise 40000 dollars yearly for literacy efforts.
The Malay and Philippine fishers use a 20 to 60 foot raft with a rear dwelling, middle cooking setup, and a forward drop net system. Two crosswise bamboos and a bagnet form a large sinking net that, when raised by a windlass, traps fish at the water edge, allowing a haul of up to 1,000 pounds in a single cast per New York Mail and Express description.
A Duluth News Tribune item recalls a little girl on East 2d Street who smiles for the camera. When asked what she wore on her face for the portrait she first hesitates then reveals it was simply a smile, not powder or a veil.
A concise social sentiment notes that pay equity remains necessary for women workers. It argues earnings should reflect effort and contribution, condemning undervaluation of female labor in the workplace. The remark underscores ongoing wage fairness concerns.
One hundred nine miners were killed by an explosion in Fernie British Columbia in Nos 2 and 3 shafts on Coal Creek. Twenty four escaped with injuries as fire damp caused a pair of blasts. Officials say No 2 was the more dangerous section though recent safety upgrades had added air supply.
Government crop bulletin reports favorable conditions nationwide with wheat and corn prospering, cotton strong, and winter wheat improving in Nebraska Kansas Indiana Michigan Wisconsin Missouri. Rain relief eases drought in Ohio valley, though Tennessee and Florida areas need more rain. Pacific coast weather improves after early cold spell, but California shows drying winds and Oregon weediness. Maryland to New York orchards damaged by storms. tobacco transplanting aided by recent rains.
Devastating flood in Decorah Iowa after a cloudburst sent Dry Rock creek into a twelve to fifteen foot wall of water. Three people died including John Garver and a child of Mrs Charles Clark. Forty miles of railroad were washed away and the town cut off from outside communication. Numerous homes and structures were destroyed leaving many homeless and desolate.
Fifty carloads of threshing machines left Kansas City for the plains states of Kansas Nebraska and North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt has presented Harvard Union Library with a full set of his works. New York police move against pool rooms. Cook County Sheriff seeks the Republican nomination for Chicago mayor. Former Buffalo treasurer Philip Gerst indicted for defalcations pleads guilty and pays $1,000, then released. Hazen Apple Orchard near Hiawatha destroyed by canker worms, threatening total loss of trees.
The Aurora Elgin and Chicago electric line aims to run trains at seventy five to ten miles an hour, with service opening in late June. The Aurora to West Fifty Second Street leg will take about forty five minutes, plus twenty five minutes on the Metropolitan Elevated to the loop, totaling about one hour ten minutes to downtown Chicago. General Electric guarantees seventy miles per hour and plans a future one mile per hour test with new motor cars. The line is hailed as the best built electric road by experts.
A military balloon near Augsburg Bavaria was struck by lightning at about 500 meters. Lieut Von Hiller occupied the basket and was telephoning observations to ground troops when the balloon burst and fell. He escaped with broken bones in both feet. Gen James H Coates, a Civil War veteran, died in St Louis.
President Palma's first message to the Cuban Senate thanks the Almighty for independence and calls for a stable government. He lauds Cuban perseverance and U S recognition, urges agricultural development, sugar and tobacco growth, education expansion, and railway investment. He notes pending reciprocity and aims to improve sugar tariffs, while seeking friendly Cuban U S relations and national concord.
Daniel Hill a Morris, Illinois born real estate owner and partner at George Tl Phillips Co on the Chicago Board of Trade was shot six times while in bed at 707 Monroe Street Chicago. Three bullets struck him behind the left ear nose and right arm as three men burst into the room waking his wife who cried for help and the intruders fled before police arrived
Tynan notes Alton March earnings of 241 145 dollars. Several railways announce new services and concessions including electric lights on dining cars for Lake Shore. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul adds tourist sleepers Chicago to St Paul. Santa Fe increases wages. Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie forms in Ohio to build Cottage Grove to Cincinnati. Oregon and Southeastern Railway incorporated with 1 million capital for Oregon line. Wabash Continental Limited cuts two minutes between Decatur and St Louis. St Louis and Kansas City offer cheap summer rates to resorts. Lake Shore trains to receive Booklovers library books for exchange or home loan.
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