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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1902
Page
6
A French tale translated for the Argonaut recounts a man who, isolated by distance, hears via telephone the murder of his wife and child. He cannot reach them or stop the crime, as modern science weaponizes communication to amplify his torment.
The last visit of the tsar to France is recalled in papers. He once rode incognito to Loubet's house, peeked at passersby, and a street boy, recognizing him, cheerfully greeted him asking about the empress. The tsar said she was well and enjoyed the trip, noting he alone felt embarrassment.
A courteous sales approach backfires as a woman protests being told a shoe pinches her foot. The exchange ends with the customer leaving and the salesman losing his job, illustrating the tension between service and assertive marketing. A second note jokes that a man will lie for his interests, even to claim black is white.
Long flood wave across Middle Atlantic and New England states leaves thirty dead and tens of thousands displaced. Mills flooded, railroads and power lines cut, Paterson and Passaic suffer heavy losses, New York towns endure record highs, and Pennsylvanian districts report major property damage and mass layoffs.
Hiram Cronk of Dunn Brook Oneida County New York the last survivor of the War of 1812 has won favorable action from the congressional committee on pensions for an increased pension. Cronk born April 20 1800 near Frankfort Herkimer County is 108 and remains the sole living veteran on the muster rolls. His lineage traces back to French and Indian War ancestors and Revolutionary War forebears including Kasper Cronkhiten and James Cronkhuen.
Report describes Henry’s route revealing Central Railroad disruption along the Mohawk and Hudson rivers with trains like Empire State Express and Montreal Express stranded near Castleton Albany area. Passengers rescued by boat as Hudson overflow flooded tracks. A Kingston meat dealer Barrett drowned before his family. Roosevelt plans a trout fishing visit in April in Garrett County Maryland. Cronk family notes mention Civil War loss, long guardianship, and a 74 year old daughter.
The Sunday School temperance lesson from Eph 5 11 21 emphasizes living a high fellowship avoiding sin. The article cites Dr James Bo Dunn figures showing annual losses from alcohol including waste of grain labor and cost to state and local governments, totaling over two billion dollars, plus lost lives and misdirected work, with revenues from liquor offsetting some public costs.
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