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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
15
Artemas Jean Haynes recalls a confrontation with reform leaders amid a bitter night of doubt and faith. The Easter bells ring as a challenge, then affirm “Christ is alive,” contrasting reason and faith and ending with a dramatic celestial reassurance.
Mark Staunton, now successful and wealthy, encounters Katharine Anson, his old love, by chance at a country house visit after ten silent years. The meeting stirs past memories and unsettled feelings as Katharine arrives with a new husband’s friend Mrs. Warner, reshaping Mark’s Easter reveries into a tense domestic reminder.
A gallery owned by J. D. Constable on the corner of Sophie and Sellar streets was burned. The narrative follows Katharine and Mark as their past friendship rekindles into love during church Easter scenes, amid Ellen’s scheming to push them together. Mark announces a European departure but confesses his love as Katharine’s covert feelings surface, ending with a moment of happiness. The piece also notes political snippets about the House voting against a bill with Republicans opposing amendments.
Easter Monday clipping the church involved charity school children forming a long hand to surround the church then marching to another church for the same ceremony. Christ Hospital boys on Easter Tuesday visit the Mansion House for Easter Bobs, receiving a sovereign and lemonade after a procession through the city streets. The local option of sherry was abolished.
A brief exchange shows a teacher testing a spelling riddle with Elsie. The puzzled child responds with a literal list of items left to wash, including dishes, revealing the playful, everyday tone of the era.
In a 42 to 31 vote the Senate passed the ship subsidy bill with key changes. Six Republican Senators from Wisconsin Iowa and Vermont joined Democrats in opposition. An amendment by Hanna blocks foreign built ships from subsidy and a potential repeal path is opened by Spooner. The measure faces House doubt and unclear treasury costs. Methuen freed by Delarey in South Africa. Brodrick announces release with favorable condition, exchange not contemplated.
Governor Murphy urged Congress to admit Arizona as a state, arguing it is ready for self-government. He praised Arizona’s schools, literacy, growing population, and wealth, asserting strong citizenship and financial capability to sustain a sovereign state. He warned Congress cannot delay statehood for three territories as public sentiment rises.
A brief note reports the Russian Czar is to visit Vienna prompting local curiosity. A separate item says the Countess of Warwick fell from her horse in Essex and sustained bad bruises. Ralph Ingalls, son of the late Senator John J. Ingalls, seeks the post of assistant attorney general in the Philippines. Gotfried Miller, a young farmer near Woodbine Kansas, died after a horse incident with barbed wire.
The death at Pass Christian Mississippi of Col Francis W Parker director of the School of Education at the University of Chicago follows a long career in pedagogy. A Civil War veteran Parker introduced reforms removing textbooks from early grades and taught by demonstration. He led Quincy schools Boston Cook County Normal Chicago Institute and was last head of the University of Chicago School of Education. His books on pedagogy are highly valued.
A five story brick Ran dall Mattress Co building at 201-205 Superior Street Viaduct burned. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars, partly insured. Foreman Philip Stopel leaped from a third floor window, breaking a leg and sustaining other injuries.
The Prince of Wales turned the first sod of the Avonmouth dock in Gloucestershire where two million pounds is to be spent. The project aims to restore a portion of American traffic previously handled by the Bristol port.
The sale of the St. Petersburg Wiedo m Mosts on the streets has been forbidden for three months due to the paper's editorials. The ban coincides with the forty first anniversary of the emancipation of the serfs and criticizes recent reactionary measures.
The article outlines a worldwide surge in smallpox, with the United States and England adopting strict controls. It notes closures of schools and theaters, widespread vaccination efforts, and high vaccination costs in London. Philadelphia and Boston face outbreaks, while insurance against death rises. Historical precedents compare vaccination practices and outcomes in Europe and wartime.
Greater New York weighs a movable platform to ease rush hour crowding at Brooklyn Bridge terminals. Lindenthal envisions a main platform at ten mph with three feeder tracks looping at each end, seats for riders, and fifteen second boarding times, but at high cost. The plan garners mixed approval from engineers and citizens. Also, Transvaal mines report February gold output of 81,405 ounces.
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