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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
6
Government charges that packing firms through their representatives held meetings to fix meat prices and set penalties for violators, with alleged blacklisting of delinquent retailers. The suit seeks a temporary injunction. assurances of coordinated actions by defendants mirror prior admissions by the packers.
The bill names six packers and twenty four officers alleging price fixing and conspiracies with railroads to control cattle markets and raise meat prices. It charges violations of the Sherman anti trust law of 1890 and seeks injunctions to halt continued operations. The firms include firms from Illinois New York and other states with leaders cited.
The House defeated an amendment proposing New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma join as a single state. the bill passed without division after the opposition collapsed. An Indiana member’s amendment to add New York and Arizona as Montesumea was defeated 28 to 106, ending further resistance.
Thomas Nast the famed caricaturist from Morristown New Jersey is appointed consul general at Guayaquil Ecuador by the President. A Bavarian by birth he came to America at six and grew to become a leading political cartoonist shaping public opinion through Harper's Weekly and other works.
All Around the Globe notes food scarcity in Rampart Alaska. Oklahoma cattlemen protest hunters scaring cattle causing cows to run to death. Mention of William R.B. Hearst and possible presidency chatter. Rear Admiral W represent embassy at coronation of a king. Cowles 3 tents 080 wardson as ge (OCR fragment).
Queen Maria Christina ends her 16 year regency in Madrid. She signs two decrees appointing the Golden Fleece to the Duke of Cumberland and fixing the throne day for her son Alfonso XII. Premier Sagasta praises her fortitude as ministers bid farewell in the palace.
The article explains Portland cement manufacture in Michigan, detailing raw materials such as limestone marl shale and fuel and the wet and dry processes in rotary kilns. It notes Dundee and Traverse group limestones, Alpena and Wyandotte plants, and a growing industry with ten plants by 1901 plus six more planned, capacity around 2.4 million barrels annually and total investment near $25 million. It also covers the Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedication in Indianapolis with speakers John W Foster and James Whitcomb Riley, architecture, and inscriptions.
In Acts sil, 43 02, memory verses recount Paul and Barnabas' voyage to Pamphylia, Perga and Antioch. The narrative covers Mark's withdrawal, the split of Paul and Barnabas, and the shift from Jewish to Gentile reception. It situates the Antioch mission as the start of Asia Minor evangelization across Galatia Asia Lycia and Pamphylia with Rome’s provinces, amid diverse peoples and religions. The text notes enduring Christian growth despite opposition and imagines Asia Minor’s future potential. Next lesson Paul at Lystra. Acts siv 8 19.
The federal government plans a wholesale lottery with homesteads as prizes. About 300,000 acres of Rosebud Indian land in South Dakota were purchased by act of Congress for settlement. Secretary Hitchcock will open the land after survey and division into homesteads, with prize conditions to be announced.
Lake Shore and New York Central officials reported record runs between Buffalo and Cleveland with the distance covered in 180 minutes. A Springfield Pa to Kingsville Ohio run of fifteen miles completed in eleven and a half minutes. From Ashtabula to Cleveland, fifty four miles, the trip took fifty three minutes.
A brief report notes a fire at a Terrell lumber yard in Texas, resulting in about $13,000 in damage with partial coverage noted. The Army Relief Society elected Mrs Daniel B Lamont as president. The Carnegie library cornerstone in Houston valued at $50,000 was laid with Daniel G Reid of Cardiff, Wales, present at a Chicago auction.
A Philadelphia Press quip ponders why the first woman was called Eve suggesting it marks that Adam had his day and that it was over when she arrived. The remark frames a playful refrain on origins and gender in a light humorous tone.
A Philadelphia Bulletin inquiry notes the joking saying why money is called filthy lucre. It cites a line suggesting many dirty tasks are done to earn cash and reflects on public attitudes toward wealth in street slang.
In a brief Ohio State Journal item Miss Passe declares she is 19 and Mr Blunt responds with a confident doubt. The exchange ends with a dignified silence reflecting social amusement.
A proposal to establish a Tidleccton telephone service across three towns moves forward with a municipal push. Officials see potential for improved communication, pricing clarity, and wider access, though details on funding and governance remain unsettled.
A grim Victorian aside quotes a child’s cry about hunger and punishment. Bertie asks if one so starved may reach heaven, reflecting on child hunger, memory of a tale from London Tit-Bits. The line captures social cruelty and stark innocence in a brief vignette.
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