New Battleships for Chile Highlight Global News
Reports note Chile orders two battleships showing a stiff stance abroad. Other items report Ma’s defeat by rebels and Gen Pa gaining a chance amid international shifts.
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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
Reports note Chile orders two battleships showing a stiff stance abroad. Other items report Ma’s defeat by rebels and Gen Pa gaining a chance amid international shifts.
A Kansas man argues Eve was tempted by a man not a serpent as a scandal anew surfaces. A Brooklyn minister seeks to set himself apart by cutting his salary from 10000 to 8000 a year. Chile’s government, though authorized to do 60, will not issue more paper money now. Is the printing press broken?
After years of steady public service a Tennessee judge declines renomination. Observers note the decision follows forty years in office and question whether health or habit drives the move.
J Pierpont Morgan notes that 3 000 000 dollars seems small to him and he can obtain far more at will. The Samar island successor to Gen Lukban has surrendered after hearing reports about American rations. Washington society women find their Paris gowns identical and plan to seek other suppliers. Riots rage in China as courts fail to curb tax collectors and civilization lags.
A 10 year old caddie sues a New York minister for 5000 dollars claiming the minister struck him on the head with a golf ball on last summer's links. The piece notes the minister should show restraint and comments on retrenchment and Western individuality.
Sumner county notes rain sufficient for now as wheat stands in loblolly and farmers wade through acres taking inventory of their crop.
An expert computes US daily, weekly and monthly print runs totaling 4,337,108,000 copies with 865,466,000 dailies 1,208,190,000 weeklies and 262,452,000 monthlies and equates print matter to 2,000,000,000 average novels.
Historical discussion of early balloon landing methods detailing drag cables, anchors, and gas release devices. It traces primitive uses of anchors and lines, the evolution to drag cables, and the safety concerns that shaped later techniques for controlled landings and passenger protection.
A Weather Bureau Chief argues that instrumental data are limited to 300 years and human impact on climate is inconclusive. He notes three cold periods in the South Atlantic over 50 years and concludes statistics show no progressive regional climate change.
The German officer Lieut Thieme received two and a quarter years in a fortress for killing a student in a duel. The “Fes tungs arrest” is described as a pleasant form of confinement with barrack life, promenades, and a servant, in fortresses like Konigstein or Ehrenbreitstein. Often about five seventh s of the term is remitted, allowing a quick return to duty in a new garrison.
Miss Nicholson and Miss Van Horn host a house party where Miss Nicholson entertains Brewster Barringer. A past romance with Barringer unfolds as the group teases his interest in a socialite, who recalls a former fiancé and a congressman topic. Barringer declares his love amidst playful banter and dinner plans.
Ex-Senator Edward O. Wolcott and his brother built a Georgetown law and real estate office. With law work scarce the elder Wolcott moved to a mining camp carrying the sign Ed Wolcott & Bro on a donkey. A miner asked who among them was Ed, sparking humorous doubt.
Col M H Welsh of Lancaster arrives in Steelton Pa to secure a license for a circus performance. He asks a burly Virginian worker where the Burgess is, but the man warns him away and jokes about black people and a prior engagement to Mary Elizabeth Burgess.
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