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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
5
The piece shows Bret Harte critiquing representations of a Chinese card player named Ah Sin. It satirizes racial stereotypes and includes dated dialect and imagery of deceit with cards. The narrator recounts a game where Ah Sin’s skill incites anger about labor and prejudice.
English entomologists use a diverse kit on dusk field work including a lamp big white sheet and killing bottle. In Cambridge shire’s Wicken Fen a moth hunter sets poles arranges a trap and uses molasses rum lure to attract moths while a bright lamp traces them on the sheet.
In the early part of July the moth catcher waits for sunrise and then roams to catch a small geometer moth. It flies only from three to eight in the morning.
Marcons rival Prof Adolf Slaby heads the Technical High School at Charlottenburg and is a renowned German scientist. His work in wireless telegraphy earned him the Kaiser's esteem, and he and Marconi no longer speak when they pass each other.
A Philadelphia Times anecdote recalls Abraham Lincoln joking about his hay crop when neighbor Simpson asks how many tons were stored. The piece then shifts to a separate incident about a colored constable struck in the face with a brick, forcing retreat to a telephone to summon aid.
Boer leader Kruger stands firm against British dominion after a three hour conference in Utrecht with generals Botha De Wet and Delarey and other figures. The meeting drew large crowds and their return to The Hague sparked strong support for Kruger and hints of continued unity among Boer leaders.
Dr Chauncey B Forward president of Forward Reduction Company files for bankruptcy in Cleveland court. Debtor owes 478587 with 4225 assets. Company holds 800 shareholders, 8000000 acres across Texas Louisiana. creditors nationwide, claims 100 to 50000 dollars. Company to be reorganized with stock for creditors.
King Oscar approves new Swedish cabinet led by Erik Gustav Bostrom. Britain contemplates Morgan ship control for 50 years. Prussia adopts American baggage and postal systems. Korea seeks defense build up with Britain and Japan backing independence. Boer losses tally 3,700 killed or wounded and 32,000 taken prisoner. American envoy Lloyd Briscom and wife complete 1000 mile horseback tour in Persia to boost trade.
Harry de Windt and three companions started from Paris December 19 1901 aiming to prove a rail link could carry a Paris to New York journey. They endured extreme cold and starvation on a 2000 mile Yakutsk leg and a 1780 mile overland route across Siberia and Alaska before rescue near Cape Nome.
St Louis police chase three men over a Burlington Limited train robbery near Savannah Illinois on Aug 5. Irvin Chaffee says his brother George Chaffee confessed to the robbery and murder. George escaped after detectives shadow a house on Bates Street. Captain Fay Nyman commits suicide in Chicago. Two Detroit steamers planned for lake trade. Rev J H Coxe dies at Trenton Missouri at 69.
Great public interest along New England coast as a mimic naval battle begins. Commander Pillsbury leads the attacking fleet with Prairie Panther and Supply while Rear Admiral Higginson defends aboard the Kearsarge Massachusets Alabama plus cruisers Brooklyn Olympia and Montgomery and seven torpedo boats among others. The blue squadron surprises Rockport residents at night with a staged bombardment and red green rockets reveal the ruse before the defending fleet sorties to block entry between Chatham and Portland.
The Chicago inquest into Minnie Mitchell's death named Oscar Thompson John Claffey and Edward Counselman as principals or accessories. Four Mitchells failed to positively identify the body found in prairie weeds near Seventy fourth and State. Coroner's physician said the remains showed advanced decomposition and likely were not Miss Mitchell. The men were forwarded to the grand jury and William Bartholin was urged to be apprehended for trial.
Moroni Utah hosts two Gentile missionaries with no converts yet. Rev Jean E Ball of Lowell resigns to head Vashon College Washington. Archdeacon Bassett Nashville resigns to return to England. Rev E J Batty succeeds him. Baron de Hirsch School fund Galicia runs fifty schools 247 teachers 5634 pupils. Mrs Mary Rowe nearly 102 attends church. Francis Murphy temperance figure. James N Rogers in Salinas embraces Mohammedanism after study with Muslims. Rev Dr John N Kerr of Greek NT literature becomes secretary of the American Tract Society. Archbishop Ireland of St Paul criticizes in AP interview.
John T. Wilson leads the Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen of America and rejected hefty offers from Canadian Pacific Railroad. Earl Cadogan resigns as lord lieutenant of Ireland after 28 years. Joseph Choate, a Legal figure, nears presidential possibility in 1904. Rear Admiral Beresford to study US navy. Woodrow Wilson named Princeton president at age 45. Seyid Ali Sultan of Zanzibar studied at Harrow. General John C. Black seeks Commander in Chief of the Grand Army. Wa Ting Fang remains Chinese minister in Washington with Liang Cheng to succeed. Major General Samuel B. Young chosen to command US Army after Miles. Cumberland Gap incident: deputy sheriff kills Charles Vaughn during arrest. British army consumes large gold supply in South Africa war.
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