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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1902
Page
5
An officer and a lieutenant gamble on calling shots at a rifle range. The lieutenant claims twenty straight calls, each shot judged before markers. After several misses and hits, the colonel stops the game, awarding the lieutenant a box of cigars for winning the bet.
A major Wagner memorial is planned in Berlin to be one of the finest monuments. It will stand in an open site visible from all sides in Thiergartenstrasse. From sixty one competitors, ten remain for the honor of Narit. They are Herter, Huner, Freese, Metzner, Eberldin, Jr., Rank, Hosau s, Dammgnn, rd Hidding.
A New York message describes John Carroll's unwillingness to commit himself at a Democratic club. Croker's lieutenant stood at a Fifth Avenue window when a member asked about the day. He replied Is it and walked away.
A famous hotel head pastry cook shares a pumpkin pie recipe promising no upper crust. It details stewing pumpkin, straining, spices, butter, eggs, milk, and ginger, with directions to bake in a moderate oven and prepare filling for two pies.
A long reflective piece argues that successful teaching rests on gentleness, patience, and cheerful discipline. It emphasizes meaningful tasks, real goals, and visible student growth, urging teachers to plan long term, engage with children’s lives, and avoid fear as a method. It links education to natural order and connected study across subjects, urging teachers to inspire rather than coerce students.
In this introductory note the writer explains that future columns will address diverse topics on improving public schools. It urges teachers and readers to engage with practical and ideal ideas, some with humor, to advance thinking and reform in education.
An autobiographical vignette describing a prospective student’s transparent struggle for admission at Hampton Institute. After food deprivation, cleaning chores, and repeated efforts to prove worth, the narrator earns a chance as the head teacher observes progress and finally approves. Mentions Booker T. Washington and “Up From Slavery” with fragmented references to dog relay tests and height trends.
The text cites census figures for London New York Paris Berlin and Vienna with London at 460,600 and New York at 3,500,000. It argues whether London or New York should improve streets and enforce building laws as cities expand, noting Berlin employs many and Vienna exceeds New York in park area and size among continental cities except Paris.
Residents report a strange lake formation with water pools between lofty mounds. Alleged underwater currents reveal submerged wreckage in Wettern and Boden Ses. Timber and vegetation not native to the area reportedly surface, while locals and peasants fear a supernatural spectacle observed for miles. Military apparitions and distant ships are said to rise from the lake for hours, fueling awe and superstition.
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