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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
7
A Rhode Island man named Williams deserts his failed gold claim after a potential buyout offer from a neighbor. Facing sheriff actions and dwindling funds, he chooses to abandon the venture and return home to Philadelphia.
The Washington Post debunks tales of catching trout in cold Yellowstone streams and boiling them in nearby springs without removing the fish. It notes such stories lack foundation, explaining why a scoop net would be needed to extract a boiled trout and warning that the head would detach if pulled.
A claim that Yellowstone is the only place on earth where one can catch and cook a fish in a cam is presented as a curious assertion. The sentence mixes unlikely geography with a fishing activity described in an unusual setup.
A New York Tribune tale recounts George Ade defying peers who urged study, choosing cheap amusements and live wit over scholarly culture. Ade’s rise contrasts with Bennett and colleagues who pursued formal improvement, illustrating a comic fable about success, money, and personal philosophy.
Ozocerite a bees wax like resin occurs with rock salt and coal in Austria Russia Romania Egypt Algeria Canada and Mexico but profitable mining only in Borysky district Austrian Galicia and a Caspian Sea island. Shafts reach a nest of ozocerite then galleries are driven with dangers of sudden wax surge. Used to manufacture ceresin and wax candles phonographic cylinders and similar products.
Ss Henry Thompson publishes in The Lancet a statistical progress account showing cremations rising since 1885. By 1901 the practice expanded in England with Manchester, Liverpool, and Hull counts, and in the United States mass cremations occur in Fresh Pond San Francisco and Chicago. Paris reports 2,299 private cremations from 1899 to 1901.
May reports of an acceptance and consolation prize imply a prize event. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes the subject, with emphasis on the acceptance and implied prize outcome, though details are fragmented.
A courtroom exchange frames the harshest patients as those with nothing the matter with them. A judge quips that the girl learning to play the piano must be mighty tired, highlighting satirical tones about effort and vanity.
Washington is taken without gunfire as Grand Army of the Republic forces seize the city. A large crowd fills rail yards and streets on day two with thousands of veterans, weather clears by noon, and a grand review closes Civil War commemorations on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs Foraker plan receptions, with five thousand veterans attending a camp fire at Convention Hall. Gen Eli Torrance delivers the principal address as the Marine Band plays.
Vita Hines is described as a formidable personality standing six feet four inches tall in stocking feet. Born in Pennsylvania on April 18, 1846, he has been married twice and has six children.
A streetcar attempt to operate in New Orleans sparked a riot as a crowd with clubs surrounded the car from barns to the loop. Motorman Nints and Conductor Kennedy fought to control the vehicle amid mass arrests. Police backed by a large throng exchanged shots. many in the crowd fired revolvers while bluecoats finally cleared the scene.
Edward Bragg, consul general at Havana, is reassigned to Hong Kong replacing William Rublee. Rublee’s departure followed a public letter criticizing Cuban affairs, provoking local resentment among Cubans.
The confrontation in Senator Plitt’s New York office involved Gov Odell and P B Railroad President Baer amid coal strike tensions. Senator Penrose urged urgent settlement talks while Baer refused political interference and recognized the miners’ union, prompting Odell to affirm government authority.
Four armed masked highwaymen halted the Burlington & Quincy night express four miles west of Lincoln Nebraska before dawn. They blew open the Adams express car with dynamite and seized a leather bag of valuables, leaving other cars untouched. The haul’s value ranges up to $1000 or more, with the robbers seen as experienced. The engine crew complied as the bandits loaded loot into a buggy nearby.
The American Federation of Labor executive council issues an address to the public appealing for financial and moral aid for the striking anthracite miners and denounces the mine owners for the coal famine and resulting hardships, placing responsibility on them.
Dr Francis L Patton is unanimously elected president of Princeton Theological Seminary. Jen W Edson is named superintendent of public schools by the New York board of education. About 150 of 300 Naval Academy cadetship candidates failed on the first day. Harvard offers a three year A B degree starting 1905. Takahashi Gisaya of Tokyo tops Wesleyan law class with high marks. Poosimi McAmizen plans a fall large high school project in New York City including a miniature department store training girls for sales. Store managers favor these trained girls for employment.
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