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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
9
The Office of City Clerk announces a municipal election in Grand Rapids Wood County Wisconsin on April 1 1902. Voters in seven wards will choose officers with candidate names certified to this office, listed opposite each office by party or designation.
Voters receive a ballot with two ballot clerk initials, vote in a booth, and may get guidance on marking but not on whom to vote. A crossmark under party designation counts all candidates of that party unless erased. for mixed-party votes, mark each desired candidate. If a candidate is not listed, insert the name in the blank space. Ballots are to be folded and shown, then placed in the ballot box. clerks may assist voters with disabilities as needed.
A writer mocks Mr W T Stead for suggesting that Americans seize Turkey with a gunboat to civilize its people. The piece ridicules his plan and contrasts it with use of Christianizing Philippine efforts, noting various powers’ mistaken belief they control Turkey’s fate. The tone satirical and critical of imperial intervention.
Daily bus service advertised with reduced fares to many western points. The notice lists locations and dates, naming agents and contact points for booking tickets. It mentions second-class juttlers and a call to purchase cheap settlers tickets, with travel details and telephone numbers for inquiries.
Notice announces a special election in Grand Rapids Wisconsin on April 1 1902 to decide bonding for purchasing waterworks pipes from Centralia Water Company. Ordinance No 83 proposes bonds of 2000 dollars each up to 10000 dollars total with installments due January and July. Ballots will read For ratification of Ordinance or Against ratification. Polls open six a.m. to five p.m. at ward locations citywide.
A new device using an elevated wire and coherer reacts to electrical disturbances to trigger bells and pencil marks. An antenna forty feet high detects storms from over sixty miles, promising hail storm signaling valued by line-prowers, despite prehistoric diction.
A new German shell fills powder charges with phosphorus producing a white thick smoke when it bursts. The smoke reveals the gunner's position even from afar and can obstruct the enemy's view, signaling a possible shift in future battle tactics.
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