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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1902
Page
4
A sweeping, disorderly report notes famine in India and cholera rise with outbreaks in Cairo and Venezuela. It cites political moves in New South Wales, diplomatic frictions over sugar and Cuba Paraguay ties, and clashes from Oklahoma to Sicily with casualties and arrests.
A long dispatch reports lightning fatalities near Kalispell and Ditton, stagecoach robbery in Nevada, a railroad yard tragedy in Montana, a saloon hold up in Treewater, and gang activity in Denver. It notes church appointments, railroad plans in Montana, and severe weather warnings across the region.
Clara Barton receives international honors after the seventh triennial Red Cross in Russia while questions rise about American recognition. She is described as a front line figure in disaster relief, praised by monarchs yet awaiting full homeland acknowledgment for her 72 useful years of service.
A F Parshall invents a green artificial slate blackboard praised for reducing eye strain. Public schools in Little Rock Arkansas adopt it first with major cities showing favorable reception from observers and experimenters.
The Irish Nationalists oppose the appointment of Lord Alverstone to the Rasai Commission for South Africa. Sir Richard Webster, elevated to the peerage after succeeding Lord Russell in 1900, became chief justice and queen's counsel at age 36, a record for that distinction. He is described as in the prime of his legal career.
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