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The Advertiser has opened its archives to see what was making the news this week 25, 50 and 100 years ago. 25 years ago – May 28, 1999 ABOVE: Newark’s award-winning NSK-RHP Ransome Brass Band is globe-trotting again. Two years after playing in Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of parent company NSK, the band jets off to the Us take part in the prestigious Glenn Miller Festival. The band has been invited to perform two concerts at the festival, held in the bandleader’s home town of Clarinda, Iowa. • Evidence that a large wild cat could be roaming the countryside around Newark was growing as tw…

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