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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1908

Page

5

A Debt of Honor to Open Next Friday in Bessemer

Local notices promote the four act comedy A Debt of Honor to be presented at the Bessemer opera house next Friday evening by the Bessemer Dramatic Club. Proceeds support wholesome entertainment as part of a season of plays for the community.

Bessemer Opera House Le'd Wakefield Watson Kari Olson Ruger Jensen Borm Norway Polk County Wisconsin East Longyear Street Bessemer Dramatic Club

New Pastor Delivers Opening Sermon at Presbyterian Church

The Rev Shelt preached his first sermon at the Presbyterian church to a large appreciative congregation. He arrived from Logansport Indiana last week to fill the pulpit left vacant since last August. The welcome signals strong support from locals to rebuild church work in the city.

Tom C. Urquhart Shelt Presbyterian Church Loganspot Ind

Is Right For Once in Taxation Debate

The Free Press and Herald differ on fair tax burdens. The Free Press says it will not debate an equal basis for property taxation for now. It notes the Til den mine paid over half the city levy and argues other mines of equal value should pay their share. Changes in valuations next month could alter next year's tax roll.

Free Press The Herald Tilden Board of Review

J C Rockwell's New Sunny South Company in Bessemer

J C Rockwell presents the New Sunny South Company in the Bessemer Opera House on Tuesday evening April 21. The show is billed as among the most complete colored productions on the road, with Rockwell prioritizing high quality in every act to please patrons and maximize box office returns.

Sunny South Bessemer Opera House Presbyterian Church Choir McEnt J. C. Rockwell

Sunny South Company Delivers Unbounded Satisfaction

The Sunny South company, a large troupe of 25 colored performers, showcases expert specialty acts to entertain an audience from start to finish. Tickets are priced at 25 35 and 50 cents.

Sunny South Company

Odds and ends from a curious year of trivia

A compilation of numeric facts and curiosities from books and world events. Items include publishing trends, railway valuations at 27.8 billion dollars, average lifting power of a typical man, apple exports to England, a blind chameleon’s color change, Chinese word counts and meanings, a ten penny nail defined as ten pounds, and notes on Turkestan coal rail projects and a proposed motor approach to London. An open air Bremen museum plans a park with peasant houses to reflect early culture.

England Turkestan London Bremen

Provers and Phrases and Rural Store Evolution

A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes on culture, economy, and civic duty contrasts with a long passage about rural general stores. The text notes shifting commerce toward department-like general stores, the role of merchants and editors in town power, and evolving American farming needs. The piece blends quotes, dialect portraits, and reflections on progress.

New York Chicago United States Uniterm General Store Teen Taxn Ther Thes

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Dr. Loope M. E. Daly Ashland H. Goldstein Wake Geld Capt James Tobin Argest Bergstrom Wife Ernest Dear Ironwood Skud Goldman Bessemer and Vicinity Chas. M. Humphrey Guy H. Moore and Son Virginia, Minn W. H. Williams Duluth W.C. Rowe Anvil Mine Miss Urquhart Bernerd Lee Len Weaver David G. Povey U. S. Immigration Service J. A. Vogilin John J. Frick Lucile Norris Or. W. Werner Werner Wakefield Store Co Bessemer Skud Goldman’s Maccbees Gogebic Range Shronwood M. Guider Wm. McDugan Wm. Branias Chas. Heala Besseme G. J. Ziebur Charles Lepisto Ed. Neidbold Nels Teppo Rice Ernst Dear Toledo Lionwood James W. Bedell Chas. Healy la Blond Dry Goods CO J. C. Rockwell’s New Sunny South Company Johnson Terence Earth Moore Jamie Janie Civil Service Commission Washington Darky Tam Union Alabama Ube Swift Win. Waters & Co
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