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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
8
A survey of Italian superstition details the evil eye as a feared force, with the jetatore and a protective horn gesture. It notes charms like the Cimaruta and coral or silver talismans, plus how horses and drivers commonly wear amulets.
A parent recalls a child’s humorous composition about Quakers. The student writes that Quakers never quarrel or fight, never claw, and never saw back, then confuses how to refer to a Quaker parent and itself. The anecdote shows playful misnaming and the child’s earnest yet muddled attempt to describe a Quaker.
A New York writer credits Pitcher Jack Chesbro with inventing the squeeze play and Clark Griffith with perfecting it after an accidental break from third to home by Chesbro, aided by Wee Willie Keeler in 1904. The Highlanders adopted the tactic in 1905 and later teams including the Giants used it successfully, shaping a lasting strategic ploy.
A New York City hospital physician reports some patients benefit from sleeping with the head of the bed to the north, citing a literary man treated for insomnia who slept better after a room change. He cautions not to rely on magnetic action but endorses personal trial. The piece then notes Newport merchants struggle to collect over $50,000 in summer 1907 accounts from high society clients. Later, Owen Wister recalls a Washington studies note at a Philadelphia literary club.
A miscellany noting population, industry, science, and culture with figures on Greenland, trance newspapers, mine labor, silk worms, the St Gothard tunnel cost, asparagus, Russian adulthood age, early photography, Australian gender imbalance, Dutch Dutch? etc. The list presents curious ratios, currencies, life spans, and colonial trade, including mentions of England’s sugar use, gold and silver, pyramids, hair aging, illness, and various country facts.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for Kidney and urinary issues. It claims kidneys affect overall health and urges readers to mail for a free sample and pamphlet, listing Binghamton New York address and druggist availability in fifty cent and one dollar bottles.
A jokey clipping notes quips about a dynamited safe, a talking phonograph, and fashion woes. It riffs on winter, shoes, stockings, and humorous exchanges about church clocks, sleighing, and old time manners with brisk, playful lines and a lady reader’s misread fashion term.
A Louisville Courier-Journal discussion on how to treat highwaymen cites a New Yorker named Bull who, amid a robbery, hides valuables and then taunts the robber. He boards a car, shows his watch and money, and shouts Stung, praised as high etiquette and a potential solution to the vexed question. The piece endorses tact and originality.
European doctors promote a balloon cure claiming lungs and bones heal by altitude. The method is praised for low cost, home use, and adjustable air quality, with advocates arguing it offers altitude variability and bacteriologically pure air, unlike mountain resorts.
An advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Restorative as a genuine tonic to revive tired nerves and sluggish circulation. It claims indoor winter life weakens organs and promises noticeable daily improvements after a few weeks of use. Sold by Frank B Jones.
O B Wovlever of LeRayeville New York credits a twenty year health cure to Bucklen's Arnica Salve saying it healed his bleeding piles. The advertisement claims the salve speeds healing of sores boils burns wounds and notes it costs 25 cents at F B Jones' drug store.
State of Michigan GOORSIE LAWPER COMPANY files a chancery suit in Gogebie County Circuit Court with Patrick McNAMARA and James S. Me Defendants. Circuit Judge Samuel S. Cooper presides. Ball and Stone serve as solicitors for the Complainant from Houghton Michigan. Attest true copy by Deputy Register in Chancery John Luxmore Jr.
State of Michigan probate court in Bessemer appoints May 18 1908 at 10:00 AM for hearing on Joseph A. Vogtlin petition for administration of Andrew Olson deceased. Public notice to be published in Bessemer Herald for three consecutive weeks.
The State of Michigan Auditor General announces parcels lapse due to taxes in Gogebie County will be sold at public auction by the County Treasurer on the first Tuesday of May at the County Seat if not redeemed or canceled. The statements with full parcel descriptions are in the County Treasurer’s office for viewing prior to sale. James B. Bradley, Auditor General.
State of Michigan probate court at Bessemer dates a hearing on Mary J Hetherin petitioning for administration of John Hetherington deceased. The May 4 1908 10am slot at the probate office is set with publication of notice in county newspaper.
Andrew Rudberg, contestant, files affidavit against Homestead entry 10406 by George Nugent for SE4 NW4 Section 36 Township 49 N Range 47 W. Alleged abandonment and lack of cultivation invite appearance May 21 1938 before Go xebic County Clerk and a final hearing June 4 1898 at the Marquette Land Office. Publication ordered due to service difficulty.
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