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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
3
The Bessemer Herald imprint lists Sherman and Hand as publishers. The newspaper is entered at the Bessemer post office as second class mail matter.
Frank Van Gorder, the Iron Mountain man who recently killed John Salbert during a street fight, has been held over for trial in the Dicken 200 county circuit court. He will be tried at the October term and bonds are set at 15,000. The financial report notes total imports of iron and steel products reaching over 50 million dollars for the year ending June 30, 1903, with eleven months showing 47 million.
Arrangements completed for the National Real and Coke company with 35,000,000 capital and 2,500,000 bonds to replace Frick Coke in the market. Two coal tracts totaling over 10,000 acres to be developed, 8000 ovens to be built in the Connellsville Klondike region. Estimated coke field contains about 200,000,000 tons.
The Newark Advertiser argues for stable tariff policy praising favorable conditions and warns that reducing workers' purchasing power hurts farmers. It emphasizes interdependence of industry and agriculture, noting strikes or wage reductions affect all sectors and that high wages create market demand for farming products.
Good news on labor dispute settlement progress was offset by securities weakness in iron and steel. Strikes may drop, prices steadier, yet heavy liquidations and new low steel issue prices dampen business. Consumers hesitate to contract, half a million tons of steel nails ordered for next year, billet pool revival stabilizes prices, Bessemer steadies with new orders.
Iron sector notes new tills and plant extensions, especially in machinery, signaling confidence in production capacity. Dun's Review states general resumption of structural work in New York as the most important trend in the steel industry at present.
The article praises government clerical workers noting 8000 typewriters in use from morning to evening and 6000 typewriter girls operating them. It extols Uncle Sam as the best employer, with high pay and preference for machines, and claims new hires choose their devices and have purchases made for them.
Edward J. Henry, the aged Academician, amid a lively talk, tripped, scratched a fellow artist’s ankle above a patent leather tie, and resumed conversations as if nothing happened. His youthful appearance hides his long‑standing joker persona and absent mindedness.
Nine years after rheumatic fate gripped David Vetter of Oakwood the disease progressively stiffened his joints until he could not chew or open his mouth. Liquid nourishment was given through a front tooth extraction through a t aw opened feeding channel, prolonging life in a case the Detroit Tribune reports as nearly stone-hard.
The piece argues that storks arriving each winter to Egypt create ecological balance by controlling floods caused frog swarms after inundations, implying humans rely on this natural cycle for survival in parts of the country.
Workers digging a grave at Wenden Safron-Walden in England found a crudely decorated cometary urn. It contains dark earth mixed with cremated human remains and is estimated to be about two thousand years old of Clitic origin.
A New York church that keeps silence respecting its wealth is the Dutch collegiate watch is reputed to have an income from investments of Simumity a year Trinity church has an income from its investments of over $1,000 per annum.
Ten horsepower traction engines will pull seventeen teedned plows dragging 35 to 50 acres per day with properly aborted tools. They will plow and harrow simultaneously, covering 17 acres per day and drilling, harrowing, and plowing at once across Westin ranches.
A brief profile notes King Leopold of Belgium never wears gloves, takes pride in his hand shape and appearance, and spends much time on them. It also highlights that his beard receives much attention.
The New York Public Library hosts an exhibition at the Lenox building Fifth Avenue and Seventieth Street New York featuring manuscripts maps books and engravings detailing the history of New York under the Dutch rulers.
A historical note explains the Mississippi River's vast drainage, noting its authority over a large territory and that it collects supplies from twenty eight states, draining a major portion of U.S. land.
A report notes cattle spooked by an automedic device near a busy highway. Farmers complain injuries and livestock distress as animals run erratically, prompting concerns over road safety and animal control measures. Local authorities investigate the device’s effects and seek remedies to prevent further incidents.
The Boston Journal notes that a surge of immigrants accompanies an oversized wheat harvest in Kansas and Nebraska. Wages for farm workers rise to 3.25 dollars daily with meals, while a colored worker earns six dollars, all amid heavy machinery use and strong exports to Europe.
Save The Children endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as beneficial for children and adults, claiming nine in ten illnesses stem from stomach disorders. A Nashville mother testifies her three year old improved after one bottle, while distributors advertise digestion aid and a "Rodel digest" claim.
A fragmented account discusses homesickness among soldiers in the Philippines, noting its deadly toll on strong men and the desire to return home. It references a literary contrast with "Man Without a Country" to illustrate patriotic duty versus exile.
The text notes that germ theory has become a central part of science, but warns against neglecting attention to germs and their spread. It emphasizes that bacteria do not flourish in a healthy body and highlights the soil as a medium for growth.
Fsemalon tickets sold for this popular resort every Friday and Saturday until Sept 26 1903 return valid until following Monday. Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Bay.
Very Lew Retes travel to California Oregon Washington and Retara via Chicago and North Western Railway with final return until October 13 inclusive on National Encampment G A R in San Francisco and Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Seattle. Three trains daily from Chicago to the Coast without change. Daily personally conducted tourist car excursions. For full particulars apply to Agents Chicago and North Western Ry.
Excursion tickets will be sold August 1 2 and 3 with favorable return limits on account of the C Pr ALU Convention. Apply to agents Chicago & North-Western Ry.
Low round trip fare to Los Angeles and San Francisco with return through October 15 for National Encampment travel. Three daily trains Chicago to Coast with through service, tourist car excursions, and a special G A R train leaving Chicago at 10 30 p m Tuesday August 12 023 DeKalb 210 a m Wednesday August 12 Clinton 32504 Cedar Rapids 620 a m Marshalltown 825 a m Boone 930 a m. Details at Chicago and North Western Railway offices.
Chicago's Centennial Jubilee to be staged this fall from September 26 to October 8 with a grand municipal fete. Highlights include a Roosevelt tribute, a parade showing the city’s beauty, a reenactment of frontier life, a wartime pageant, a pioneer reunion, night industrial parade, fireworks, automobile races, swinging booths, water-pula contests, lake yacht races for cups, and large crowds from Chicago and surrounding areas. Tickets via Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Caleb Gunn and co owner warned that land in Gogebig County Michigan was lawfully sold for unpaid taxes. Pay the bid, fees, and $430 total to Wakbtace M. Pavbor to claim conveyance within six months or risk legal possession proceedings. Description NW quarter section 27 town 93 range 35 with listed years and plats.
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