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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
7
A collage of notes covers population counts in Canada and commerce in Palermo, a monument in New Zealand, and literary odds about beets pigeons and teeth. It cites eighth-ounce beeties, a six service pigeon post in the French Congo, and a wide range of curiosities including agriculture, postage accuracy, and historic clocks.
A compendium lists diverse world facts including Holtland windmills over ten thousand at work and Sahara sand averaging thirty feet deep. It notes 60,000 full blooded Indians in the United States, Jamaica exports fourteen million banana bunches annually, and twenty four republics in the world.
A compact exploration of eye traits linked to personality. It asserts blue eyes convey strength while brown eyes are weaker according to oculists, and downcast eyes signal modesty. It also notes wide-open eyes suggest rashness and side glances imply distrust.
The article discusses US coal reserves versus Europe and Britain, noting anthracite might last about 200 years at last year’s rate, with bituminous coal lasting around 450 years. It argues global demand unlikely to exhaust US coal soon, highlights untapped deposits worldwide, and suggests potential future shifts in heat and energy production. It also points out Europe’s preference for bituminous coal and hints at possible technological changes from inventors and chemists.
An aging businessman extols New York as sympathetic humorous and gambling minded citing personal tests. He recalls losing cash at Coney Island and turning a cigarette box into fare to the conductor, who laughs and accepts the joke and a ride.
The text notes contrasts in politeness between Britain and France. It highlights how women bow to men in England, how door opening for ladies is viewed in France, and who initiates recognition in social exchanges. It also contrasts greetings by strangers and aging residents in each country.
Clinton Maine resident E E Chamberlain reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured piles cracked hands and an old sore without a scar. Available at Frank B. Jones drug store for 25 cents.
The Circuit Court for Gogebic County issues a writ of attachment against John Anderson at the suit of Julius J. Patek for $200. The writ, returnable December 9, 1908, names lands goods and chattels as property subject to seizure. Attorney for the plaintiff is listed with address Ironwood Michigan.
Notice states Andrew G. Rudberg of Ironwood Michigan filed timber and stone sworn statement No 0392 for section 36 township 49 north range 47 west at Michigan Meriden and will prove title before the circuit court clerk at Bessemer Michigan on January 21 1909 witnesses include Charles J Peterson Steve McKevitt Frank Hokanson and August Boden all residents of Ironwood Michigan
Grand Union Tea Co complains against Edward J Ryan and Georgina Ryan. The affidavit shows Ryan, a resident, is in Minnesota so service cannot be made. The court orders his appearance within four months and publication of the order in the Bessemer Herald weekly for six weeks. William W. Wicker represents the complainant.
RK M James of Guellen South Carolina proclaims Electric Bitters a cure for misery from poisons and chills. The tonic claims to relieve bilious attacks jaundice stomach liver and kidney complaints and back pain. Sold at Frank S Jones drug store under guarantee in 50 cent bottles.
A compilation of assorted notes on world statistics and curiosities. Topics include statehood dates, college counts, cigarette and cigar use, life spans of sea creatures, national sugar use, marriage customs, flight limits, fisheries density, color permanence, water and climate trivia, and notable figures connected to literature and science.
A string of humorous adages on aging, social behavior, courtship, church life, and money. Notes on speech, manners, and public entertainments offer quips about luck, feet, singers, dialing, weddings, and the temptations of wealth.
Walter Pufizer critiques romance and marriage in Success Magazine. He notes the idle man, blind love finding a path, a true lover not being overly ideal, royalty of authors’ royalties, a suitor under a wife’s thumb, the hard to reach well to do, repeated heartbreak hardens resolve, and that big marriage duties are the small tasks.
A fragmented report notes Count Zeppelin’s airship exploded with smoke and flame. The incident supposedly yielded enough cash to fund three more ships, as the Elouston Post suggests.
A collection of brief observations includes marriage decline in England linked to suffragette agitation, Japan planning locomotive construction, 278 sugar factories in Russia last year, tiny typhoid bacillus, New York City’s rapid growth, rising taxes across boroughs led by Richmond, rising illionaire population, high funeral costs for unclaimed bodies, and gas meter testing revealing biases toward too-fast meters in New York City.
Tsuru Aral of Tokyo is a small but sharp student at Columbia University blending philosophy with gym work. She excels in Emerson Kant and Swedenborg while playing basketball and on the horizontal bar. She aims to return to Tokyo after a three year course and symbolizes modern Japanese female advancement.
A young man and a girl chat outside a door as the father appears in a doorway in a dress gown. The farmer warns John not to lean on the bell push and to let the rest of the family sleep.
A miscellany of curiosities and stats includes sailors’ rheumatism, a crow destroying 700000 insects, five years tanning an elephant hide, French Swiss shepherds in men’s clothes, and the Indian Empire’s cheap postal service. It lists gold output, New York elevators, pickle consumption, translations of The Pilgrim's Progress, gendered tongues, California peas, sult to the acre, gondoliers in Venice, post office wedding gifts, brick cube sizes, Longmont pea canning, railroad costs, and many more industrial and scientific tidbits with broad global scope.
The report notes per person egg intake in New York City and records seven daily railway collisions. It states Manhattan as the world’s densest island with 90 150 residents per square mile, Richmond’s summer Sunday population spike, 23 000 miles of wire for four Manhattan Bridge cables, and a Catskill reservoir plan with 120 billion gallons capacity, twelve miles long and two miles wide.
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