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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
4
The Bessemer Herald column records its Saturday edition dated August 2, 1902, with postal registration as second class mail matter at the Bessemer post office.
Governor Aaron T Bliss and Lt Governor Alex Maitland head a slate listing Secretary Fred Warner in Oak dared county and Treasurer Daniel McCoy in Kent. Attorney General Chas Blake of Jackson, Auditor General Perry Powers of Wexford, and Public Instruction Toe os Fall of Albion are shown with Land Commissioner E A Wildey of Van Buren and Board of Education members L J Wright Gogebic and P E E Kelly Wayne.
State Game and Fish Warden grant Morse toured the upper peninsula counties inspecting for illegal fish taking, dynamite use in streams, and protected game killings. He visited Gogebic and concluded action will stop the abuses, with more trips planned.
A New York Sun tribute to soldiers contrasts honor and truth. The page lists local notices: photo gallery inducements, strawberry prices, railroad survey work near Beaver Escanaba, subscription deals, church social plans, a theater troupe booking, a prison appointment, mine valuations, and a council sewer hearing set for August 4.
Thomas Miller transacted business at Desseimer on Pisurs bay. Attorneys S. & Cooper and Wife drove from Bessemer last Saturday. Ernest Nelson was a business visitor at Bessemer Wednesday. George Schobart discussed matters Tuesday. Sun Lake mine stock pies mostly sold, slight cleanup. Ben Gerhardt from Bessemer won several building contracts in the village. Henry Schmier repaints his saloon, upgrading its look. Joseph A. Voutlin of Bessemer Harness Mfg. visited Wakefield Monday. L. M. Zehlberg of Marion Wis. greeted Wakefield residents Tuesday. Robert Ferguson bought land from Anderson & Conley and plans a residence on state. Wm Prince of Bessemer spent Saturday with local businessmen. Supt. N. L. Roscorla returned from copper country Wednesday as Wakefield delegate to Houghton senatorial convocation. Michigan Telephone linemen install long distance line this week.
Joseph Marchinkowski and George Sehinka dissolve their corn business partnership at Wakefield store with Sehinka to continue solo. White arrives at 7 20 a m as cloudburst causes washouts delaying main line trains. J J Tooker of Ironwood rents a platform by Thomas Ashland’s saloon for a photo studio and tent setup.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo-taining Tablets as a cure for colds with a no cure, no pay promise. The price is listed as 2 cents.
Lieutenant-Commander A B Willis recounts a South Atlantic voyage where a lottery in a southern city drew a ten cent share for $100,000. An ensign aboard a sister ship held the winning ticket after a suspenseful drawing. Aboard the Iowa a lottery official delivered $10,000 in gold, greatly aiding his poor, married family.
In May next, automatic cafes will appear in Em bankment gardens as the London County Council approves the Automatic Refreshment Company to take the step 23 au xnerigenial measure.
A vivid excerpt from Outing describes foraging of flat stones and live embers to cook brook trout with bacon on a stone, then laying bread and clover honey nearby. The scene invites epicures to hike, get wet and hungry, and savor mountain dining by a cold spring.
In a crowded trolley car a well dressed man, drunk and hiccuping, offers his seat to two women who are forced to stand. He jokes he cannot sit because he has no manners and fears he cannot stand if he gives up the seat.
American leather goods gain abroad as Australia increases demand for U S kid skins. A Lynn Massachusetts Morocco manufacturer shipped 8 dozen skins to the country, claimed as the largest foreign shipment from the mill. France also purchases growing U S kid leather.
A missionary describes Congo women as short and slender yet able to bear heavy loads. They carry baskets and children on the head and hip, wear two pieces of cloth wrapped around the waist, and rely on a long worn garment. Smoking is common with a distinctive pipe. Babies bathe outdoors twice daily in all weathers.
A Pennsylvania railroad official conducted a study at a freight house by splitting laborers into two groups. One group rested on Friday while the other worked as usual. On the following Monday the always-working group showed a 10 percent drop in efficiency, and the gap widened each day, while the group with Sunday rest remained as productive in the second week as in the first.
The article notes four sponge supply centers led by Key West where the sheep’s wool sponge excels in form and texture. It highlights port waters, skilled sailors, and a sixty year old American sponge industry that now dominates global volume, vessel equipment, and management. Also mentions Foley’s Kidney Cure and North-Western excursion fares with August travel limits.
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