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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
4
Ironwood wins first in regulation hose and ladder race while Bessemer takes second in regulation hose and couplers contest. Ironwood also secures top position in the ladder event and is declared winner in the overall tournament context.
News from the Houghton firemens tournament reports Wednesday’s business meeting elected Harry Barr of Ironwood as president, with Thomas Murphy Baraga and C H O Rourke Ontonagon as vice presidents, Thomas Flynn Naganee as secretary, and Gordon Murray Michigan as treasurer. Sault St Marie won the next tournament with 44 votes, Munising 15, Bessemer 5.
New York dispatch August 4 reports Charles M. Schwab’s resignation as president of United States Steel Corporation has been accepted and W. E. Corey elected as his successor. Schwab, 41, from Loretto Pennsylvania, built a noted career as a business manager and financier, beginning in a livery stable and a small store before joining Edgar Thompson Steel, where he rose to chief engineer and later supervisor.
The article notes Charles M Schwab’s health decline and looming resignation as president of the U S Steel Corporation. W E Corey has been serving as acting president, with duties effectively unchanged. It mentions related corporate actions and a travel schedule connected to the National Encampment G A R and a Chicago & North-Western Railway excursion program through the western and western coast cities.
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Bowden and family express heartfelt appreciation for kindness and sympathy during their son Phillip Bowden's illness and death. They thank the Presbyterian choir for singing, Rev. T. J. Joslin for words, and the Daughters of St. George for flora.
An advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia cure for children and adults claiming it treats indigestion and keeps stomachs sweet. A Nashville mother testifies her three year old improved after one bottle, praising the product and recommending it to others. Sold by F B Jones.
Council records describe Alta mining district recovery with Postmaster Stillwell praising renewed ore output and expanded exploration across a wide area including American Fork and Big Cottonwood canyons. In Bessemer, August 3 1903 council session adjourned after approving claims, fund transfers, and public works actions for sewer, water, and street extensions.
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