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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
2
Analysts cite optimistic forecasts from business papers about a recovery, noting rising electricity use, easier mortgage lending, and expanding bank credit. They warn the urban rural divide persists, argue most Americans remain rural in outlook, and question the urban share of the population.
The author reflects on disappearing country schools and the nostalgia for the old one room schoolhouse like the Sudbury, Massachusetts building preserved by Henry Ford. He contrasts rural education with modern consolidated schools while praising the pioneer spirit and urging readers to visit their old country schools this year before they vanish.
The text discusses how the Census classifies communities as urban or rural. It cites 1920 data showing 1.4 percent urban and 48.6 percent rural, then anticipates the 1940 Census likely revealing more people in regions the government will label urban, outlining government stance on the definitions.
Michigan election chatter notes Stanley O. and Pete O. pulling their names from the ballot across 83 counties, easing tensions as they become friends again. Governor candidate Alex Groesbeck tours Gogebic County, while Chase Salmon Osborn and Jim Couzens contend for U S senate. Dems lag, Gogebic ballots show a lone Democrat for sheriff.
Herald items record H M Norris taking over Cooper's practice as Cooper becomes circuit judge. Andy Byrne buys adjacent lot planning building. Dr Leo Redmer visits Iron River father A R Redner. Bessemer Finander Band wins band contest at Ironwood. Geo P Haller moves family to Eveleth. Probate court sets November 18 1930 hearing to examine claims against deceased with notice in Bessemer Herald.
In a candid remark the fat man admits that people laugh wherever he goes, and the constant ridicule makes him feel diminutive and unsure about himself.
Geo J calls his car Shasta due to constant needs for gas oil and air as Wakefield firefighters triumph in the tournament races while declining cash prizes.
Events of the week note renewed gang warfare as the Court House baseball team faces the Herakels on the city diamond. The tournament is over but Welcome Firemen signs linger, with some slated for an endurance contest lasting into Christmas.
A playful riddle recounts Short and Long and Little and Long in a tangled courtship. The tale mocks love triangles and promises a pun filled punchline about who loves whom and why. The question lingers about when mosquitoes sleep.
Sheriff Kallander ordered Eck lund out of the county for anarchistic lecturing in the Swedish lamenace at Irosroot last week, with a sentence of 2% years. M. A. Northrop, ex cashier of the First National Berk, is noted. Price died of tuberculosis last Thursday at fromwood. The Bessemer Manufacturinge Co. plans shutdown for a month or six weeks. L. Gerson buys the residence on Letgyear street, to move in soon. Housing scarcity noted. L. Clemens left for Marquette for a hotel position. Tom Williams, long absent, returned to Bessemer last Saturday.
State of Michigan probate court at Bessemar July 16 1939. Judge Hon Harry A Bay fixes time and place to receive examine and adjust claims against the estate. All creditors of the deceased must present their claims by the appointed deadline.
Fragmented reminiscence describes a woman unable to distinguish red from green signals and deeming the whole matter silly. The text notes she knew every word of every popular song since the Civil War and interrupted conversations over trivial matters. She questions how banks ever earned more and often cried.
In the Scarboro Post a child asks if his teacher likes him and the mother replies. The boy says the teacher gives a big kiss on all his sums. The item reads as a lighthearted schoolroom moment reflecting affectionate classroom bonds.
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