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The Bessemer Herald issue dated Saturday August 10 appears in the postal tally as a second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1901
Page
4
The Bessemer Herald issue dated Saturday August 10 appears in the postal tally as a second class mail matter.
Reports from Crystal Falls show the Bessemer running team earning two prizes with third places in the Ree- Ulation Hose race and Regulation Trock and Ladder. The Mining Journal credits them with good times on day two of the tournament while noting broader political debate on tariff revision.
The article argues against reopening tariff debates, claiming it would harm business and worsen economic mood. It notes the president’s lack of support for revision, doubts passage in Congress, and cites shifting trade figures as free trade advocates lament losses to protection, with broader market fear ahead.
A coal merchant recalls a long held life policy totalling about 150 dollars with a company paying annual dividends for nearly 20 years. The reporter notes the firm paid 16 hundred something and a payout on the policy seems to have changed hands, involving Mutual Life Insurance Company of Springfield and other named parties.
A damaged OCR line shows scattered letters and stray phrases making it impossible to identify subjects, events, or locations. No coherent facts or names are discernible beyond gibberish fragments.
Capt Mellow spent early in week at Crystal Falls firemen’s tournament. Du luth manager Wallace and James Corrigan visited Meteor mine Thursday. Neidhold Bros lay new foundation opposite Trotel De Miner for hall remodel. Alfred Kallender family and Gust Mellstrom vacationed near Watersmeet, joined later by Bessemer visitors. Aggie Meilier’s Hotel Tobin party enjoyed music and dancing. Wakefield baseball trip to Lake Gogebic a success with ticket sales covering expenses and leaving a $15 balance. Two Finnish miners, Nester Lampy and John Rassy, were injured by a powder discharge at Brotherton shaft. one miner damaged, both treated and treated. police note.
U S secret service recovered a counterfeit currency scheme tied to notes printed for the defunct State Bank of New Brunswick. Authorities warn that over 250000 of the one and two dollar bills are in circulation across New York to San Francisco, often mistaken for Canadian Bank of New Brunswick issues. faint signatures and tiny endorsing marks remain barely legible.
Honehton county owns about 20000 acres, with lands leased across Honehton Ontonagon Keweenaw Caras Giogehic Marquette Leon Dickinson and Menominee. Military land grants built roads from Housh ton to Barga and Lough ton to OUnicnagen. most land remains non swampy though only a small portion is. County owns surrounding BUCO parcels. about 000 have been sold for Mitt PU'Poses, with some tracts reserved by the community.
A Langdale county farmer worried he had heart disease after a doctor examined him. The doctor discovered the creaking sound at each breath came from a pulley on his suspenders, not his heart.
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