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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
5
Bessemer area activity includes Elks fundraiser netting about $2000, church lawn socials, a M. E. church event at Bennetts, and several visits by residents to Ironwood Escanaba and Hibbing. Public notices promote land for sale by George Rupp and 15000 acres in Gogebic county. theatre at opera house and local trades ads accompany routine social engagements.
Kahn Skud Co donated cream canvas hats with a black band for each member of the Bessemer fire department and running team to wear at the firemen's tournament. Call at the store on or before August 25 to obtain.
The Commercial Bank will open in Mellen with C. E. Peterson as cashier. A large parade of a thousand children with flags marked Calumet’s Methodist picnic, Tamarack band, and Salvation Army presence. Barbers’ examining board tours the peninsula prompting arrests and fines for lacking required certificates. The Van Etten & Co. opens its week at the opera house with The Struggle of Life and features by Aten and Bright and others. The German Schuetzen Verein held its King Shoot at the park. King Charles Berwald, with prizes to John Gerhardt and Peter Becker. Four Leaf Social Club hosted a large supper and entertainment. new officers and committees were elected for three months.
The annual examination for teaching certificates in Gogebic County will take place at the Court House in Bessemer on Thursday and Friday, August 21 and 22. All prospective examinees are urged to attend. L. L. Wincut, Commissioner of Schools, Gogebic County, Michigan.
Geo W Fry of Viola Iowa shares how Kodol relieved months of stomach trouble and helped a neighbor with dyspepsia. The ad claims Kodol cures stomach and bowel troubles and indigestion by digesting good food. Take a dose after meals.
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