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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1901

Page

4

Bessemer Herald Weekly Masthead and Byline

The Bessemer Herald edited by Sherman and Hand appears in a Saturday issue dated August 17 with post office filing as second class mail matter.

Bessemer Midh

Labor Day Picnic Plans By A O U W In City

Local A O U W lodge organizes a Labor Day picnic at Schuetzen Verein Park with a 9 30 a m parade assemble at Workmen Hall 9 00 and a day of festivities. Committees oversee refreshments lunch sports parade decoration and arrangements. Proceeds benefit the A O U W Band. The piece also notes naval court of inquiry and Rear Admiral Schley in broader political context.

Schuetzen Verein Park Workmen Hall Bar Otto Voegler Julius Kulaszevic Lorence Audo Julius Wileen Gustav I. Ziebur P. TE. Becht Pasco Verre Albert Wagner Edward C. Lobb George Milroy Hugh Williams Geo. Meyer John A. Prince Sam Davey John Meyer Oust Pratt Edward €. Lobb Hugh Williaims John Goard Edward Piper Charles J, Journicer Vorsten Pygen Police Protection Committee Joseph Blaha Starry Cox Andrew Ubini Jacob Elalama Gustav L. Ziebur Peter Becker Henry Klemmens Edward Dahl Rocco Aperocco Jos. G. Couch A. O. U W. Band

Navy Rivalry Over Schley in Dreyfus Echoes

Detroit Journal correspondent Otto Carmichael argues the U S Navy unites against Rear Admiral Schley, echoing the Dreyfus case. The piece notes Schley’s command during the Spanish American War and the Navy’s discomfort with his popularity, while Sampson’s later remarks imply mixed judgments on honor and leadership.

Otto Carmicheal Washington Detroit Journal United States Navy Schley Mr. Carmichael Sehley- Sampson Dreyfus Sehley Navy Kate Sampson Caitiff Phiere

Equalization Talk in Michigan Raises UP Valuation Hopes

State Board of Equalization convenes in Lansing on the 19th to review county tax figures. Lieutenant Governor O W Robinson tours Ishpeming and other UP areas to push for accurate assessments. Robert Oakman defends Houghton County mining values while criticizing Detroit and Wayne taxation. UP counties seek parity with the rest of Michigan, urging fair burdens and rejection of biased valuations.

State Board of Equalization Lansing Hon O. W. Robinson Chassell Mich Ile Ishpeming Upper Peninsula Board State Tax Commission Robert Oakman Tax Commission Houghton County Wayne Detroit Michigan Robert

Cleveland Cliffs Tron Receives Westinghouse Air Compressor

The Cleveland-Cliffs Tron company has received at its Gladstone furnace a Westinghouse portable air compressor and a complete outfit of Little Giant pneumatic tools to be used with it.

Cleveland-Cliffs Tron Company Grladstone Furnace Westinghouse

Mobile repair units boost factory efficiency on the peninsula

Tools will supersede hand work as boilers and machinery can be serviced on site. Pneumatic drills hammers and riveters equip the hot area, making the company shops second to none on the peninsula. Master Mechanic Slining combines practical skill with science, filling his office with precision instruments to test motive power and ensure machines use minimal fuel and supplies.

Slining

Dedicatorial Social Planned at Swedish Lutheran Parish

A dedicatorial social is set for Saturday August 24 at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage. Ministers from several churches will deliver addresses and refreshments will be served. All are cordially invited.

Properly Fitted Glasses Promise Clear Vision

DITSCHNE CYES offers free eye examinations and asserts that correctly fitted glasses can correct vision completely. The shop, run by A. LL. Nearen He Who Helps the Pres, provides various optical goods at moderate prices and invites customers to seek his expert judgment on their need for glasses.

A. LL. Nearen Pres

Civil Service Reform Cuts Clerks Borrowing Habits

A Washington dispatch notes that the civil service law has reduced clerks reliance on loans. Tenure uncertainty under spoils systems diminished money borrowing as efficiency now secures office. Many former borrowers fail to save for homes bought on instalment plans. The old money lender in government circles has nearly vanished.

Civil Civil Service Imons Washngton New York Times Ness Department Congress House

Quin Wouldatt Whistle Falstaff at a Benefit

James Quin made his final stage appearance as Falstaff in a benefit for Ryeah. The event was a financial success, prompting a proposal for a repeat performance, but Quin refused after losing two front teeth impaired his speech and wrote a concise reply to Ryan declining to whistle Falstaff for anyone else.

Quin Falstaff Ryeah Ryan Alan James Quin

United States population noted as best fed in world

The article claims Americans are the best fed globally, consuming more food per capita per year than any other country, reflecting high intake relative to international peers.

United States

Bennettsville editor praises Electric Bitters cure

Editor A Brown of Bennettsville says his wife suffered indigestion and stomach distress but improved after four bottles of Electric Bitters. He calls it a grand tonic with gentle laxative effects for torpid liver and endorses it as a guaranteed cure for indigestion loss of appetite and liver troubles. Sold by D MacFarlane's for five cents.

A. Brown Bennettsville 3. C D. MacFarlane

Portrait of Mme Chouteau Preserved In Family Heirloom

A life size portrait of Marie Theresa Chouteau, wife of Pierre Chouteau, preserved by descendants in St. Louis. Owned by Miss Martha Berthold, the work was painted soon after 1774 on a wooden surface designed to resemble canvas. Hangs in the Berthold home, slated for exhibition at the World’s Fair.

Chouteau St. Louis Mme Marie Theresa Chouteau Pierre Chouteau Martha Berthold West Pine Boulevard Marie Theresa Choute

Truce Stone Tablet Remembers Longfellow Poem Scene

A damaged piece describes a stone tablet placed on Brat tie street Cambridge near Story street marking the site of a chestnut tree and smithy referenced in Longfellow's poem The Wisen Blick Smith. The tree was felled after protests in 1879 and wood from it was given to Cambridge schoolchildren on the poet's birthday.

Came Truce Mass Brattie Street Story Street Cambridge Lentfelllow Willsee Blicksmith Longfellow Tecara Cawbridee Langfellow

Run Into One Angster Eye Condition Warning

A brief warning about eye strain from near work, describing symptoms of blurred vision at close range and suggesting glasses to relieve eye and systemic strain, attributed to refractionist and optician guidance.

Weeing In Atchison’s Back Porch Courtship Tale

In Atchison a family abandons the back porch when the daughter receives a caller, moving to a vacant lot across the alley, a local anecdote in the Atchison Globe. The humor centers on a beau disrupting the home scene and the family retreat.

Atchison

August Flower Aids Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint

Advertisement claims most Americans suffer from dyspepsia and liver issues with symptoms like sour stomach headaches and heartburn. It urges readers to visit a druggist for August Flower at 75 cents and promises relief after two doses. It also promotes Green's Prize Almanac.

United States Green Almarac

Missing Cow Strayed onto Bessemer Premises

Notice states a small red cow with a bell entered the property of Peter V. Disiinow in Bessemer Michigan on August 1 1901. Owner may reclaim by proving ownership and paying for this advertisement.

Peter V. Disiinow Bessemer, Mich

Beauty thief stays as pimples fade with tea night

An advertisement urges readers to use Rocky Mountain Tea to remove pimples and blackheads, promising cosmetic improvement if one takes the product tonight and avoids looking frightened. The message closes with a prompt to ask a druggist.

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THE Bessemer Herald Sherman & Hand Igor Tors States Navy Paien Naval Court of Inquiry IHS Dedicatorial Social Ditschne Cyes Mme. Chouteau Loui Weeing Piarket Bessemer Co-Operative Society Charies Meister’s Hardware Store Sophie Street Ressenater Lumber Company Edwin Bayliss Mardware Jofin Frank Bessemer Greane J.W. Greene & Co van Buren St Chicago Ill J. A. Vogtlin Mauseuve
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