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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
5
Capt Coole of Mikado visited town while Mrs D MacFarlane visited Ashland. Numerous residents, relatives, and visitors from Laurium Ironwood Lake Gogebic and other nearby places were noted with births engagements and travels. Community notes include outings at Lake Gogebic and Lake Superior, visits by C D Fournier Jr and family, and local business updates.
Sunday August 19 features class meeting at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 on Christ Abolishing the Law Sunday School at 2 30 and Evening Worship at 7 on Christ s Evangelistic Methods All seats free and open to all not attending other services.
Citizens back plan to convert Oliver Iron Mining’s old machine shop into a public amusement hall with a $1 yearly lease and $500 toward initial improvements. A board of managers will run the venture funded by donations including $100 each from A. Johnston and the First National Bank, aiming for a self supporting social center for residents, especially youths. The notice also warns of typhoid risks from water scarcity and urges disinfection and boiling of well water to protect public health.
The state health department urges water and ice safety to curb typhoid fever spread. Contaminated streams and lakes fuel outbreaks, with ice supply and kitchen hygiene as key factors. Citizens should report cases to health officers and can request the department pamphlet for full guidance from Lansing, August 1906.
Chas Castledon of Cumberland Wyoming says he suffered a severe cough, but in a few days he recovered after using Dr Warner's White Wine of Tar. The claim highlights a rapid relief from a persistent throat ailment through the advertised remedy.
One gray mare is offered for sale along with four fourties of well timbered land near the city. The note references King Alfonso XIII and his European lineage, mentioning Bourbon and Hapsburg bloodlines and historical monarchs. It also includes a quip about Mrs Wilkins’s unhappy marriage and a joke about a wealthy husband and a doctor’s assessment.
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackey presented Nassau County jail in New York with an organ and a library for the use of the women prisoners, a charitable gesture highlighted in local coverage.
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana reports relief from bilious spells and constipation after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills are guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded. Price is 25 cents at Frank B. Jones' drug store.
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