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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1940

Page

6

Bessemer Common Council Special Meeting Proceedings 1940

The August 16 1940 special meeting fixed polling places for the September 10 1940 general primary election and approved registration boards. The council authorized a $500 payment to settle a claim, set polling rents at $5 per day, and adopted multiple motions on public works sewers and power plant repairs.

Common Council Esate Ee Old County Road Richard .Angford Soo Line Bridge Oles Board of Public Works Bessemer Worthington Pump and Machinery Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation Chicago Herbert Carlson Ironton City

Make Money With Your Camera

A Norway Michigan ad by Northway Film Service promotes purchasing negatives and offers returns of prints. Send your roll with 25 cents to receive eight Velox prints plus enlargements and full particulars.

Northway Film Service Norway Michigan

Primary Election Notice for Bessemer Michigan 1940

Notice to qualified electors of Gogebic County Michigan that a general primary will be held Tuesday September 10 1940 at ward polling places in Bessemer for party nominations to state and county offices including governor lieutenant governor US senator representative in congress state senate state house and county officers plus delegates to county conventions and other elected positions. The wards include Veterans Memorial Building First Ave Moore Street Michigan House Teresa Crenna Residence 603 East Sellar Street and Yale Store Building Yale Avenue.

Bessemer George Pricco Mayg Buchko Crenna Eckman Erickson Proctor Supercynski Probelski Re. Perotti Mannisto First Avenue Moore Street Third Ward Michigan House Alderman Proctor George Priceo City of Walter E. Maki Basil J. Buchko Gogebic Michigan Veterans Memorial Building Sophie Street Yale Yale Avenue United States Congress

Opening and Hours of Polls in 1940 Election

The notice explains polling hours and procedures for delegates to county conventions, with ballots printed and voters allowed to place names on ballots by slips or writing. It states polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 6 p.m., with possible noon adjournment in townships and rules for early opening or late closing. Dated July 25, 1940.

Board of Primary Election & Spectors Lical Board of Inspectors of Election Walter E. Maki

Many Varieties of Gulls Across the United States

The article notes about fifty gull varieties worldwide and twenty two in or visiting the United States. It distinguishes herring, laughing and Western gulls as similar yet separate, describes migration patterns to the Carolinas and Florida, and mentions mackerel gulls as a smaller tern branch. It also states some herring gulls do not migrate and can join barnyard flocks when food is scarce. The Mexican army numbers are given as 58 000 regulars and 30 000 reservists.

United States Maine New Jersey Pacific Coast North Carolinas Florida South America

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