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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
2
A report notes the steamer Lucania sustained heavy damage at a Liverpool dock. Other items mention appendicitis success due to pure air and germ absence, a deadly Denver Rio Grande train wreck in Colorado, and various political and economic developments across the globe.
Miss Elsie Gasser aged 18, daughter of a Cincinnati lawyer, died after an operation attributed by the family physician to tight lacing. The Cunard steamships Umbria and Etruria, once record Atlantic liners reducing passage to about six days, are for sale due to outdated engines and high coal consumption.
The Chicago street car wage dispute with surface traction companies neared settlement after a joint conference Friday night. The proposed three and a half year contract raises wages by about 1 million dollars over the term, with staged increases from 28 to 30 and gradual scale for new workers. John M. Roach and Thomas E. Mitten led the offer, backed by Railways City Calumet South Chicago and Consolidated companies and city official Walter L. Fisher. The plan covers 10,000 employees across multiple companies and promises higher starting pay and a structured ladder for both veteran and new staff.
Two masked robbers looted the State Bank at Kiefer Oklahoma Monday night and killed City Marshal Inford while wounding Cashier Calmer Webling. The pair fled as a posse formed to pursues. Cashier Wobling alerted the marshal after midnight and the men opened fire as they drilled the vault door.
Theodore Harris long time Louisville banker dies leaving over 1,000,000 dollars to the Baptists of Kentucky. His blood heirs receive life tenures in estate portions yielding about 150 dollars monthly each. He specifies if named heirs die, portions revert to the estate for church benefaction. He cites long life lessons on wealth and divine blessing for unborn thousands.
The Egyptian lotus is thriving along the Calumet river about three miles east of Hammond. Thousands line the riverbanks near the Gorge Tower as the plant grows in a natural state. The flower is five to six inches across with delicate yellow petals tipped with green and opens by day, closing at night. Local lore holds the plant may be indigenous to the Calumet as well as the Nile, with no known importation records.
Country Jay, a 1%-year-old trotter, cut his grand circuit time at Detroit’s State fair from 2:11 to 2.074, with the old gelding not part of bets in a $12 field of pools totaling $492. Harry G. Legg of the Minikahda Club, Minneapolis, won the trans Mississippi golf title by beating Bernard G. Guinand of Des Moines 10 to 8 in the final at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. The Glidden tourists raced Dan Patch and Minor Heir to a dead heat at M. W. Savage’s stock farm in the Twin Cities, the time ranging 2:05 3/4 to 2:06. Fifteen Orloff Russian racing horses from Moscow’s imperial stables will visit American state fairs this fall to gauge interest in importation for sale.
Five members of the Dionne family perished in a Hancock Michigan dwelling fire late Thursday night. Mrs John Dionne escaped but reentered to save a child and died with the infant in her arms. Also killed were Edward Dionne age 8 Peter Dionne infant Aminia Dionne 12 and a Bain Racine.
John G. Ostby a Duluth grocer is murdered by his 18 year old son Bjorn in a family quarrel over funeral expenses. Ostby failed to pay promptly and a note from the undertaker threatened suit. The daughter found the locked room and, after the rifle shot, the son called police.
Alabama lawmakers pushed the Fuller bill in a rapid session, prohibiting liquor sale or shipping, banning liquor ads in papers and billboards, and forbidding trains from carrying liquor. Any place selling goods could not be called a saloon, and raids could be ordered on suspicious sites with goods destroyed. An internal revenue license was prima facie evidence of guilt.
Mayor Busse orders action after a city report shows twenty two killed and 253 injured in 234 streetcar accidents last month. Average nearly eight crashes daily. seven of the dead were children.
George Speed Shot killed his brother in law Abe Vinson in Fulton Kentucky after mistaking guests Abe Vinson and his wife for burglars. Speed fired on Vinson’s wife missing her as the couple slept on Speed's balcony during a hot night.
Brief notices report a fire damp explosion at a Clermont Fer rand mine in France killing twelve miners. A Cuba cabinet shakeup leaves only the Secretary of Justice, as all other ministers resign to permit reconstruction under popular pressure. South Australia buys 1,600 acres to promote dairy farming with a government expert overseeing the project.
Argentina will allow cattle from the United States to be imported after rescinding the embargo. The move is believed influenced by Congress action to place hides on the free list and by continued trade negotiations between the two nations.
Former Minnesota governor Samuel R Van Sant was elected commander in chief of the G A R in Salt Lake City by a 537 to 156 vote over Indiana judge William A Ketcham. Officers include W M Bostaph Ogden Utah senior vice commander Alfred Beers Bristol Conn surgeon general W H Lemon Lawrence Kan and Mrs Jennie L Berry of Des Moines national president of the Woman's Relief Corps. The Flying Squadron Naval Association elected its officers by acclamation with John C Black re elected commander. The encampment ended with fireworks on Ensign Peak and Atlantic City chosen for the next gathering by a close vote 307 to 293. Salt Lake City hosted a major parade led by the Fiftieth Infantry Fort Douglas with Utah National Guard and many guests. 1 200 schoolchildren formed a human flag.
Graniteville Vermont resident Mrs Barclay testifies that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved nervousness and other symptoms during the change of life. The ad extols decades of cures for female ailments and promotes the remedy as inexpensive with life changing value.
In a courtroom, the prisoner asserts that Gompers says the law is unconstitutional. The judge asks the prisoner to stand and offer any reason against pronouncing the sentence, reflecting a legal challenge tied to constitutional grounds.
Mrs Matilda Holtert of Providence Idaho says Allens Foot-Ease gave lasting relief to her aching feet and recommends it to anyone with sore feet. Sold by all druggists for fifty cents. ask today.
A Cleveland Leader quotation notes women rest their chins on their hands to keep their mouths shut and avoid disturbing themselves, reflecting a witty, antiquated view of women's affectations.
Dr. E Souchon of New Orleans presents remarkable facts about the tongue noting its unique architecture and functions. He explains its base body and apex, its ability to protrude, its varied shapes, and its movable nature. The tongue houses three nerve kinds and shows distinct anterior and posterior papillae, with exceptional color variation and solidity.
A Boston mother writes of feeding her three sons Bob Jack and Dick aged six four and two with Grape-Nuts since infancy. She notes health gains in other children, and says both she and her husband use the cereal daily for strength and vitality.
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