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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
7
In a light exchange a letter carrier notes rainy weather while a farmer replies that hoarders blame the weather and moonlight nights. The carrier agrees weather isn’t to blame, while the farmer jokes about moonlit nights. The dialogue captures rural and urban perspectives on weather impact.
A court dialogue notes a wife seeking divorce due to incompatibility, asking for proof of temper clashes. The remark contrasts her desire to end marriage with her husband’s reluctance. The exchange highlights marital strain and differing willingness to terminate the union.
A testimonial from David Price of Corydon Indiana recounts kidney trouble improving after using Deans Kidney Pills. He praises the product for restoring mobility and health over seven years of lasting relief. Ad copy notes 50 cents a box and Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Also mentions Lone glare of torch and pain relief products by Hamlins Wizard Oil and a note on emigration by the Italian government.
The cost of passing the tariff law climbs toward $500,000 after a special session. Mileage payments at 20 cents per mile plus travel reimbursements for House members total $154,000. Senate travel costs run about $47,000. Extra pay for Senate staff tops $73,000 with House clerks and messengers adding around $100,000. The deficiency bill includes $25,000 for general expenses largely used to push the tariff through, and official reporters from both houses receive about $10,000 for extra clerk hire and related costs.
In Waterville Kansas residents may not use profanity within city limits under penalty of jail. The city council declared swearing a misdemeanor and fines or imprisonment apply. Only the phrase by chowder is permitted as the sole non curse expression.
Chicago Municipal Judge Gemmill ruled that wives cannot secure arrest warrants against husbands for profanity or threats unless personal violence or desertion is involved. He refused to issue a warrant for Mrs Giuseppe Tolino after her husband returned intoxicated and swore at her, stating the statute allows arrest only in cases of beating, personal violence or desertion.
The Georgia Legislature passed an act prohibiting negro secret societies from using insignia, rituals, grips, or orders composed of whites. It ousts Elks and Knights of Pythias from existence for colored lodges while allowing black Masonic and Odd Fellow groups to continue by changing badges and rituals that closely resemble the white organizations.
Dr. John Sandwall of the University of Utah investigates an unknown germ blamed for forty illnesses and several deaths in Kane County Utah. The disease, spread by those who herd and handle goats, is nicknamed goat fever as authorities search for a definitive cause.
The Georgia Legislature, by bill already approved by the Senate, outlaws the so called stick and shotgun as defense of a woman's name and makes willful defamation of a woman’s name a misdemeanor.
Edward Payson Weston aged 70 after completing a New York to San Francisco trek of 3895 miles in 105 days returns to New York and says he will begin another coast to coast walk next spring when he is 71.
Gen Edward S Bragg ridicules Spanish American War veterans noting most were never in battle and declaring only Civil War veterans are true war veterans seen addressing Milwaukee's Iron Brigade and making a provocative comparison from a Cuban civilization remark.
Calhoun Harris secretary and assistant cashier at the Orr cotton mills in Anderson South Carolina was arrested there on charges of a $50,000 shortage in his accounts.
Government crop report shows record grain yields with wheat corn and oats at all-time highs. Railroads anticipate vast movement to market while prices stay strong boosting farmer income and manufacturing activity nationwide. Northwest leads in prosperity as winter wheat yields rise.
The Rev Hiram W Thomas longtime Chicago clergyman died Thursday night in De Funiak Springs Florida after a life marked by controversy and reform He helped establish the People s Church after being expelled from the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1879 His burial will be in Chicago with funeral conducted by Jenkin Lloyd Jones Theologian and author of liberal religious ethics and reform were central to his career and marriage to Vandalia Varnum followed his first wife s death in 1896.
The article notes Presbyter ianism’s fifty year presence in Colorado with the Denver General Assembly held in a well equipped church. It also reports Rev G L Morrill using camera photos of women to illustrate a sermon on immodest dress. It mentions Washingtons drug suppression efforts and an international Christian Endeavor convention in St Paul with missionary reports from China Jerusalem and Finland.
Seven thousand workers at the Pressed Steel Car Company plant in McKees Rocks Pennsylvania rioted after threats of eviction. They seized streetcars blocked nonstrikers from riding and forced motormen to transport them. State troopers fired over the crowd wounding several. twenty men were arrested. A striker, Steve Harvat, was killed by Major Smith amid a clash with foreign attackers.
Munyons eminent doctors offer a free medical examination by mail in Philadelphia. Send a postal request for a medical examination blank to diagnose your case. if curable you are told so, if not you are told so, with no obligation. Return to Munyon's at 53d and Jefferson streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
Albert Burts wife left him citing extreme frugality. He died by hanging in their Mineola garret. She returned home and found 2,119 dollars hidden in the rafters, beginning a larger search for more money.
An unknown man about 70 years old died by his own action and was found hanging from a tree near a public road in Pittsburg Pennsylvania after about three months. Berry pickers discovered the body along a road frequently traveled by hundreds daily. No identifying marks or crew were found on the body.
Leonora O'Reilly, vice president of the Women's Trade Union League, lauds the organization in New York and predicts a century hence members will view today’s women as farmers’ wives were in the 1840s. A Maine deacon’s sharp quip contrasts labor challenges then and now, mentioning hired help wages during harvest.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt reveals a dramatic scene where a mistress questions her French maid about an unexpected marriage proposal. The maid, dutiful and apologetic, admits the proposal came from the mistress’s own son, causing a sharp clash of loyalties and social expectations.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet notes a father asking about a kiss and a girl predicting a proposal from her suitor. The other item describes crouton prep from stale bread sliced and baked until brown.
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