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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
6
A nostalgic fragment recounts Thanksgiving scenes with vivid nature imagery and seasonal mood. It contrasts reverie with a Chicago literary vignette where Ellie Effie and a surviving mother share tenderness, while Susie contemplates a Christmas dinner and a surprising invitation unfolds involving Karl and a looming family gathering.
In Edie’s parlor the betrothed Karl brings his pale mother Nellie Clyde Schilling to meet his employer Mr. Morley and Edie. Nellie, once invited to a Thanksgiving gathering, hints at forgiveness and a possible renewed friendship twenty years after past loneliness. A quiet reconciliation unfolds at a family Thanksgiving scene.
Edie, feeling poverty press, decides to confront her cold uncle Ralph at his gloomy mansion. She pleads for help, recalling her late mother and the family’s sorrow, and clasps him with innocent resolve as he sits by the fire. The moment reveals his weary, softened heart.
A fragment cites a proverb about gratitude and harmony, declaring that a simple meal with love outshines abundance marked by conflict. The text frames Thanksgiving as a time for warm, peaceful shared meals over ostentatious meals.
A whimsical fragment from Sunday Magazine presents playful reflections on Thanksgiving cooking and romance. The speaker muses on the cook who makes a roasted dream and the mood of lovers as autumn ends. The verse ends with a nostalgic, moonlit mood and a sigh for fairy land.
A dramatic scene unfolds with Sasie and Essie arriving at Uncle Ralph’s home via carriage after confidences of engagement and love. The elder sister questions the tale, but the household welcomes them warmly, while reflections on Thanksgiving emphasize shared happiness and avoiding killjoy behavior to sustain the festive spirit.
Mrs Jimpson notes a large turkey sent for Thanksgiving by her mother and plans to join for dinner. Jimpson expresses mixed joy and slight frustration, remarking that the gesture mirrors past surprises. The scene captures family warmth with a hint of domestic tension amid holiday prep.
Real estate dealers and others estimate Berrien County's peach crop made a historic fortune. Shipped refrigerator cars from Benton Harbor and St. Joseph totaled 1,890 cars, worth about 750,000 dollars, pushing county value near 2 million dollars with farmers expanding land and paying debts.
Tomer C. Millen, former manager of White Portland Cement, had his Four Mile Lake home robbed of twenty five diamonds rather than silverware. Millen's coachman Robert L. Burton confessed, saying he took rings and pins and removed stones from settings. A jewel box with the gems was hidden under a fence and covered with leaves. Arnold the jeweler values the lot at about 400 dollars.
James T. Thorburn, president of the William H. Elliott Company, accidentally shot his wife at their Detroit home after bringing home a revolver for protection. He had shown her the weapon, reloaded it, and while wiping oil from it a cloth brushed the trigger, firing a cartridge and killing Mrs. Thorburn instantly.
Mrs Nellie Balganca a 35 year old widow of Mount Clemens committed death by own action at the residence of William Danson in Chicago where she was visiting. She left home at 9 o clock appearing in good spirit then shot herself in the left side after retreating to her room. A note to her mother stated she felt homesick and wished to go home.
Pearl Emlong, 17, accused John Raber of kidnaping her from a Stevensville farm and taking her to Chicago where she was held two weeks. Raber was fined $200 for disorderly conduct after a father’s search uncovered the alleged confinement at W. M. Banshack’s home. Rachel was arrested amid the disappearance.
The fall barrel trade slows due to a western Michigan apple crop shortage. Kalamazoo Methodists push to locate the proposed home for the aged in the city under church plans in the state.
Leading medical writers and teachers endorse Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery for weak stomach catarrh liver complaints and chronic bowel ailments. It lists ingredients like Black Cherrybark Golden Seal root and Queen s root and claims endorsements from Bartholow Hare Ellingwood King Scudder Hale and others. The bottle wrapper claims no poison and glycerine as an ingredient with a booklet mailed free from Dr R V Pierce Buffalo NY.
A passenger asks about ship speed as the captain reveals a cheeky boast. The captain claims they “made twenty knots an hour last night” and, when pressed, admits they threw them overboard. The girl reacts with a playful remark.
A health advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and promises cure via a claimed remedy. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers one dollar reward for incurable cases, urging readers to mail for a free prospectus and buy Mall's Catarra Cure and Family Pills.
A physician declares to a patient that the ailment is peristalic neurilemma. The patient gasps and asks for its meaning, while the doctor asserts it as the disease causing the distress. The exchange unfolds with formal, slightly comic tension as medical jargon confounds the patient.
A home grown philosopher notes men lie about fish they did not catch while women lie about the men they could have married. An inexperienced youth asks for the answer and the philosopher delivers a witty verdict on truth and choice.
Mrs. L O Law of Horton Kansas recounts severe indigestion and weakness cured by Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits three boxes with full recovery and urges others to try the simple remedy that builds up weakened organs and creates new blood without acting on the bowels. Pills sold by druggists or mailed from Schenectady New York.
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