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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1912
Page
5
Government scientists in Washington study word from Winnipeg that Harry V. Radford found over 350 wild buffalo in the Slave Lake district of Hudson Bay country. His expedition began in 1909, surveying hundreds of miles and preserving a 2,402 pound skin and skull now housed in Canadian and U.S. museums.
A government report by George K. Holmes criticizes farmwives and daughters for neglecting household work. It cites rising farm wages and shifts toward social duties, noting declines in domestic skills like knitting and reliance on stores for preserved foods.
The District of Columbia public library plans a permanent eclipse of Oliver Optic Horatio Alger and other juvenile writers. An executive committee with teachers will discourage indiscriminate reading by youth, deeming many works purposeless or morally questionable.
The text reports Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh ruling that a herring is a herring and not names of other fishes. He also holds that anchovies, brisling, cardines, sprats, pilchards and alewives are not herrings. Importers will pay 1 cent a pound for fresh herrings and 0.5 cent for other pack, with a duty of 0.75 cent or 80 percent ad valorem.
A series of terse Michigan notes report suicides and near suicides in Kalamazoo Adrian and Marshall, a starving elderly man in Brady township with bank balances, a barn fire rescue by Aunty Meyers, a stricken steamer Southshore ashore near Grand Marais, a copper country art exhibition, a murder arrest in Norton township, a woman dead from burns after a wedding mishap, a smallpox outbreak in Au Gres, plans for a foundlings institution in Kalamazoo, a local dealer's suicide near Marshall, and Homer Huston jailed in Grand Rapids.
Fred Bruce an Alma Sugar Co. employee died by suicide in an outhouse after colleagues noted his missing dinner and a shotgun lay nearby. The case is treated as premeditated with a remark about his hat cited by investigators.
Ominelle notes fondness for affectionate animals while Chance warns that fast runners deter attachment. The exchange highlights playful insights on trust and reality.
Ad copy promotes Currs Burns and Cuts with Cole a Carbo salve claiming instant pain relief and quick cure. Mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated granules and easy dosage. Includes cost 25 and 8 cents and a line about saving money for inheritance. Ends with a quip about marriage and a poet.
A terse line notes the routine behavior of the average hired girl as she checks the closet and uncovers the family skeletons. The remark hints at domestic scrutiny and hidden family issues in a historical domestic setting.
An 1812 patent medicine advertisement explains tired blood as the cause of dyspepsia indigestion and related symptoms. It promotes Tonitives as a remedy to build up the blood and prevent or cure digestive issues.
A Boston clubman just back from New York recalls a friend asking if he carried a policeman in his pocket during his trip. The clubman pauses, then the friend adds that a week there would likely bring a grafter into one's pocket.
A Nebraska man recounts illness from fever and a run down state. After ignoring advice to eat Grape-Nuts his condition worsened with boils and weakness. He credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and says he would not be without it. The ad claims genuineness and encourages reading The Road to Wellville.
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