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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
2
A nostalgic poem recalls a sunny garden scene with morning glories sunflowers clematis and fragrant blossoms. Poignant lines describe hollyhocks marigolds and roses under a trellis, evoking motherly care and bygone days in a pastoral setting.
Richard Vane, Dorothy Warren, and Miss Davis are on a Maine coast summer trip where Dorothy falls for Dr. Raymond Drew, while Vane grows jealous. After an evening confrontation, Dorothy reveals she is engaged to Drew with her parents’ approval, shattering Vane’s hopes and leaving him to bitterly blame Miss Davis for the heartbreak.
Richard Vane plans to marry Elsie Davis after confessing his feelings but she declines, saying the match can never be. He returns to the city unaware of the value of what he rejects, and Elsie bids him farewell. The tale ends with his loss.
An esthetic sportsman denounces the Mauser pistol as a brutal utilitarian machine. He foresees cavalry becoming surgeon like figures with a box and tube firing bullets from a distance. The piece contrasts old cavalry romance with future mechanized war and jokes about a Modern Charge of the Light Brigade.
Two Detroit trolley cars collided while backing toward a switch on Warren avenue at Twenty-third street, darkened by a failure to regain power. Six people were injured, one severely, as cars telescoped for several feet and passengers struggled to reach safety.
A farm family takes a buggy ride with a spirited horse. The horse panics, the wagon flips, Paw is injured, and three men appear to rescue the scene as the horse returns home. The episode ends with the livverry man tending the injured animal.
A writer for Leslies Weekly describes three tearful moments for Admiral Dewey in New York. First when shown the Mag that once floated over Farragut, second during the naval parade as he viewed the Olympia and the cheering crowds, and third upon sight of 2,300 schoolchildren who formed the word Dewey in blue tiers. He bowed with hat in hand, tears streaking his face.
Angell, the Queen’s favored portraitist, says no secrets are hidden from him as he prepares a reproduction of the Windsor Castle sitting. The original will not be released for reproduction, so a copy will be made for circulation among English people at the Queen’s desire.
In Schering's Berlin factory where photographic paper and plates are produced, air circulation is achieved by drawing in air through fine cloth filters and expelling it via powerful roof ventilators to avoid black specks in paper caused by smoke laden atmosphere.
An old Michigan veteran whose leg was amputated ten years ago had the limb buried in a coffin in the cemetery. Funeral services were held over the grave and he wept profusely. Since then, he has placed weekly flowers on the grave during the summer months. A cyclist can ride downhill with ease but struggles uphill with an airless tire.
George W. Brooks fatally shot his recently divorced wife at her Detroit home, then killed himself on nearby Grand Trunk Railroad tracks after a brief, stormy confrontation. The woman survived with wounds to the neck shoulder and body.
At Hillsdale John Page received six years for burning Dell Lander’s barn at Lickley’s Corners on September 19, 1808. The judge noted the term is effectively a life sentence for Page, who is 75 years old.
Fire destroyed the mercantile establishment of John H. McAuley at Manistee sweeping groceries clothing boots and shoes crockery and more. Loss estimated at $12,500 with the blaze causing extensive damage to the building and contents.
Experts warn that electrolysis causing rapid deterioration in New York elevated railroad structures may be coming from a current carried over the Brooklyn Bridge. The most dangerous points would be cable anchors hidden by masonry, though moisture exclusion could remove risk. Any weakening would likely show warning signs beforehand.
The Queen of Siam possesses a gold lotus bud thimble given by her royal husband. It is studded with diamonds arranged to spell their names and their marriage date, reflecting a regal keepsake of intimate significance.
Electricity is applied to glass manufacture melting a pot of batch in fifteen minutes, a dramatic speedup from eighty hours. The note mentions false shirt fronts as the poor man’s posom friends and ends with a quirky remark.
Reflections on the scriptural lesson for December ten drawn from Matthew and Malachi. It discusses God loving a cheerful giver, the duties of tithes and offerings, and the call to support religious work and missions with joy. The piece situates Malachi around 430 BC, notes temple neglect, and urges generous Christian giving as essential to spiritual life.
A fragment from a Washington Post piece recalls a young woman named Margaret on a Potomac excursion. She humorously describes Alexandria and an “old graveyard” noted for its quaint gravestones as a superb sight.
A Washington Post snippet portrays a man described as from New York. He refuses to give up his streetcar seat for a woman and remarks that Corcoran Gallery pictures do not match those in the Hoffman House bar. The phrase New Yorker appears as a characterization.
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