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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
4
Christening parties grow in popularity with a large reception after the ceremony. Guests receive dainty boxes of chocolate tied with ribbons and bearing the baby's monogram in gold. Ribbons match the mother's chosen color and act as keepsakes of the day.
Gambling in France has grown so large that the government plans a serious study of the issue. It is estimated that half of personal crisis reports in Paris relate to losses at the races.
In Geneva a substitute for the postman uses an electric system in high houses. Letters lightly dropped into a box trigger an electric bell on the floor below to direct an automatic hydraulic lift. The lift carries the letter up to the target floor and then descends for the next item.
A historical look shows 19,914 locomotives currently operating in the United Kingdom each averaging 19,096 miles per year and earning about £4,573 per locomotive. That yields roughly 4s 9d per mile in gross receipts. Ten years ago 15,921 locomotives ran 9,055 miles yearly earning £1,929 each, so with an average cost of £2,700 per locomotive, gross receipts cover cost in seven months but do not guarantee profits.
In Norway engagement marks appear on men and women alike, with rings worn after betrothal and calling cards printed with the fianc ee beneath the man's name. Rich use gold rings while the poor use silver or filigree. Every engaged man bears outward proof of the matrimonial bond.
Danes favor horseflesh over beef while Germany and Austria see brisk horse meat preparations rising by about 80 percent yearly. England remains wary of the meat as an alias diet alongside snails and frogs. Paris first horse butchers began in 1866 and now 5,000 tons are consumed annually, supplied by two city-outside slaughterhouses and sixty licensed butchers.
Bronze tablets with heads of celebrated authors in bas-reliefs adorn libraries Whitman and Tennyson stand out for their long beards and finely shaped heads. Although poets’ verses are beautiful, not all poets look well in bronze.
State of Michigan Circuit Court in Gogebic targets Godfrey Hanson a Wisconsin resident in a Chancery proceeding against Christine Hanson. Order calls for appearance and answer within four months with defense due twenty days after service, failure means bill confessed. Notice to publish in the Pessemer Herald weekly for six weeks or personal service twenty days before appearance.
Two car loads of cutters made by G. S. Morris of Waupun Wisconsin boast top quality and satisfaction in use. Nine second-hand wood sleighs offered at half price. Orders welcomed with plant machinery ready to turn out work in half the previous time at Frev Orro Longyear St Bessemer Michigan.
The Irving high school week recounts include absent Misses Rosy and Edith Burt, oiling floors during vacation, and lab fumes noticed in upper halls. Former students Fred Mingay and Joseph Bawden visited. the Irving club met in the auditorium. tenth graders read The Princess by Alfred Tennyson. girls basketball held first practice in the opera house. ninth graders began bookkeeping. court term nears end with Adolf Peterson v Alfred D Johnson ending in verdict for Johnson.
Regular meeting of the City of Bessemer Board of Education on December 2, 1899, with four members present and two absent. Minutes approved, bills approved totaling numerous suppliers and labor payments. The board adjourned after routine action. A collection of 150 geological specimens was added to the general laboratory during the week.
Notice to Bessemer taxpayers that the tax roll is in the city treasurer's hands and taxes may be paid at the First National Bank from morning until 3:30 pm on weekdays, with Saturday hours limited to morning only. Joan P. L Mveccer, City Treasurer.
Question Answered states August Flower remains the largest selling medicine in the civilized world. It claims mothers and grandmothers used it for indigestion and biliousness when doctors were scarce. The ad promotes Green's August Flower in liquid form and offers sample bottles at Jones' drug store.
One of South Africa's most notable women, Miss Alice Rhodes, sister of Cecil Rhodes, owns a country seat near Cape Town named Groot Schuur. Her zoological garden houses nearly all native wild animals and she is regarded as an authority on politics and statecraft while described as masculine in appearance.
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