Weathering the year and tycoon talk in Bessemer
The piece notes a truthful weather forecast relief while joking about labor leaders facing jail and John D. Rockefeller's $29,000,000 payment. It mentions Ty Cobb signing up early and hints at his wife’s reaction, with broad social commentary on newspapers and magazines about American owe to the Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D
Ty Cobb
Michigan
Pata
Spain
Stewart I
Bellamy Storer
Angus Bethune
Serhan
England
Durham
State Health Official Pushes Law Against Public Orating
Secretary Shumway of the state board of health seeks a legislative path to impose a severe penalty for expectoration in railway stations cars and other public places. Cities may ban such nuisances locally but counties lack power to do so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumway
State Board of Health
Closure of Orchard Lake Military Academy Sparks Interest
The Michigan Military Academy at Orchard Lake will close after years as a leading boys military school and well known minor college in Michigan. Ongoing financial losses led to suspension, not surprising to those familiar with the academy’s troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Military Academy
Orchard Lake
Michigan
Deer Limit Proposed by Upper Peninsula Sportsmen Clubs
Upper Peninsula sportsmen clubs propose a legislative amendment to game laws to limit each hunter to one deer and to allow the use of trophy horns. The aim is to protect the deer herd and promote propagation, though it is uncertain whether the provision could be enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Tomters
Lower Peninsula
Lower Michigan
Marquette Mining Journal
Uegu
H Orst Amie
Debated Michigan deer law and tuberculosis drives
The piece critiques proposed deer hunting limits in Michigan, predicting public opposition and legislative resistance, and advocates cautious regulation. It also includes an appeal from Dr. Frank R. Loope urging local organization against tuberculosis with a 25-member turnout and anti-spitting laws, plus a note on disaster reports and a call for community response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association For the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis
Turner Art Exhibit To Aid Local School Rooms
The Turner Art Exhibit arrives January 20 and opens January 21 the two day display features about two hundred paintings and reproductions valued at 200000. Proceeds fund decorating and beautifying school rooms while catalogues note each piece and orders earn commissions for new pictures. A literary and musical program accompanies the exhibit with local talent performing each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dpivtio Maenthy
Splinters and weight talk slow the bake sale show
Fragmented dialogue on pace and weight in a village bake sale scene. Characters discuss old friends, new ones, and the burden of carrying heavy loads, with comments on baking and diet as they debate progress and fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennings
Jennings
Blanche Ferry Sweet Pea Born From Sorrow and Seed
A New York farmer's daughter endured poverty and tragedy after marrying a quar ryman. She saved seeds from the Painted Lady plant, cultivating them beside a lime quarry. Over decades the flowers evolved into the Blanche Ferry sweet pea, later popularized by Mr. Tracy of the Agriculture Department for widespread cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Ferry
Jefferson County
New York
Tracy
Government Department of Agriculture
Sins Against the Eye and Sun Protection Advice
The passage warns of everyday eye hazards from sun glare and dust, urging proper protection. It lists activities on porches, beaches, and boats, emphasizing hats, veils, glasses, and shaded areas to prevent eye strain and injury.
Relic Making at DeWitt’s Southport Forge
A veteran admires battlefield relics and orders a pound of bullets and a broken officers’ sword forged anew. The guide confirms the forge can produce the items, with Joby directed to work the metal and supply the relics.
Notice to Stockholders of First National Bank meeting
Notice is given for the annual meeting of stockholders of the First National Bank of Bessemer Michigan to be held at the bank office on Tuesday January 12 1909 at two o clock p m for electing a five member Board of Directors and to transact other business as may arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holwiland
C. J. Swodoba
Iver Tid Hagen
W.S. Baird
Baird
United States
Frank R. Loope
First National Bank of
Bessemer
Michigan
Wit and wisdom from the Atchison Globe columns
A compendium of humorous proverbs and thoughtful quips on aging marriage and everyday life. Bits about managing finances, love, coughing household drama, and schooling critique hint at social mores and common sense in a light, editorial voice.
Quotations on self mastery and virtue
A collection of maxims from classical and modern thinkers on self control, virtue, effort, and personal improvement. It frames inner discipline as path to truth, greatness, and a better life through prudent actions and deliberate habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euripides
Epictetus
Socrates
Emerson
Reynolds
Sencen
Xenouphon
Jeremy Collier
Froude
Tyndall
Thoughtful reflections mix fact and myth in early 20th century notes
The passage surveys diverse topics from coffee origins and electricity history to urban crime, immigration wealth, Hampton oyster beds, and a new magnalium alloy. It presents figures on fires in London, criminals in Paris, New York immigrant wealth, and oyster production near Hampton, highlighting broad social and scientific curiosities of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hampton
A Straight Criticism
A beginner asks the critic about last night’s talk. The critic notes missed opportunities and suggests the speaker could have quit earlier, highlighting blunt feedback on performance.
Suen canal cost and global sailing figures report
The data cites the Suen canal cost at 120 750 000 and notes over 25 000 sailing vessels above fifty tons. It lists Germany third in cotton goods production behind Britain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suen Canal
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Fact-filled sketch of South American geography and cities
The article lists South American countries and features including Argentina’s farming, Uruguay’s size, Ecuador larger than Texas, Quito at high elevation with 50 000 people, a high Andes railroad cut, Amazon Valley width, river fall, Argentine population, Chile’s narrowness, New York to Salt Lake distances, Buenos Aires population growth, Colombia stretches tall, Rio de Janeiro harbor status, and Rio as the largest Portuguese speaking city with more people than Portugal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentine Republic
United States
Enzi
Chile
New York
Salt Lake
Philadelphia
Buenos Ayres
Madrid
Rio de Janeiro
Portugal
Snakes Aid to Farmers and Global Science Notes
State zoologist says snakes help farmers and adds a copperhead with a locust diet to his notes. Reports cover Coke industry output, Arctic exploration funded by a Moscow merchant, phonographic Indian music collection, heat indicators in machinery, and new welding methods for steel pipes, all described in terse clipped detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Holland
Tirty
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Bessemer Herald
Sherman & Hand
Editors
Recs
Ner Mich
Pasifice
Scott
Alvertine
Peart
Ann Arbor, Mich
Bessemer, Mich
Alfred S. Warthin
State
Tuberculosis Assn
Chesi
Turner
Jesson
USA
Sears
DeWitt
Pites, Burne
Chamberlain
Remety
Walter F. Truettner
Pete’s
Torsten Eggen
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Dr. King
Atchison Globe Lights
SAGES
Fenelon
Petrarch
Lord Ruschen
Browning
Meredith
Brazil
London
Paris
Enos BL Hoops
Milltown
Pillaberg
Russell Sage Fund
South America
Urugury
Missour
Ecuador
Texas
Quito
Mt. St. Bernard
Andes
Dra
Santiazu
Buenve Ayres
Amazon
Oaton
Cook
Columbia
New York State
Perth
Avatts
St. Paul
New Uriama
Chicaza
BITS
Attasca
British Isles
Kamchatka
Kurile Ang Aleutian Islands
Moscow
New York College
Winnebago
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