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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1925
Page
1
The Woman's Club plans a community Christmas tree for Bessemer with city council support granting free rights and labor to install the tree on Sophia Street. The measure aims to enhance holiday spirit and civic pride, noting last year’s lack of a community tree and comparing it to Fourth of July celebrations.
A Tuesday evening banquet at Olcott school praised Bessemer high school football players and coaches. Rotarians hosted. school board members attended as the event celebrated the team’s season.
Wakefield officials arrested at least half a dozen tobacco vendors as part of a drive to stop minors from obtaining cigarettes. The piece urges broader city action across the Gogebic range and calls for stern discipline to curb youth smoking and emerging liquor use among youths.
Editorial notes public confusion over parole figures and governor policy in Michigan. It criticizes shifting data on releases, defends the parole system, and recalls historical labor conflicts tied to prison work, urging clarity amid growing population pressures and civil liberties concerns.
The Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record argues that prison labor competes with free labor across sectors such as agricultural implements, reed furniture, canned foods, and brick. It urges careful parole use to keep imprisoned workers from entering the competitive job pool and cautions against expanding prison populations.
A2 Pick & Axe notes a return of the old times as cold weather and heavy snow ripple through town. City council heats up to keep warm, patrols scarce, ice skaters crowd the county road, Finnish ski riders loosen, and shoppers count ten days to Christmas.
A playful verse notes Mary sells her lamb to a restaurant and it is transformed into chicken in its retelling. The tale uses a humorous reversal to comment on culinary reuse and market demand.
The Wakefield basketball manager sought the Bessemer manager yesterday but could not locate him due to heavy snowdrifts. As a result the game has not yet been scheduled.
A Bessemer housewife told a reporter she did not subscribe to a daily paper, replying that “we hear enough” when asked why. The exchange underscored sensational headlines and a blunt public voice in a startling incident.
The week covers a community Christ as tree event nine cabs and a tiger a bxangtet with the Rotes and a claim Bessemer will field a stronger team. Donie gains notes as a forceful public speaker and draws interest from commercial clubs and ladies aid societies. A boy asks Santa for items listed in the Peers-Sandbuck catalog. A torn tree prompts questions about cause.
Manx finalizes a shopping list and intends to buy a present for himself. Rab Roy is noted in the text as a bystander or cited name with no further action.
Dec 12 1924 Bessemer High began the basketball season with a 12 10 6 victory over Mimecqua High at Washington gym. Captain Sartoris and Meacher led Bessemer's defense holding Mimecqua to a single home field goal. Community notes include dedication of American Legion and Artillery hall and Christmas social events.
In a snowy Christmas scene, a solitary man named Simmons wanders past crowds and gifts. He recalls childhood joys and finds a rare comfort in a pine grove as memories of family celebrations surface through the bleak urban hush.
Notice for the annual meeting of stockholders of Peoples State Bank of Heesemer Michigan at the Boaser office in Gogebs County Michigan on Tuesday January Itch day 1926. Election of directors for the ensuing year and other business to be transacted. Hours 9 a.m. to 3 50 p.m. A Hagerman cashier.
Annual stockholders meeting of The First National Bank of Besse Tier Michigan will be held at the bank office on Tuesday January 1 1926 between 4 00 PM and 4 66 PM. The meeting will elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and address other business as may properly come before it. S. S. Williams cashier. 124-15 When Magellan circumnavigated the globe his command was Follow the flagship and ask no questions.
An official order under Act 370 of 1925 prohibits trolling from motor boats on inland lakes of Michigan for five years from January 1, 1926. The director of conservation recommends the ban after review, with enforcement under Section 5 penalties. Signed September 21, 1925, by John Bad, Director, Department of Conservation, with commission officials Wallace and Cochren.
In Michigan's Probate Court at Besgemer on November 2, 1925 judge Harry K Bar presiding, Joseph Ossanna petitions for administration of the Lodovico Ossanna estate to himself or another suitable person. order set for the 20th day.
Mixed probate and road commission notices from Gogebic County Michigan. Items reference petitions in probate court for estate administration and public hearings, with dates in November 1925 and December 189S, and orders for publication in the Bes semer Herald. Names include Harry K. Bay and Luther E. Sherman.
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