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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
8
Columbus Consolidated reports use of compressed air drills at Coumbus and Howland tunnels with electric power to come. Recent ore shipments show about 1.20 gold value, 2 ounces silver, 28.2 percent lead, and copper around one percent per ton. The firm plans to maintain the 300 tons monthly output through winter as canyon roads stay open.
A long OCR fragment mixes an advertisement for Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root promising kidney health with a report on a mining operation at Alta. It mentions a sample offer by mail, a Kilmer Co address in Keetmont NY, and a note about the mine boarding house, a 35 by 80 foot building, a 600 HP power plant to be installed in Little Cottonwood canyon, and plans to truck power to the Columbus Con and nearby mines along with an Alta tramway re-opening.
The Moonview Mining Review notes a tramway and shares forming the basis for an incorporated company to promote mining interests in the Sandy camp. Columbus Consolidated Mining Co pays profits monthly and may begin regular dividends next year. directors include Tony Jacobson, Clarence McCornick, Arthur E B Snow, Lewis A Jeffs, and B F Chynoworth.
Sixty years of cures prove Aver's Cherry Pectoral powerful for coughs. A vintage testimonial claims it is the greatest remedy, with three sizes 25c 50c and $1 available at all druggists. Follow a doctor's advice if he prescribes it.
The Board of Public Works of Bessemer invites sealed bids for furnishing four foot sound hard body wood cords to the pumping station. Deliveries start January 6 1904 with at least fifty cords monthly, full delivery by April 15 1904. Bids due December 22 1903 at 2 PM, bonds required, bids opened December 23, board may reject all bids.
Mr J M Haller, head of a big dry goods firm in Yoakun Texas, travels east to buy goods with a companion. In a Palace Car he offers a friend a Little Early Risers pill promising an early rising and a feeling good. The pills are praised for taste and effect despite earlier drowsiness.
Board members Rapp Campbell Bulascevicz Hagen and Shea attended. Minutes read and approved. Janitor applications for 3rd ward schools discussed. salary set at 35 dollars per month. Shrubs contract 75 dollars approved. 390 dollars to Ernest Dear and 250 dollars to Hijalmar Ekman approved. Building committee to verify lamber and merchandise placements. if correct, the President and Secretary to issue orders. Resolution: all bills to Secretary by the first of each month. none allowed if presented after the first. 200 dollars to Whithouse and Gerhardt approved. Gerhardt bid for supervising 3rd ward schoolhouse laid on the table.
The finance committee be accepted and orders drawn for the several amounts. The board upon motion therzupen ad journed. Gustav T. Ziebur, Sec'ry.
The value of diamonds in the United States is estimated at 500 million dollars with 170 million owned by residents of New Vers.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as the best cod liver oil preparation for restoring strength and color to pale sickly young women. It claims regular treatment cures a blood sickness causing paleness weakness and nervousness, and urges buyers to look for the labeled bottle wrapper.
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