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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
12
Local notices report train timetables and routes from Marquette to Duluth and other towns, plus ore shipments and mine fires. Advertisers promote jewelry, watches, and holiday goods, noting new businesses, local meetings, and upcoming events as Christmas approaches.
Midwest timetable notes show Milwaukee and Chicago connections with trains departing from Bessemer and Pitpom for Ashian and Monticapelis. Details list Train No 4, transfer points, and service times, with arrivals and departures at Bessemer and related local stops.
Retailer launches a holiday stock reduction offering deep discounts on all Rogers Bros goods to clear inventory during the season. Customers can expect broad price cuts on jewelry items at the store during the promotion.
The list mentions ed items alongside toilet sets manicure sets albums work baskets cat glass novelties pocket books card cases Christmas and New Yorks ecards and nearly every kind of holiday present not detailed here.
Besides the goods mentioned above a fine line of jewelry sticks ing vines bronches chains watches charms and many other pretty things are offered in a first class jewelry store. They wish you a merry Christmas and invite you in to view the stock in the meantime.
The Iron County case challenges favored taxation on undeveloped mineral lands near the Gogebic range. Judge Parish ruled the arbitrary classifying based on speculative mineral values invalid, affecting taxes estimated between 15 000 and 20 000. The article also notes the funeral of Mrs. Margaret J. Baker of West Superior and her family tragedy linked to 1894 dynamite deaths.
Miss Neilie Hansen performs as pianist this week. In tenth grade history a fifteen minute debate on the twentieth century year closed. Fractions in algebra begin this week. The tenth grade, football, baseball and basketball are topics of school life. Glee club practices football song in hope of future basketball success. Eleventh grade English reads Julius Caesar. Miss Flora Hallan and Abas Meh Latehtin named basketball captains. Seventh and eighth grade teachers Gardanier and Duncan begin Spanish studies. Miss Francis Rowe missed two days due to illness.
The note describes grade room renovations with a teacher and pupils depicted, a liberatory basement recitation room created, and a refund guarantee for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar and a 25 cent bottle if coughs or colds persist. It also mentions a collection of geological specimens added to the laboratory.
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