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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
18
Photographic services offered in all classes with emphasis on fine cabinet work in dull or gloss finish. Located at Cor Setar and Sophie Streets, Bessemer, Michigan.
Notice to Ellen FE Scott and Townsend Scott, owners, that land sold for unpaid taxes has a tax deed, offering six months to reconvey upon repayment of all sums paid plus 100 percent, sheriff fees, and five dollars per description. If not paid, proceedings for possession will be instituted.
Description notes the north west quarter of the north east quarter and south west quarter of section 15 township 49 north range 46 west in Gogebic County Michigan. Taxes listed for years 1888 1889 1890 1892 1893 1894 1895 1897 1898 1899 with total amount paid 69.42 dollars. Signed G L Buland Montesano Washington dated October 7 1899.
Barclay A. James claims title under tax deed and offers reconveyance within six months after service on payment of all sums paid plus 100 percent penalty and sheriff fees. If not paid, proceedings for possession will start. Describes land in Gogebic County Michigan with multiple tax years and amounts. Dated October 1899.
G L Bui and Montesano Washington publish that land in Gogebic County Michigan is sold for unpaid taxes under a tax deed. Described tracts include parts of Section 13 and Section 10 Township 49 North Range 46 West. Taxes listed for multiple years. amount paid 130.17 dollars. Six month reconveyance period from service. failure to pay leads to possession suit.
First publication November 7th 1899 under tax deed for North half section 4 township 47 north range 45 west Gogebic County Michigan. Owner David Ellis Cornean may redeem within six months by paying all sums paid plus 100 percent and sheriff fees. otherwise suit for possession will be instituted. Tax years 1882 to 1897 total $413.41 paid by Chas. C. Neidhold and Edwin Neihold Wakefield Michigan dated October 7 1899.
Francis Ryhnchowski of Lemberg reports a mysterious substance named electroid. It supposedly emits aroma and cool air, sharpens photographic lines, and preserves organic matter while stimulating plant growth and microbial suppression. The Austrian commission notes electroid effects penetrate brick and glass and attract solid objects.
In Cowley and Electa counties a quartet of workers fell victim to deadly gas while cleaning two wells. Karlin Kavita arrived and, despite great risk, lowered a rope and lifeline to pull four men to the surface. All four were revived after long efforts. physicians hailed Kavita as a heroic rescuer.
The Gentleman's Magazine notes that velocity of the sun through space is derived from spectral shifts. Vogel at Potsdam places it near seven and a half miles per second, Keeler and Tisserand suggest about nine to nine and a third miles per second, giving a likely range of six to twelve miles per second. The Potsdam average is about ten and a half miles per second, hinting the sun may share this pace.
British New Guinea antiquities and relics sold at Stevens Auction Rooms Covent Garden London. A bronze head of an ancient Benin king fetched £18 for the mummy of an Egyptian princess. An elaborate coffin sold for seven guineas, several native shells with notched designs averaged 30s each, and carved charms worn in battle brought five guineas.
A Russian foreign ministry circular reopens the court dress debate for American diplomats abroad. It prescribes a dark blue evening coat with velvet, white or blue waistcoat, and blue trousers for all nonuniformed officials at court in St. Petersburg. The move, noted by Washington and linked to similar actions in Berlin and Brussels, follows ambassador Tower’s push for attire closer to American preferences.
The Chicago Journal reports on the distribution of revenue stamps nationwide in two streams. One involves private dealers selling stamps at the rate of one percent to retailers, while the other channel uses two million commissions to operators with a permanent tax. Commissioner Wilson notes a steady stream of stamps through banks and post offices, with prices and quantities fluctuating briefly.
A pioneer report describes a fossil snake found on a mining claim covering twenty acres. The specimen measures about 233 feet in length with folds of the snake bronze from twelve to eighteen inches in thickness, perched atop a border. Mr Aggers plans to collect pieces and ship them to the National Museum in Washington in spring.
The Echternach dancing procession, famed and peculiar, gathers thousands yearly. Pilgrims from Persium, France, and Germany join Luxembursts to honor St. Willibrord in a rhythmic ritual known as the leaping satura. The crowd marches three steps forward, one back, repeating from the bridge on the Lure to the church.
An actress playing small parts in a Berlin theater earns her carriage to some account. A casual notice invites friends to see her debut in Marriage with Herry taking the other part. The play may turn out a comedy or a drama depending on him. The piece ends with a note on courage to face the altar.
Philadelphia Record reports that the Lehigh breaker coal dust or culm, long deemed waste, is now being shipped by water at about twenty car loads daily. A New York firm plans to turn it into fuel briquettes, with promising feasibility and demand for the lignite byproduct.
A New Orleans business man devised a novel will prank. After paying a lawyer to record his last injunctions on a phonograph, he hid the recording in cotton and directed that it be read after his death to deter challenges. He aimed to shock heirs into submission.
The New York tribunal notes a Japanese woman seeking naturalization as the first of her race in the country. Miss Mize Harada appears before Clerk Samuel D. Edeeze to take the oath and renounce allegiance to the emperor of Japan. Her interpreter explains the oath terms, and Harada, 36, unmarried, is described as well educated and in the United States for residence.
Three fishermen captured a small whale stranded on the beach at Ocean City New Jersey on November 2 after a lively chase. The whale chased a school of small fish before beached and weighing about two hundred pounds was hauled ashore and shipped alive to Philadelphia as a gift to the University of Pennsylvania.
An observer at a city hotel argues Zelaya, while dictatorial, has restored order amid factional chaos. He claims executions were harsh but necessary, cites improved schools, laws, property rights, and new commerce, and defends recent measures to curb new revolt in Managua.
The article notes that the St Cotherd and Mont Cenis tunnels are the world’s greatest, with the Simplon project rising to join them. Work proceeds at five yards daily per tunnel heading toward a future milestone where two crews meet to span thirteen miles of mountain, creating the longest tunnel.
Official records from three Bohemian fraternal benefit societies over three to five years show a high incidence of deaths by own action. The circular links this trend to widespread infidelity and argues a causal connection between self harm and moral decline within these groups.
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