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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
3
Prices for Bessemer and non Bessemer ores for delivery next year were announced with little surprise as producers plan 12 to 13 million tons of Superior ore to furnaces. Consumers have placed large orders while old range ores will be apportioned among existing customers. Carnegie and National Steel show no ore for sale, expecting higher consumption in 1900.
A conservative-voiced excerpt derides the so called good fellow, contrasts them with the businessman, and notes social burdens. The Virginia Enterprise reports ore shipments and rail totals, then a column on quill pens and the shift to steel nibs, detailing name usage confusion and a fading art.
At the Southampton annual congress of the Sanitary Institute Prof Henry Robinson urged storing flood water to meet national needs. He warned that rainfall does not rise with population and watersheds favor cities while villages rely on shallow wells prone to pollution.
Alice Cuisuetl of Was Caiy Was received a long misdirected letter dating to June 889 from a California friend who died years ago. The misrouted missive wandered the country for ten years, passing through many hands and routes before finally arriving at its intended recipient.
Fragmented passage references ships or forces, Cuba, the Philippines, and a budget plan. It mentions opposition to reducing forces and a plan to “eat the budget” with a focus on troops and funding. No clear names, dates, places, or events are identifiable.
A compact portrait of a country newspaper shop. It details the vast manual labor behind printing from preparing 150 000 type pieces weekly to assembling ads, correcting errors, and gathering information. It emphasizes perseverance, pluck, and unremitting industry as essential to newsroom work.
A miscellany of observations on manners and habits. The piece notes that advice costs little yet is often ignored and contrasts idealized husbands with everyday faults. It describes dromedaries driven by tobacco smoke used to spur speed, detailing a triangular wood mouthpiece and the animal's reaction to the smoke.
To clean stained white garments mix half an ounce of salts of tartar with half an ounce of sal ammoniac in half a pint of warm water. Stir until dissolved. Stretch the stained area over a basin and pour the liquid over it. If the stain is fresh, it should fade. Then wash with hot water and soap, rinse, dry in the sun.
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