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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
14
Michigan State News notes Kalamazoo once led celery farming, calling it The Celery City. The article predicts farmland will be repurposed for business and housing as urban growth reduces local celery acreage, with growers seeking muck lands elsewhere.
Supreme Court recent rulings deny damages in two novel cases. A six year old Detroit boy lost an arm after a switch engine moved a freight car he had crawled under. In Battle Creek a factory worker blinded by ash from a fellow employee’s blower cannot recover.
Ernest Pierce is attacked on the way home in South Tonia. Five shots are fired from a tree shadow. He barely survives as the bullet whistles past his head. A second man, Warren Blough, is attacked at a similar location and flees in fear.
The report names ten key Michigan industries including carriage and wagon factories chemical factories flour mills foundries and machine shops furniture factories bakeries planing and saw mills print and publishing houses and tobacco and cigar factories. It covers 8514 establishments employing 7442 men with capital of 125,882,000 and annual output valued at 167,620,000.
Stephen Averill, a wealthy Vicksburg farmer, pleaded not guilty in Kala Li Circuit Court to perjury and false swearing to the assessor. He is accused of claiming no money in the Vicksburg bank, which failed, while seeking $1,800 he says was in the bank at the time and for a long time before its collapse.
Shiawassee County nears an 110000 dollar cost for a new court house, rising to just over 120000 with furnishings and decorations. A board dispute centers on forcing contractors to rebate ten dollars a day for 217 days after contract expiration.
Arthur J. Light, 22, of Vernon, toppled onto a Grand Trunk passenger train in Lapeer after two weeks at the Home for the Pee bie Minded and Epileptic. He had threatened suicide three times during confinement and died shortly after the impact.
Richard Gravel was shot in a Pall River saloon brawl at Ford River by Willa Lind. While Gravel remains alive, physicians fear brain injury. The coroner’s jury found Lind acted in self defense after fatally wounding Gravel's brother Alexander, who died from the confrontation. Lind is held pending outcomes of his injuries.
Carlton Buck and Theodore and Harry Gutteridge sought an afternoon skate on a small lake south of Gaylord. Buck fell through thin ice, followed by his companions. Theodore became stuck in mud as water covered his head. Harry helped Theodore to shore, but Carlton Buck, 18, sank under the ice. Carlton was son of Sanford W. Buck, Gaylord State Savings Bank cashier and director.
Bert Notting is in serious condition from a bullet wound to the side after a quarrel with brother John Notting on their Blendon township farm. John Notting was arrested for the shooting as neighbors pushed officials to act. The brothers lived on the same property and the dispute turned fatal to the injured man.
An explosion at Morris' portable sawmill five miles southeast of Beaverton injures four men and kills one. Engineer Frank Burns is paralyzed with a broken leg and unlikely to recover. Andrew Coyle has a broken shoulder. Albert Mitchell is badly bruised. a man named Snow suffers a severe head wound. The mill is wrecked and investigators cite boiler water shortage as the likely cause.
A team of horses owned by Bert Talbott near St. Joseph had their tongues severed. Deputy sheriffs Dwan and Neely are investigating as locals express outrage over the inhumane act.
Rev Anthony Krams of St Johns was arrested for assault and battery on the one year old son of W G G Hudson. He pleaded guilty and paid ten dollars in costs.
Foster Griffin of Rutland loses 16 month old baby who fell into a cistern while the mother hung out clothes. Efforts to summon help proved futile. The accident occurred in the family homestead and authorities investigated the death.
Michigan reports a potato shortfall of 16 million bushels and notes multiple local incidents. Fires in Clayton Township destroy Nelson DeFord’s home. Kalkaska sees a child burned to death. Alpena timber deals value at $600,000. Rochester seeks electric street lighting. various local deaths and legal actions are recorded. Nationwide, Secretary Wilson cites 1905 farm values at $6.415 billion with corn leading yields at 2.708 billion bushels. dairy eggs total and livestock values noted. banking expands in rural areas under new law.
A collection of brief curiosities and personages including Sig. Tamagno's wealth, Sir Michael Kicks-Beach as exchequer figure, Sir Vrancis Bertie in Paris, the Duke of Argyll's prolific writing, and Ibsen at work. The snippets mix fortunes, birthdays, and quirky habits across prominent names.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune notes Uncle Joe Cannon insists he bears no political obsession. The piece pokes fun at speculation about his aims while reflecting wartime and political tensions across the era.
Dr. J William White of the University of Pennsylvania outlines Roosevelt’s football reform platform authorized by the president after a White House coaches conference. The plan calls for a simple eligibility code, summary punishment for brutality, wide umpire latitude, strict college president accountability, and permanent removal of non bona fide students or amateurs.
A rear-end collision at Baker's Bridge station on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine Railroad killed eighteen people and seriously injured twenty five others. The express from Boston crashed into a Marlboro branch local amid thick weather, with many passengers burned or suffocated. Local residents aided the injured as fire departments were unavailable.
Director of the Mint announces in his annual report that all silver bullion purchased under acts of 1792 and 1800 is exhausted and the coinage of the silver dollar ends unless new legislation passes. It notes the silver dollar’s bullion and coinage history, domestic and international coinage figures, and end-year monetary stock and expenditures.
Representatives of the Six Nation Indians are making an effort to revive their pagan religion and stamp out intemperance.
A dense listing of historical milestones and persons, ranging from Roman emperors and English crown actions to treaties, battles, notable deaths, and technological advances. The compendium names figures such as Tiberius, Henry V, Louis XII, Franklin Pierce, and Robert Clive, with dates and places including Solway Moss, Agincourt, Virginia, New Haven, and Ghent, summing broad eras. It notes events like the Solway Moss defeat, the Virginia charter, the Ghent treaty, the Scheldt opening, and various disasters and inaugurations.
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