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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
8
An article notes Kalamazoo once led celery production with rich muck land now urbanized. Acres devoted to celery have fallen sharply over five years and are expected to drop further, as city growth and land values push growers to seek land elsewhere.
The court ruled against a Detroit boy who crawled under a Grand Trunk freight car and lost an arm, and against a Battle Creek worker blinded by ash from a fellow employee, both finding no recovery due to limitations on employer fault and third party actions.
Ernest Pierce, walking home in South Tonia without Gopom, was fired on five times from the shadows of a tree but survived. Warren Blough, targeted at a similar location later, fled as bullets whistled past.
A state harbor commissioner report lists ten leading Michigan industries with 735000 workers, capital investment over 125 million, and annual output valued around 167 million dollars. Sectors include carriage wagons, chemical mills, flour mills, foundries, furniture, tanneries, planing and saw mills, printing and publishing, and tobacco factories.
Stephen Averill, prominent Vicksburg farmer, pleaded not guilty in Circuit Court to perjury and filing false returns to the assessor. He is accused of swearing he had no money in the Vicksburg bank, which failed, and seeks compensation he claims was in the bank before its collapse.
The county plans a new court house costing about $110,000 without furnishings and over $120,000 with furnishings and decorations. A board dispute centers on whether contractors must rebate $10 daily for 200 days after contract expiration.
Arthur J. Light, 22, an inmate at the Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic in Lapeer, leaped in front of a Grand Trunk passenger train and died. He had been at the facility two weeks after escaping and had threatened suicide three times. He was from Vernon.
Richard Gravel was shot during a saloon brawl at Ulver amid party violence. Authorities deem the wound non fatal and expect recovery, with coroner noting self defense in the shooting while others face potential charges.
Carlton Muck and brothers Theodore and Harry Gutteridge skated on a small lake south of Gaylord. Buck Buck, 18, fell through and drowned as his companions tried to help. Theodore became stuck in mud but was rescued by Harry who swam ashore. Buck was son of Sanford W. Buck, a Gaylord banker.
Bert Notting of Blendon township is in serious condition from a bullet wound after a quarrel with his brother John Notting who was arrested. The brothers lived on the same farm and the dispute led John to fetch a revolver and fire several times. one bullet injured Bert. Neighbors alerted county officials who are handling the case.
Four men are injured and one man is dead after a boiler explosion at Morris portable sawmill five miles southeast of Beaverton. Engineer Frank Burns is paralyzed with a broken leg and not expected to survive. Anbew Coyle has a broken shoulder, Albert Mitchell is badly bruised, and Snow is head cut. The mill was wrecked and lack of water in the boiler is blamed.
Bert Talbott of near St. Joseph found his two fine horses had their tongues severed inhuman act. Deputies Dwan and Neely are investigating as locals express outrage over the mistreatment.
Rev Anthony Krams of St Johns was arrested for assault and battery on the one year old son of W G Hudson. Krams pleaded guilty and paid ten dollars plus costs.
A Rutland farmer named Foster Gritin loses his infant when the wife's child, about nine months old, fell into a cistern and drowned before help arrived.
Michigan reports 16,000,000 bushels short in potato yield and a series of local disasters. Nelson DeFord residence in Clayton Township burned. loss 2500 dollars, partially insured. Kalkaska ALGC tragedy as Richardson Svearold’s son dies from clothing catching fire near a stove. Alpena timber deal closes a major sale in northern Minnesota for a large cash sum. Communications include education penalties in Rochester and various local incidents. Secretary Wilson reports 1905 farm outputs and rising land values, noting corn, hay, dairy, and egg production and bank growth in rural areas.
Report fragments describe the wealth of Sig Tamagno and comparison to Jean de Reszke, a remark on Sig Michael Hicks-Reach as exchequer chancellor walking to Downing Street, and mentions of Sir Princis Bertie and the Duke of Artyil. It also notes a jubilee year and a writer’s habit of composing with doors opening into five rooms and minimal meals.
A jumble of syndicated paragraphs from Chicago Tribune and other papers quotes officials and commentators. Topics include Uncle Joe Cannon on presidential focus, Spain and Alfonso on naval needs, U S actions in Cuina, Meat Packers monopoly claims, and graft accusations in politics and insurance.
Dr J William White presented the reform platform authorized by the president after a White House coaches conference. The plan seeks simple uniform eligibility rules, summary punishments for brutality, wider umpire powers, and permanent removal for non bona fide players, aiming to keep football manly and clean.
A rear end collision on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and Maine Railroad near Baker's Bridge Station Massachusetts killed eighteen people and seriously injured twenty five others while many more were wounded. The Sunday express from Boston bound for Montreal struck the Marlboro branch local which had departed Boston at 7 15. The crash caused fires and many passengers perished in the wreckage. The forward train stood in front of Baker's Bridge Station due to thick weather obscuring signals. Local villagers aided rescue as the Montreal train with two locomotives and nine cars demolished the rear coaches.
Mint Director Roberts states in his annual report that all silver bullion purchased under acts remains exhausted and the silver dollar coinage will end unless new legislation passes. The silver dollar, authorized in 1792, has seen its bullion value shrink from 80.5 cents in 1800 to 0.5 cents in 1870, with totals for the year and expenditures for overseas territories noted.
A garbled historical list records dates and happenings from ancient to modern times. It mentions emperors, battles, treaties, explorations, births, deaths, and notable incidents across Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere, with many OCR errors and disjointed entries.
Representatives of the Sax Nathon plan an effort to revive the Fr pagia faith and appoint a secretary to lead the movement. The initiative targets ongoing religious revival and organizational structure in the community.
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