Cut in fishing and hunting licenses urged by commission
The Conservation Commission recommends reducing licenses for hunting fishing and trapping for 1933 with protection for skunks and foxes a longer open season for foxes and skunks removal of the license button requirement and allowing deer to be transported across state lines. Also proposes raising the grease partridge bag limit from 10 to 20 and extending trapping rules to include muskrats.
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Lansing
Conservation Commission
Be A Booster At The Bessemer Shopping Festival
Bessemer merchants decorate windows and light the business district for the Christmas season. The Business Mens Association offers 3800 dollars in prizes on Friday Dec 23 with entertainment and free show admission for Rex Theatre holders. Santa Claus visits Dec 17, prizes for largest farm vegetables, free gifts with shopping, and heavy promotion urging community support to make Bessemer the 100 city.
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Upper Peninsula
Business Men's Association
Bessemer Business Mens Association
Rex Theatre Management
Santa Claus
Bessemer
Business Mens Association
Jessemer
Merchants and Business Association
Bessemer Business Men's Association
Sitias
Wessemer High School
Dogehte Adte Ca
Aberman
Cite
Solhera
Wessemer
Walter Whitburn Dies. Ramsay Resident’s Brother
Walter Whitburn, brother of Fred Whitburn of Ramsay, died suddenly at his Lincoln Nebraska home Wednesday morning. He leaves a widow and six children, with father Henry Whitburn of Detroit, four brothers and four sisters surviving. Survivors include Mrs John Northey and Mrs Warren Masonville of Detroit, Mrs Harry Williams of Long Beach, Mrs Harry Williams of Lory Beach, Ramsay connection Fred Whitburn, and brothers Thomas of Dunham Sam and Henry in Detroit. Mr. Whitburn had many local friends.
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Walter Whitburn
Fred Whitburn
Ramsay
Lincoln
Nebraska
Henry Whitburn
Detroit
John Northey
Warren Masonville
Harry Williams
Long Beach
Lory Beach
Uth
Fair Association Officers Elected
At the annual meeting of the Goge bic County Fair Association held last Thursday at the court house in Bes semer the following officers were re elected: President John P. Lofberg Iron wood Secretary Yarl Hanson Wake field Treasurer F. J. Jeppesen Ironwood Directors C. KB. Johnson Ironwood township G. N. Olson Iron wood William Weston Wakefeld
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Gogebic County Fair Association
Court House
Bessemer
John P. Lofberg
Ironwood
Yarl Hanson
Wakefield
F. J. Jeppesen
C, KB. Johnson
Ironwood Township
G. N. Olson
William Weston
Wakefeld
Mary Guyer Named Sixth Grade Teacher at Washington School
Mrs. Mary Guyer was appointed by the school board at its Wednesday meeting as sixth grade teacher at Washington School. She will replace Miss Ann C. Buchko, who requested release from her contract on January 1.
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Mary Guyer
Washington
Ann C. Buchko
Former Mine Operator Dies in Milwaukee at 76
L. J. Petit, a well known figure among older Lake Superior mining men, died recently in Milwaukee at age 76. He backed Metropolitan Iron in Felch Mountain and Gogebic range projects later sold in 1898 to United States Steel. He also partnered with Solomon S. Curry in early mining days.
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L. J. Petit
Lake Superior
Milwaukee
Old Metropolitan Iron Company
Felch Mountain
Menominee Range
Pabst and Norrie
Gogebic Range
Metropolitan
United States Steel Corporation
Petit
Solomon 5S
Curry
Mining Notes and Ore Shipments by Oglebay Norton Co
The firm shipped 373192 gross tons of iron ore in 1932 from Gogebic and Menominee ranges, down from 649198 in 1931. Montreal and other mines show 1932 totals and carryover figures, with Cary mine in Hurley due to resume January as relief work. Also notes a 1922 US Steel loss estimate near 100 million and charity care in Washington, DC.
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Oglebay, Norton & Co
Gogebic and
Menominee Ranges
Michigan-Wisconsin
Gogebic Range
Montreal
Menominee
Ocanandeuwas
R. P. Zinn
Ironwood
Michigan
Pickands, Mather & Co
Cary
Hurley
United States Steel Corporation
Free gifts for shoppers in Bessemer next Friday night
Businessmen plan a holiday season event in Bessemer with free gifts for shoppers next Friday night. The annual affair at the Amer Legion club features a roast turkey menu and entertainment by Joseph Getta, Zenda Detubets, Harry and Clarence Reinheld, C J Scavarda, and the Iron River Legion quartet led by Guy Cox.
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Peter Gedda Post
The
American Legion
Legion Club
Joseph Getta
Zenda de Tubets
Ironwood
Harry and
Clarence Reinheld
C.J. Scavarda
Saw
Legion Quartet
Iron River
Guy Cox
August Kondziela Kondziela Dies in Ressemer Thursday
August Kondziela Kondziela died Thursday at his Ressemer home after a long illness. He founded the Ressemer Brewery years ago and later retired. Survived by widow two sons four daughters five brothers and two sisters. Funeral Monday from St Sebastian Catholic Church with interment at Hillcrest cemetery.
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Kondziela
Augustyn Kondziela
Keuts
Ind
Julian
Chicago
A. M. Lovell
Helen
Minneapolis
Robert Viberg
Marguerite
St. Sebastian Catholic Church
Hilltest Cemetery
Spur Track for Veneer Company Opens Timber Area
A new eight mile spur is being built eastward from the Chicazo and Northwestern main line, starting three miles south of Van Buskirk. Two miles are under contract by J. K. McNicholas contractor and the remaining six by the Unilerwona Veneer Co which is erecting a mill in Messemer. The spur will access timber lands in Erwin and Ressemer townships.
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Chicazo and Northwestern Railroad
van Buskirk
J. K. MyNicholas
Marenisce
Unilerwona Veonoor Co
Messemer
Erwin
Ressemer
Forest Fires in Gogebic County 1932 Report
The state conservation department records 74 fires in Gogebic County in 1932 burning 260 acres. Iron County led with 128 fires burning 2,903 acres, Dickinson 121 and Mackinac 118. Gogebic ranked seventh in the Upper Peninsula as Michigan total fires reached 2,536, with under 40,000 acres burned versus 283,000 in 1931.
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Gogebic County
State Conservation Depertment
Iron County
Dickinson
Mackinac
Gogebic
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Dou
How to finish varnish with vinegar and pumice
The article explains that hot vinegar removes stains from mica windows on stoves. Ordinary varnish can be given a dull satin finish by rubbing with powdered pumice stone and water after each coat. A damp felt dipped in pumice is used to rub surfaces for dulling gloss and smoothing brush marks and dust.
Santa Claus to appear at Bessemer Christmas gala
Santa Claus will appear in full regalia on Saturday evening December 17 in downtown Bessemer as part of the Christmas shopping festival. He may distribute free candy bars while parading with two clowns to entertain children.
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Bessemer
Santa Claus
Santa
Call for caution at railroad crossings in Antigo
In December 1932 Antigo Wisconsin editor appeals for press help to warn motoring public about deadly railroad crossing accidents. A November tally shows six crashes, four deaths and seven injuries, urging drivers to slow, wait for trains, and exercise caution at tracks. J Leppla, Supt.
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J. Leppla
Supt
Mrs. Wm. Francis Elected To Board
Mrs. Wm. Francis was elected to the Chicago Evangelistic Institute Board of Trustees at the annual membership meeting in Chicago. She becomes the first woman on the board aside from the president, Iva Durham Vennard. Francis chairs the scholarship committee and has long served as a field representative and on Taylor University’s governing body in Upland Indiana.
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Wm. I. Francis
Chicago Evangelistic Institute
Chicago
Francis
Iva Durham Vennard
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Plewa
Fix Gabrielson
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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