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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
7
A revival ends and a stranger explains his faith as submerged Presbyterian. The minister questions his church membership while the man reveals his family attends many denominations. He says he contributes to all, which he calls being submerged in faith.
A visitor drops a penny into a two year old boy named Jamie and asks what he should say. The child answers with a single word, More, eliciting horror from his father.
A Chicago Tribune United brief notes that postal development in China necessitates revisions to the spelling of Chinese city names. The snippet mentions a new girl’s reply about not belonging to multiple lodges like a husband, reflecting miscellaneous items in the page.
National lawmakers reopen in Washington to finish unfinished business from last summer. A new bill targets imitations of goods not foods, requiring exact ingredient branding and setting penalties up to a year in prison and fines. The session opened with prayers, credentials sworn, and spectators filling both chambers while floral pieces were prohibited.
The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to Congress the book of estimates for appropriations needed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910. The report lists by department the 1910 estimates and 1900 appropriations, including deficiency and permanent annual funds, totaling 824,408,948 for 1910 versus 832,629,393 for 1900. The 1910 estimates exceed the 1900 figures by 57,900,676.
Three Dutch warships the battleship Jacob Van Heemskerk and the cruisers Friesland and Gelderland staged a coast demonstration from Puerto Cabello to La Guaira at 3000 yards. Jacob Van Heemskerk returned to Willemstad while the other cruisers head for Maracaibo for similar display. Reported De Ruijter left Holland for the port, signaling a blockade prep.
Consul Chilton reports Canada will avoid labor market congestion if immigration department limits dependent settlers. For the first nine months of the year, total immigration stood at 127, reflecting strict entrance rules aimed at the poorer class.
President Roosevelt outlines recommendations to Congress covering corporations with public interest control, worker ownership goals, employers' liability laws, higher federal judge pay, faster justice, safeguards on injunctions, forest conservation, inland waterways improvement, postal savings banks, and merit-based promotions plus a navy general staff.
In two violent episodes near City Hall, a street preacher's followers and police fought amid broad daylight gunfire. A 13-year-old girl and a woman died. three others were gravely injured and a 3 to 13-year-old brood survived barely. Police, armed with reinforcements, pursued and overpowered the attackers. The second confrontation ended with a woman and her five children killed when police blocked a river boat escape. The clashes stemmed from an attack on a probation officer during a dispute over a child in the preacher's circle.
Gen Ismail Mahir Pasha once an aide to the Sultan and linked to army reform efforts was shot dead in Stamboul Constantinople by an army officer who fired five shots and then fled. The targeted figure had investigated the revolutionary movement and was once considered a spy of the old regime.
QCS BENDS Al Kaufman and Jim Barry set for forty five rounds at the Jeffries Club in Los Angeles. Vermillion South Dakota sees the University beat North Dakota 10 to 4. Death of polo star John Watson announced in Navan Ireland. Dainty Dame wins Latonia handicap. Hanbridge takes place from All Red. Erickson drafted by Minneapolis team after starring for Wausau. Oakland jockey Schilling suspended a week for rough ride. Vanderbilt fails to sweep ring. grays lose in four in hand to Sorg stock. Shattuck defeats Pillsbury 30 to 22 in big northwestern school game. Dorando to race America against John J Hayes. Aero plane race Paris Bordeaux planned next summer. Five fuel resupply halts permitted.
The piece contrasts a crippled London water-cress man’s stubborn refusal of the workhouse with a broader lesson on wealth and circumstance. It notes a November morning beside Hackney water-cress beds, then shifts to a New York scene where a young priest aids a starving family, giving $5 and collecting $20 more, later learning the family bought a baby carriage and coffee with the support.
An account recalls a severe rheumatic attack with skin peeling hair loss and bed sores. After trying many cures, Cuticura products relieved symptoms, improving complexion sores and hair. Mrs. Lavina J. Henderson of Stamford Connecticut cites March 1907 dates.
A young woman explains to a manager that she wishes to pursue theatre to seize a chance to marry Nat Goodwin someday. The manager warns of the harsh stage life for someone raised in luxury. The Chicago Tribune quotes the exchange with emotion as Fair Caller confides a secret wish.
Local ad claims deafness arising from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It states the Eustachian tube mucous inflammation causes deafness and offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Advertisement notes bold by Druggists and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In a witty exchange a propositional suitor asks Algy and Myrtie about objections to marriage. Myrtie answers with a single practical objection: she would have to live with him, delivering a humorous, lighthearted moment from the page.
The fragment references a baby's name evolving from Mary to Mayme Mae or Marie as she grows. It then touts Pazo Ointment promising to cure internal and external piles in six to fourteen days with a money back guarantee. A later, stark line depicts death by suicide as a jester in a mythic celestial empire.
A Sunday school teacher recalls a moral tale of a young Roman athlete who swam the Tiber daily to illustrate Gospel lessons. An Irish boy named Patrick jokes that the swimmer might have needed one more trip to reach his clothes, prompting a stern reflection on storytelling to youth.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune features a sun bonnet woman declaring she will tell the exact truth about an unnamed person, while a woman in a gingham apron threatens slander suits if accused. The snippet highlights playful domestic barbs and sharp wit in a period voice.
A practical housewife asks for help and suggests the Salvation Army. Saymold Storey responds that he and the Salvation Army differ in their theological views. The exchange highlights a dispute over assistance and belief.
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