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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
8
Two young women on a pier lament the decline of men as a scarce species. One hunts while the other fishes, joking about weekends when targets are plentiful. They muse on extinction and drift back to the hotel to view waiters.
In Tokyo residents witnessed the first anarchist demonstration in streets. Yamaguchi Gizo released from prison led about seventy followers in a parade. Police clashed with anarchists using wooden clogs as weapons, injuring several. 15 archists captured, four of them young women. Spectators showed mixed sympathy toward the protesters amid tensions with police.
A stream of oxygen acts as a knife to cut armor plates and other metals. Two nozzles deliver an ignited oxygen hydrogen jet and a pure oxygen stream. The metal reaches 1300 to 1400 degrees F, burning through smoothly. Specialized machines, including a universal model, cut curves and polygons and even remove rivet heads for dismantling.
A fragmented line describes a person returning and wearing riding attire in a yard setting. The snippet hints at a scene involving attire and location but lacks clear names or event context to identify a specific incident or figure.
A collection of aphorisms and observations on life, love, age, and education drawn from the Atchison Globe. The piece humorously surveys aging, marriage, female behavior, and schooling with concise, pointed quips about human folly and social norms.
A collection of aphorisms urging self control, effort, and virtue. The passages advocate mastering anger, making the best of circumstances, and using knowledge wisely. Named thinkers include Fenelon Euripides Epictetus Socrates Emerson Reynolds Seneca Xenophon and others.
A compilation of statistics covers coffee from Brazil and immigrants to New York, early electricity use, lamp fire risks in London, criminal activity in Paris, oyster beds near Hampton Virginia, aluminium magnesium alloys, and their corrosion resistance and castability. The tone mirrors a citified 19th century information digest.
In a lecture held last night a beginner asks how the talk was. The candid critic replies you did not take advantage of your many chances to quit. The exchange turns on the speaker missing opportunities to bow out.
The Comptroller of the Currency certifies The First National Bank of Bessemer is authorized to have succession until the close of business on November 24, 1928, following compliance with the 1882 act. Lawrence O. Murray, Comptroller, witnesses the seal in this notice dated November 24, 1908. (Nov. 28 to Dec. 19.)
The Bessemer Lumber Company expresses gratitude to its customers for twenty one years of patronage under the late Edwin Bayslis management. The business will continue in the same manner and seeks continued support from Bessemer residents. To wind up Edwin Bayslis estate only cash sales will be made and all debts for lumber and coal should be settled promptly.
Notice from the U.S. Land Office Marquette dated November 6 1908 states Andrew G Rudberg of Ironwood Michigan has filed intention to make final Timber and Stone Proof for the NWX Section 36 Township 49 North Range 47 West Meriden Michigan with witnesses Charles J Peterson Steve McKevitt Frank Hokanson and August Boden all of Ironwood Michigan. The proof will be before the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Bessemer Michigan on January 21 1909.
The Probate Court of Gogebic County Michigan held in Bes Semer announces a hearing date of January 11 1909 at ten oclock in the forenoon to consider the petition by Val Blatz Brewing Company through C A Johnson agent to remove John McNicholas as administrator of the Daniel OBrien estate and appoint John Fruix or another suitable person public notice to run in the Bessemer Herald for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing date.
In Bes semer county court on December 2 1908 Mary C Rupp petitioned to admit as last will and testament the instrument on file and appoint Mary C Rupp or another suitable person executor Hearing set for January 4 1909 at 10 AM at the probate office. Notice to be published four times in a county newspaper. W S Baird attorney for petitioner.
The article argues against bareheaded sun exposure, saying tan does not indicate health and that white people suffer under tropical sun. It cites Suits of head coverings among Arabs and eastern elites, noting protection from sun aids survival. It warns that tan fools many whites into neglecting hats.
A new metal titanium extracted from rutile is praised for bearing and axle resilience at ultra high speeds. Deposits near Queensland yield titanium dioxide with up to 98 percent titanic acid, depending on iron content. Sydney tests reported very satisfactory results for use in petrol motor driven flying machines.
A young woman asks to view false hair in a diplomatic exchange with a salesman. The clerk responds, asking what shade the companion prefers, revealing a cautious yet formal interaction.
A collage of trivia covers nations and cities from Wyoming statehood to New York City colleges. It notes anniversaries, astronomical odds, commerce, and daily habits including currency, smoking, footwear wear, and coal use. It mentions ships of knowledge and the quirks of flora and fauna, with a hint of travel and industrial data.
Quotes from Success Magazine probe marriage and romance contrasts. It questions the ease of love and the power dynamics after engagement, noting that success and security can mask fragility in relationships and that big marital duties hinge on small daily acts.
The fragment notes an airship explosion described with smoke and flame and a figure of cash enough to fund three more ships. The text mentions Poston Post and centers on a dramatic event with a monetary windfall.
A compilation of varied items including Suez canal cost, global vessel counts, Germany’s cotton production rank, asparagus value from Milltown Pa, a typhoid survey in Pittsburg funded by the Russell Saze fund, a French egg preserving method with lard, references to Stewart J. Woodford and Lamry Storer amid 1898 Spain relations, a 97 year old English vicar Angus Bethune, and a clever knotting tip using a buttonhook to keep shoelaces tied.
The passage outlines vast comparisons among South American nations and cities. It notes Argentina’s large farm activity, Uruguay’s size, Ecuador’s land, Quito’s height and population, a high Andes railroad, the Amazon valley width, river fall distance, Argentina’s size relative to the US, foreign residents, Pullman travel times, Chile as the narrowest country, its long coast, Buenos Aires population growth, and Rio de Janeiro as a major harbor and Portuguese-speaking hub with large population contrasts to Portugal.
Pennsylvania State zoologist notes snakes aid farmers and cites a copperhead with a stomach full of locusts. The era reports global industry gains, sea losses and gains around Britain's Isles, and scientific advances from Russia, Holland, Germany, and England.
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