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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1901
Page
7
A Port Huron man Jed Davis reports a strange shooting near Thirteenth and Water streets. He says a man and a woman approached, asked for a match, and after Davis refused more, a gunshot struck him in the back. He staggered to his brother’s, bleeding, with the skull base wound. The tale reads as improbable.
John A Carlson of Dollar Bay vanished days ago and his valise was found at Mineral Range wharf. Hancock Mayor Scott gathered men with grappling irons to search a suspected drowning. A bystander helped, asking the drowned man's name and recognizing Carlson. The mayor paid the helper $1 after the search ended.
In Oshtemo township Allen Whitely woke to find his pond gone overnight after a brief tremor. The water vanished with no visible hole or leak, leaving the quarter-acre water feature completely dry and baffling the local community.
Judge Clement Smith denied Howard Burchfield a new trial for the August killing of Leonard Green by a bottle throw. The jury had found manslaughter with mercy recommended, and the sentence imposed is ten years.
The Ottawa County stone pile is ready for business. Dr C P Brown named pension examiner at Tolland. West Branch buys new steam fire engine and hose cart from Saginaw for 700 dollars. Hancock to build a new opera house. Vulcan girl killed by a falling tree. Alpena phone subscribers face higher rates. Mrs Lillie King dies after chloroform overdose. Gov Bliss commutes Sarah Quimby’s murder sentence to life in Detroit House of Correction. Lake Linden to spur wheat by building a grist mill. Musketon engineer James Tate killed by flywheel burst. Deer slaughter in Houghton County down to about 350. Child dies from kerosene stove accident. Ogden Center post office safe robbed of 540 dollars. Large lumber deal: Hamilton Merryman sale to Francis Beidler & Co for 40,000,000 feet valued at 500,000. Ionia cottage fire destroys valued 1,000. Grand Rapids names Moses Taggart city attorney. Leelanau County potato marketing nears one million bushels.
In Philadelphia Dr James A Kelly at St Marys hospital replaced part of James Loughlins upper arm bone with a sheep thigh bone. The graft required stretching tissues half an inch to fit, lengthening the arm slightly. Dr R von Notsch of Hering hospital reports the remarkable operation and its potential impact on bone fracture treatment.
Discharged United States soldiers on the transport Sheridan rioted at sea near Manila, then arriving in San Francisco. The 1,555 men were mustered out. celebrations turned to chaos as arms were tossed and standards of drill ignored. A breadroom raid by hungry diners preceded the port riot. Authorities and officers pacified the crews.
Dan's Review reports that the average American now pays more for essential goods than at any time in the past ten years, with breadstuffs meats dairy and garden products most affected. It cites Dun's Review figures showing hypothetical yearly costs from 1800 to 1897 and explains price records are based on 350 items weighted by per capita consumption.
Chicago hosts its second annual International live stock exposition ending after a week of grand displays. Attendance neared 500000 with 350000 from outside Chicago and receipts around 200000. Exhibitors and management spent about 250000 amid 8800 head of stock and 500 prize awards.
William Hemmings aged 9 living near Williamsburg Nebraska shot and killed his 68 year old brother while playing with an old revolver. The bullet entered the base of the skull and the victim died within minutes.
Thomas W. Lawson, media figure in copper losses totaling about 14 million dollars, pledges no quarter in his fight. He notes ownership of 150000 Trinity shares worth 6000000 at market weeks ago, now about 2000000, and says he will not sell as it is not margin debt. He also holds 142000 Amalgamated shares and will not sell below cost.
A roundup notes include Governor Hill of Maine building the state's costliest home in Augusta at $200,000. Miss Alice de Rothschild, among America's wealthiest, owns Grasse gardens and a Piccadilly house with zebras and bulls on the estate. Mrs. Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt funds bronze doors for St Bartholomew's Church as memorial to her husband.
A large Chicago audience heard Bourke Cochran lead a pro Boer protest against British methods in the South African War. Funds for Boer women and children surpassed $5,500 with a $500 single check and many $100 gifts. Cochran urged the President to seek peace without force to aid the English nation and burghers, stressing American resolve and global prosperity.
Director of the mint reports fiscal year ended June 30 1901 coinage at 176,009,182 pieces valued at 136,340,781 dollars. Gold led, with 99,005,715, silver dollars 24,208,850, fractional silver 10,096,648, and minor coins 2,009,568. Philadelphia minted 225,000 gold pieces worth 349,014 for Costa Rica. Gold deposits rose to 153,101,580 dollars, with 27,906,489 foreign coin, 17,600,463 from Great Britain, mostly Australia, and 5,425,500 from Japan. The report notes US gold production 1900 at 79,171,000 dollars in value, imports exceeding exports by 12,866,010, and North American production at 116,051,500. World gold coinage 1900 totaled 354,036,497, silver 177,011,902. Industrial gold use in 1900 US 16,667,500, world 75,000,000. Subsidiary coin stock legally capped at 100,000,000. on Nov 1 1901 existing stock 90,613,512.
Col W H Dewey of Idaho returns from Chicago claiming he will soon be the richest man as trumpet tidings from Idaho proclaim a new Transvaal. He displays a vial of gold from three pounds of quartz, asserts a ton yields $14,000, and describes a 5,000 by 240 foot ledge. He is a former Cape Horn founder and already wealthy.
Two spectators testified a balloon appeared at Moriches L I moving by motive power beyond wind. The sighting described a strange craft hovering briefly before vanishing. Citizens voiced curiosity about the device and its origin in the local area.
A large new gas well in Hocking County Ohio is reported to be flowing 6,000,000 cubic feet in a twenty four hour period. The development marks a significant boost for regional energy output and local industry activity.
This lesson surveys the exodus crossing of the Red Sea, comparing two route theories and noting the pillar of fire guiding the Hebrews from Etham toward Baal-zephon. It highlights Moses’ faith, the dramatic drowning of the Egyptian army, and the crossing as a symbol of divine deliverance.
The piece presents Work as the best safeguard and a sure escape from bodily distress, reflecting advise from Ladies' Home Journal on practical resilience and self reliance. It frames work as moral and practical remedy, urging steady effort and discipline as protection against hardship.
The excerpt urges steady optimism as a healing tool. It emphasizes facing health with firmness, replying that one is better when asked, and maintaining cheerful hope as a strong aid in overcoming illness. The source notes persistent positivity as a difficult-to-defeat remedial agent.
A brief observation notes that many prominent financiers remain low profile despite wealth and influence, contrasting public recognition with private fortitude and suggesting invisibility can accompany success in high finance.
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