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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
1
Five hundred miners are entombed in the Daar mine near Jacob's Landing, Pennsylvania, forty miles from Pittsburgh, after a morning blast. The mine is on fire and rescue efforts will take hours. About 100 workers are American. Cause unknown but gas or coal dust suspected. grim toll feared with no survivors expected.
In the opener the city team featuring Byrnesy Arkowitz Pablan and Dada defeated Kalasavisez Harrington Burt Hayes and Dada 43 to 12 at the opera house before a large crowd. Dancing followed the game.
A band will perform at the Bessemer rink tonight attracting a business crowd to the popular sport. The rink remains open Wednesday and Saturday afternoons for ladies and, henceforth, the band will perform Wednesday and Saturday evenings at the rink.
Four days remain for the special sale on furs at Ben Beckman’s featuring muffs scarfs and boas. The event touts the biggest bargains and best grade furs shown, with reductions on new fur garments made to order and remodeling services. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Ben Beckman 208 McLeod Ave Tronwood.
The Upper Peninsula Brewers association plans a meeting in Menominee next Tuesday to discuss countering Anti Saloon League efforts and liquor traffic expansion. Seventeen breweries across the peninsula belong to the association.
Emma J. Clark Loope, wife of Dr. George L. Loope, dies at 54 after long heart trouble. Born Baraboo Wis in 1853, she lived in Bessemer since 1872, wintering in Pomona California. Survived by husband, two children, sister and two brothers. Funeral at 2:30 pm Sunday at home. burial in Bessemer cemetery.
Reports claim widespread counterfeiting of clearing house checks. In ten days at least 40000 dollars of spurious paper have circulated in Duluth, though local papers have not yet reported it. Warnings go to cities around the upper peninsula where such checks are common. The forgery is thought to be carried out by a skilled gang of criminals.
The D B club of young men plans a Bessemer ball on the evening of the 25th. Temple Theatre continues drawing packed crowds nightly with flickerless pictures five to ten cents. Hawk club schedules a social hop at Bessemer hall on the 27th. New Years ball at Bessemer hall by Lodge 164 of the Western Bohemian Fraternal Union on Jan 1 with a masquerade at the roller rink also Jan 1. Young Men's Sodality hosts New Year’s Eve event at the opera house.
A young newspaper man attends a party at a family home recently blessed with a new baby. The hostess, a severe cold, misinterprets his inquiry about the baby as a reference to her own cold. She predicts he will have a baby too, and suggests he rest. The next issue reveals the reporter abandoned attempts to inquire about babies.
The British museum newspaper files have been relocated to a dedicated depository at Hendon, seven miles from Tomales Bay, storing hundreds of miles of waterlogged material saved from drowning.
William H Johnston general superintendent of the Oliver Iron Mining company is urged as a delegate at large to the Republican National convention in Chicago next June. James McNaughton of Calumet & Hecla is also mentioned for the honor. Michigan has twenty four regular delegates and four delegates at large with three at large from the upper peninsula and two from the twelfth congressional district.
A recent statement misrepresented postal law by claiming that holiday greetings on third and fourth class mail could incur a $10 fine. The actual law permits inscriptions such as Merry Xmas Happy New Year and Best Wishes along with names and addresses on third and fourth class mail or enclosures without changing classification.
The seven masted schooner Thomas W Lawson was wrecked in a fierce gale off Broad Sound, Scilly Islands, Friday night. Only one crew member has been found so far. In Chicago the navigation season ended with 38 vessels totaling 27 010 tons vanishing from service. Washburn plant workers produced 74 400 pounds of dynamite in one day, setting a new powder-making record.
The text notes a notable impact of temperature on water in gravel or similar material. It reports a rise of 16 percent in a parameter when temperature increases, and that movement of water becomes almost stopped as temperature rises from near zero to about 75 degrees above zero.
The Gogebic district mines yielded more than 3.5 million tons of iron ore in the past season, slightly below last year’s record. The year 1905 led with 3,705,207 tons, while the long term average from 1892 to 1900 was about 2.2 million and from 1900 to 1907 about 3.2 million tons.
Sam Simon, a juror in the McDonald case, asserts he was not bribed to visit the Puritan hotel sample room with the salesman. The group went to select hats. no case-related discussion occurred, though a defendant who knew the salesman joined briefly and was seen.
A tramp cat forced entry to Clarence Stearn’s home in Gladstone, suffocating a crying infant as it pressed on its breast. The cat’s claws cut the baby as neighbors pulled it away. Four other children were also attacked. two are reported to die. The incident prompts urgent concerns for household safety.
A compact observation notes that women, in a rough count, are more mobile travelers than men. It argues they are quicker to learn modern languages, more fluent, and adept at navigating social interactions, thus potentially more candid in conversations.
Reports from across the country indicate widespread mine closures and force reductions. At Yale mine most staff remain for sinking while Marquette range operations cut about 25 percent, affecting roughly 400 workers. Negaunee and Ishpeming see large layoffs at Oliver Iron, a US Steel subsidiary, totaling about 500 workers, most of them single.
Alarming circulating reports state treasurer Frank P. Glazier is critically ill after a three week decline that followed the Chelsea Savings Bank closure by the State Banking Commissioner. He has been comatose with weak heart action throughout the week.
In Russian Poland, Gen Skallon suspends the Polish school association affecting sixteen hundred Polish schools. The association’s funds amounting to $150000 have been sent abroad to prevent confiscation by the czarist government.
Saturday night at the Ironton mine Mats Koskola a Finland er 26 unmarried was seen with his dinner pail then his light vanished down the shaft. His body was found at the bottom and the funeral was held Tuesday. Uncle Eben quotes a joke about talkers and time.
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