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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1899
Page
3
A reflective verse laments yearly aging and fading joys, noting growing cold affection and remembered friends. The speaker mourns lost opportunities, the passing of time, and the drifting life as the mortal burden tightens while the dawn grows brighter beyond death.
A Wild West stage robbery ends when a highwayman, confronted near a cavern, is softened by sight of a baby and promises to reform. The sheriff backs away. the agent’s recovery leads to new moral resolve and eventual peaceful life. Also includes holiday charity guidance urging generous gifts to the poor and thoughtful, practical presents for children.
Cartoonish exchange about Christmas gifts shows a teasing glimpse of holiday humor. A speaker asks what to get her husband for Christmas while another character frets over choosing a gift, reflecting lighthearted domestic banter.
Agent G Frank Willard fights to catch stage robbers after a series of snowbound ambushes. A baby, Helen Grace Morris, is found with a Christmas gift bundle on a Voluntary Springs to Pittman Valley run. The pursuit leads to a cavern where the child is safe but the robbers stay at large.
A fragment from Puck reports a visitor asking about a human ostrich on display last week. The lecturer replies that the exhibitor died in horrible agony after eating candy his son got from a Sabbath school Christmas tree.
A humorous exchange notes the yearly burden of Christmas gifts. Mr Fanglie asks Johnny Cumso if he prays for many presents, Johnny replies he did not get half of what he prayed for last year. The quip suggests a single Christmas can break a person financially.
Adah Roberts, daughter of Utah congressman-elect Roberts, travels to the capital to defend her father’s seating. Though not yet 20, she plans to urge lawmakers in his behalf. The tall hazel-eyed teacher joined the campaign in Utah and will present her father’s case in the National Legislature.
Chicago correspondence notes a year end lull in some trades as manufacturers offer slight price concessions to secure new business. Retail activity is expected to surge with extensive Christmas shopping. Wall Street bears capitalize on trusts as industrial stocks slump, while iron and steel prices hit yearly lows. Grain markets show some strength with wheat and corn rising despite tight harvest receipts.
The Kentucky State canvassing board awarded the Governor's commission to Republican W. B. Taylor after a board vote that included Goebel allies. The decision, described as settled, followed disputes over election methods in Louisville and a dissent by member Poyntz protesting technicalities.
Notes from church and clergy circles show Japan hosting 53 872 Roman Catholics while Boston Christian Science churches number 16 000 members. The Wisconsin Federation of Reforms elected Rev W O Carrier of Wausau as president as Baptist missionaries sail from Boston. Seventeen Baptists sail from Boston, and Mrs Humphry Ward urges preserving Established Church standards in England. Metropolitan Methodist Church Toronto raises nearly 300 000 for a modern fund as Rev Robert MacDonald of Washington Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn is slated to preach at Harvard University.
Extensive dispatches from London report heavy British casualties in Monday’s clash north of the Modder River as Gen Methuen’s force bears over 1,000 total losses. The Highland Brigade alone suffers 52 officers and 650 men killed wounded or missing, with high concern at the war office as public grief grows. The muttered refrain is dour for South Africa as Gatacre and Buller delays temper hopes of relief, and scenes outside the War Office reflect a nation in anxious vigil. The report details specific casualties among Coldstream Guards and Black Watch officers, the Gordon Highlanders’ Col Downham mortally struck, and the brutal trench fighting that left 200 Highlanders mowed down under heavy Boer fire. The narrative closes with tribute to courage on both sides and note of wounded including Col Codrington and Capt Sterling.
Sketches show Dick Coleman burned at stake in Maysville Kentucky after killing his employer's wife. Toledo mayor Samuel M Jones claims $500 personal outlay for an independent Ohio governorship bid and $7,866 from his non partisan committee. An estimate cites 500000 cotton spindles to start in South Carolina next year. Mack Taylor hanged at Augusta Georgia for killing A A Seago.
The Michigan and Wisconsin insurance departments clash over premium taxes with Michigan seeking a deduction for fire department taxes and Wisconsin resisting. The dispute centers on whether the Wisconsin fire tax is state levied and applicable to Michigan insurers. Michigan reports about 845 million in premiums from Wisconsin and 200 million from Michigan.
Mrs. Harrison Fairchild of Ypsilanti shot herself. John Tooker of Mersey aged 81 pleaded guilty to horse stealing and faces industrial school. Oseola County blacksmiths raise shoeing price by 10 cents citing coal costs. Depositors of the defunct Benton Harbor bank to receive interest on their deposits. Two Chicago and West Michigan switch engines collide at Muskegon injuring conductor Charles Knapp brakeman Frank Sheppard and fireman John Dow.
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