Christmas Shopping Festival Winds Up in Bessemer
The second annual Christmas Shopping Festival sponsored by the Bessemer Business Men's Association ends today and tomorrow with gifts from local merchants, music by the Bessemer High School band, and a 8:30 to 9:00 start at the high school gym. Santa visited last Saturday drawing crowds and free candy, while Farmers Day drew about 100 vegetable entries and prizes to several growers. The Association praises the festival’s success and hopes Bessemer shoppers stay 100 percent buyers in 1933.
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Bessemer Business Men's Association
Bessemer High School
Bessemer
Santa Claus
Santa
Business Men's Association
Ges Johnson
Fidanzi
Wodrazka
Charles Rosa
Tarnaski
Jarvensku
Nine Men Served On Inquiry Commission
The nine member group chosen by the governor lieutenant governor and the speaker has met since last May aiming to propose economy measures for the 1933 legislature. Norman B. Horton Gus T. Hartman Joseph C. Armstrong Ann B Woodruff Peter Lennon James A Skinner Vernon Brown Andrew H Harnely John P Espie chairing with Hartman vice chair.
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House of Representatives
Wilber M. Brucker
Norman B. Horton
Lenawee
Gus T. Hartman
Houghton
Joseph C. Armstrong
Wayne
Loren D. Dickinson
Ann B. Woodruff
Peter B. Lennon
Genesee
James A. Skinner
Flint
Fred Ming
Vernon J. Brown
Ingham
Andrew H. Harnely
Saginaw
John P. Espie
Clinton
Armstrong
Hartman
Hartmann
Brown
General Fund
Commissioners Trepart
U P Road Conditions Report For Northern Michigan Roads
State highway department furnishes road condition updates to Bessemer Business Men's Association. US 2 new locations open. shoulders under construction from M 121 to Dafter and Mackinac Schoolcraft line to Whitedale. M 28 and US 41 under construction. restrictions and detours noted between Negaunee L Anse and L Anse Baraga counties. Drive carefully. impassable through traffic on certain segments. heavy earth work on M 94. advised alternate routes between Munising and Manistique.
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Bessemer Business Men's Association
State Highway Department
Dafter
Mackinac Schoolcraft County
Whitedale
Menominee-Dickinson County
Wakefield
Cedar River
Fox
Negaunee
L’anse
Marquette
Baraga
Keweenaw Bay
Phoenix
Gogebic County Park
Munising
Manistique
Hiawatha
Shingleton
Amasa
Grays Celebrate Golden Wedding in Bessemer
Mr and Mrs Walter W Gray longtime Bessemer residents celebrate their golden wedding anniversary They married December 20 1882 in Ishpem In and moved to Bessemer in 1885 They have seven children five living two daughters died in 1894 and 1908 They have 15 grandchildren Charter members of First Presbyterian church Mrs Gray active in Ladies Aid He also enjoyed fishing and hunting nicknamed Cap by friends.
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Walter W Gray
Bessemer
Gray
Ishpemin
Tilden-Colby
Katherine Louisa Johnston
Sarnia
Ontario
Canada
Ellenburg
N. Y
O. R Hamilton
Duluth
J. C. Logan
Cape Girardeau
Ray W. McDonald
Gary
Ind
Gladys and
Woodward K
Etta
Bertha
Ice spearing opens after bass season ends December 31
The 1932 black bass season ends December 31 and January 1 marks the ice spearing season for certain non game fish in inland waters, with spearing allowed in January and February except trout streams. Species include carp and gar pike among others. jacklights are prohibited.
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Great Northern
Michigan Cost-Cutting Report Aims to Save State Budget
A nine member committee urges drastic reforms to state government. Abolish securities commission and many departments, curb education and health spending, end state-wide car use by inspectors, slash salaries for judges and staff, return control of budgets to the legislature and local bodies, and push university and college cost reductions. The plan promises over ten million dollars in biennial savings if adopted by the 1933 legislature.
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Committee of Inquiry
Securities Commission
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Agriculture
State Highway Department
Conservation Department
Health Department
Nine-Eman Commission
East Lansing
Boards of Supervisors
Circuit Court
Lansing
State Department
County Boards of Supervisors
Inland fishing seasons and pending suits noted
The text lists fish species including suckers sunfish warmouth bass and whitefish with inland lake seasons closing March 31 and some streams open year round. It references a prior $17,000 verdict for O'Donnell overturned due to chalk marks on the dwelling, plus other pending suits postponed for now.
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O'Donnell
Driscoll
Mining Notes Oliver Wins Lawsuit
In Gogebic county circuit court the Oliver Iron Mining company won a $20,000 damages suit filed by Thomas O'Donnell of Jessieville Ironwood. The jury found the company not responsible for subsidence caused by nearby mining operations. A prior directed verdict had released D E Sutherland Henry Rowe and Oscar E Olson from any liability.
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Oliver
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Gogebic County
Thomas O'Donnell
Jessieville
Ironwood
D. E. Sutherland
Henry Rowe
Oscar E. Olson
Inland Steel sublets Morris iron mine in Ishpeming
Inland Steel Co takes a sub-lease of the Morris iron mine at Ishpeming Michigan from Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co and will begin operations January 1. R L Wahl of Crosby Minnesota becomes assistant general superintendent for Inland mines and will move to Ishpeming to supervise Morris. The Morris mine forms part of the Morris Lloyd mines, previously run by Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co, with each mine having its own shaft and plant while Cleveland Cliffs retains operating interests in the Lloyd units.
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Morris Mine
Inland Steel Co
Morris Iron
Ishpeming
Mich
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co
R .L. Wahl
Crosby, Miinn
Inland Mines
Morris
Morris-Lloyd Mines
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron
State to cut expenses by 10,600 yearly for inquiry panel
Report proposes saving 10,600 dollars every two years if adopted, listing items across agencies including Agriculture Conservation Health Education State Securities Utilities Vocational Schools prisons and colleges. Notable line items show sums like 230 for Soldiers Home 2000 for University of Michigan and 1500 for Michigan State College.
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Commission of Inquiry
Dept. of Agriculture
Conservation Dept
Ee Dem
Dept. of Education
Shoe States Securities Commission
Ee Utilities Commission
Eee Vocational Commission
Mattie” Dcuoo
Genes Lee
Coldwater School
University of Michigan
Michigan State College
Mede
Slee State Police
High Cagers Fall to DF Padua in 19 11 Defeat
Wakefield 23 Stambaugh 22. Hurley 48 Glidden 13. Ironwood 28 Coleraine 22. Ironwood J. C. 36 Itsaca J. C 38. Game scores show DF Padua edged the high school squad as spectators witnessed a tight contest.
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PADUA
Wakefield
Stambaugh
Hurley
Glidden
Ironwood
Coleraine
Ironwood J. C
Itsaca J. C
Essemer
de Pattua Cathol High
Bree ' Es- Ashlander
Chiame
Bess
Berg Xs
Ewe
Bessemer
Bo ” Reinhold
Peterson
Kazuskewicz
Pingle
Mitchell
Stangle
Eaton
DeMarte
Carlson
de Padua
Oberbruner
Gordon
Ashland
Solons Propose Deep Cuts in Their Own Expenses
The economy commission, all legislators, proposes sweeping cuts to state legislative operations. Abandon trips for members, pay only for days worked, consolidate offices, end soft berths, cut salaries, and streamline printing. Estimated biennial savings reach 63 000, with five month sessions used as basis. A stray note cites Ezra chapter seven verse 21, claiming all letters except J.
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Economy Commission
Senate
Urge Gogebic Farmers Use Own Products
Gogebic County agri agent urges farmers to produce all they eat on the farm and sell retail, aligning with a 1922 live at home program. Dr. G F Warren of Cornell backs this plan to expand gardens, poultry, dairy, and grains to raise family living on the farm amidst low incomes and rising egg prices.
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C. E. Gunderson
Gogebic County
Gogebicounty
Isss
G. F. Warren
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Senate Holds Up Postmaster Selection In Upper Michigan
President Hoover nominated Arthur M. Gilbert for Wakefield postmaster, but the Senate refused to confirm any appointments, signaling that Gilbert and 16 other Michigan postmasters may lose their jobs soon as a March 4 political shift approaches. Gilbert remains acting postmaster until a new appointment is made, with several local incumbents’ terms and salaries listed for Gogebic County including Bessemer, Ironwood, and plants with expiration dates in 1936.
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Arthur M. Gilbert
Herbert Hoover
Wakefield
Senate
Upper Michigan
Washington
Moe
Gilbert
Joseph L. Gra
Ianwood
Charles J. Lirson
Hareld Orns
Miss Deanelly
Iecember
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U. P
GRAYS
State Administrative Board
Michigan
House
Boys’ Vocational School
Bessemer Basketeers
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