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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1899
Page
2
Governor Pingree accepts resignation of Lucy Sickles amid reports of brutal punishment at the Adrian school. The Legislature investigates and corporal punishment is abolished then restored. Other items include farm fires, accidents, church fundraising, railway disputes, and local crimes across Oakland Menominee and Gratiot counties.
Gov. Pingree seeks immediate repayment after grand jury reveals a $100000 loss from a military scandal. Gen. Marsh and Gen. Case resign from the board as it is shown supplies valued at $55000 were sold to Chicago and shipped to Kalamazoo, while similar goods were bought for the National Guard at over $60000 and found to be the same items. A separate Nahma township murder report describes homesteader Charlie Charley missing, cabin deserted, dog dead, neighbors suspect foul play.
A diamond field was discovered last summer between Michi picoten and Port Arthur by a Kimberley expert on an exploring tour. The formation resembles the Nimbortey field and the area is described as considerable in size with prior stones likely existing there. The exact location is kept secret.
Remy Green, a well known farmer living near Hillsdale, was called to his door, knocked down and robbed of funds. The assailants, described as masked, strapped his hands behind him and tied to a door before fleeing. Green escaped and notified authorities.
Sheriff Snow sold the Kalama VA YMCA building and grounds on a Supreme Court execution to satisfy costs in a Patrick heirs case. Libia by Charles A. L. Withey of Reed City for 257 dollars. Property valued at about 1,000 dollars may be redeemed.
This summary reviews the Dec 21 Sunday School lesson covering the Jews' restoration era from Ezra to Nehemiah and Malachi, the temple completion, Esther in Persia, and the prophetic rebukes. It notes Nehemiah's reform work, the Sabbath desecration, the enduring need for reform, and the evolving relationship between law and love leading to the Birth of Jesus.
Captain Stephen O'Connor returns from the Vh.Appaes praising Spanish engineer officers as top mapmakers. He commends Luzon maps for perfection with every road stream and hamlet clearly plotted. He says he has never seen maps excel these.
A lengthy survey notes reform from the Roberts case recalls social etiquette at the Capitol and ranks Mrs Dewey above Mrs Miles in army navy events. It traces past party conventions, describes monetary relief plans via depository banks, and hints at naval rank reforms and Queen Liliuokalani’s quiet Washington life.
Morris Nemerowsky, a newsboy at The Inter Ocean corner in Chicago, finds a diamond earring worth 50 cents to 850. He tries to claim a reward, deceives a woman, and ends with a 25 cent payoff after a policeman suggests a 10 cent share.
A circus visitor teases a elephant with a bun, then repeats the trick with the hat. The elephant retrieves and returns the hat, finally swallowing it after repeated refusals, much to the offender's disgust. A separate note states in Peru women cannot attend funerals and marryings are intimate affairs. Pallbearers carry the coffin while mourners follow on foot with empty carriages.
A Kansas soldier compares service by sea to land service describing the navy as one big scrap with danger, sleep on ships, meals aboard, and the hospital ever present on land while you may go down or stay up depending on the sea.
Monsieur Calina repeats fine words heard while visiting a lady with a black cat named Snowflake. The conversation moves from Snowflake to melon remarks as Calina uses playful language by antithesis during dinner.
Admission to the Paris Exposition will be 2 francs before 1 a.m. or about 40 cents for the full exhibition. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. a crane will be the charge, and after 6 p.m. on weekdays the fee drops to 2 francs. Sundays keep evening hours at the same rate.
A report claims the match industry increases profits by clever wood cutting methods that split wood lengthwise with friction, boosting yearly earnings for the match trust. The piece notes across and along grain techniques as the core of this alleged practice.
The article notes speculation that France and Russia may seize Ceuta in retaliation for Allied naval gatherings at Gibraltar. It describes Ceuta as a fortified Spanish port on a Moroccan peninsula, with a population around 10 000 and uses as a penal colony and African troop hub.
The Rev. Dr. Benjamin De Costa, formerly a Protestant Episcopal presbyter in New York, has joined the Roman Catholic Church. Married and unable to assume priestly robes, he plans to devote himself to literature and lecturing.
A Philadelphia firm negotiates with the Russian government to build a large locomotive factory on the Siberian Railway and a rail mill at a cost of 5 million dollars funded by American capitalists. William Vance Marquis, former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, died suddenly of heart trouble in Bellefontaine.
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