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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
19
Mrs Frank Cats woke to a masked intruder bent over her bed in souia. The assailant beat her, ransacked the home, then fled as her brother Stanley Wieczorech arrived after she signaled for help. The burglar fired three shots. cash and jewelry were taken.
William Dwyer became insane from an accident and, during a brief lucid interval at the University hospital in Ann Arbor, urged surgeons to kill him if they could not restore his mind. Doctors removed an abscess and placed a silver plate in his skull, easing his condition. he is expected to be discharged in a few weeks.
A gale swept Fraser damaging Leon ard Schneider’s under-construction cement building, collapsing a wall and uprooting trees and fences. About two welock, the one-story structure was demolished and damage estimated at 1000. The village had recently suffered a severe fire. Schneider was a major loser.
A carriage in Au Sable became entangled with a flagpole wire, causing a pole to topple and crush Mrs. William Gardner and her 5 year old son. A second woman and her child survived as the other carriage occupants escaped unharmed.
John Linton aged to be the oldest cobbler in Michigan died at his Otsego home after a brief illness. He lived in Plainwell twenty five years before moving to Otsego and spent his life in shoemaking. Survived by widow a son and three daughters the latter active in state musical circles Mrs C O Gilkey Plainwell Ida Linton Otsego Sophia Linton Marquette.
Zacharias Jacques, a Copperdam resident and early settler, aged 72, met a terrible death at Dollar Bay. He was going to work when he stepped between tracks as cars were kicked from a train, his body mangled beneath the cars and ground to pieces.
Julian Collette of Nadeau aged 60 tells of an impulse to hang himself and burning the rope to stop it. He also tried to kill his 17 year old daughter by throwing her body into a creek. He is insane on religion and prays constantly. He was taken to the asylum at Newberry.
Clara Stilson, three, daughter of William Stilson of Milford, was burned to death when her dress caught fire beside a stove. Her mother had left the house on an errand with several other children present. Neighbors rushed to help but could not save the child.
A farmer near Greenville was clubbed by a highwayman at 10 o clock on a dark road a mile north of town. The assailant took two watches valued at 850 dollars, 14 dollars in cash, and Jensen’s clothing for his children. Jensen was found unconscious by the roadside at midnight but not seriously injured.
A grand reception for more than 2,000 attendees closed Kalamazoo's Western Michigan Normal school dedication exercises. Speakers included N H Stewart L L Wright H B Vandercook Gov Warner and Prof Delos Fall. the event featured Michigan songs solos and addresses on education and the new school.
A severe car shortage across the Saginaw valley halts shipments and causes losses. VoD Young Chemical Co. in Bay City cannot move its product and needs 100 cars. Coal operators, lumbermen, and other shippers seek 1500 cars, while local consumption helps coal mines but risks shutdowns if shortages persist. Lumber orders are being turned down and beet sugar factories complain.
Early morning blaze leveled Donald E. McIntyre’s modern barn near Boon village, valued at 3,500 with 42 registered cows, 11 horses, 60 tons of hay, and 1,000 bush els of grain lost. Fire rumored to have started from a cigarette ember. Spectators report seeing a man’s body hanging from a beam as the barn collapsed.
In Lapeer Ellen Glenn spoke in court for the first time as Judge Peter F. Dodds of Isabella county handed her a term of one to ten years with a three year recommendation. She remained silent during the trial except for a whisper to counsel, her voice described as masculine. She wept as she was led to jail.
A Weatherford Oklahoma family of thirty four named Koot arrives at Oscoda to take up a farm on the U S and North Western line. The pater, aged around seventy, was robbed on a 1945 train with nearly 81,000 dollars sewn in a vest.
The Michigan grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen votes a special ten month assessment on members aged years and over to raise 150000 to cover unpaid death claims.
William Sauer, convicted of manslaughter for shooting Constable Elisha Moore at Harsen's Island on January 18, is selling 2000 maps of St. Clair flats. A skilled draughtsman, Sauer asks $1.50 per map and hopes to raise about $3,000 for Mrs. Moore, the constable's widow.
Miner State Matters reports Fred Martin, 21, fatally shot himself while hunting near Oscoda. The F C Keupher sawmill at Turin burned with little insurance. Mrs Hannah Wilson, 67, pioneer of Otsego, died of heart disease. Michigan Central railroad builds a 1000 foot siding at Cheboygan for John Nelson Lumber Co. Delta county schools close due to shortage of teachers. Olive Martin, 18, Ishpeming, bags first big game of season, a deer. Jacob Bustafson found on South Shore tracks at Negaunee with skull fracture and broken arm, likely hit by switch engine. Claud Prince of Sumpter township loses both arms in corn shredder, recovery doubtful.
News records show 26 killed and 57 wounded in Wisconsin and upper Michigan hunting season. Causes include accidental discharges and firearm mishaps during activities such as barn work and tree fruit harvesting, with many expected not to recover. Names, ages, and locations across towns like Stevens Point and Milwaukee highlight the breadth of incidents during Sept to Nov.
Belated dispatches from Kiev via Podwolczyska describe a mutinous 2 000 strong pontoon battery march through urban streets. Cossacks attempted restraint, then withdrew. firing ensued with deadly casualties around seventy dead and 300 wounded. Two hundred mutineers surrendered.
The November 1905 weather bulletin notes generally favorable farming conditions across most districts, with drought on the Atlantic coast and heavy rains hindering the west gulf. Central valleys see exceptional conditions, California drought eased by rains and snow in the north Rocky Mountains. Winter wheat is in good condition, late-sown germination mixed, Hessian fly present in Missouri Pennsylvania and Michigan, and cotton largely harvested east of the Mississippi with remaining stalks in MO AR KS TX OK and Indian Territory.
The ten year period from 1894 to 1904 saw US and Canadian fraternal organizations grow from about 4.6 million members to 8.28 million. The Cleveland Leader notes immigration and liberal estimates explain the surge, with gains far outpacing population growth. Major societies posted substantial numeric increases across Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias Woodmen and others.
Secretary Shaw’s annual Treasury report shows revenues of 167,161,260 for 1905 against expenditures of 254,484,228. Major income sources include internal revenue, land sales, and postal revenues, while costs cover civil and military establishments, debt interest, and deficiencies in postal revenue. Money in circulation rose to 2,024,220,501, with 381 national banks in operation and 213 banks chartered in the year.
Timeline of rulers and notable happenings from Edmund II and Henry I through Henry VI, Papal deaths, treaties, wars, explorations, and cultural milestones. Highlights include William of Scotland, Charles XI, Napoleon, Lincoln, and the Panama canal treaty. Entities span England Scotland France Italy United States and more, with dates from the 11th to 20th centuries.
Sparks from the wires caused a fire that destroyed the laundry at the State hospital for nervous diseases in Little Rock Arkansas. The report mentions arrests, railway notices, and political maneuvering connected to a broader reform effort in Cincinnati.
Told in a Few Linen chronicles a life aboard French tramp steamers from Le Havre as they chart a Pacific route calling at San Francisco, highlighting rough seas, port calls, and the workers aboard.
Three thousand dollars has been subscribed in Toronto and Montreal for the Queen Alexandra fund for the unemployed of London. The export value from the United States to China in ten months totaled 5,104,767 dollars, compared with 20,557,184 dollars for the same period in 1904, per a Department of Commerce report.
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