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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
20
In a 1905 Bessember Herald piece, readers learn that enclosing items of a higher class with lower postage incurs a $19 penalty. Authorities inspect foreign mail at the local office and at exit points, making evasion unlikely.
Bulletin No 18 of the department reports Menominee as the leading manufacturing city in the Upper Peninsula based on the 1904 census. It lists 45 factories with $3 340 328 capital, 1489 workers, and annual wages of $705 013. Manistique ranks second and Sault Ste Marie third, with Manistique trailing in capital. A Shenango Furnace sale transfers half the interests from the Olivers to W P Snyder for $60 000,000, affecting ore and furnace holdings across Mesaba and Marquette ranges and Ligonier coal lands.
For sale a pair of full blooded Bared Reck and Cockere chickens advertised by F B Jones in the city.
Kidney and bladder issues affect both sexes, lowering vigor and mood. Swamp-Root by Dr Kilmer claims quick relief and offers free samples and a pamphlet from Binghamton New York.
A historical health advertisement asserts that indigestion cures require digestion and stomach rest. It claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests the root cause regardless of stomach condition and targets indigestion belching sour stomach and related disorders. Sold by D. MacFarlane.
The ad promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, claiming it digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest. It relieves sour stomach belching heartburn and related symptoms, sold by D MacFarlane.
An ad for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea claims to energize the body, renew blood, and provide strength and vigor. It mentions a price of 35 cents and lists sellers D. VlacFarlane and Ou Weil.
An old style medical advert urges women to take Pineules to relieve backache and neuralgia. It claims Pineules strengthen the kidneys and bladder, cleanse the blood, and ease female troubles. Sold by F. B. Jones.
An old advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a cure for croup coughs colds and whooping cough claiming it evacuates the bowels expels ailment from the system and strengthens lungs and bronchial tubes The Original Laxative Cough Syrup and Liquid Cold Cure is sold by D MacFarlane as a remedy for various respiratory ailments.
Engineers report seven miles of underground telegraph cable severely damaged by holes bored to the copper core. White ants are blamed for the unusual feast on tarred rope lead rope twisted rope tape hemp and india rubber. Museum specimens support ants capable of boring through sandstone rocks.
Brockton shoe maker Patrick Gleason fired a laster after a poorly lasted pair he discovered. Gleason challenged the worker with a ten dollar bet to show a worse shoe, the man produced the first shoe from under his bench, Gleason paid but lost his job.
At a luncheon with an austere Quaker friend, Speaker Joseph Cannon shared tales of a collapsed life insurance venture. He spoke with fiery language that unsettled his guest who urged moderation and warned him to choose his words or secure a posthumous fire insurance policy.
A Baptist minister in Washington Connecticut punished by punishing schoolboys for stealing from his garden. To retaliate, the pupils sabotaged the pulpit by placing pits where he struck. He began his sermon with a question about who led Israel out of Egypt and then implied the boys were responsible.
Lloyds Register data show 474 UK vessels under construction excluding warships at March 31 1905 totaling 1,251,343 tons gross. This marks an increase of about 202,000 tons since December and compares with 398 ships totaling 983,664 tons at end of March last year.
A whimsical piece follows phrases escaping a dictionary seeking opportunity. The couple I Love You and This Is So Sudden venture forth with anxious hearts and hopeful fortune, guided by I Told You So and Puck watches the rosy path where they wander arm in arm.
In 1893 Japan had 167000 tons of merchant steamships, but by end of 1904 its mercantile steamship fleet reached 1224 vessels totaling 791053 tons. This growth followed a wartime loss of 71000 tons.
When the Shah of Persia visits Europe presently he will have in his suite forty three persons four of them doctors.
A new automatic flogging device replaces manual whippings in the Russian army. The contraption uses a dial to set the number of strokes and a screw mechanism to move the lash, ensuring uniform severity and preventing repetition on the same spot. The machine administers precise punishment and releases the offender after the stated total.
A humorous exchange highlights a schoolboy’s remark on pins and a man’s misreading of directions. Mr Finnicky’s wife reveals the pills were never taken, as the box lacks change. The anecdote, credited to the Birmingham Herald, shows misinterpretation and comic mishap in everyday life.
In a vivid note from Recreation, C. Wm. Beebe describes the marsh wren as highly energetic in nest building. The male constructs four or five woven reed nests in marshes and city edges, each with a tiny hole, using others as roosting sites while the female incubates seven or eight eggs in the brood nest.
Police Judge Sweeney berated three New Yorkers Edward Howard Clarence Payne and Alfred Reed held at Newark County Court after circus grounds arrests. He urged Payne to reform and chided the men for their repeated criminal acts, asking them to choose a path of respectability or ruin.
Greenfield conductor Fred L. Haywood marked twenty-one years of service on the Greenfield to Springfield accommodation. He recalled a fretful passenger who asked if the train always travels slowly, and replied that the passenger had ridden only half an hour while he had served twenty-one years. The passenger then asked which station he boarded at.
President Loubet showed early musical talent as a child, composing a march and hymn melodies by age 11. An organist at Valence Cathedral taught him while his mother urged formal musical training, but his father opposed it.
Secretary Leslie M. Shaw served over twenty years before moving to Washington, directing a Sunday school and sometimes two, and represented the Des Moines Conference three times at the General Conference of his church.
New York cooking teacher Mrs Rover begins each class with a story, often reflecting on herself, to set a light mood and engage students. Her playful approach blends humor with technique, shaping a relaxed yet attentive atmosphere in lessons.
A former Arkansas circuit judge recounts a comic justice tale. After sentencing a man to three months for larceny, the sheriff kept him at liberty by giving him the jail key and telling him to sleep there at night, since no one else was jailed at the time. New York Times.
Experiments in France support the belief that pigeons have a distinct sense for navigation beyond human ability. Previously shown to see as poorly as humans in darkness, carrier pigeons released at Cerenes quickly found their home thirty kilometers away on a pitch dark night.
A Kittery Maine woman recounts a 20th century enterprise scene. A boy digging dandelions from her lawn worked about an hour, washed the basketful, and then asked to sell the lot at 20 cents per week. The anecdote highlights practical hustling and consumer friction.
A London borough council wérter observed a man at work in a borough street drop his pick into a single hole 150 times without moving any tool or material. The odd repetition drew attention to the ongoing street work and the worker’s method in progress.
An advertisement extols Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar as the best cough and cold remedy. It asserts this syrup does not constipate bowels and instead acts as a pleasant laxative to expel all cold from the system, suitable for coughs, croup, whooping cough, and similar illnesses.
A reader from Masonville Indiana Harry Colson attests Bucklen's Arnica as the best cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. The remedy also helps with cuts burns and injuries. Available at all druggists for 25 cents.
A claim for Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar as a remedy for croup whooping cough and bronchial affections. The product is promoted as expelling all cold from the system by acting as a cathartic on the bowels and is sold by F. B. Jones.
Special holiday excursion rates offered via the North Western Line for students and teachers. Excursion tickets available at low rates upon presentation of proper certificates issued by the educational institution. For details on sale dates and limits, contact Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Rough skin and cracked hands are soothed by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Occasional use keeps skin soft and smooth, best for eczema cuts borns boils and more. Genuine salve offers relief to blind bleeding itching and protruding piles. Sold by D MacFarlane.
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