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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
29
Kipling poem recounts a murder by a soldier and the grim duty of the parade as bugles sound for hangin. The color sergeant explains punishment, the Dead March marks the moment, and a county regimental disgrace lingers with the dawn.
Dr. G. Franklin argues that medical specialization, while advancing science, narrows practitioners and risks fragmenting care. He cites eye, ear, spine, skin, and throat experts as a sign of wider divisions driven by competition and public demand. He warns of a future where doctors know only their own fields, hindering overall medical understanding.
The piece condemns enterprising advertisers who claim to cure diseases without patient interaction. It warns that such schemes exploit the daily press and religious or magazine publications for fraudulent purposes, underscoring the impossibility of verification and the harm to the public.
The London Telegraph critiques the notion that modern girls must adopt masculine traits. It notes rising female hockey interest and lectures, warns scaremongers may mislead about women's roles, and cites Canton as a counterpoint where traditional feminine arts are valued. The piece ends with a wry reference to a Canton spinning maiden festival.
The Washington Post quotes T. L. Marston on buying cigars in quantity, aging them in cedar boxes, and keeping them for four years to reach peak quality. He notes local quirks where savanas gain bitterness after storage, and advises occasional switches from imported to domestic cigars for variety.
A summary of the year 1905 detailing Russia’s aroused peasantry and concessions amid turmoil, Norway’s secession from Sweden, and related global events. It notes Russo-Japanese War outcomes, the Simpson tunnel, the Portland Lewis and Clark Exposition, and a long list of notable deaths, disasters, strikes, and political shifts across nations.
A humorous exchange explains why a surgeon tightens a bandage before operating. The layman compares it to a barber wrapping a towel to prevent bleeding, revealing practical reasoning behind the procedure. The snippet reflects everyday humor about medical common sense.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt describes a decaying cabbage field with many heads lifting in protest as a large gasoline auto passes, prompting the cabbages to lament the poisoning of the air with a sickening odor.
Mrs Schoppen exclaims in distress over the loss of her pocketbook while her husband reassures her by offering to replace it and continue collecting dress goods samples, reflecting a light hearted social scene from Philadelphia.
A quip from This Funny World reflects on the claim that a man gains sense at forty, yet finds the application lacks appeal as business houses balk at employing him. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes the irony with a wry tone.
The dialogue reveals Williams and his wife Splendia were married just over a year ago and are now divorced. The exchange hints at the couple's strained relationship and a recent change in their status.
Crawford County resident Hubbard Head converted neglected land near Roscommon into an apple rich area. He developed about thirty acres, planted apples and cherries, and earned around 300 dollars from ten acres this year after receiving 150 dollars per bushel for his apples with freight paid by the buyer.
Albertus Canfield of Muir is identified as the man who died by his own hand near the soldiers' home on Monday night, after explosives were used while he stood above them. He lived with George W. Chase until seven weeks ago, had expressed suicidial intent, and identification was hindered by no facial marks. Chase noted unusually thick toenails from locomotor ataxia.
A gasoline lighting plant defect caused a major blaze in Sandusky damaging Clare Orr’s hardware store and adjacent buildings. Total loss about 200 dollars with insurer contributions and several local merchants listed among the affected.
A full grown man’s skeleton, about 30, was found on the Lake Michigan shore near Muskegon. Authorities concluded it was Capt. Duncan Corbett of Milwaukee from the ill fated schooner Waukesha which wrecked off Muskegon harbor on November 11. Five sailors were recovered on the beach, one man clung to a spar for ten hours before rescue. Corbett’s Milwaukee relatives had searched for two months without success.
Mrs. Fred Wortmer of Fenton died in agony from a self administered dose of carbolic acid. Her two young children woke to her cries, sought help, while the estranged husband blamed moroseness for the tragedy.
Walter Wisiewski, 17, riding to work in Bay City, collided with an iron hitching post in front of First Presbyterian Church. He died instantly from a head injury as streetcar workers found his body about 100 feet away. No witness to the crash.
Fred Moldenhure, a trapper and fisherman, was found dead on the Two Year River near Newberry after reportedly taking ill while standing in the water. A searching party located him miles upstream, waist-deep and leaning over his boat, unable to pull himself out due to sudden illness.
The Ludington Gas Company has commenced supplying gas to the public. Construction began July 17 with the first gas produced at the plant on October 14. The company is capitalized at 75000 dollars, with most stock held by Grand Rapids men.
A fire destroyed the Champion Copper Company's Freda stamp mill office. Clerk Nelson, found sleeping inside, died from burns. The incident occurred the other day during the blaze.
Dr Louis Gelston of the Calumet and Heela medical staff is dead after overworking himself tending scarlet fever patients. He previously lived in Kalamazoo and graduated from the State University.
Two St Ignace timber cruisers while inspecting land near town found a hidden beaver dam four feet deep and fifty feet across with a mud covered hut. Logs and chips lay along the banks and along the South Shore road section men have blown beaver dams with dynamite to ease flooding that swells water over the roadbed.
Michigan Insurance Commissioner plans to promote uniform life insurance laws after a visit by State Insurance Commissioner Barry to New York. The effort aims to curb abuses found in large life insurers. Commissioner Larry will meet with Armstrong, head of the investigation committee, and may convene the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to advise state legislatures similarly to the Armstrong committee’s recommendations to New York.
Dexter Young man J Wallace Van Etta confessed to larceny from the person before Judge Kinne in Ann Arbor. He admitted that his conscience smote him when his pal Al Reese was sent up, and the court sentenced him to one to five years in prison due to his voluntary surrender and guilty plea.
Vincent Mo, an Austrian new to America and recent arrival in Tonia, was caught by a machine shaft at the E. H. Stafford Manufacturing Co. His body was pulled through the narrow space between shaft and ceiling several times, likely causing fatal injuries.
The John J. Kinsella Co. of Chicago, glass manufacturers, will build a large factory in Holland. Construction starts immediately. two carloads of machinery arrived. The plant will pay about 840,000 annually in wages after year one, part of a city bonus program that has already secured three factories this year.
Peter Miller, long a familiar and peculiar figure on St. Joseph streets, was found dead lying face down amid old rubbish in an abandoned field house. Authorities believe exposure caused death.
Ellen Nystrom aged 17 took her own life in Menominee, ending a troubled love affair. The tragedy highlights youth heartbreak and social pressures in a small community.
A series of incidents across Michigan includes destruction of Frank Smith’s pigeonry near Wolf Creek with loss of valuable birds, two drownings on Bishop’s Lake near Brighton, and the Eagle post office breaking in with two registered letters and stamps taken. Deaths include Civil War veteran Jacob Welling near Hart, and attorney William A. Underwood of Adrian in New York. Additional items note a fatal quarry blast at Michigan Alkali Co. in Alpena, a 100 pound pulley accident at a mine, a Marshall infant nearly blinded after a buggy runaway, and Roswell Norton of Ypsilanti dying after a long illness. State land sales yielded about $4,000 with few bidders, and health officials visit county teacher institutes on school room sanitation.
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