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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
2
The piece argues that newspapers showing crime and wrongs reflect closer global communication, not a worsening world. It contends modern civilization, aided by the public press, exposes harms to cure them, while overall poverty declines and life grows easier, richer, and more joyful.
A Copenhagen businessman donated 100000 dollars to the Scandinavian American Society to promote the interchange of professors between American and Danish universities. The piece also notes Rhodes scholarships linking American students to Oxford as an example of learning solidarity drawing nations closer.
The Boston Post argues that elopements reveal faults in plans and warn that marriage is a serious, discreet step. It urges families to offer advice rather than hurry youths to solemnize quickly across borders or at a city clerk.
The piece notes how wealthy women often knowingly break the law in smuggling yet doubt enforcement will apply to them, urging better citizenship and law familiarity. It also mentions fashion notes, highlighting a war between large and small bonnets and the hatpin as a key accessory in the dispute.
In a lighthearted comparison, the czar and the kaiser exchange kisses while the governors of North Carolina and South Carolina offer a livelier salutation with notable spirit, suggesting regional warmth and vigor in their greeting.
A vivid look at American scale and heft. The piece estimates population, weight, water and food consumption, clothing, and other mass measures to illustrate how vast the United States is in people and material goods, calling for balance between quantity and quality. The tone is observational and grand, anchored by figures like 93 million residents and 4.5 million tons of weight.
Military expert H Lee Clotworthy argues the United States Army trails other major powers in organization and training. He criticizes dispersed infantry regiments, useless posts, and desertion, urging large divisions at central hubs and rapid mobilization to avoid future defeats. He notes progress toward reform but warns complacency persists.
The death rate in 1909 across states and cities housing over half the population was about 15 per 1000, near the lowest on record. It saved roughly 81,000 lives that year, equating to $81 million in economic value, with global improvements in living conditions and life protection noted as a sign of the times.
Sergt. David Robertson of the Hospital Corps leaves active duty after 56 years of service, all largely on Governor's Island. At 78, he is recommended for retirement with full pay and allowances. Generals urge Congress to grant a special retirement bill. He witnessed the island’s growth and historic events from its early days, including the 1854 cholera epidemic graveyard.
Lansing reports high volume of job applications to Auditor General Fuller with departments facing stacks of letters yet few appointments. Coldwater jail or fine for illegal medical practice. Bay City founder Levi Lupton tied to earlier sect. Jackson bigamy warrant for Guy Cartwright. Cadillac post office robbery confession. Corunna typhoid deaths. Saginaw two elderly deaths and a recovered smallpox case. Union City railroad father dies. Marshall Knights of Pythias rally. Negaunee remains petrified. Port Huron pastor resigns. Lake Huron canal project stalled. Hastings scholarship drive. Owosso Macabees disbanded. Bannister house fire. Port Huron vandalism case. Flint hotel widow Polly Hurd dies.
A compilation from Owosso to Leela details political shifts with Watson facing reappointment, Ely secure until 1913, and firefighting probes in Baroda. Reports note smallpox in Battle Creek, Y M C A conference in Charlotte, mine disaster death in Negaunee, prison terms for Kinney and Cousins, and various local incidents including a suicide, milk water content fine, and a larceny case.
The Dominion of Canada will conduct a census in 1911 showing rapid industrial growth and a population likely over 8 million. Western settlement surges with over 300,000 new settlers, 25,000 square miles of 160-acre homes, and up to 5,000,000 additional acres from preemption blocks, highlighting western farm expansion and cross-country development aided by railways and eastern growth. The government urges readers to obtain the descriptive literature from Canadian representatives.
Sailor Monocle Choily Glim asks where to find the customs office. Jack Tar guides him to shift lantern and follow a twist in the face, signaling the route.
An Atchison Globe reflection notes that aging makes punishment harder to endure. It observes daily trials in homes streets and transit as an elderly man in business recalls how tough it is to get by. The piece contrasts younger and older resilience in facing life’s penalties.
A 3 year old, taken with his grandmother to a chicken park, watches fowl dip their bills into a water dish and exclaims that they are putting their feet on the table. The playful scene blends humor and childhood observation in a quaint moment.
A fragment hints at former smokers, Se cigars, and Lewis' Single Binder cigarettes with stray terms about straight paths and a strait jacket, suggesting a cryptic, uncertain snippet from a past diary or column.
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