Survey Finds Strong Outcomes From Veterans Vocational Training
The United States Veterans Bureau completed a survey of 100 rehabilitated vocational students, showing improved incomes from $1,057.47 prewar to $1,706.29 current, with many owning homes and cars, possessing government and other insurance, and 25 starting their own businesses. The average training duration was 17 months with a cost of $2,018.87 per veteran, and 62 were married.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Col. Forbes
Games Rescheduled To End Of Season For Bowling League
Bowling league announces all games scheduled for this week will be played after the season ends. If the ban list allows, members will appear as listed. the season is extended by one week and postponed games will be played then.
Instructions Gatherings Postponed to February 6
Public instruction meeting on naturalization faces a flu ban causing postponement from January 29 to February 6. Organizers expect the ban to be lifted by then and plan the session with interested attendees. Mr Cobb stated participants will receive guidance once gatherings are allowed again.
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Cobb
Cattle Tuberculin Tests Prompt New State Bills
Lansing action tacks two bills by Rep Eugene J Kirby Van Buren County to fund tuberculin inspection of cattle with a 200000 appropriation and to cut indemnities for slaughtered cattle to 50 for registered stock 25 for nonregistered stock aligning with federal figures. Also measures authorize county fund use for joint state federal work and require stock submission for examination upon demand. Rep John Holland seeks full appraised value for condemned cattle and county sale of carcasses. Federal support continues during legislative pause.
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Lansing
Eugene J. Kirby
van Buren County
Kirby
County Boards of Supervisors
Boards of Supervisors
Federal Department of Agriculture
John Holland
Gogebic County
Michigan
Cattle Import Rules Prohibit Gogebic County Entry
Regulation drafted by state agriculture officials to enforce the modified accredited area requirement in several Michigan counties. After January 1 1923 no cattle may be imported into Gogebic County unless from a fully accredited herd or tested by an accredited veterinarian within 60 days. Exceptions allow cattle for immediate slaughter and steers kept separate. Public sales for breeding or dairying are barred unless tuberculin tested and disease free.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Antrim
Charlevoix
Eaton
Emmett
Gogebic
Grand Traverse
Hillsdale
Ingham
Jackson
Kent
Livingston
Shiawassee
Washtenaw
Wayne Counties
Michigan
Gogebic County
State Department of Agriculture
Intuition Testimony on Suspicious Drink Signal
A writer muses that intuition acts as a sixth sense allowing a wife to detect drinking by smelling through gum and cloves, concluding with the reproachful line Henry, you've been drinking again. The observation frames intuition as a humorous household warning.
Bessemer High Basketball Faces Series of Cancellations
Bessemer High School has seen multiple games canceled due to injuries illness and misfortune. The Stambaugh match was also called off, affecting plans to prove the team’s strength ahead of the tournament. Coach Williams hopes rescheduled dates in Stambaugh Ironwood or the local city, and a later Ironbelt game, may salvage the season. The squad plans upcoming games with Iron Belt Ewen Wakefield and others, seeking to rebound against Wakefield in a return visit.
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Bessemer High School
Wakefield
Hurley
Lronwood
Stambaugh
Williams
Bessemer High
Ewen
Gust Erickson Dies by Suicide in Local City
Gust Erickson a longtime city resident shot himself in the head on Monday after years of ill health. He leaves a wife and eight children Hjalmer, Lempi, Fannie, Arthur, Dagmar, Gordon, Elsie and Malcolm. Funeral services were held Thursday at Bessemer cemetery.
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Gust Erickson
Erickson
Hjalmer
Lempi
Fannie
Arthur
Dagmar
Gordon
Elsie
Malcolm
Bessemer Cemetery
PIDS FOR BETTER HEALTH SERVICE
The executive committee of the conference of state and provincial health authorities met in Washington at President Harding's request. A plan to reorganize federal health work into a Department of Education Health and Welfare with a cabinet secretary was approved. The new department would include four bureaus and a director general for each, aiming to elevate the U.S. public health service.
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America
Conference of State
Washington
Harding
R. M. Olin
Michigan Department of Health
C. E. Sawyer
Department of Education, Health and Welfare
Congress
General Medical Profession
Federal
Department of Health
United States
Army
Navy Medical Corps
Health Board Will Meet Tonight to Discuss Ban
Influenza cases show no perceptible drop this week though not serious. Doctors report steady new cases and the health board plans to extend the ban after tonight’s official review. Also noted is the resignation of Conrad Hansen from the Yale mine to join the C Hansen Lumber Co with his brothers.
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Health Board
Conrad Hansen
Yale
Mr. Hansen
Helften and
Oscar
C. Hansen
Annual Dog Ski Races Set By Rex Theatre
D. J. Kulaszewicz announces the Rex Theatre will stage its annual dog and ski races within the next few weeks. Prizes will be attractive and the event is expected to generate excitement as children prepare.
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D. J. Kulaszewicz
Rex Theatre
Kulasze
Injured Woman Falls From Bleacher Window at Normal School
Miss Gladys L. Gray head of the women's physical education department at Northern State Normal School slipped when a gym bleacher board gave way as she opened a window. She struck her head on a radiator, lost consciousness, and suffered a slight brain concussion with bruises. Doctors treated her. she is a longtime Bessemer resident and a Bessemer High School graduate.
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State Normal School
Gladys L. Gray
Woman's Department of Physical Education
C. P. Drury
Charles N. Bottum
Marquette Mining Journal
Gray
Bessemer
Bessemer High School
W. W. Gray
Groesbeck Pressed for Cabinet Post Amid National Spotlight
Lansing reports say Governor Groesbeck may be named to replace Attorney General Daugherty in President Harding's cabinet. Detroit supporters have discussed the move with Senator James Couzens. If Daugherty resigns soon Groesbeck aims for national exposure to boost a presidential nomination bid, though Groesbeck denies any such announcement.
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Lansing
Daugherty
Harding
Groesbeck
Detroit
James Couzens
Michigan
Elva Pascoe Wins in Essay Contest
The county National Safety Contest results announced by Commissioner J C Watson feature Elva Pascoe winning the first prize in the Essay Contest for grade children. The article notes multiple prize levels for teachers and pupils, lists winners including Elsie Arthur and Orlo MacBain, and credits local banks and Joseph Davis for county prizes.
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Elva Pascoe
Bessemer
County School Board of Examiners
J. C. Watson
Washington, D. C
Board of Examiners
County Board of Examiners
Joseph Davis
Ironwood
Gogebic National, Merchants & Miners State
Iron National Banks of
Ronwood
First National and Peoples
Besse
Agnes L. Rutiman
Ith
Watersmeet
Michigan
Washington School
Mich
Orlo MacBain
Central School
Blanche Gagnon
Bonifas
Mildred Holt
Margaret Jacobson
Ramsay
Dorothy Webb
Cletha Ford
Anvil Location
Emily Murphy
Acci
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Europe
Holland
Ctf
Pids For Better Health Service
Miss Gray
Boom Groesbeck
Gwan
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