Bless Emer Woman's Club Meets Tuesday at Elks Hall
The Bless Emer Woman's Club holds a February 1 meeting at 2 30 PM in the Elks hall. Guests include women from English classes in local night schools. The program features music by Paul Morek with a Cremona violin, talks by John Holland and performances by Nan Rund Goldsworthy Martens and others.
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Blessemer Woman's Club
Elks Hall
Bessemer
Bessemer Township
John Holland
Michigan
Paul Morek
Mr. Morek
Royal Band
Royal Palace
Norway
Morck
Nan Rund
Goldsworthy Martens
Arthur Matteson
E .E. Cochran
Land Clearing Meetings Planned February Thru 18
Michigan Agricultural College specialists J F Livingston A J McAdams and County Agent C E Gunderson will lead ten land clearing meetings Feb 15 across the county. Films lectures and demonstrations precede spring schools with nine cars of equipment and a large staff. Enroll at least 30 people per district for the short course.
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J. F. Livingston
A. J. McAdams
Michigan Agricultural College
C. E. Gunderson
Upper Peninsula
Menominee
Luce
Houghton
Gogebic County
Ladies Will Serve Lunch Wednesday
The ladies of the M. E. Church will serve lunch Wednesday afternoon at the church parlors from 3 to 7. The committee in charge includes Mrs. C. H. Swanson, Mrs. E. Pascoe, Mrs. A. Johns and Mrs. Sid Proctor. The public is invited.
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M. E. Church
C. H. Swanson
E. Pascoe
Mra A. Johns
Sid Proctor
Women's Catholic Order of Foresters Meeting
Initiation exercises are planned for the next meeting of the Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters at Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday evening February 8. After initiation a social hour will close the program and the entertainment committee has prepared a group of numbers.
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Order of Foresters
Special Service Marks Death of Pope Benedict XV
Catholics in Bessemer witnessed a black draped Cenotaph and funeral candles as a Requiem Mass was held at St Sebastian's. Father Swoboda led prayers for the pope and the Conclave gathering to elect a successor while church bells tolled after Mass. Daily readings of the Quatorage Pro Eligendo Papa continued until a new pope is chosen.
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Holy Father
Benedict XV
Bessemer
Father Swoboda
Conflict logs and dam scene pack Rex Theatre showing
Priscilla Dean stars in Conflict a Red Book serial filmed in the Canadian North Woods. The action centers on a dam dynamiting and a massive log jam as six cameramen capture the peril and scale. The reel features intense visuals and a rugged logging industry battle.
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Priscilla Dean
Rex Theatre
Clarence Budington Kelland
Canadian
North Woods
Canadian North Woods
Stuart Paton
What Every Woman Wants To Know
The piece urges women to reuse and refresh winter hats rather than buy new. It outlines at home dyeing and remaking techniques for straw and panama hats using dyes, ribbons, and silk or velvet flowers, with care on sun fastness and material origin. It advises waiting for spring to decide on new purchases.
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Panama
Lyceum Number At High School Feb 9
The Chicago Orchestral Club appears at the high school Thursday evening as the fifth Lyceum Course item. A small orchestra led by violinist Mr. Depue with Virginia Rice on harp, Bessie Coolidge as reader, and a cellist completes the group. The program spans classic to popular pieces with readings and solos.
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Chicago Orchestral Club
Lyceum
Depue
Potter Depue
America
Virginia Rice
Miss Rice
Middle West
Bessie Coolidge
Miss Coolidge
Chicago
Romance in Vital Statistics Reveals Michigan Cities
A Michigan statistician highlights birth and death rates to illustrate population trends. Cities like Coldwater Cadillac Ferndale and Escanaba are compared for 1921 birth rates and general death rates while Iron River is noted for low infant mortality and a very slow projected decline, with long-term depopulation risks illustrated.
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State Department of Health
Coldwater
Michigan
Cadillac
Ferndale
Escanaba
Iron River
Penimstte
Nectek
St. Joseph
Doctored canned goods sold in Michigan raise public concern
An official statement from Michigan’s Bureau of Foods and Markets warns that doctored canned goods are increasingly circulated. Swelled and damaged products are reconditioned and relabeled, sold to restaurants and bakeries, with state seizures and arrests already occurring as labs assess consignments.
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Michigan
Bureau of Foods and Markets
State Department of Agriculture
W. P. Hartman
Hartman
Europe
New York's lamp stays lit after switch off
A new electric light shown at the Seventy first regiment armory remains on for one minute after turning off. The switch closes a contact, a thermostat control maintains the glow briefly, then the circuit breaks and the user can resume movement without darkness.
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New York
Seventy-first Regiment
Cold spell lows and snowfall noted for month
The coldest day was the 24th at 34 degrees below zero and the record low average fell on Sunday the 22nd with 21 degrees below zero. Twelve days stayed below freezing, total snowfall reached 23 inches, and the month averaged about usual fair days.
1922 Winter Poultry Show Preview and Plans
Reports from the 1922 Winter Poultry Show indicate broad exhibitor interest from Wakefield Ramsay and nearby areas. James E Daley is chosen as judge and the News Record office building will provide ample exhibition space. Poultry premium host copies will be available from Harry Ellis Ironwood and the next association meeting is set for February 1 in the County Agricultural Agent's office.
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Wakefield
Ramsay
Bessemer
James E. Daley
Daley
Houghton
News Record
Harry Ellis
Sec’y
Gogebic Range Poultry Ass'n
Ironwood
County Agricultural Agent’s
Landlady Opens Pet Friendly Apartments in New Giles Place
Mrs. Edgar Saltus plans an apartment house at Giles Place offering cat drinking fountains and sunlit basking spaces, with open air playrooms for neighborhood children and a rooftop pergola for resident wives. Plans filed with the city building department indicate separate canine and feline arenas may not be specified.
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New York
Edgar Saltus
Giles Place
City Building Department
Ashland Division Chief G J Quigley Dies in Chicago
Word arrived today that G J Quigley, superintendent of the Ashland division of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, died in Chicago at 2 30 this morning after a period of illness. He was well known and highly regarded on the range.
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G. J. Quigley
Ashland
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Chicago
Dry law enforcement driven by citizen tips in Michigan
Michigan sheriffs say tips from the public bolster prohibition enforcement. Officials report 35 arrests in a year from tipsters who object to illicit rum traffic. A sheriff notes many citizens not only inform but demand local action to end the rum business.
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Michigan
Michigan Ant Saloon League
Lansing
Bessemer Woman's Club to Host Dance February 10
The Bessemer Woman's Club announces a fundraising dance Friday evening February 10 at the Elks hall with Rex Concert Orchestra providing music and lunch served by the ladies. Club leaders urge community support to bolster the financially strapped group as it continues its welfare work and community projects.
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Bessemer Woman's Club
Peowlry
Fina Mer
Woman's Club
Elks Hall
Rex
Jurors Drawn for February Circuit Court in Ironwood and Townships
Jurors for the February term of Circuit Court were drawn. Names include Joseph Sullivan and Charles Heidemann for Ironwood First Ward. Lyron Best and William Wester for Ironwood Second Ward. Walter Olson and William Oliver for Ironwood Third Ward. and others across Ironwood wards, Bessemer, Wakefield, Ironwood township, Erwin township, Bessemer township, Wakefield township, Marenisco, Watersmeet, Carlson, and related areas. A Swede Finn hall dance is listed for tomorrow night.
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City of
Ironwood
Joseph Sullivan
Charles Heidemann
Lyron Best
William Wester
Walter Olson
William Oliver
James Williams
Patrick Morris
Arvil Williams
Samuel Ford
John McKevitt
Arnold Haglin
Arthur LaForge
John Vaara
John Fraser
Fred Fish
Bessemer
Arthur Larson
Richard Williamson
Fred Roberts
George Koronsky
Steve McDonald
Alex de la Compson
Edward Piper
Phillip J. Bennetts
Alvin Dolgren
Harry Olds
Wakefield
George Howe
Jacob W. Jacobson
Joseph Rowell
Clarence Kane
Erwin
William Mattson
Rupert Lynn- Campbell
J. E. Albright
Marenisco
William 2. Toomey
Watersmeet
Fred Ellsey
Carlson
A. P. Papin
Mrs H Hoover named new Girl Scout leader
Mrs H Hoover elected president of the National Girl Scouts at Savannah convention on January 26. She urges more women captains, stresses recreation and domestic training, and says 10,000 capable leaders are needed to guide troops as the movement expands.
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Hoover
Washingtom
la Co
National
Uoe
Savannah
Secretars
Tmmerce
California
Ovr
Clethes
Girl Scout Movement
Seees Bso
Edge
6Th Scouts
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Noving
St. Sebastian’s
H. Hoover
National Girl Scout Council
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