Wakefield News Roundup Delivers Local Doings and Updates
Wakefield locals report a flurry of small events from Tuesday to Sunday. Hyman Goldstein did business in Bessemer, C C Jones visited the Castle mine, and Sam Simons sought business in town. Henry Runnings’ family hosted a surprise party at the Perry House, and Henry Runnings includes a marriage in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyman Goldstein
Bessemer
C. C. Jones
Castile
Sam Simons
Dessemer
Knights of Maccabees
Wisconsin
Henry Runnings
Perry House
R. E. Barlow
Carpenter Cook Co
Adolf Johnson
Armour & Co
Chas. Healy
Cudahy Packing Co
Unfamiliar Facts Chronicle Oddities and Trivia
A mosaic of curiosities notes chimney sweeps wearing hi hats and red hair reducing baldness, Samoan tortoise shell bonnets, a $185 million annual world match bill, right-biased beards, a pricey Johns Hopkins thermometer, and Norway rail fares for couples. It also covers the Venezuela elephant beetle, 700 frogs killed and 2000 wounded in home battle, an English 1750 party law on drinking, the largest anaconda found in Mexico, first woman landscape architect in the U S, Madagascar bamboo guitars, and a Cuban iron ore deposit exceeding 500 million tons adding 5 percent to global ore supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins University
Norway
Venezuela
England
Madagascar
Something New in Tablecloths Design
A customer enters a store seeking a new tablecloth and finds nothing suitable. After expressing desire for something different, a discarded piece is shown. The clerk highlights a rare design with a center motif and border around the edge, and the customer eagerly buys it.
Current News Teasers from a Muted Era
A compact montage of proverb like lines and quips on bluffing finance ill luck romance political chatter and local option attitudes. Each item hints at social tensions between public figures and private lives with dry humor and guarded commentary.
Inland and Overseas Stats From Early 1907 Reports
On the Great Lakes ore tonnage reached 60,000,000 in 1907, up 6,000,000 from 1906. Americans consumed over 3,000,000,000 corks yearly despite prohibition. Japan yielded 255,000,000 bushels of rice yet spent over 20,000,000 on imports. Russia drinks tea heavily, importing 20,000,000 pounds last year, with revolutions all home grown. Washington leads in lumber production with 150,269,028 feet shipped from Bellingham. The Spanish paper trust opened a new Aranguren plant with fifteen tons daily pulp capacity, powered by twelve hundred horsepower electrical supply.
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Great Lakes
America
Japan
Russia
State of Washington
Bellingham
Spanish Paper Trust
Aranguren
Switzerland’s Public Schools Highlight Basel Excellence
Switzerland’s public schools rank among the world’s best with Basel leading. New Basel schoolhouses include bathing facilities for privacy, widespread school bathing, and free dental, eye, and ear care for pupils. Art reproductions serve as decor and study themes, with exclusion from the picture room as the sole punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Basel
Republic
Germany
Carelessness in business cautions from Rockefeller address
John D. Rockefeller Jr recalled a Sunday school warning about bias in business. A coal dealer challenged an employee over weight, saying a coal load looked too large for a ton. The driver insisted it was two tons, and the dealer apologized and urged him to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Jim
Republican State Convention called for Grand Rapids 1908
The Republican State Central Committee calls the Michigan State Convention to meet at Majestic Theater Grand Rapids on May 12 1908 at 11 am for electing four delegates at large to the Chicago National Convention and nominating fourteen electors two for President and Vice President, plus choosing a State Central Committee and officers. Delegates allocated by county vote, district caucuses meet 9 30 am, credentials handled, and apportionment based on last Secretary of State vote. By order Gerrit J Diekema chairman Dennis E Alward secretary Grand Rapids February 12 1908.
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Michigan
Majestic Theater
Grand Rapids
Chicago
United States
Republican State Central Committee
State Central Committee
Detroit
Clare
Republican National Committee
Gerrit J. Diekema
Dennis E. Alward
Recent Notes of Science Highlights From Around the World
A digest of science items notes longevity via sour milk and low worry, a Mediterranean shellfish spun silk, ancient trees in Cape Verde, a 5000 year old baobab, a six story cliff dwelling in Colorado, opposition to Dr Wiley on soda drinks, Chinese sun-dried salted vegetables, ham curing with minerals, pickled eggs with mud and soy sauce, hazel nut Corylus avellana in local woods, Brown University Barus on explosive powered sky ships, reefed sails advised, and a promotional plug for Kodol for Dyspepsia with D MacFarlane Herald ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Metchuikoff
Mediterranean
California
Cape Verdé Islands
Spruce Canyon
Cliff Palace
Colorado
E. L. Hewitt
Wiley
China
Barus
Brown University
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style notice offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney Co of Toledo and endorsers Watopinea Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, testimonials free, price per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F J. Cheney
Watopinea, Kinnan & Marvin
All Drugs
What Are You Going To Do Now Colonel
Retired statesman vows to upend the rest of his days living down press Iles from fourteen campaigns. The piece notes Malta, Chicago Tribune, has 189733 residents and discusses weak stomach nerves and the claimed benefits of Dr Shoops Restorative selling by Frank B Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iles
Chicago Tribune
Dr. Shoop
Shoop
Advice on Seek and Avoid During Thunderstorms
The article explains lightning danger from trees with oak more hazardous than beech, elms attracting sparks due to sap, and wood shelters safer if no tall trees loom nearby. It notes animals and crowds attract electricity, advises dispersal, and warns indoors near fireplaces or devices. It states removing steel items offers little protection.
Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure Advertised For Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure as a safe remedy for coughs including among very young babies. It claims the tonic uses a mountain shrub for healing bronchi membranes and warns against harsh medicines, urging customers to take Dr Shoop’s and avoid substitutes. Public sales by B Jones are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoep
B. Jones
Bucklen Arnica Salve praised for healing cuts
Manilla carpenter E. 8. Lopez testifies Bucklen Arnica Salve saves him from suffering and money after many severe cuts. It is claimed to heal burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. Sold 25 cents at F B Jones druggist. Health Coffee cited as a near coffee substitute by Dr Shoop. Sold by Jensen & Lintemann.
Preventics Candy Cold Cure Tablets Promised Cold Relief
Grippe sweeps the country and Preventics claims to stop it before it spreads. Early use of these tablets is said to check colds promptly with no quinine or harsh laxatives. Also marketed for feverish children, the large box contains 48 tablets and costs 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippe
Machines Are the Lawbreakers and Speed Limits
A short editorial argues that machines drive faster driving and that speed gear limits could curb accidents. It suggests broad state enactments may be needed and hints at constitutional tests later. The piece ends promoting Kodol for Dyspepsia from D MacFarlane as a stomach remedy.
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Wakefield
H. Lansing
Albert Swanson
Ronwood
Watson
W. E. Woodward
Chas. Andersen
Thomas Ashland
Gust Johnson
Rhinehart Hospital
Ashland
Washington
Central School
Rosie Reglinsky
Stan Zimcar
Ayer
Joyce
Boyce
Bowers
Spuis
Dickinson
Houghton
Keweenaw
Mackinac
Tonago
Ft S
D. MacFarlane
the Heralds
Scott
Malta
Torsten Eggen
Insurange
Bessemer, Michigan
Atchison Globe Lights
D MacFarlane
State of Michigan
Thomas Dunston
Said
A.D
Curtis Buck
Minnesota
Curtis Butk
Bessemer Herald
Genebic
Saucer
Coorer
Ceurtis Bree
Ironwood, Michigan
Sosp Sepreta Creet
Gogebic
Chancery
Nathan Judson
Jobs M. Longyear
John M. Longyear
Brookline
Massachusetts
Thomas,Cummins & Nichols
Samue
Thomas, Commins & Mewers, Solicitors
the Real Estate Security Co
Fort Dearborn
Pitt
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