School Board Defends Bus and Tractor Purchases
The Bessemer township school board denies circulating reports that it spent $45,000 on three Reo buses and a tractor plan. Secretary Nesto Erickson says purchases were careful, cost savings projected, and no $45,000 check was issued. The board states buses will cut transportation costs by about $4,128.55 over five years and explains the need for a tractor to keep roads and school operations open during winter.
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Bessemer Township
Nesto Erickson
Reo
la Plant Choate
Lipke
Mr. Erickson
Neault
Aship
Teasemer
Michigan
Ioscemer Township
Educaton
Tumeaay
Board of Eolucation
Board of Education
Bessemer Defeats Butternut 19 to 3 In Cold Contest
In a low scoring Washington gym game Bessemer high school edged Butternut 19 to 3 as Velin and Godlewski led with field goals and free throws. Injuries sidelined Zoesch and Kilger, a preliminary reserves win 16 to 8 over Skadie's Wolverines, and Washburn and Bessemer Legion face off tonight.
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Washington Gym
Bessemer
Butternut
Richards
Velin
Dionich
Putternut
Kilger
Godlewski
Zoesch
Skadie
Wolverines
Washburn
Bessemler Legion
Legion Cagers
Seneca
Moncher
Oberst
Holmquist
Gotta
Dion'ch
Bellini
Moncher Kleinsteiber
Wolff
Gunderson
Roulette wheel theft leads two farm boys to reform school
Charles Paglia and Woaiie Sale, aged 22 and 19 from Maple, were sent to the Green Day reformatory for three years by Judge Risjord after confessing to a robbery spree. The pair quit their farm jobs, wandered to Bergland Michigan, then Hurley to gamble at a roulette wheel, leaving penniless. They stole from woodsman Mike Prey at the River House hotel, slugged him, leaped from a window to a roof, and sustained a leg fracture in the fall.
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Hurley
Charles Paglia
Woaiie Sale
Maple
Green Day Reformatory
Risjord
Ashland
Pazla
Salo
Bergland
Michigan
Puron Aou
Mellen
River House
Mike Prey
Storm Blocks Roads Closes Bessemer Township School
Snow drifts paralyzed Bessemer township roads forcing the Harding school to close as teachers and pupils could not reach the building. Officials blamed lack of equipment to clear routes and keep roads open during the storm.
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Bessemer Township
Harding
Ectec Board
New Bessemer Bus Makes Record Run
A new Bessemer Taxi Co bus service from Iron River to Ironwood began Monday. The daily round trip arrives Iron River at 12 noon and departs 3 30 p m. It links at Iron River with Iron Mountain buses for Chicago, with thirteen passengers outbound and nearly as many returning. The driver praised road conditions aside from a small stretch, saying the trip took three and a half hours. The Studebaker model mauve and cane finished bus is described as the most beautiful and comfortable of its kind to visit Iron River.
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Iron River
Ironwood
Bessemer Taxi Co. c
Gogeble
Iron Mountain
Chicago
Watersmeet
Elmwood
Studebakers
Miss Bertha Hobeny Dies After Illness
Miss Bertha Hobeny died Tuesday evening at her home after a long illness with asthma. She was 36, born in this city on July 1. Survived by her mother, a sister Mrs A Whlahe of Aptigneed, and brothers Joseph of Aubera and Week The funeral services were set for today with interment in the local cemetery.
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Bertha Hobenny
Mre
Aptigneed
Joseph
Aubera
Poules Mercantile Company Confused Report Declares Inquiry
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Poules Mercantile Company and individuals W A Geiger and Flintie receiver. A quoted exchange questions the arrival of women while another line dismisses negative portrayals. The text is garbled with misread names and phrases.
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Poules Mercantile Company
la Wir
Dee
W A Geiger
Flintie
Four Local Men Go to Court on Grape Contract
Four residents of Bessemer sue three Hurley defendants in federal court in Superior charging failure to carry out a grape delivery contract for ten carloads at 77.50 a ton plus freight. Plaintiffs seek 3675 dollars plus interest for four and a half cars delivered. remaining grapes not delivered forced purchase on Chicago market. Allan T. Pray represents plaintiffs. Cadigan and Cadigan to defend. Case to be tried in Wisconsin court, requested in Superior rather than Hurley.
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Bessemer
Hurley
Wis
Superior
C. S. Camilli
Joseph Michela
Paul Contratto
John Marchello
Sebatino Serza
Joseph Francis
Frank Gentile
Allan T. Pray
Ashland
Cadigan
Wisconsin
Cobb Alexander Address Teachers
Supt. C. R. Cobb addressed the grade teachers of the city schools at Washington school on Thursday February 19. The talk titled The Amenities of Life was well received. R. C. Alexander spoke on The Project Method and Socialized Recitation in History teaching and The Correlation of History and Civics with other subjects.
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C. R. Cobb
Washington
R. C. Alexander
Elks To Nominate Officers Tonight
The Elks local lodge will nominate officers at tonight’s meeting. They will also discuss buying a radio set for the club rooms.
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Elks
The
Jean Kangas Wins High School Typing Honors
In Bessemer High School’s commercial department Jean Kangas won the L. C. Smith fifty word a minute prize. Anna Ossano Leonard Jezek Violet Hendricks Thea Swanson and Sadie Johnson also earned certificates for typing over thirty words a minute in January speed tests.
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Bessemer High School
Jean Kangas
L. C. Smith
Anna Ossanno
Leonard Jezek
Violet Heindricks
Thea Swanson
Sadie Johnson
Bessemer High Girls Glee Club Concert March 18
The Bessemer High School girls glee club of 73 members will perform at the high school auditorium on Friday evening March 18. The concert includes the finals of the music memory contest with four students from seventh and eighth grades vying for prizes after recent exams. Proceeds fund the undernourished milk fund, with tickets to go on sale next week.
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Girls Glee Club
Bessemer High School
F. C. Gorman
Ellen Wirtenan
Helvi Stenback
Clyde Williams
Inez Gorman
Glee Clubs
Thieves Take $65 From Pool Room
Unknown thieves broke into Howlard's billiard room this week and stole merchandise and cash totaling about $65. An altered rear window allowed entry and tracks in the snow indicate adult perpetrators.
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Howlard
Seniors Dedicate Drift To Parents At Bessemer High
The Senior Class of Bessemer High voted to dedicate their 1925 Annual the Drift to their parents at a Tuesday CLS meeting. Mr Richards, staff advisor this year and for two previous years, was also considered.
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Bessemer High
Richards
Footlights Please Audience Tuesday With One Act Plays
The Footlights high school drama club directed by Miss Brown staged three modern one act plays in the Washington building gym Tuesday. Wurzel Flummery featured Luther Olson and John O Gries with strong supporting roles. The Will of the Wisp impressed with Dorien Matmen and Barbara Winkoski in key silent performance. The Open Road showcased Vienna Johnson Miles Finnegan Katherine Mussatti and William Brien in a lively farce. Scenery changes and production work earned praise and the club deserves wide patronage for future offerings.
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High School Dramatic Club
Miss Brown
Washington Building
Wurzel Flummery
A. A Milme
Viela
William O'Brien
Ichard Meriton
Kid Best
Dorien Mat Men
Lee
Stanley Bielecki
Barbara Winkoski
Agnes Halama
Leon Pearson
Vienna Johnson
Hoy
Miles Finnegan
Katherine Mussatti
William Brien
All Plate
Hebert Crawshaw
Will Othe Wiep
Lintelmann Retires as Arthur Lintelmann & Co Ends Era
Arthur Lintelmann and wife sell controlling interest in Arthur Lintelmann & Co to Conrad Velin and Emil Kel effective March 1. Firm name remains, with Velin and Kel taking over operations. Lintelmann to stay until May 1 then retire. He has served 28 years in the meat and grocery business in Bessemer.
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Arthur Lintelmann & Co
Arthur Lintelmann
Messrs
Conrad Velin
Emil Kel
A. Lintelmann & Co
Lintelmann
Bessemer
Jensen
William L. Guyer
Guyer
Jensen and Lintelmann
Mr. Lintelmann
Death Calls Mrs Albert Enrico 29
Mrs. Albert Enrico died at home Sunday after a lingering illness from tuberculosis. A lifelong Bessemer resident born December 24 1895 she was married to Albert Enrico in 1913. Survived by husband son Charles parents one sister and four brothers. Funeral at St Sebastian church with burial in local cemetery.
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Albert Enrico Iage
Grand View Sanitarium
Enrico
Bessemer
Andrew Contratto
Albert Enrico
Charles
Dominic Ballone
Peter Paul
John
Matt
Salt Lake City
Utah
St. Sebastian’s Church
C. J. Swoboda
Carnival at Anvil School on March 14
A carnival at Anvil School on March 14 will feature a genuine blackface minstrel show. A cast of sixteen includes Reno Tonsil, John Hodak, Adolf Murcatti, Gerald Toomey, Henry Longhint, Krmi Neart, Paw Cherpak, Ferdinand Georgi, George Georg, Melvin Reuquiet, Michard Forsberg, Hudeit Themes, Andres Kodak, Peter Pavero, Frank Mejasich, Walter Vaymter, Louis Fillippi and others.
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Anvil Fchool
Oelt
Reno Tonsil
John Hodak
Adolf Murcatti
Gerald Toomey
Henry Longhint
Krmi Neart
Paw Cherpak
Ferdinand Georgi
George Georg
Melvin Reuquiet
Michard Forsberg
Hudeit Themes
Hudeit Themes, ‘Andres Kodak, Peter Pavero
Frank Mejasich
Walter Vaymter
Louis Fillippi
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