Masquerade Social Draws 126 At Anvil Teachers Parents
The Teachers-Parents Social Clan held a Friday night masquerade with about 126 attendees. Music by a Bessemer three piece orchestra. Prizes awarded to Mrs George Putkela and Miss Anna Krook. Several local notes include births, visits, and an Anvil Girl Scouts matinee of When The Sun Stayed in Bed at the school Saturday afternoon.
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Bessemer
George Putkela
Anna Krook
George Larson
Elsie
Detroit
Chicago
John Larson
John Pollock
Virginia Rosa
Dorothy Gustafson
Gerald
Marie Toomey
Andrew Leksell
Calumet
George Turner
Frank Rigotti
Robert Leksell
Anvil Girl Scouts
Income Tax Through the Ages and Oddities of Popularity
Imaginative readers ponder which modern achievement would amaze ancestors. The piece recalls Edward II and others debating income tax origins, noting modest early levies from 85 to 8 cents, and Wat Tyler’s era skepticism, with reforms not attempted for over two centuries.
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Wim
England
Edward II
Winnipeg Free Press
Richard Oe
God
Wat Tyler
Dyvitain
Safe Makers Only One Jump Ahead of Thieves
A Scientific American outlook on safe making and safe breaking. Defenses against acetylene torches and high temperature devices are evolving, as inventors race to outpace burglars using drills and explosives. The debate mirrors the classic clash of the irresistible force and the immovable body, with progress favoring the safemaker.
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Scientific American
Lost Manuscript Mystery Read by Editors and Reporter
Managing Editor asks if you read the lost manuscript while a cub reporter notes its lateness. The exchange captures newsroom urgency and the joke about a manuscript believed to be lost yet referenced in conversation.
Feeding reform could boost U.S. dairy profits, study says
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute projects a $500 million annual gain for dairy farmers through better feeding. A University of Minnesota trial shows cows on a scientific ration increased milk output by 36.7 percent and profits per cow rose from $37.40 to $62.00, with overall gains tied to feeding cost efficiency across the 20 million cows nationwide.
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United States
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
University of Minnesota
University
Creamery Institute
Black Maria Carriage Origin Story From Washington Star
A Washington Star letter recalls 1885 to 1890 New York anecdotes about a freed African descent woman nicknamed Maria whose heavy drinking led to arrests. Police transported her in a wagon to the station house, locally称 as the Black Maria. The tale explains the origin of the term Black Maria for the prisoner conveyance.
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Marta
Washington Star
Exceptions to Recapitulation Theory in Evolution
The recapitulation theory links embryonic development to racial history, citing Sedgwick that an individual's development mirrors the species' course. It is correct only to a limited extent with many animals showing deviations from environmental adaptation and shortened development due to varied influences.
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Sedgwick
Hard and Soft Water Causes and Characteristics
Hard water contains dissolved salts chiefly calcium and magnesium that form insoluble compounds with soap. Calcium carbonate gives temporary hardness, removable by boiling, and calcium sulfate causes permanent hardness. Soft water lacks substances that prevent lather with soap. Subscribe for The Hera.
Old Ram Discovered Youth Will Be Served
A Youth's Companion tale recounts Cephas Tyrannus and a rival ram feud. An aging dominant ram clashes with a younger ram when a gate is left open, collides, and dies from a broken neck, while the victor resumes feeding with the ewes.
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Companion
C. A. Stephens
Cephas
Township School Board Proceedings in Bessemer Township
A special meeting of the Board of Education of Bessemer Township elected James Ford president pro tem, filled the vacancy left by P. S. Williams, approved a salary raise for Oscar Faline, ordered three modified Reo Speed Wagons at 7500, and authorized a Best Sixty Tractor and Laplant Choate Snow Flow with delivery by August 1, 1925. The secretary was directed to draft a five year transportation contract, bills and warrants were approved, and the meeting adjourned.
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Board of Education
Bessemer Township
James Ford
Mr. Ford
P. S. Williams
Oscar Faline
Reo
McKay
Lipke
Neault
F. O. B. Bessemer
Bessem
Lipke & Neault
Peoples State Bank
L. Superior Dist. Power Co
En Penns
Alex Rosemargy
Mich
Bell Telephone Co
Eau Claire Book Co
Theo. B. Robertson Products
U. P. Office Supply Co
American Book Co
Go, Electric Service Co
Ph. Gross Hdw. & Supply Co
Boerean
Globe Battery Station
Solidbed Tack Co
Youngstown Sheet & Tube SS
Toe Ainh Soteh Awe Ae Skud & Goldman
Thurston Manual Training Co
Castile Mining Co
A. Plepesee Co
Doctors remove whole Table of Contents in Cot Mystery
In a playful aside from The Hospital Friend, a voice asks if the appendix was removed, while another quips that the entire Table of Contents was removed. The exchange showcases light humor about hospital reading material and the calendar’s contents.
Ed Purdy's Philos on a Counter Attraction
The remark notes Ed Purdy's Philosophical take after spotting a new city saleswoman at Seth Thompson's Department Store and comments on the counter attraction she represents.
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Ed Purdy
Philos
Seth Thompson
Dated at Bessemer the 19th day of February
A dated local notice from Bessemer records the 19th day of February, 1925. The fragment confirms a formal date stamp tied to an official action or notice issued there. Entity notes include Bessemer and the year 1925.
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Bessemer
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John J. Frick
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Hansen Lumber Co
Go. Electric Service Co
Ramsay Mercantile
Continental & Commercial Rcl DE
Eeneta Continental and Commercial Nat'l Bank
Continental and Commercial Nat'l Bank
Erickson Bros. Dairy
Contratto & Michela
Nesto Erickson
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Washington School
Committee On
Arthur Lintelmann & Co
Messrs
Conrad Velin
Emil Kelto
A. Lintelmann
Kress
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Lyn Hoffman
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