27 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1931
Page
1
The article discusses growing public opposition to advertising in films and radio sponsored by advertisers. It cites a fourteen minute cigarette sponsored promo in a New York theater and questions its entertainment value. Patrons may resist longer theater time or reduced regular programming if such ads continue.
A discussion on devolution of lands to the state due to unpaid taxes. Critics warn against letting private holders profit from value created by oil discoveries and park development. The auditor general and conservation department face pressure over how to handle delinquent lands within state forests and reserves. Northern counties push for more tax relief, while lawmakers debate the balance between collecting taxes and preserving lands for public use.
The Weather Bureau projects extraordinarily mild weather with no winds and a slight rise in temperatures. Rain and snow are not expected for at least a week, while several quoted figures warn of extreme conditions elsewhere. A sharp contrast party line note questions turnout ahead of the Monday primary.
A brief Herald file note records Polka asking about a team number while Turk questions a semester mark. The exchange appears in a campus context with casual sports and grade talk.
In Ann Arbor the Prohi crowd edges the Dekes as tubs of bathtub gin trigger a frat house scare. Melvin the Gogebic coach sent Hurley’s second team to face Bessemer High, who narrowly won a game seen as easy.
A judge notes a batch of biting lines where the mountain proves harder to climb than three bridge tables and a play lands dull as an ice pick in Havana. The text mixes sharp humor with playful exaggeration about thinner plates, quick-lunch consommé, and margins.
William G. Meade for Oliver Iron Mining Co secures option on 100000 acres in Gogebic county near Northwestern railroad. Lands timbered, price about 180000 dollars. Oliver mines use about 10000000 feet of timber annually. River of other items note venison seizures and summer home plans at Clark Lake, and a snowbound body found near Mikado Wakefield line likely missing local man.
Mike Savant was found guilty of manslaughter for the Nov. 25 murder of Matt Belander and sentenced to 10 years in state prison. The mined body of Pauli Schmidt, crushed in a wall fall at the Palms mine Jan. 25, was recovered. Charles L. Colby died of heart disease in Newton, Massachusetts during a speech. Colby mine resumes operations after royalty disputes. J. R. Kramer & Co. dissolves. J. R. Kramer continues the business. E. L. Ritzenthaler offers penmanship lessons from Bersbach block above Abelman’s store. New York City's greatest blizzard occurred in 1888.
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