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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
8
John Pytila a Finnish miner dies Sunday from tuberculous of the shoulder at age 47. His body was buried in the city cemetery on Tuesday amid the local obituary notices.
Mrs Ellen Ramstad wrote to her husband Odin Ramstad in Alaska on October 11 1897. The letter drifted through Seattle Victoria Dawson City and other post offices for almost two years before being found and returned with a neatly written return card. It contained postage stamps and a birthday present for Mr Ramstad. He had visited his family during the delay but declined to trace the letter.
Report of the condition of The First National Bank at Bessemer Michigan as of Sept 1 1869 showing assets liabilities notes in circulation and miscellaneous items. Includes banking house furniture due from banks and reserves, capital stock and profits, and a lengthy city council financial and meeting record from Hesemer dated September 6 1899 with payrolls and expenditures.
Proceedings of the Board of Education in Bessemer show readings of minutes, financial reports, and votes. Officials listed include Moss Piper Markstrum Ramquist Voguin and others with salaries and cadet assignments in ward schools and committee actions on building grounds and teachers.
A witty exchange between Mrs Henry Peck and her husband laments rapid tech advances from horseless carriages to wireless telegraphy. The husband quips that wireless matrimony could be next, reflecting early 20th century optimism and satire about invention.
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