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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1925
Page
2
A 1925 Michigan weekly issue marks July 4 as the nation’s 149th birthday and urges readers to oppose radicalism. It praises American citizenship, prosperity, and duty while recalling Revolutionary heroes and the founding ideals guiding the state press in defense of liberty.
For 13 years high school students have earned wages by performing maintenance on the school plant. Principal Gilasseec led the effort, employing many students to repair grounds and learn ordinary trades. This program provided steady work, self respect, and the means to support themselves and families.
Peddlers rove the town selling items from mouse traps to dresses and household goods. Advertised as social enforcement, the piece argues men fund local taxes and merchants, and questions the fairness of paying full prices while peddlers offer similar items at lower costs.
The article surveys Michigan road and levee developments affecting tourism and travel, noting trench work, coast guard advisories, and state plans. It mentions a notable Cabrnia high school and San Mateo-Burlingame district as part of a broader regional discussion on infrastructure and employment.
Fragmentary notes describe multiple towns and events on the 4th including parades, firecrackers, a 21 gun salute, a derby, and races. Names of locals amid plans for celebrations appear alongside references to county police, horse parades, and bands from Mich and Hurley.
Carl B refuses to join the ranks of married men until he meets and sees a man who has really and truly settled down.
A fragmented OCR note hints at a pledge against purchasing Sineerth of firecrackers. The text references tomorrow and suggests a reflective stance or event related to buying restrictions. No clear names, dates, or places are provided.
Local preparations in Efuriey Wis for July 4th are completed with expectations of a lively event. Authorities caution about weather and crowd control as activities unfold in the town center.
Fragmented OCR text mentions names and dates with references to a baseball and basketball baseline events. The legible items include a selection of persons and a notice of activity around community sports and a printer issue. The overall meaning is obscured but indicates local fixtures and schedules.
We are undecided whether to retire at 8 30 p m tomorrow or attend a street dance. The entry titled mystery no 483 927 mentions a wheel scene and an unresolved plan for the evening.
Elks lodge announced replacement acts for the Sheesley carnival during the week of July 28. Notices in the same issue include real estate tax entries for Gogebic County Michigan, and probate court orders in Marquette and Ishpeming districts. Executors Edward Sparrow and William Trevarthen estates seek claims by October 7, 1925.
Twenty years ago on July 1 1906 a citizens meeting at the city hall formed committees for the Fourth of July celebration. Appointed were Frank B. Jones Levi S. Rice W. J Haggerson Gustav L. Ziebur and M. E. Daly to lead preparations. Sub committees covered sports calithumpian printing and parade duties with members named for each task.
Notice to land owners of unpaid taxes that a sale was lawfully made. The undersigned holds title under tax deeds and offers reconveyance within six months after service upon payment of all sums paid plus 100 percent and sheriff fees. If not paid, the undersigned will seek possession. List of described parcels with amounts paid for taxes from 1897 to 1899 and locations in section and township ranges.
In Michigan at the Probate Office in Bessemer on June 9 1925 Judge Harrys K Bay presiding Ritka Krvolu estate. John J Frick seeks administration to Mate Brami or another suitable person. Hearing fixed for July 7 1925 at 10 am with notice by weekly publication in the Bessemer Herald for three weeks.
The Probate Court for Gogebic County held a session at the Probate Office in Bessemer on June 9 1925 with Judge Harry K Bay presiding.
Notice of foreclosure on a 1920 mortgage held by Loui Vokovich and Helen Vokovich of Verona Michigan to John Tankka. Sale at public auction at the front door of the Gogebie County Court House in Bessemer on August 3 1925 to satisfy $1113 plus $25 attorney fee and costs. The property is the SE quarter of the SE quarter of Section 15 in Township 46N Range 44W Marenisco Gogebie County.
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