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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
12
Fenland's Catholic population reports 80 churches in England and 4 074 priests, about 3 more than last year. Archbishop Bourne of Westmaster is soon to be made a cardinal.
The pallium, symbol of papal authority, was conferred on Archbishop William H. G. Commeil in a grand ceremony at One Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston. The white wool band with six purple crosses was woven by Terra di Specchi nuns from two lambs’ wool and placed in a silver coffer beside St. Peter’s tomb. Gov. Guild, Mayor Hibbard, and city officials attended as the crowd filled Washington Street. The mass opened with priests and dignitaries. Cardinal Gliotems delivered the blessing and Very Rev. Lawrence F. Kearney preached.
A garbled compendium of poems, quips, and social anecdotes includes stern proverbs, race-insensitive jokes, and a Chicago suburban divorce case. A long anecdote recounts Marie Klemp’s beauty and a husband’s jealousy ending in a judge’s ruling favoring the wife as he paints her face, sealing the outcome.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims kidneys affect most diseases and urges readers to try the product, offering a sample bottle by mail and noting availability in various sizes from druggists. The copy repeats the brand name and address in Binghamton New York.
The Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway begins its annual spring excursions from Saxon on June 5 to Detroit Cleveland and Buffalo. Four excursions total with weekend lake and rail trips leaving Saxon Fridays through August. Return tickets available July 8 15 with varying round trip fares and child discounts. Reservations advised through agent H. B. Willman in Bessemer. Matt Adson is General Passenger Agent in Duluth.
Iry Bureau wood chemistry notes a practical scheme using yellow pine waste to recover ntine via steam distillation, yielding cruder turpentine and refined wet-grade products. The method could surpass current output, with potential to match the region's annual turpentine production from a single pine source. Nice city trains dogs to pull brushes through sewers for cleaning.
A Washington Star editorial notes repeated qualifiers from a Russian official on his public popularity, remarking that no major incident or attack has occurred for three weeks and suggesting uncertainty in his standing amid ongoing political tensions. The piece analyzes how rhetoric reflects state messaging and public perception.
Tester M Nelson of Naples Maine writes that Dre Kings New Discovery saved his life after using it for coughs and colds for years. The ad claims the remedy has stood for nearly forty years as a top throat and lung healer and pneumonia preventative sold with a guarantee at F B Jones drug store with a 1 trial bottle free.
Wholesale dismissal of Japanese house servants is under way in Southern California hotels and clubs due to racial prejudice. White men out of work are filling these positions, ending years of preference for Japanese staff in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Riverside, and other tourist centers as public opinion shifts toward white and Black workers.
In New York the author of Three Weeks offers advice on quarrels to keep cool and avoid unseemly words. She cites a Washington’s Birthday holiday incident where a dissipated marquis is lectured by his wife after a night of drinking, ending with his polite reply about refinement.
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