Calumet & Hecla copper costs and future profits outlined
An eastern stockholder queried Calumet & Hecla prospects and a Boston News Bureau reply noted that copper costs run about half the selling price, with current costs 6 to 7 cents per pound. The reply cites a new superintendent McNaughton implementing economies, reduced labor, and monthly tonnage of 12 000 rock yielding 62 pounds of refined copper per ton, expecting 90 to 95 million pounds this year with at least 4 cents per pound profit. It also mentions no construction account and various expenses charged to copper making. Rocky Mountain Tea ad included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet & Hecla
Boston News Bureau
Calumet
McNaughton
Osceola Lode
Sault Ste Marie to Build Largest U S Paper Mill
Francis H. Clergue heads a venture to cost 2500 600 and start work soon on a plant in Sault Ste Marie that will be the largest paper mill in the United States. A contest among AOUW lodge campaigns seeks 10000 new members by December 30 with Deputy James Hollings of Detroit directing the Upper Peninsula drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste Marie
Francis H. Clergue
United States
Upper
Lower Peninsulas
Sthee New Bershop
Upper Peninsula
James Hollings
Detroit
United States Steel raises wages to new high
The United States Steel Corporation grants the largest wage increase yet, about 10 to 15 percent, affecting roughly 10 000 workers and boosting payroll by about 4 million dollars. Carnegie Steel workers gain first, with 30 000 in the Pittsburg district soon eligible. private-scale workers are excluded. Major blast furnace, day men, laborers, and machinists benefit. Independent mills may imitate the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Carnegie Steel Company
American Steel and Wire Plants
Pittsburg
Edgar Thomson and
Homestead Steel Company
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement claims a cold cure in Orke using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tats. Druggists refund money if it fails. Each box bears E. W. Grove's signature and costs 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
Village grants franchise for Mesaba Telephone system
The village of Chisholm on the Mesaba range has granted a franchise to the Mesaba Telephone Company to establish a local telephone system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisholm
Mesaba Range
Mesaba Telephone Company
Notton Dies From Fall While Working In Wisconsin
Frank M. Notton a noted Gogebic range strike organizer of 1894 died at Glidden Wisconsin from injuries after a fall from a scaffold. He was a painter and decorator by trade and passed away a few days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Notton
Gogebic Range
Glidden
Wis
Notton
Robbers Escape Jail During Violent Rain Storm
Four men jailed on a county charge escaped from Watersmeet jail during a heavy rain storm. They allegedly used a hole behind a cage, a sawed bar, and a hinged table lever to reach the attic and ground via a blanket rope. Authorities, including Sheriff Olson, have circulated photos and alerted railroad stations to recapture them. Two new pest offices added to Menominee county. copper downturn reduces local work in the copper country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Peterson
Watersmeet
Olson
Shent
John Rowatt
Jeffery
Sheriffi Rowatt
Sheriff Olson
Fiewie Tem
Menominee County
Fox
Bay Shore Road
Cedar River
Little Cedar
Henry Hawkins
Spalding Township
Electric Bitters Promised as Permanent Cure Tonic
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure all for stomach, kidney, liver ailments and nervous disorders. It promises to tone the stomach regulate kidneys and bowels stimulate the liver invigorate the nerves purify the blood and cure a range of ills including malaria rheumatism neuralgia and sleeplessness. The claim is supported by a money back guarantee and a price of 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vy D. MacFarlane
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Bessemer
Raglans
Davis & Fehr
Hecla
Lion
Lion Coffee
Ferris
Jadies
Jong Wailst
Perris
Hagen & Solberg
Imi
Sohnson
C. W. Richardson & Co
Caley Carpet & Rug Co
Sophie Street
Bessemer, Mich
Wich
Jos
Jos. SeLlwoon
Geo. L. Loore
Goge- Ine Hospital
Geo
Montreal Mining Company
Louis IL
Buwin Bayliss
Fire and Life Companies
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