Bessemer Township Board approves school interior painting bid
Special meeting July 9 1925 at Ramsay School. Members Ford Erickson Frankovis Coleman voted to accept Eric Niemi and Ernest Ostby bid 519.00 for Anvil School interior work and to purchase Pecard Motor Co car for 12227.85. Meeting adjourned with minutes approved.
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Board of Education
Bessemer Township
Ramsay
James Ford
Ford
EricKsen
Eidemiller
Anvil
Richard Mattson
Eric Niemi
Ernest Osby
J. W. Zesbaugh
Coleman
Ernest Ostby
Motion
Erickson
Frankovis
Annual Meeting of Bessemer Township School District Held
The annual meeting of the taxpayers of Bessemer Township School District was held at the Puritan Town Hall in the Second Precinct on July 13, 1925. President James Ford presided. The financial report was approved. The board approved a $1,000 tax levy for 1925-26 to defray teachers dormitory expenses at Ramsar. The district pledged free textbooks for all district students. The annual election date was changed to the second Monday in June each year. The meeting adjourned after no further business.
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Bessemer Township
Puritan
James Ford
Nesto Erickson
William Piper
Ramsar
Nesta Erickson
Anna Green
J. Johns
Ramsay
Joe Palrolero
Frank van Gorder
James Peterson
Axel Coleman
Annual Meeting of Bessemer Township School District Held
At Ramsay Town Hall on July 18 1925 the taxpayers discussed raising 31000 to defray teachers dormitory expenses for 1925 26 and approved free textbooks for district students and tuition pupils. They also set the annual school election for the second Monday in June each year. No further business was transacted.
Lord Replies To Rep Holland On School Money Policy
George Lord, chairman of the State Tax Department, answers Rep Holland's critique of primary school funding. He refutes claims about tax levies and state appropriations, notes that only a small portion of state spending stems from property taxes, and urges an equal distribution of government burdens. He cites last year’s state tax levy of 178,756.91 and a $14.5 million share for state government.
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Holland
Gogebic
Board of Supervisors
Direct to Consumer Prof Sugar Question
A student responds with a simple list of three sugar containing items. The prompt asks for three things that contain sugar and the student offers sack jar and bowl as examples.
Quote about Dan and a falsehood as a wig
A concise lampoon notes the speaker claims not to be as credulous as Dan who mistakes a falsehood for a wig. The remark uses sharp humor to upend gullibility and expose a misplaced confidence in deception.
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Dan
Superstitions in Seed Planting Across Regions
An analysis of a Tennessee belief that seeds for a good harvest must be cast over the left shoulder while the planter swears an oath. The piece notes the act moves against the sun, linking it to dark powers, and discusses survivals from devil worship with reference to underworld gods and subterranean germination.
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Journal of American Folklore Society
Tennessee
Buried Treasure Map Spawns Backyard Quests
A neighbor is often seen in the backyard with a map or diagram as he searches for buried treasure. He reportedly believes he must locate and mark his turaipa sites, explaining persistent digging and plotting in recent days.
Herald Advertisement and Subscription Offer
A compact note inviting readers to place advertisements in the Herald and to subscribe for ongoing issues. Includes call to action for businesses to advertise and readers to secure their Herald subscription.
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Herald
New City Hall Nears Finish In Montreal
Montreal prepares a new fire hall a story and a half tall with fieldstone first floor and stucco upper level. The building will house a fire truck cells for a jail city offices and a courtroom on the second floor across from the Montreal mine machine shop. It will enhance the streetscape of the area.
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Montreal
Iron County News
Wireless typewriting demonstrated in Berlin
Wireless typewriting was successfully demonstrated in Berlin with a sending typewriter connected to a wireless transmitter and a receiving unit tied to a tape machine. Messages were transmitted over several miles using two frequencies for each letter, enabling the tape to reproduce the same keystrokes.
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Berlin
Three Months Contract For Oil Exploration In Wyoming
W. C. Hart telegrams A. J. Cayin that he has accepted a three month contract to oversee oil company exploration work in Tea Pot Dome country Wyoming. He asks that his furniture be held until further notice and gives Casper Wyoming as his address. He hints the family may not move to Los Angeles, the prior destination.
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R. G. Weihe
Wakefield High School
Idvcation
Weihe
Bay View High School
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Tea Pot Dome
Wyoming
W. C. Hart
A. J. Cayin
Wakefield Iron Company
Tiis
Misread notice sparks wandering dialogue in Boston Transcript
An owner and a hobo exchange in a sharp street scene where the owner demands trespassers leave after presenting a notice. The hobo, unable to read, questions the notice’s meaning, joking it could read absurd phrases like Milk and Heggs Sold here or Orses and Kerriges to Rent, highlighting literacy gaps and urban tension.
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Hobo
Orses
Kerriges
What Women Talk About First Cat Secretly
A witty exchange centers on Mr. Peck missing from the evening as a joke about his wife’s “second chin” folds into the punchline. The banter highlights humorous social observations without broader context.
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Mr. Peck
Size not measure of brain capacity argues archaeologist
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports Sir Arthur Keith argues modern humans show smaller brain cavities than Paleolithic peoples. He notes Neanderthal and Cro‑Magnon brains reached about 1,880 cubic centimeters, while later Homo sapiens average about 1,500 cm3. Despite larger brains, ancient peoples were less capable. modern humans surpass them in technology and learning speed, proving size isn’t everything.
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Sir Arthur Keith
St. Paul
Pilttown
Traffic count at 6 mile rosq Detroit rises from seven thousand to thirty thousand
The 1913 traffic count recorded 7000 autos per day at the 6 mile rosq in Detroit. Today the same point logs 30000 cars daily, indicating a sharp growth in vehicle flow.
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Detroit
Ed Purdy Philosophical Note Cites City Visit Aid
Ed Purdy mentions telling Ed Billows to visit the city and see sights, and to call on the speaker's maiden aunt. The remark reflects personal guidance about social calls amid urban sightseeing.
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Ed Billows
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