Post Office Notice from Bessemer Michigan
The notice indicates mail matter entered at the Bessemer Michigan post office as second class mail.
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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
4
The notice indicates mail matter entered at the Bessemer Michigan post office as second class mail.
The document lists the Republican state ticket with candidates and their home counties. Included are Governor Aaron T. Bliss Saginaw County and Lieutenant Governor Alex Maitland Marquette County along with Secretary of State Fred Warner Oakland County and others such as State Treasurer Daniel McCoy Kent and Attorney General Charles Blake Jackson County. The slate also mentions Avitor General Perry F. Powers Wexford County Superintendent Delos Fall Albion County Land Commissioner E A Wildey Van Buren County and Board of Education L L Wright Gogebic County P E Kelly Wayne County.
Eddie Kallander aged 17 was killed at the Tilden mine when a winze 200 feet deep caused his fall while working as a tool boy. Found by shaft workers around four PM, he had only three months as a surface hand and this was his first underground exposure. Born August 4 1884 in Ashland Wisconsin, he was the eldest son supporting his widowed mother. Funeral held at the Swedish Lutheran church, burial next to his father in city Cemetery.
Seventeen year old Bennie Mulewitch vanished last Sunday while chasing runaway horses north of Polsom's park. Searchers traced horse tracks several miles north, then the boy reentered the woods. Father offers fifty dollar reward for his safe return as rescuers continue near Lake Superior.
Mulewitch wandered four days in the woods before emerging near North Bessemer on Thursday at about 3:30 p.m. He had been traveling with no serious harm, and a prior report about horses accompanying him was incorrect as he reached the road north of Lake Superior.
The Iron Age notes June output at 1,478,456 gross tons as a solid performance despite the anthracite strike, with July expected to exceed 1,500,000 tons. Furnaces face weekly capacity of 352,570 tons but coke shortages and strike troubles disrupt Lehigh works. Foundry iron and steel markets show varied demand while Western rail orders and rail plate trades signal ongoing activity.
The Twelfth district congressional convention in Marquette opened with dispute over contesting delegates from Delta county. After a long night and a three way contest, Houghton’s C A Wright, Leal, Sherwood, and Shelden were examined by a three member credential committee. On ballots Me nominee Young secured a majority, becoming the unanimous choice. the 2 year congressional committee was named including Miller Bently Vern Duncan and Davidson.
Thirty years of marvelous cures for piles burns boils corns felons ulcers cuts scalds bruises and skin eruptions prove Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is the best and cheapest. 25¢ at D Mac Farlane’s drug store.
Jerry Holland and Gust Mellstrom visited Du luth and Bessemer on business while J W Bedell returned from the copper country. The Meteor mine paid June payroll. Wakefield residents visit doctors, plan roof work, and a new platform is added to the C N L OW depot. Township board inspects road work and village officials approve June bills. Four suspected jail breakers are held but cleared. no identification made by Sheriff Olson.
The Brotherton and Sunday Lake mines now run on a new electric light plant commissioned last week. All mine buildings are illuminated, giving the area a city like night scene. Builders moved a structure for Neidbold Bros beside the main store and masons work on a stone wall under the new store.
Two masked men robbed the Saxon depot at the C and N W and DS and A junction on Thursday night. They covered the agent with revolvers and took 30 dollars from the cash drawer. A passenger waiting for the night train was relieved of a 60 dollar roll. The robbers disappeared into the woods.
An old ad claims Lagative Tromo-Quinine Tablets stop the cough and work off the cold. It touts a cold cure with price 25 cents. The weather forecaster Hicks predicts an unprecedented July for tornadoes cyclones and electric storms, and claims his forecast has proven correct.
A newspaper man notes that favorable notices for a theater troupe are earned, not bought, with mentions of "A Breezy Time" and a band, ahead of an opera house show next Monday evening.
A large black cow with white spots and horns sawed off near the head strayed into the enclosure and is taken up. It awaits the owner’s appearance at the farm one mile north of Bessemer, Michigan. Dated July 18 1992 by Perver V. Dismow.
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