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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
3
Michigan state statistics show a 600 percent rise in divorce filings from 1898 to 1907. Total pending cases grew from 2,475 in 1896 to 10,575 by end of 1907, while marriage licenses issued reached 27,462. Wayne County reported 1,957 pendings and 530 divorces granted in 1907.
Simon A. Vernay, a Holland letter carrier, recovered a dollar bill in an odd way. Two months earlier the greenback disappeared on his route and he had given it up as lost. He told Heinz Pickling Company supervisor Baxa, who then found the bill and returned it after unsuccessfully seeking the owner.
Twenty prominent Escanaba residents narrowly escaped death aboard the yacht Celeste owned by J. B. Fechetto when gasoline on the water surrounding the craft was ignited by a firecracker. The launch burst into flames and was wrecked as guests leaped to safety near the docks. Two women fainted and were carried ashore. The valued pleasure craft, the finest in the port, was about $6,000.
Passenger train No 202 struck a hand car near Rochester at speed about 60 miles an hour. Three men on the car barely had time to jump before the engine reached them. The car was lifted and thrown, the pilot wrecked, and the train narrowly stayed on the rails. No injuries reported.
John Klopstock former treasurer of Ray township Macomb county is jailed in Bellingham Washington at the request of Sheriff Matthews. He faces forgery charges based on a complaint by Lyman T Goodel alleging he forged Goodels name to a $400 note that was later sold to a Romeo bank.
Kalamazoo residents approve bonds totaling 830000 to cover city debts and upcoming maturing bonds. Officials say the move legalizes an 86000 debt deemed illegal by some attorneys while the council could wipe out the floating debt this year. Voters also authorize 50000 to meet 50000 in bonds due next month.
Thieves looted carpenter tools worth 100 dollars and cracked a Clinton post office, escaping with 111 dollars in cash and stamps. Suspects seen moving through Tecumseh around 2:30 AM. Also, ice man William Wood was impaled on his ice tongs in Battle Creek, held aloft until rescued. injuries not fatal.
Walter Wokcowski, aged 7, drowned while swimming in the Grand River near Grand Rapids beside Eagle plaster mills. Comrades witnessed him sink after going beyond his depth. It is the third drowning in the Grand in three days.
Frank Matison of Gladstone accused relatives of plans to confine him. He retired to his room and fastened a clothes line to a bed post, sat down and died. Lightning Strikes Residence on Thunder Bay Island. Capt Persons' home was struck. all occupants were shocked and three telephones destroyed.
Harry Williams a former Flying Rollers member who exposed the sect narrowly escaped with his life after a mob of about 200 fanatics attacked him in Benton Harbor using clubs canes and stones. Sheriff Tennant intervened to protect him as Williams hid in a nearby farmhouse. The Flying Rollers led by Benjamin and Mary Purnell count hundreds of followers drawn from around the world including recent arrivals from Australia.
During a severe electrical storm near Carney, 16 year old John Golder was killed while Felix Chartier suffered facial and body burns and lay unconscious for eighteen hours. Eric Hammerberg lost a little finger. Alfred Peterson Arvid Halmberg and Oscar Olson suffered severe burns on hands and face. The boys sheltered in a barn that was struck. David Golder found the bodies to prevent cremation in flames. Fire damage totaled about $10,000. the Niagara Catholic church was struck but the blaze was stopped by rain.
Three year old Domenico Amante shot his infant brother in Grand Rapids after finding a revolver in a drawer left within reach. The baby was shot through the back and remains in a stupor as a doctor says the child has a fighting chance for life.
Ex state treasurer Frank P. Glazier was adjudicated bankrupt by Judge Knappen in Detroit federal court. Creditors likely to receive about 20 percent of amounts due as his financial affairs collapsed with Chelsea Savings Bank last December, of which he was president.
The nine month old daughter of Byron Wilson of Lenox suffered serious scalding when a boiler emptied on her feet after a spider spooked the mother washing in the kitchen. The mother dropped the hot boiler onto the child as she attempted to empty it.
Numerous brief items report deaths and accidents across Michigan. William S Downey former Kalamazoo County sheriff dies in the Michigan asylum for the insane. a Monroe freight car break in leads to theft of undergarments and work shirts. 14 year old Hester Hinton drowns while swimming at Alpena. postal clerks and carriers in Grand Rapids gain a $4,000 salary increase. Robbery at Rev G W Jennings’s Owosso home. Fourth of July accidents injure Charles Thwaits and Joseph Campbell in Alpena. Phillis Bowen sues Tecumseh village for $1,000 after a buggy incident north of town. Chesaning citizens report Owosso Sugar Company water pollution harming fish. Indian skeletons unearthed at Sault Ste Marie site near Father Marquette landmark.
Brenda Harlow longs for city life and a reporter’s career after reading a bold letter from Harriet Putnam. Her uncle Ben and Aunt Polly fear the cost, yet Brenda goes to New York with Harriet to pursue reporting, learning journalism is a tough game and not all dreamers can afford the path.
In Columbia Tennessee Ed, a trusted enslaved man, asked his master, an attorney, to draft a mortgage to secure a loan he had given to Uncle Lisha. Ed explained he wanted the cow and calf collateral, saying the loan had been for one month and the interest would not cover the mortgage paper.
A prosecuting attorney extols Thomas Jones as a perfect citizen while the judge questions the need for his life noting Jones never bet, played, drank, or chewed. The judge releases the prisoner and calls the next case. The Nashville American quotes the exchange. A closing line urges learning from dictionary pages to curb conceit.
A Melbourne style obituary roundup notes Joel Chandler Harris creator of Uncle Remus dies at Snap Bean Farm near Atlanta born 1848 in Eatonton Ga. Also mourns Richmond Pearson Hobson naval hero and former congressman George Batcheller diplomat and judge James J Keane and Murat Halstead veteran journalist and Dr David J Ifill new ambassador to Germany. English suffragettes decline in strength after recent Parliament attacks.
A Department of Agriculture inquiry tracks per acre costs to grow wheat in the Northwest. Land rent, manure, ground preparation, seed, sowing, harvesting, thrashing, housing and marketing total $11.60 per acre for an average 13 bushels. Farm price near the market then stood around 9 cents a bushel, yielding about $12.08 revenue versus $11.60 costs. Critics argue rent and fertilizer values may be overstated and note many farmers own their land and use little fertilizer.
The report lists a French Navy officer jailed for attempting to sell naval secrets, British punitive actions in India with 75 killed and 153 wounded, Canadian plans to build a townsite at Fort Churchill, and elections shifts in Belgium with Socialist gains. It notes Japanese repression in Korea, Persian unrest tied to anti-Russian sentiment, and Russia’s border tensions. Royal visits between England and Russia are described along with calls for peace, and Taft letters on Panama election intervention rumors.
Chicago business overview notes favorable general effects on trade plus strong harvest prospects. Holiday retail activity rises and stocks shrink while clearance sales draw buyers. Wholesale markets see higher attendance. fall deliveries for dry goods and clothing grow. Bank clearings fall 20.1 percent from prior week. district failures total 25 with six liabilities above $5,000.
New York reports midsummer quiet in trade though expectations for fall business improve with potential crop yields. Filling orders from jobbers remain numerous but small, signaling depleted retail stocks and early price reductions to spur consumption. In the West, buyers’ excursions are planned and a stronger sales push is anticipated this fall. Industry may gain pace after holidays, though inventory shutdowns and repairs offset resumptions. Bradstreet's notes U S weekly business failures at 246, Canada 39, with prior weeks and prior years provided for comparison.
Cattle in Chicago move from common to prime with bids $4.00 to $7.70 while hogs run $4.00 to $6.90 and sheep $3.00 to $4.00. grain levels list wheat No 2 around ec to 92c and corn No 2 tie to tie, with hay prices and dairy items noted. multiple city quotes follow for Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York and Toledo markets with varied ranges for cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and seed prices.
Over 150 loaves alleged underweight have been confiscated by Minneapolis bakery inspector W. D. McCall as he targets bakers supplying short weight bread. Lake Superior ore movement expected near 22 million tons, about half of 1907. Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association met at Lake Carlos near Alexandria in a camp setting with a large tent dining hall and sleeping quarters.
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