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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
4
Satirical snippets and brief notes from The Bessem er Herald and New Free Press dated June 1 recount political quips about colonels and direct elections, local curiosities, and light commentary on national events. It mentions Senator Lorimer, Secretary Knox, Vincent Astor, and a Stillwater life prisoner, among others.
A collage of humorous observations on candidates, strikes, slang, and odd news. Notes on Democratic nominations, party loyalty, a London tailoring strike, a sheepherder’s fall into a prehistoric house, King George in an airship, a Brazilian moving pictures venture, and faint references to Washington Monument antics and meat trust boycotts.
In 1911 Michigan mines produced 219,840,102 pounds of copper valued at 26,480,013 dollars and 497,281 fine ounces of silver valued at 263,550 dollars. Total value reached 27,743,572 dollars, down about 2.5 percent from 1910. Copper price averaged 2.50 dollars per ton of rock milled, down from 2.54 in 1910, with refined copper recovery at 20 pounds per ton. Silver recovery rose by 166,781 ounces, from electrolytic copper processing and pickings. Houghton County yielded the majority of copper and silver.
A Detroit area report notes patents issued to Michigan residents with names and city of residence. The items include vending machine gearing for glue spreaders proofing machine beet topper railway track fastener and tire plug device among others. The notice offers ten cent copies and cites the law firm Swift Crandell & Co in Washington DC. A rheumatism claim for Chamberlain liniment is endorsed as a free internal treatment not required.
Wakefield visitors and residents appear in a string of social notes with ties to Ironwood Bessemer Hurley and nearby towns. Jo Rommel Win Avotte A W Gill Mrs H Olson Mildred Coe Olga Seleemeyer John Strough Joseph Sauter Harold Rucis John Aitkin Dr Paradis Miss Evans Mesora Spross Crawford Clary and others are noted for visits calls and attendance at events including a baseball game and a hotel stay with mentions of travel to Parnell Wir and Hurley amid a week of social activity.
A diary fragment notes a several weeks journey with time spent in St Louis Missouri, Springfield and Chicago Illinois, and St Joseph Michigan during the ongoing trip.
A piano recital by Orville Collicks pupils at the Jimary Building next Saturday evening June 5 at 8 15 featuring a long program of solo and duet pieces by Martha Johnson Marion Teathcock Claude Bedell Mildred Olson Marie OBrien Glady Neidhold Lois Walton Henry Miller Edna McNaughton and others. numbers include Le Livre d or Valse Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Duet Witches Flight with Mr Collick.
Any person or persons desiring may attend and examine their assessment on the roll and show cause why the valuation should be changed. Dated at the Township of Wakefield the 18th day of May, 1912. John Simonson, Supervisor and Chairman Board of Review.
The Case Forty is presented as a long standing symbol of high class machinery with seven years of world wide prestige. It boasts sweeping lines rich finishing and luxurious appointments praised for modern styling. The article highlights 10,000 Case Agents and 65 branch houses across the United States and Canada.
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