Bessemer Homecoming Opens August For Facilities Tours
The Upper Peninsula firemen's tournament and a city homecoming will be held in Bessemer the first week of August. Former residents can tour the new city hall Massie Field and the nearby forestry headquarters and sewage plant. The event also marks a reunion and chance to view recent town improvements and renew old ties. Plan vacations to coincide with the celebrations and tournament.
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Gladstone
Everyone a booster for resort season cooperation urged
With the resort season and vacation period near, booster clubs push promotion of scenery climate beach and hotel facilities. Michigan towns rely on tourist trade for income and citizens as ex officio members of the booster committee are urged to ensure friendly reception and cooperation for lasting dividends.
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Michigan
Ster
If only summer death warnings urge parental care
A reflective call urging parents to discuss summer sports with children and ensure supervision to prevent drownings and accidents. It warns that regret comes after loss, urging guardians to act now with concrete safety steps and supervised care.
Unremarkable Dinner in North Country Cabin
A hunter meets a native in the north country and is invited to dinner at the cabin. The meal is simply baked potatoes and the couple offer no apologies for the modest fare, a memory that outlasts grander events.
Silence that spoke volumes of hospitality and breadless hospitality
A reflective piece notes a couple’s silence as their only response to guests lacking bread, butter, or meat. The memory rests not on apologies but on the eloquence of quiet, marking hospitality in hardship with enduring impact.
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John
False Colors and the Truth Revealed
A brief note on public perception, stating that while deception can succeed briefly, ultimately each person is identified by true character. The piece emphasizes collective shrewdness and the inevitability of recognition.
Open Pit Episode in Ironwood Satire on Holes and Old War Buddy
Gogebic Ike and Palms Pete recall driving into a deep pavement crater in Ironwood. Ike meets an old war buddy at the bottom of the hole and they reminisce about 1918 France while a clever punchline hints at a future hot dog stand at the bottom. The tale closes with a Wichita point about Kansas and beer legality.
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Palms Pete
Pete
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Camps and Towns Styles Draw Tourists Onlookers Report
A dispatch notes changes in tourist fashion along Bessemer streets over the past two weeks. Visitors appeared in varied outfits including blue jumpers red plaid brown corduroy trousers or plain pants with battered hats and high boots. An Indiana farmer Wade Millman aged 88 quips about worrying and keeping bed clothes dry.
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Bessemer
Wade Millman
Indiana
Post Card Poetry and Prose Challenge to Readers
A humorous plea urges readers to send concise, unique items for the P. A. page. It mocks verbose submissions and asks for unusual poems or prose that will stand out, promising a chance to win the police booth bet with sharper, wittier material.
Why Not Help Michigan Athletes Stay At Home
Wakefield News laments top athletes drifting to small schools or none at all and urges Michigan men to aid worthy athletes in enrolling at the university. The piece contrasts loan advertisements with easy borrowing as a night and day difference.
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Michigan
Wakefield News
Closing Scene Describes Park With Gas Station And Attractions
The railroad park features a gas station popcorn stand used car lot oil tanks band stand and fire hall. The note adds that trains are still needed to run over the tracks for full operation.
Looking Backward Highlights From Bessemer Herald Files
In 1932 summaries the Bessemer council counted 1067 ballots with 1025 yes for lower light and power rates and 974 yes on the municipal plant. Notable honors include Raymond Pokela winning a $600 two year University of Chicago scholarship and Laverne James winning a Duluth declamatory contest. A fire destroyed a Cebolski farm smoke house, and commencement events feature C A Lamoreaux in Ramsay gym.
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Raymond W. Pokela
Puritan
Bessemer High School
University of Chicago
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C. A. Lamoreaux
Ashland
Bessemer Township
Ramsay Gymnasium
Laverne James
Villa Scholastica College
Duluth
Memorial Day Address Noted for Bessemer Ironwood Event
Fifty years ago in Ironwood Supt C R Cobb delivered the Memorial Day address while Bessemer observed no program causing local reflection The era saw the Bank of Ironwood linked to a Wisconsin bank closing after the death of President Fred Karste The Gogebic county board sold 150000 road bonds to Detroit Trust with premium 2750 Citizens faced price lists on local groceries and a moving aero club note Marquette county business and legal notices conclude with a public sale of property under a writ of execution against Oscar Anderson by Mies Nystrom and Bessemer Creamery.
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Cheboygan
Wis
Fred Karste
Wisconsin
County Board of Supervisors
Detroit Trust Co
Consumers Cash
Marquette County
W. S. Baird
Probate Court Sets Claim Deadline for Gogebic Estate
In Gogebic County Probate Court on May 21 1987 Judge Nolan presiding the court orders creditors to file claims against the estate of Mikko Ruuttila also known as M Ruuttila deceased by October 6 1987 at 10:00 a m at the Probate Office for examination and adjustment. Public notice to run in the Bessemer Herald for three consecutive weeks.
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3Semer
M. KF. Nolan
M Ruuttila
Mikko Uttila
Bessemer Herald
Probate hearing on license to sell Peter Pairolero estate
In Bessemere Michigan May 1937 Judge Nolan presiding Joseph Palrolero seeks license to sell real estate of deceased Peter Pairolero. Hearing set for June 10 at 10 AM at the Probate Office with notice by publication in the Bessemer Herald for three weeks. W J Fauhl Register of Probate M K Nolan Judge. Also note history of two ships named Michigan in US Navy.
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M. BE
Nolan
Peter Pairolero
Joseph Palrolero
Bessemer Herald
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