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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1908
Page
4
The Bessemer Herald edition edited by Sherman and Hand is listed with its second class mail status and 1884 matter under the 1879 act, dated Saturday June 6, 1908. The item records publishing details rather than news content, noting the newspaper’s masthead and postal designation.
Bessemer adopts an ordinance governing impounding of horses cattle and fowl found running at large within city limits. It requires poundmaster or marshal to seize impounded animals record details daily report monthly financials levy impounding fees and sell unclaimed animals after six days with notices posted in public places. The measure mandates funds to the city contingent fund and sets penalties up to fifty dollars or thirty days in jail.
A man learns a mother’s legacy of $1000 ends in drink and regret while wiser bequests of character drive real worth. The writer argues common sense, restraint, and honest pride are richer inheritances than money, urging generosity over hoarding.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Gia reports a bad sore on the instep healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He used less than half of a 25 cent box and achieved a perfect cure under the product guarantee at FP Bb. Jones's drug store.
Miss Clarence Burns, a leading City Federation of Women's Clubs member in New York, spoke at a luncheon about children. She described the federation as Santa Claus receiving up to 1200 letters daily and shared a tender anecdote of Ilaas Andersen readings for a child who sobbed about yesterday.
English novelist Elinor Glyn, famed for shock value, derided the new woman at a New York dinner. She recalled a dance conversation comparing a sister who is “happily married” and noting her husband’s silence in her presence.
In a brief exchange, Farmer Corntessel replies no when asked if he favors government ownership of the railways. He argues the government already has its own sins to busy itself with at present, suggesting skepticism about public control.
After fifteen years of indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars he praises Dr Kings New Life Pills. He says they are the best pills ever sold and notes availability at F B Joness drug store for two cents under guarantee.
University of Wisconsin economist Edward A Ross warns fortunes threaten national health. He predicts wealth concentration could folder to 100 intermarried families within 50 years, fueling luxury, class bitterness, and social decay across politics, religion, and marriage.
A Chicago publisher recalls Henry James in Philadelphia where two downtown housemaids discussed him. One says he is a finicky gentleman. another adds he woke a maid by using a razor to pry open a stiff window, sparking a row as some people dislike fresh air.
Probate Court of Gogebic County issued an order June 1 1908 allowing creditors three months to file claims against the estate of Andrew Olson late of Conipy deceased. Creditors must present claims to the Probate Court in Bessemer for examination and allowance by October 5 1904. Claims will be heard July 6 1908 and October 5 1908 at 10 a.m. on those days. Dated June 1 1908.
A lighthearted letter describes hens waking with packs on their feet and souls wandering to Elysian fields. The poultry editor answers plainly that the hens are dead and offers little remedy, closing with a formal farewell.
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