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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
4
The Bessemer Herald dated Saturday June 8 notes its publication by Sherman & Hand and confirms entry at the post office in Bessemer as second class mail matter.
The West Colby mine and Ashland furnaces and charcoal kilns along the Ashland division were acquired by a stock company of eastern investors. The new owners plan to enlarge the Ashland plant, invest nearly a quarter of a million dollars, and enter chemical manufacturing linked to mining. Seventy five workers currently employed will be kept, with expansion expected as development continues.
The writer questions underutilization of the city street sprinkler, noting a fine municipal unit outside the city hall bought last summer at a high cost. Despite abundant water and available personnel, merchants suffer dust damage during dry winds, pleading to employ the sprinkler or recycle the funds.
A vintage ad style line promotes Rocky Mountain Tea for mental alertness at 35 cents, claiming it aids thinking without surgery. It warns against counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and mentions Dr. Macharlang.
The meeting approved several bills including Bessemer Cash Grocery and Gogebic Electric Co. Otto Olson motion carried. The board adjourned the session on motion by Mr. Campbell.
School notes announce a baccalaureate sermon at M E church Sunday evening June 9. Eighth grade commencement in the high school assembly room June 12 at 7:30. Senior commencement at the opera house June 13 at 8. Alumni reception at Sophia Street School assembly room June 14 at 8.00 p.m.
The wedding couple finds happiness after the wife regains health with Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad touts pills as remedies for jaundice biliousness malaria fever and liver trouble. A theater engagement at East Lynne on June 12 at the opera house promises a strong entertainment bill featuring Miss Morgan as Lady Isabel and Madame Vine.
An advertising notice promotes Boschee's German Syrup as a remedy for severe throat and lung troubles. It claims the product heals, reduces inflammation, aids expectoration, and ensures a good night's rest, urging readers to try one bottle per Green's Prize Almanac. Also notes dog tax deadline July 1, 1901 with enforcement threats by City Marshal Andy Bayxe to impound and kill noncompliant dogs.
Interest rises as The Ladies' Home Journal features picture pages on women's work in photography. A forthcoming issue will showcase five exquisitely picturesque reproductions of quaint village life by Frances and Mary Allen. The images evoke the simple stateliness of bygone days.
City of Bessemer acts on August 6 and 20 1900 resolution to lay sewers on Sellar Beacher Case and Mary streets with a catch basin on Mary Street in front of the post office. Plans and specs on file. sealed bids due. bonds doubled. Board may delay or reject any bid. Magistrate clerk signs.
A Mrs S Pease of Lawrence Kansas writes that kidney and liver disease and general debility kept her bedridden for seven years. After using three bottles of Electric Bitters she recovered enough to walk in three months. The ad touts relief from headache nervousness insomnia melancholy fainting and dizziness and guarantees satisfaction through D MacFarlane.
A card from DD MacFarlane and Frank Bb Jones pledges to refund the price of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. It also guarantees a 25 cent bottle with money-back satisfaction.
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