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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
4
City Clerk Leo F. Mueller reads reports through May 31 1938 and council considers contractor notices and bond approvals. A key resolution borrows money and creates a sinking fund for notes while waste handling, gas pump, and city hall site issues are discussed.
School officials warn that under tax limitation laws only about 2000 would be available for fuel, lights, books, and other essentials for next year. They request voters to approve a June 11 tax measure to fund salaries, debt service, and a nine month term, preventing crowding or shorter school years.
Arthur Cavender was named postmaster of Wakefield for four years, after serving as temporary postmaster since succeeding A. M. Gilbert a year ago. Also noted, 16 Marenisco high school seniors held graduation exercises with Supt. C. W. Benner delivering the address. valedictorian Rainh Knaack and salutatorian Fonita Gunderman.
A blaze consumed the structures on the old Triplett homestead in Ironwood township near Lake Snvertor road early Sunday. George A. Triplett, 84, lost all his belongings in the fire.
Dr Walter Freeman notes a paralysis may last months when caused by crossing the legs. Prof Einstein says mathematics is essential to fully understand nature.
Dr. Charles B. Davenport of the Carnegie Institution compares growth genes in humans to bread-raising yeast. He states both are enzymes that bring about chemical changes without altering themselves.
Electrical engineers E T Burton and E M Boardman recorded the swish snap and whistle of the Aurora Borealis on a phonograph record.
Over the past ten years three fourths of the country’s population rise occurred in or within 30 miles of 95 cities with populations exceeding 100000. The pattern highlights urban spillover and regional growth around major urban centers.
An army recruiter questioned college students. One boy balked saying he is gun shy and does not want to serve. The exchange ends with a joke about halves of the world and knowing how the other half lives.
A kind lady offers a quarter to a lame man. The panhandler recalls being blind and receiving counterfeit money, noting the harsher hardship of blindness and the duplicitous charity he faced.
The piece notes that Jubb Peascelys wife once played the uke and was musical before marriage and now the focus shifts to her critiquing her husband.
A traveler notes widespread hardship as Tooley visits households like Mrs. Gaddar where no gasoline is available for cars. The remark underscores scarcity affecting residents in the area.
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