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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
3
P and W Thum of Grand Rapids proposes a large factory complex north of Lake Shore tracks on a 30 acre site. The plan includes brick factory buildings, landscaped grounds, and a model town concept with rest and recreation rooms and a cafe offering warm lunches at cost to aid employee health and comfort.
Elizabeth Dorr, a sixth and seventh grade teacher, allegedly struck pupils with a rubber hose after hours prompting two boy pupils to receive additional punishment. Oscar Thomas showed bruises to his parents, who report Mrs. Thomas damaged Miss Dorr’s clothing and scratched her face. School board investigates both teacher and patrons.
George Baldock Jr. of Clyde township received a menacing note urging him to leave the area and was later targeted by an attempted arson on his farm buildings. Officials investigate but have no clear suspects or enemies known in the community.
Michigan sees a rising population as April birth rate outpaces deaths. The Secretary of State counts 3 007 deaths and 4.2 percent births for the month, with 984 fatalities aged 65+, and increases in deaths from tuberculosis typhoid measles influenza and violence plus one smallpox death.
Thomas Garton of Cheshire reports a six week old Holstein Jersey calf with a woolly coat above the knees, a sheeplike nose and tail, yet otherwise a calf. The animal is healthy and strong and noteworthy for its unusual wool covering.
Michigan freshmen win the tug of war across the Huron river and the rock contest, ducking sixty sophomores before 10,000 spectators. The freshmen parade through Ann Arbor streets at night in jubilant celebration.
Flint fire department responded to a blaze in a caboose in the Grand Trunk yards. Before arrival, railroad torpedoes stored in the car exploded, tearing a hole in the side. Trainmen escaped prior to the blast. no injuries were reported.
Mrs. James Cuffman of Morrice collapsed and died beside the casket as her brother Charles Albright's body was being placed in the Flint funeral home. The distressing scene occurred during the interment proceedings and prompted examiners to record a sudden death.
A party of Riverside Coating mills workers from Kalamazoo was en route to visit a sick colleague when a Michigan Central fast passenger train struck and killed Miss Osie Bailey. The group had gathered money for the ill friend Katie Wolinski and a tragic noon-hour outing ended in disaster. Grover M. Antrim, a prominent Grand Rapids lumberman, died in Pensacola, California at age 37.
John Swinson, once a wealthy farmer in St Joseph area, is jailed awaiting a sanity hearing. He refused to pay taxes, believing all land remained his. The county auctioned land piece by piece, leaving only half of the original farm, though he insists on the original acreage.
Creditors of National Supply Co protected by a trust mortgage to Michigan Trust Co of Grand Rapids. National Supply Co of Lansing, a co operative concern, covered claims of 400 to 400 creditors totaling over 85000 dollars. Union Trust Co of Detroit holds about 20000 dollars. Company organized eighteen months ago and sold stock statewide at ten dollars a share with a promised 3 percent discount on all foods.
The court grants damus ordering Alanson township officers to turn over books and funds to Iron township officers. The legislature dissolved Alanson and attached it to Iron River, but Alanson electors held a local election defying the law. The Supreme Court sustains the dissolution and attachment.
Edward Gruber, a Newberry jeweler, was shot by his fiancée Lizzie Hall while hunting. He sat on a log and murmured he was ready to die as Hall fired a 32 caliber rib. Two ladies, Miss Liberty and Miss Hall, were present. Doctors hold small hope for recovery. The couple had hoped to marry.
Customs Collector W. T. Lillie of Grand Haven and Deputy Daniel Tencate of Holland push to designate Holland as a port of entry. They prepare a report on annual goods received by manufacturing institutions, hoping for action in this session of Congress.
While laying shade trees on Menominee high school grounds, workmen unearthed parts of a coffin rough box and handles. The site was said to be built directly over the forgotten cemetery. The discovery suggests the school house stands atop the graves.
James Whalen, inspector of harbor construction in the U S engineering department, has started rebuilding the government lighthouse pier and breakwater at Menominee. The pier extends over 1 200 feet and the breakwater is even longer, with the work expected to fill the entire summer.
Earl Ganiner of Buchanan won the competitive examination held in Niles to select a candidate for appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Paul S. Gillespie of Berrien Springs placed second.
Reports from Michigan towns note Munising aiming for a 3000 pupil school building and Big Champions iron mine planning a July 1 reopening. Grand Rapids hosts record crowds at a pure food show while St Joseph frost damage is blamed for no fruit injury.
The U S Senate approved the railroad rate bill by 71 to 3 with Foraker Morgan and Pettus voting no. Aldrich was absent. Teller would have supported him. Tillman praised Theodore Roosevelt, while Democratic Leader criticized both Roosevelt and Republicans. The final roll call struck the words in its judgment from the Interstate Commerce Commission clause, widening potential court review.
Upper Michigan and Wisconsin endure massive fires driven by a gale burning over 200 square miles. Quinnisee and nine other towns plus several lumber camps destroyed. populations listed. Estimated timber loss runs into millions. damages in towns alone exceed 1.44 million dollars, with wider cordon of fire across four counties and Ontario reports of fires. Concurrently New York board of education bans pupil and teacher fund drives for superintendent gifts and bans book canvassing in schools.
Des Moines hosts the 117th General Assembly with 241 presbyteries and 1,115,662 communicants. Rev. Dr. Hunter Corbett was elected moderator after a tense election. Key fights centered on the Westminster confession, the Cumberland merger, and a new prayer book. A ministerial sustentation plan proposes pensions for superannuated clergy.
Henrik Ibsen the great Norwegian dramatist and poet died in Christiania after a lingering illness at age 78. Survived by his widow and son Dr Sigurd Ibsen, he left a legacy of world wide influence with works translated into many languages and staged across Europe and America.
A group of New York business and professional men seek to form a country home club to combine social and intellectual exchange with affordable farming living. They envision a clustered village with shared park, general storehouse, expert agriculturist, and cooperative services to reduce costs while offering train-railcar connections and fresh, healthy childrearing in a well-ordered community.
The Southern Pacific reported it moved 1,035 cars of relief supplies to San Francisco up to May 19, with 67 California communities each sending a carload or more. Oregon and Nebraska cities contributed thousands of tons of flour, potatoes, canned goods, and other provisions, totaling over sixty pounds per San Francisco resident by May 10.
A fractured collage notes John Paul Jones praised and buried, a Russian official and a bomb, Vesuvius crater growth, circus papas for children, a plan to vent hot air from New York, San Francisco woes, and a railroad bill amendment about a two seat passenger.
The Presbyterian general assembly at Des Moines voted to merge with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. It refused to authorize the book of forms and services known as the prayer book, printing it for voluntary use only and removing any official authority. The action reverses earlier moves toward an authorized form book from 1904 1905 and 1908.
Lewis William Washington former vice president of the Sheet Steel Company of Pittsburg died in Nice France. Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago led a joint session of tuberculosis study groups in Washington. Francesco Ferrullo, Ellery's band leader, married Miss Concetta Rocco who he met in St. Louis two years ago. Salt Lake City reports about Mormon church withdrawal proved unfounded. Beresford Hope of London admitted misrepresenting a $25 million church takeover claim.
Congress appropriated five thousand dollars to preserve Ball's Bluff battlefield amid a broader trend toward Civil War site parks and monuments. The piece reviews existing and proposed parks at Gettysburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Vicksburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spottsylvania, and the Wilderness, plus Valley Forge and related memorial efforts. It also notes new leadership for party campaign committees, naval ration changes, printing savings using aluminum, and land sale irregularities involving federal lands and officials.
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