Local News Snaps From Duluth and Nearby Areas
Will Martin of Duluth visits his mother. F A Kearney of Ironwood travels for business. A F Anderson moves to Ballard Washington. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Harry Williams. Major Burt relocates family from Ironwood to Marquette. Pit Wilson returns from Chicago medical studies for vacation. Local commentary critiques Chicago packers. School ends next week for summer break. Rev John Erickson returns from Wisconsin presbytery. Local Shriners attend Marquette meeting. Baccalaureate sermon by Erickson on June 17 at 10 30 am. North Butte Mining Company declares a 2 per share dividend payable June 23. Gogebic teachers examination set for June 21-22. Theo Kohl buys Salzman property for improvements. Editorial note on rheumatism remedies dismisses local cures. Rocky Mountain Tea promoted.
Red Domino Engagement Heads to Opera House Two Nights
Newspaper notes the two night showing of The Red Domino at the Opera House starting Sunday June 10 with promotion by Charlie Riggs. Also mentions Joe Rice moving and remodeling a former Episcopal church property on Longyear and Case streets into a cottage, plus local ads and society items from the period.
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Joe Rice
Longyear and
Case Streets
Charlie Riggs
Opera House
Barabee Lands Mining Company Formed Near Mellen
A mining company is formed to explore and develop the Barabee lands west of Mellen. A shaft is sunk on the property, with bottom assays reporting ore worth up to $10 in gold and $12 in copper.
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Barabee Lands
Mellen
Hurley
Memorial Day Service Observed By K of P Brothers
Tomorrow the Supreme Lodge designates a memorial day in honor of the departed dead. Era Lodge No 132 announces memorial services at 10:00 a m and all local and visiting Brothers are urged to attend.
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Supreme Lodge, K. of P
Brothers of Era Lodge No. 132
Presbyterian Services Move to German Lutheran Church Sunday
Regular services of the Presbyterian church will be held in the German Lutheran church Sunday morning at 10 30 o clock with sermon Stand on Guard Sunday school at 11 45 All are invited. No Presbyterian services in the evening due to German services. Thousands annually bear witness to the efficiency of Early Risers. The pills are a reliable laxative and cathartic, staple in millions of homes. Pleasant but effective and will promptly relieve constipation without griping. Sold by
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Presbyterian Church
D. MacFarlane
Stone Laying Planned for Bessemer Church Cornerstone
Marble Works donates a new cornerstone to the Presbyterian church of the city. Ceremony likely to be held about one week from tomorrow if plans proceed. The inscription reads Bessemer Presbyterian Church 1906.
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Presbyterian Church
Bessemer Presbyterian Church
1906
Electrical worker nursed after close Gogebic plant shock
Frank C. Davis, an electrical engineer at Gogebic Electric Light, escaped serious injury when his right hand touched live current while cleaning machinery. He was thrown to the floor and his arm and side remained numbed for days, keeping him homebound. Meanwhile Oliver Iron Mining secured a 60,000 acre option across Menominee Dickinson Delta and Marquette counties with Cedar River Land, valuing the land around 7000000 and boosting Oliver to the second largest landowner in the Upper Peninsula.
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Frank C. Davis
Gogebic Electric Light Company
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Menominee
Dickinson
Delta
Marquette
Cedar River Land Company
Oliver Company
Upper Peninsula
Kodol Promoted For Digestion Remedy And Local Road Debate
A local ad promotes Kodol for dyspepsia claiming it digests food and rests the stomach. Nearby, county talk centers on a new road from Lead street to Ironwood to replace a dangerous mining-route stretch. Bessemer enforces a Sunday liquor ban, closing saloons and canceling a Bessemer Ashland ball game, with mixed public opinion on welfare. A large safe from Sanborn Land is being moved at Loope and White, hinting at a transport or installation in progress.
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Ironwood
Lead Street
Bessemer
J. G. Rutledge
M. E. Church
Ashland
Safe wreck devastates stairs. Hurley pioneer Webb McConnell dead
A Friday afternoon accident toppled a large safe down a stairway shaft when a ring broke. Albert Church and another man escaped serious injury. The sidewalk was damaged by the falling mass. Webb McConnell, long-time Hurley resident, died after a months-long illness. Born September 1861 in Tecumseh Michigan, he moved to Hurley in 1885 and co ran a hardware firm with his father R L McConnell. Funeral services were held at the McConnell home in Hurley with Rev. John Erickson presiding.
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Albert Church
Webb McConnell
Hurley
Tecumseh
Mich
R. L. McConnell
Uurley
John Erickson
Presbyterian Church
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Relief From Indigestion
An advertisement touts Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion, claiming it digests foods, rests a tired stomach, and relieves heart palpitations, flatulence, and sour stomach. It asserts Kodol can restore a healthy stomach and reduce worry. Sold by D. Mac.
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D. MacFarlane
Teachers' Examination Held in Gogebic County
The regular summer examination for teacher certificates in Gogebic county will take place at the court house in Bessemer on Thursday and Friday June 21 and 22. County Board of School Examiners names L. L. Wright John S. Robinson and L. W. Brice as examiners.
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Gogebic County
Card of Thanks for Hattie Arkowitz's illness and passing
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and help during our daughter's illness. Hattie has now gone to her eternal home. Mr. and Mrs. S. Arkowitz.
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Hattie
The Red Domino musical comedy heads to town
The Red Domino a premier musical comedy promises top class entertainment with clean specialties between acts for a continuous show. Ralph Riggs a leading young comedian and noted dancer from New York headlines the cast.
Frisco engagement prices reduced for Flodora and Belle of New York
The act featuring Frisco is advertised with well known productions Flodora and Belle of New York. Ticket prices have been cut to 25 35 and 50 cents.
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New York
Frisco
Flodora
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Praised as Best Imitations
The sincerest tribute to superiority is imitation. Many imitations are before the public, but DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve remains best. Good for burns, scalds, chaffed skin, eczema, tetter, cuts, bruises, boils, and piles. Sold by D. MacFarlane.
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DeWitt
DeWitt’s
D. MacFarlane
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Will Martin
Duluth
F. A. Kearney
Iron Ood
A. F. Anderson
Ballard
Washington
Bmiro
Harry Williams
Major Burt
The
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Pit Wilson
Chicago
Chicago Packers
Lower
Wisconsin
Presbytery
R. J. Bawden
A. D. Johnston
Geo. Rupp
John E. Olson
Mystic Shriners
High School
North Butte Mining Company
Theo Kohl
Salzman
Hollister
Kennedy
L. O. Gibson
Northwestern Hotel
Free Press
Sanborn Land Company
Loope & White
Idrops
D. Bland
Brewton
Neuserein
Sraedace
Swanson Aneumatic Cure Company
Lake Street
L. W. Brice
County Board of School Examiners
Mr. and
Mrs. S. Arkowitz
Red
Ralph Riggs
Ceatel
Broad Street
Newark, N. J
Edwin
Bayliss
Fire& Life
Agency
Bessemer, Mich
TEL
E. G. Peterson
Fred C. Jack
Cailor
Sunpinn Ee
Sota
Alls Fair Reeve Ohne
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