City Clerk presents annual financial report and bonds
The council reviews a detailed balance sheet March 1 1921, covering funds, expenditures, and balances. It lists water works and highway bonds with maturities through 1949 and 1943 respectively, totaling 215 2829 dollars in indebtedness. William L Guyer signs as city clerk and the meeting adjourns after adoption of the report.
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Akasen
Laton S S
Soncsecooscesoss
Ceedee Ct
Eb Scannes
Bower Thawis Receives Multiple Bond Offerings 1911
The issue lists numerous municipal bonds issued across years 1911 to 1937 tied to sewer and highway projects. Buyers include FE. H. Rollins & Sons of Chicago, John Nuveen & Co., First National Bank building Chicago and Bessemer Michigan. Interest rates generally 4 to 5 percent, semiannual payments due January, April, July, and October. Total bond principal listed reaches 60,000 plus additional water works and sewer notes, with maturities spanning 1921 through 1982.
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First National Bank
Bessemer
Michigan
Bower Thawis
FE. H. Rollins & Sons
Chicano
E. H. Rollins & Sons of
Chicago
John Nuveen & Co
Chivago, IL
Chisago US
First National Bank of
First National Bank of Bessemer
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Peoples State Bank
Peoples State Bank of
Peoples States Bank
Peoples — State Bank
Probate Court Notice for Matt Mattonen Estate
In Gogebic County Probate Court the estate of Matt Mattonen deceased, four months from June 6 1921 are allowed for creditors to present claims for examination and adjustment. All creditors must file at the probate office in Bessemer by October 6 1921. Claims will be heard on October 10 1921 at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
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Gogebic
Matt Mattonen
Bessemer
Ten O’clork
In Streak to Country Roots and Town Distractions
The quote by John Burroughs contrasts the best instinct of people to seek country life and roots with the lure of towns and their distractions. It notes that lighter snow heightens hurt and that frivolous people are easily blown by winds toward urban centers.
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John Burroughs
Hundred Mining Men At Banquet Honors John McLean Forty Years
A Northland Country Club dinner in Iron Mountain Michigan honored John H McLean Oliver Iron Mining general manager for forty years since his Chapin mine start in 1881 Friends and leaders Osborn Olcott Hulst Hurst Van Dyke Soady shared reminiscences and toasts praising McLeans impact on Americas iron industry in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan speakers recalled career milestones and loyalty while a Kiwanis quartet performed light parodies.
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John H. McLean
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Chapin
Iron Mountain
Mich
Northland Country Club
John McLean
United States
Chas S. Osborn
Michigan
Florence
Wis
McLean
America
Olcott
W. J. Olcott
Minnesota
Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Hurley
Mesaba
Frank Hibbing
Duluth
Oliver
Nelson P. Hurst
Milwaukee
Dr. Hulst
Lake Superior District
Pewabic
Gogebic Range
Oliver Company
W. D. van Dyke
Harry Soady
Kiwanis Club
Probate notice in Bessemer for Strom estate hearing
In Michigan at the Bes semer Probate Office on May 23 1921 Judge William S. Baird presiding Mary W Strom seeks probate of a purported will and December administration to another. The hearing is set for June 20 1921 at 10 a.m. with public notice to run for three weeks in the Bessemer Herald and New Free Press.
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Bessemer
William S. Baird
Alex Strom
Mary W. Strom
Bessemer Herald
New Free Press
Meaning of Dream of Eagle Foretells Love and Fortune
Dreaming of an eagle portends success in love and fortune in business. A fast fleeing eagle signals progress in a current project. Riding an eagle warns of life danger. An eagle perching on your head foreshadows death near a relative or friend. A dead eagle predicts the death of a sole prominent person and wealth for a poor person. Killing an eagle implies short-lived happiness. Seeing it carry prey indicates loss by theft.
Garden notes on sowing and pest control for a fruitful season
Garden notes recommend sowing biennial and perennial flowering plants such as foxglove and Canterbury bells for next summer, using tobacco dust or air slaked lime on melon and cucumber plants to deter striped beetles, sowing rutabaga mid June, pinching new black raspberry canes at 18 to 24 inches, keeping blossoms off new strawberries, limiting melon cucumber and squash plants to 2 or 3 per hill, and thinning after the triad beetle activity ends to keep only the best crop producers.
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R. E. Loree
M. A .C. Horticultural Dept
America leads in Scholarship review in New Statesman
The New Statesman in London notes Professor Joseph Q Adams's Shakespearean Playhouses as a British theatre focused study, praising its historical English scope and London theatre emphasis. English journals have echoed favorable impressions. Louise Jordan Miln's The Wu and The Feast of Lanterns portray Chinese life with authority, offering Western readers new sympathy and knowledge of China. Mrs Miln, an American, lived in Chicago before marrying an Englishman and has spent substantial time in China among Chinese friends.
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America
NEW Statesman of London
Joseph Q. Adam
Houghton Miffin Company
London
Louise Jordan Miln
Mr. Wu
Mrs. Miln
Chicago
China
Estate of Thom as Plush deceased claims period
In the matter of the estate of Thomas Plush deceased creditors have six months from June 6 1921 to present claims for examination and adjustment. All creditors must file at the probate office in the City of Bessemer on or before October 6 1921. Claims will be heard October 10 1921 at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Dated June 6 1921.
Ghostly dummy terrorizes village in daylight sightings
In Cress ing villagers report a white dressed figure dancing in the noonlight near stackyards for three nights. A farmer named Mr. Watson struck and found the figure to be a manikin controlled by strings. Police seized the dummy, a curious prank in a calm rural setting.
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Cressing
Watson
London Daily Mail
Sulphur Remedy Claimed To Vanish Pimples Quickly
A noted skin specialist declares that applying Mentho Sulphur clears pimples on the face neck arms or body rapidly. The remedy is said to dry pimples and make them disappear with Pace noted as an example. The text appears to be an old advertisement or medical claim with garbled phrases.
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Pace
Boys skull caps in two color combos
Boys skull caps sold in two color combinations advertised as very special for Saturday priced at 19 cents each.
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Mens Union
BOYS
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