Bessemer City Council Deliberates Budget and Road Plans
Regular meeting of the Bessemer Common Council on June 5 1912, with Mayor Pinkerton presiding. Finance committee recommends liquor license funds allocations to city funds and bids advertised for grading and sewer work on the new county trunk line road project. Council approves bids procedure and property appropriation for public use, with detailed boundary descriptions continuing on the next page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
City of
Bessemer
Pinkerton
Frick
Davis
Graham
Adamsek
Wozniak
Bennetts
Webb
LeBlond
Pestoria
Nemacheck
Finance Committee
Davie
Public Schools Celebrate Flag Day and School News
Schools plan June 14 observances for the flag centering on its origin and symbolism. The seventh grade performs Rebecca's Triumph. a free admission supports a seventh grade photo fund. A student death prompts floral tributes and Longfellow poems. A Parents Meeting features Judge Buck on moral education, with vocal solos and seventh-grade songs. Eighth graders plant gardens. exams begin Tuesday. attendance critical for credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Buck
Gogebic County
Auto Trip to Ashland and Local Notices
Alfred Roberts John Hendrick and Misses Elsie Piper and Lucile Ropp traveled to Ashland by Duda's automobile last Sunday. They dined at the Knight Hotel and attended a Hurley vs Ashland ball game before returning to Mellen for a late show. Misa Isabel Ziebur returned from Carroll College in Waukesha Wisconsin visiting grandparents at Dorchester. Miss Clara Apis, also from Carroll College, visited relatives in Sheboygan. The Catholic Foresters picnic was corrected to be hosted by St Joseph's Polish Society at a German Shooting Park on June 30. An automobile offer lists a rubber tired double seat carriage and Stanhope with driving harness available through Dr R A Paradis. Button stock at P J Le Blood's store offers any size or type of button. In Wyoming will be shown at the Bessemer Opera House Monday June 17. Temple Theatre will feature only top films.
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Alfred Roberts
John Hendrickson
Elsie Piper
Lucile Ropp
Duda
Ashland
Knight
Hurley
Mellen
Misa Isabel Ziebur
Waukesha
Wiles
Carroll College
Dorchester
Wis
Clara Apis
Sheboygan
Order of Foresters
St. Joseph's
Wakefield Tax Ruling Sparks Star Chamber Critique
K 8. MARKETRUM, Wakefield natives attack Michigan state tax commission over ex parte reduction of Brotherton mine assessment from 900000 to 400000 at Houghton. They warn of higher local taxes and confiscation risks, tying the action to political maneuvering, fattening a Chicago-based steam roller, and harm to settlers and farmers. Other local notices follow.
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Star Chamber
Wakefield Township
Michigan
State Tax Commission
Houghton
Brotherton
Tax Commission
Stat Chamber
Finley
Chicago
Marketrum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Common Council Proceedings
Adamcek
Woznak
Alderman Webb
Gogebic
South
South East
Chicago & North Western Railway
Wm. Waters & Co
Opera
Pathos
H. E. Pierce Presents
Wyoming
D. MacFanlane
the Public Schools
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Betty Ross
Miss Gorton
McAllister Sherman
Longfellow
Christ
Rebecca
Jesse James
Judge Buck
Miss Haberman
Miss Dodge
R. A. Paradis
P. J. le. Blood
Bessemer Opera House
Temple Theatre
J. J. Rommel
Wakefield
Lake Gogebic
North End
Enquire
Mra
Geo. Rupp
P. J. LeBlond
Anderson
Soo Line
John Gallagher
Mellen-Beasemer
Len Weaver
James Rogere
St. Agnes Church
Mre. Weaver
Mise Zeta Johnston
Bigbee
Ariz
Chamberlain
Chas. H. Warner
A. H. Burt
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