Bessemer Passes Bicycle Ordinance Regulating Use on Streets
The city ordinance bans bicycle riding on sidewalks, requires bells and lighting on streets from 7:30 p.m. to 5 a.m., mandates signaling near crosswalks, caps speed at six miles per hour, and requires riding on the right. Violations classify as disorderly conduct with fines up to 350 and possible jail time. prior ordinance from 1886 is repealed.
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City of
Bessemer
Gogebic
Common Council
Andy Byrne, Marshall
Curfew Ordinance Enacts Bessemer City Curfew Bell
An ordinance establishes a nightly curfew for minors in Bessemer city limits. It requires the Fire Hall caretaker to ring a curfew bell at 8 30 p m from October 1 to July 1 and at 9 00 p m between dates not fully shown, signaling when youths must stay off streets and public grounds.
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Board of Supervisors
Gogebic County
Michigan
Gogebic
City of
Bessemer
Common Council
Menominee Dominates Upper Peninsula Track Meet
Menominee high school captured first with 48 points showcasing strong field events and sprint depth at the second annual Upper Peninsula interscholastic meet in Menominee. Marquette 21 and Soo 17 led a tight pack while Vulcan Escanaba and Manistique trailed, with several teams earning valuable points across running and field events.
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Menominee High School
Upper Peninsula
Menominee
Marquette
Soo
Vulcan
Escanaba
Manistique
Stephenson
Negaunee
Lake Linden
Gladstone
Yost Honors Gipp With Wreath at Calumet Grave
Fielding H. Yost, Michigan's famed coach, laid a wreath on the grave of George Gipp at Calumet last week. Gipp, a Notre Dame halfback, died two years ago from pneumonia.
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Fielding H. Yost
Michigan
George Gipp
Notre Dame
Calumet
Gipp
All-Americans by Coach Williams listed for 1901 to 1922
All-Americans credited to coaches including Percy Haughton at Harvard and George Woodruff at Penn. The text notes Harvard's 42 all American selections from 1901 to 1922, with various players by year, and mentions coaches Yost and Dobie achieving strong records. It also notes two all service picks by Allmendinger and Smith.
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R. P. Williams
Percy Haughton
Harvard
Fish
Mahan
Cornell
Fielding H. Yost
Yost
Heston
Schulz
Benbrook
Allmendinger
Smith
Seniors Defeat Faculty In Long Friday Baseball Game
The B. H. S. seniors won against the faculty 11 to 10 in ten innings last Friday. Vern Morris, a Gogebic range product, is finding success boxing in and around Chicago. Iron Mountain city team reportedly dissolved due to financial troubles. Negaunee houses a strictly amateur baseball squad with no paid players.
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Vern Morris
Chicago
Iron Mountain City
Negaunee
Thoughtful Tom On Economic Laws And Rising Costs
Thoughtful Tom critiques economic law ideas noting that more eggs lowers egg prices while more bricks raises brick prices. He argues rulers of markets misinterpret supply and demand shaping prices differently for goods.
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Tom
The Girl is Right Mother
Ruth and her mother clash in a brief dialogue about behavior and expectations. The exchange contrasts a mother's lifelong lessons with Ruth's self view, ending on a sharp retort about failure and goodness.
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Ruth
Corner at Piggly Wiggly Sparks Squeal About Dyke
Sequence Dyke asks about a rumored corner on Piggly Wiggly. Smythe confirms hearing a squeal, signaling tense local chatter and potential conflict around the store.
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Smythe
Foreclosure Notice for Gogebic County Mortgage
Default on a 1921 mortgage by Herman Saari of Bessemer to Peoples State Bank prompts a public sale of the NW quarter of Section 1, Township 47 North, Range 46 West, Gogebic County. Sale set for June 25, 1923 at 10 a.m. in front of the Courthouse, Bessemer, to cover the debt of $211.03 plus $50 attorney fee and costs.
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Herman Saari
Bessemer
Gogebic County
Michigan
Peoples State Bank
State of
Register of Deeds
Gogebie County
Gogebic
Peoples State Bank of
Merle A. Hagerman
Move U P Mines Bureau To Duluth
The Houghton office of the United States Bureau of Mines is moved to Duluth and merged with the Minneapolis office to form a Lake Superior district headquarters led by T T Read. W H Garrick will head mine rescue and safety work, with the rescue car based in Duluth. May iron ore shipments in the Lake Superior district totaled 6 671 705 tons, up from 1 585 305 tons a year earlier.
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Houghton
United States Bureau of Mines
Duluth
Minneapolis
Lake Superior
General District
T. T. Read
W. H. Garrick
Lake Superior District
Calumet and Hecla Mining Boosts Capital Stock
Shareholders of Calumet and Hecla Mining vote to raise capital stock from 100000 shares at par 25 to 800000 shares at par 25, increasing equity and potential dilution for existing holders. The action reflects expansion plans and changes in corporate capitalization.
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Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
Salt Lake Chamber Eyes 1925 International Mining Expo
The mining committee of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce shows interest in holding an international mining exposition in Salt Lake City in 1925.
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Salt Lake City
Detroit Wins 1924 Danish Lutheran Convention Vote
Detroit Michigan secured the 1924 convention for the Danish Lutheran church of the United States by a four vote margin over Marquette Nebraska.
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Detroit, Mich
Danish Lutheran Church of the
M. A. Hanna to Begin Mining at Empire Mine
The M. A. Hanna company will soon commence mining operations at the Empire mine near Palmer on the Marquette range, marking a start for the project in the region and expanding local mining activity.
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M. A. Hanna Company
Empire Mine
Palmer
Marquette Range
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Detroit
Wayne County
Upper Peninsula Sunday School Association
John Deere
Deere
John Deere and Webber Co
Fred Otto
Menominee High
U. P
John J. Frick
U. P. Mines Bureau
Sue
Otto B. Olson
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Red
Lead St
Sophia
Standard Oil
Bessemer, Mich
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