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Newspaper

Bessemer Herald

Location

Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1921

Page

13

North Western Mutual Life agent visits area and locals travel

John James of North Western Mutual Life Insurance visits Monday. W. C. Hart returns Tuesday from Cleveland after a week on business. Adolph Fredrickson came Monday for Minneapolis where he studies and will return Friday for a summer course. Miss Marcella Desonia returns from Ashland where she trained at St Josephs hospital. E. E. Hunner and C. E. Reeves of Duluth visit the Wakefield mine Thursday. Miss Marie Desonia returns from Marquette where she attended the Normal. The Wolverine Club orchestra goes to Marenisco Wednesday for a dance. Community Club hosts a gathering as Girls Community Club of Bessemer joins a beach party at Crown Point with transport by city bus. Activities include swimming, canoeing, rowing, luncheon, then dancing at City Hall with the orchestra until 11:30. Fourth of July celebration urged. Ironwood Quality Shop vs local team Sunday at the high school grounds with Mikkola pitching.

John James North Western Mutual Life Insurance W. C. Hart Cleveland Adolph Fredrickson Minneapolis Marcella Desonia Ashland St. Josephs Hospital E. E. Hunner C. E. Reeves Duluth Wakefield Mine Marie Desonia Marquette Wolverine Club Marenisco Bessemer Crown Point

Watersmeet News Item Highlights Local Movements

Local residents travel to nearby towns and visits shape a busy week. Notable mentions include Catheleen Hennesy returning from Milwaukee, Eunice Stevens weekending in Ironwood, and Percy Revour coming home after Notre Dame studies. A June 23 seniors dance is announced.

Ramsay News Sees Residents Return Home Ahead of Winter

Miss Mary Smith of Duluth returned last week to her home and will spend a few months with her parents Mr and Mrs John Smith. Ruth Lyon Campbell came back Wednesday from Sturgeon Bay where she has been at school. Mrs John Hocking was an Ironwood caller Wednesday. Hilda Anderson spent Thursday with friends in Ironwood. Clyde Brown of Ashland made a Ramsay business call Wednesday. Grace Davel of Spencer Wis is visiting her sister Mrs Misurecca for a few days.

Catheleen Hennesy Milwaukee H. Lock Wakefield Eunice Stevens Ironwood Percy Revour Notre Dame L. Brooks Violet Revour Marenisco T. G. Horton B. Vandyxer Hiler James Morgan Frank Antonowich Antigo Mary Smith Duluth John Smith Ruth Lyon-Campbell Sturgeon Bay John Hocking Hilda Anderson Clyde Brown Ashland Grace Davel Spencer Wis Misurecca

Local Families Scan Job Moves and Calls in Iron Mountain

Mr. and Mrs. Niedir and children left Wednesday for Iron Mountain where Mr. Niedir has accepted a position in the mill. Mrs. Richard White and Mrs. Matt Moyle were Ironwood callers Thursday. Mrs. Ford Ferley and mother spent Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Leo Olson.

Davis Location News Highlights Local Visits

Mr and Mrs Eric Anderson welcomed a son born last Friday. Miss Mayme Wantaja returned from Duluth on Sunday and will visit her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Wantaja in Davis for several weeks. Misses Martha and Impie Mattson visited at the Antilla home in Newport Location. Sigrid Heikkinen of Ironwood stayed with Miss Hilda Mikkola over the weekend. Mr and Mrs J Korpi and children of Bessemer visited relatives here on Sunday. Mr and Mrs 0 Korpi and children of Puritan visited Monday. Mrs Mickelson of Bonnie Location called on Mrs Eric Anderson Monday evening. Miss Mayme Mattson visited her Aunt Mrs E Rintala in Ironwood Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Williamson called at Bessemer on Sunday.

Eric Anderson Mayme Wantaja Duluth Sam Wantaja S. Davis Martha Impie Mattson Antilla Newport Sigrid Heikkinen Ironwood Hilda Mikkola J. Korpi Bessemer 0. Korpi Puritan Mickelson Bonnie Mayme Mattson E. Rintala John Williamson

Garden Notes on Blight, Beds, and Peonies

Garden notes advise Bordeaux Mixture for potato and tomato blight protection. They urge thorough fall cultivation of strawberries, prompt rhubarb seed stalk removal, and stopping late cuttings to allow root food storage. End-season manure dressings for asparagus are recommended, plus mulching and watering for peonies to encourage blooming.

Winter Scout Camping Builds Woodcraft and Frost Fun

Boy scouts are urged to camp in cold weather to gain recreation and education. Winter outings stress woodcraft lessons, fire craft, shelter construction, and bunk comfort. Transplanting trees, tracking fur bearing animals, and winter sports like skating boating and skiing are encouraged during the season.

Boy Scouts Department of Camping

Island Girls Learn Survival On Papaelise Coral Isle

Describes a girls school on Papaelise in the Ellice Islands north of Fiji founded by Miss Joliffe in 1912. The students study typical European subjects plus practical skills like house-building and boating. They built houses with minimal native help and tend about 2,000 coconut trees on the island.

Fiji Ellice South Seas Papaelise Joliffe

Red trees and grass protest in Moscow city

A Pro fessor Roerich tale leads to a claim that Moscow authorities ordered red vegetation around government buildings to produce a striking effect. Government painters painted the grass and trees red, provoking a mass workers and soldiers march in protest. The city relented and nature avoided the soviet code.

Roerich Moscow Mars Christian Secience Monitor

Reflecting on Prenauns and dreams as waking thought

Theorists view prenauns as continuations of waking thoughts, often unconscious yet present in the brain. Dreams may reveal these hidden desires, and when a dream coincidentally becomes reality people may overvalue its meaning.

Phrase "smart as a Philadelphia lawyer" traced to pre revolution era

The expression linked to early Philadelphia lawyers noted for shrewdness. Its exact origin remains unknown though the Philadelphia bar was famed for cleverness, shaping the term Sus Current as a signifier of such traits.

Philadelphia

Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad Speaks From Experience

A testimonial from E. F. Melville of Dassemer St claims Dean's Kidney Pills cured severe rheumatic backache and persistent pain after four months of immobility. The ad notes the medicine is available at Bessemar Pharmacy for seven and a half cents and credits Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as the manufacturer.

E. F. Mevills Dassemer Dean Harty Bessemar Melville Fostey-Milburn Co. Mirs Buffalo N. Y Mfrs Buffalo, N Y

No Wild Men There Civilization Just Where It Stood 100 Years Ago

Capt George Allan Hancock of Los Angeles returned from a 3000 mile cruise along Lower California and the gulf to Santa Rosalia. He reports Tiburon island is not inhabited by cannibals but by shy Indians in grass huts. He describes La Paz pearl fishing and mentions Mexican officials seeking American colony plans at Magdalena Bay.

San Diego Cal Tiburon Lower California Ceres George Allan Hancock Los Angeles Gulf Santa Rosalia Hancock la Paz Magdalena Bay Guayamas

Italy Hunts Oil At Home

Rome reports Italian government will search for petroleum domestically to cut dependence on America. Italy presently imports most oil and spends on foreign exchange. preliminary surveys show Sicily Basilicata Salerno Lazio Avellino as promising. The ministry of industry budgets a little over a million lire with hopes for larger funding if results prove positive.

Rome America Italy Sicily Basilicata Salerno Lazio Avelino Ministry of Industry

Man’s escape from insane asylum cited as reason for flight

Peter Johnson told the sheriff he fled after being committed to the asylum, saying the guests were crazy. In Chicopee Mass Mrs John Wendorski beat her two children to death then tried to kill herself, leaving one child dead and the other gravely injured.

Marysville Cal Peter Johnson Johnson Chicopee Mass John Wendorski

It Takes a Fool to Tell a Lie

A pithy saying about honesty and cleverness. The line contrasts fools who lie with smart individuals who evade repercussions, suggesting wit can shield deception. The quote implies moral risk in dishonesty and value in prudent truthfulness.

All of a Sudden Peggy charming Marguerite Clark comedy

Marguerite Clark plays Peggy O Mara in a light Irish widow daughter tale with romantic mischief and a plan to marry her mother. Jack Mulhall is the hero, Orval Humphrey as Lord Crackenthorpe provides comic spider trapping humor. the cast is lively and well chosen.

Peggy Marguerite Clark Peggy O'Mara Lord Crackenthorpe Miss Clark Jack Mulhall Orval Humphrey Anthony Crackenthorpe

CAN SECURE FRESH TIRES SAYS DEALER

The tire market has been flooded with aged stock but Graham and Pecard of United States tires insist their offerings are fresh live goods. They warn rubber deteriorates with age and that many manufacturers failed to fill orders during prosperity, leaving today’s customers with only new tires.

Graham and Pecard United States United States Tire Company

Brightening Gold Lace Technique Leaves Luster

Tarnished gold lace can be restored by brushing each thread with a brush dipped in pulverized burned alum, restoring its shine and appearance.

Virile Dramas Demanded by Film Fans at Rex Theatre

Hobart Bosworth promotes open air virile male roles in The Brute Master a J Parker Read Jr production to be shown at the Rex Theatre next week. He favors he man characters Bucko McAllister and denounces society man roles saying he wants masculine parts and has long played virile dominant heroes since Seelig days.

Hobart Bosworth J. Parker Read, Jr Rex Theatre Mr. Bosworth Bucko McAllister Selig Pioneer Motion Picture Company of California Los Angeles

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure-Independent Testimony

From Toledo Ohio a sworn oath by Lucas J Cheney proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine can cure catarrh. The filing asserts a $100 reward if any case is not cured by the medicine, with the testimonial blurb from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.

Culate Ohio Toledo Lucas J. Cheney F. J. Cheney & Co J. Cheney W. Gleason Hall Tsc

Firestone Tires Hit New Low Price Point

Gogebic Garage, local Firestone agent, notes prices at historic lows with a 30 x 3 1/4 Non Skid listed at 15.95 as Secretary Hoover urged retailers to cut prices in line with recession. Firestone asserts tires now last 10,000 miles or more due to improved manufacturing.

Hoover Gogebic Garage Firesone Tire & Rubber Company Firestone

Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast A Splendid Habit

A health note urges drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels of waste and toxins, improve appetite, and brighten the complexion, with a quarter pound costing little and aiding biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism.

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