Bessemer Faces Davis Team Loaded With Harding Stars
Bessemer and Davis meet in an Interstate League game at Massie Field as Davis hosts. Davis relies on Hardin players, including Ylisto and pitcher Neel, while Bessemer, tied for eastern division lead, counters with Ramsay rivals and a mix of local talent during a tense season start.
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Bessemer
DAVIS
Harding
Massie Field
Leks
Cione
Ramsay
Bessener
Landis
Melvin
Rurley
Ylisto
Davis Bitcher
Tevig
Wessemer
Laurie Tiwleon
Nurminca Neel
Colby Colts
Townsite
Montreal
Yankees
Cary
Yanks
Eastern
Wakefield
Eeu Gaewa
Ramsay Nena Hee Gana
Davis Een Naneenen
Marenisco Aa
To Err Is Human Two Base Hit Saga
Two base hit sequence features Scifietti and Syrjala with Malosha and Autio driving in runs. Scifietti also drives in a run as Autio records two strikeouts while Honkala fends off seven.
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Scifietti
Syrjala
Malosha
Autio
A. Ippolite
Korhonen
Chouinard
Honkala
Keskinen
City of Munising Christened at Escanaba Rodeo
The steamer City of Munising, destined for the Straits of Mackinac, will be christened in Escanaba on Sunday June 26 during the Fisher men’s Party and Rodeo. The reconditioned ferry will arrive June 26 and depart after inspection, with about 3500 Munising citizens led by Mayor John Hannah in attendance.
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Escanaba
Munising
Jobn Hannah
Bessemer High Wins And Loses On Trip
Coach Bob Robsen took the Bessemer High School baseball team on a two game trip. In the first game Bessemer defeated Phillips Wis 6 to 0. A return game will be played here. At Eau Claire the locals were defeated by Mark Almir's squad 12 to 3. Bessemer showed improvement though Eau Claire swamped the locals 21 to 5.
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Bob Robsen
Bbessemer
Bessemer
Phillips
Wis
Eau Claire
Mark Almir
Bessemer Stars and Local Track Rise Mentioned
Walter Partanen returns to town for summer and eyes a fall with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Montreal’s baseball dominance and recent pennant history are noted alongside track growth at Massie Field and a Yale student’s injury. Edmonton-bound rugby plans loom for Sleepy Yatchak. many American football stars ply Canadian rugby.
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Walter Bartanen
Bessemer High School
Pittsburgh Pirates
Partanen
Green Bay Packers
St. Louis Gunners
Bart
Mr. Partanen
Edmonton
Canada
Reihsen Leads Bessemer Batting Amid Slump
Four Bessemer players hit .300 this week in the season’s first six games with catcher Bob Reihsen at .333 leading the group. Teammates Tony Ippolito Sloma and Korhonen were close behind while Korhonen soared into the .300s. The team posted a .242 batting average, earning the nickname hitless wonders as veterans search for their hitting eyes.
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Bessemer
Bob Reihsen
Reihsen
Tony Ippolito
Sloma
Korhonen
Michigan Announces 35 Athletes to Receive Letters and Graduation Honors
Ann Arbor reports 35 University of Michigan letter winners, the smallest group in years, with nine football graduates. Hockey loses four of six first-string players. Barclay of Flint earns most letters with three in football and golf plus two in basketball. Named lettermen span football, basketball, hockey, track, swimming, golf, baseball, wrestling, tennis, and more across multiple cities and states.
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Bill Barclay
Flint
John Townsend
Indianapolis
Ind
Herman Fishman
Detroit
Bill Barvis
Robert Campbell
Sonia
Earl Luby
Chicago
James Lincoln
Harbor Beach
Ernest Pederson
Grand Blanc
Joe Rinaldi
Elkhart
Stark Ritchie
Battle Creek
Arthur Valpey
Douglas Farmer
Hinsdale, Ill
Fawns born in woods prompt caretakers to leave them be
The article notes dozens of fawns born each season from late May to early June. Does often have twins and occasionally triplets while quadrupets are rare. It advises not to disturb hidden fawns as mothers tend them while foraging and resting nearby.
Escanaba Team Wears Tigers Uniforms and Cochrane No.
The Escanaba baseball club adopts uniforms bought from the Detroit Tigers. The catcher wears Mickey Cochrane's famed number. A note mentions local sports veterans and a special election result in Ontonagon voting 309 to 283 against adopting eastern standard time.
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Escanaba
Detroit Tigers
Esky
Mickey Cochrane
Ontonagon
Bes
Semuer Herald
Detroit Freshman Hank Greenberg Draws Cheer and Mock
Petreit students at the University of Detroit doubt Greenberg the freshman dentist can swing a bat. They wager he cannot hit four bases, despite his proclaimed home run prowess and teeth fixing trade.
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Petreit
University OF Detroit
Hank Greenberg
School of Dentistry
7 000 Chain Stores Licensed By State
Lansing reports 95 new stores across 20 chains bringing Michigan total to 1 304 chains operating 7 024 stores and 46 firms with 330 counters. Fee scales rise with size under the 1933 act and 1937 licensing yielded 736 219 09 dollars, up from 1936.
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Lansing
Leon D. Case
Michigan
General Fund
Softball Schedule and Deer in Town Report
The week’s softball schedule is listed with games Friday through Thursday including Abelman s Hendrick vs Bessemer and Geneos versus Ippolitec. A deer wandered into Escanaba downtown, sought celery in a grocery and was tranquil after conservation officers relocated it outside the city.
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Vas Haspel
Johnsons
Tuiesdas A & P
Kehko Velin
Wednesdas
Geneos
Ippolitec
Herahis
Bessemer Tavern
Esvanaba
Conservation Department
Escanaba
Ludington Avenue
Allegan County
Moose Seen Near St Johns Cemetery Sparks Local Outcry
Ishpeming residents back the state conservation plan to establish a moose herd on the Vypeur Peninsula but oppose animals trampling a cemetery. A bull moose was spotted near St Johns Cemetery and chased away by the grounds caretaker after it jumped a fence.
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Ishpeming
State Department of Conservation
Vypeur Peninsula
St. John's Cemetery
Moose Calves Arrive as Michigan Trapping Plan Expands
The Michigan conservation department notes moose calf arrivals this period as the moose transplant program grows. Sightings were reported in the Upper Peninsula last year with at least a dozen cases, as 69 moose were moved from Isle Royale to the mainland after the island herd starved.
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Department of Conservation
Upper Peninsula
Isle Royale
Dances and booming calls mark grouse courtship stands
The male sharp tailed grouse uses elevated dancing grounds and neck sacks to impress females. Booming sounds and staged dances, seen yearly, define these sites as boomin g grounds. The ruffed grouse uses wing beats on a log to sound like drums. Birds defend territories ahead of mating.
Michigan Forest Fires Sparked by Cigarette Litter in 1957
About 600 fires in Michigan in 1957 were started by discarded cigarette butts from cars or dropped in woods. Authorities noted the hazard across multiple counties and urged stricter fire prevention and public awareness campaigns.
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Michigan
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Wits
Remsey
Sesdipt
Honmhol
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slomiSas
Ippolite
Weskinen
Oscuwus Proctor
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Eeeteanwewere
Escanaba Rodeo
Sonny” Sonnesyn
Gogebic Range
Robbinsdale, Minn
Post
Bobby Marshall
Minneapolis
Bessemer High
Trip
S’eaking Ports
Bartanen
Gogeric Yankees
Bessemer Bomber
Forre
John Ling Jr
Yale
Hessene
Vincent
Yatchak
State Teachers College
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Minn
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Saxon
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Iron Belt
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Tpperlite
Barclay
Townsend
Fishman
William Aigler
Bellevue
Sanford Farrell
Grand Rapida
Fred Martin
Brooklyn
N.Y
Walter Stone
Jim James
Ottawa
Ont
Redbert Simpson
Duluth
Alfred Karpinski
Rochester
James Loar
Ringwode
W. Va
Fred Schwarze
Birmingham
Smith
Andronik
Norwalk
Neil Levenson
White Plains
N. Y
Henry Cohen
Barclay, Townsend and Fishman
Fawn
Frank Polasti
Frank
Mee
Abelman
Hendrick Ksers
Besseme
Johnson
Hemids
Abelmans Vs. Hendricksens
Bessemer Tetern Woliptlite
Relto & Velin
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Pet
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Es Heralds
Ablehnan
G. Juntanen
L.uue
Waosniak
W. Maki Sud
G. Erickson
Sud
E. Niskanen
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H. Pucilowshki
J. Bonevetz
D. Brach
Forslund
W. Czajikowski
Mattrella
Tarnaski
J. Bria Rigoni
White Birch Inn
Elmer J. Kuivinen
Green Mountains
Russell
Apple River Mill Co
Rell
Janesville, Wis
Bessemer, Mich
Ghe
Bessemer National Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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