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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1925
Page
24
Irvin 8. Cobb relates a humorous scene at a North Carolina AME conference supper. A diminutive presiding elder, Brother Jones, awkwardly looms behind two tall preachers as the bishop offers more chicken, and the elder replies with a spirited no.
A quotation argues that a college for women must train students to return to home with skill and heart. It states that poor cooking or service undermines purpose and that unlearning burdens undermine true learning.
A compact guide to keeping sandwiches fresh by layering and towels, making two cakes from one batch with different fillings, repurposing dry bread with sour milk for griddle cakes, and a custard style pudding using milk eggs sugar lemon and meringue. Includes savory veal birds with pork, brown butter, and a baked milk sauce, plus a quick fruity gelatin pudding from canned juice.
A feature warns of around 2 000 Chinese quack doctors selling cures in the United States. It contrasts them with legitimate Chinese physicians and cites practices and ingredients including animal parts. The piece notes the open market in Chinese stores and a range from dubious diagnoses to lotteries and strange remedies. It also mentions a Texas prairie dog and cattle statistic in a stray paragraph.
News items report Breese Bros of Waukesha financing 34 log summer cottages on Big Horseshoe Franklin Mercer and McCormick lakes near Mercer, valued at 2.50 each, built under Walter R Benedict process with logs from Bissell Lumber Tripoli. Albert W Sloan of Milwaukee leads operations while Milwaukee and Chicago investors buy. Iron County News notes fall community fair plan and county board support, aiming for a county fair next year. Alex Rosemargy wins bid to erect Crown Point Park pavilion shelter house for 3200, against Oscar B Maki Co at 3638.37. building to be near Sun Lake Street police booth opposite Community Building.
Mr and Mrs W C Hart were guests of the city at a farewell party Tuesday evening at the Community Building. Inclement weather kept the turnout smaller than expected. Mayor A L Rummel presented Mr Hart a gold watch on behalf of business leaders to thank him for his service as city commissioner and township supervisor.
Notice states that parcels described for unpaid taxes may be sold lawfully and that the claimant is entitled to a six month option after service and return. The undersigned will convene in the county court to settle all sums paid on the purchase plus a one hundred percent additional charge.
County agricultural agent W J Hell urged the county board to consider a county fair at Tuesday afternoon’s meeting. He argued fairs promote agriculture and would bring regional attention, stressing it has become almost a necessity for the county.
Rick and Block of Wausau Wisconsin announce a ten year logging operation starting this fall. They arrange a docking space near Wakefield Iron Company power plant and will cut and haul about 3,000,000 feet of logs annually three steam locomotives with trailers will move logs from the cuttings to the decking siding three miles south of Wakefield using improved methods for large scale operation.
A health official and coroner in western England argues age does not fix ability to work at ninety nine. The piece cites physiologists and various long-lived individuals, noting vitality rests on arteries, brain activity, and recuperative power, with names like Movet and Gordon appearing among Scottish and Orkney centenarians.
Officials warn the buffalo herd at Wainwright National Park has grown past sustainable levels. In a dry year no more than 5,000 head should be kept, yet the current estimate exceeds 8,000 despite previous slaughtering efforts.
A complete real estate survey of the Holy Land has been started by the British administration in Palestine. Many titles and boundary lines are in dispute, delaying agricultural settlement as Zionist settlers from other countries cannot purchase land.
Government and land tax records detail certificates of purchase, taxes for various sections, and payments across ranges and townships, naming executors and curators. It lists individuals such as Beard Sparrow and others, with amounts paid from 34.55 to 322.95 and references to years 1887 1895 1917 1918.
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