Unlucky Friday the 13th 1914 and local notices
Miss Caroline Witeke returns to Ashland after a week with her sister Mrs J A Siebersohn. Joe Micheli and Frank Olezewski completed courses at St Francis College in Wisconsin. Several neighbors and relatives visit family across Ashland and Two Harbors. Miss Loretta Munthe visits grandparents in Ashland. Sadie Abelian heads home from Chioko after study with cousin Sophia Sax. Mr and Mrs Olaf Skagen return from Bergen Norway to stay with Skagen relatives. Miss Mary Vomastek plans Commencement at Ypsilanti Normal College and summer studies. Advertising notices promote Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as spring tonic. Farm for sale near station: 203 acres, fenced, two-story house, barns, wells, and timber listings by Wisconsin Timber & Land Co. Mattoon Shawano County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Timber & Land Co
Mattoon
Shawano County
Wisconsin
Studio Hours Expanded to All Days of Week
Notice states the studio will operate every day including Sundays, with hours covering the full day, and credits W. H. Chaney in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Chaney
Commencement Exercises at Bessemer High School
Commencement exercises drew at least five hundred residents of Bessemer. Salutatorian Miss Hansen spoke well on merit and scholars ship. Rev H F Healey delivered a striking address stressing persistence and backbone. Miss Serra gave the valedictory with a clarion voice. Music was excellent and well directed by the music director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Hansen
H. F. Healey
Iveness
Bessemer High seniors stage successful end of year play
The senior class presented At The End of the Rainbow on Thursday June 12 with a large audience. Cast members Jennings Taylor as Robert Preston and Tena Serra as Marion Dayton drew praise for their performances. Henry Pelander and Matilda Jensen impressed as Douglas Brown and Phyllis Lane. The production featured strong comedy from Mr and Mrs Preston and a lively college-spirit from Theta Phi girls alongside notable musical support from the high school orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer High School
Jennings Taylor
Robert Preston
Marion Dayton
Tena Serra
Charles Paradis
Esther Hansen
Dick Preston
Mason Olson
Donald Fraser
Molly Brace
Stanley Palier
Preston
Douglas Brown
Henry Pelander
Matilda Jensen
Phyllis Lane
Helen MacFarlane
Miss Grayson
Mildred Hagen
Jane
Solveig Magnus
Erma Webb
Eleana Ball
Cora Carlson
Satma Sippola
Easter Gray
Mamie Tillner
Theta Phi
Enthusiatic College
Rutherford Solberg
Willis Pender
Myron Anderson
Irwin Hendries
Bessemer
For Sale 1913 Motor Cycles and Boats Bargains
For Sale items advertise bargain prices on 1913 model motor cycles and motor boats with easy monthly payments and a reply envelope. Also offers used motorcycles and a prompt reply via Lock Box 11 Trenton Michigan. Plus a health ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Team in 35 cent tablets from Bessemer Pharmacy to purify blood and clear skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Bessemer Pharmacy
Trenton
Mich
Rocky Mountain
Bessemer Pharmary
Eight Century Old Tree Saved From Highway Work
On the Canandaigua lake shore at Tichenor Springs a venerable tree, estimated at eight hundred years old, faced removal due to highway improvements. Popular protest prompted the highway commission to preserve the tree and let it stand rather than cut it down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canandaigua Lake Shore
Tichenor Springs
Highway Commission
Waterloo
Water Supply Proves Adequate for City Use
The city reports a new well has been tested and provides sufficient water. An 8 inch suction pipe with a T discharge showed no effect on supply. Water has been analyzed and pronounced pure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New City
Instituted Council of Bessemer Royal Masons Held at Masonic Hall
The Bessemer Council No. 80 of Royal and Select Masters was instituted at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening June 13 by Deputy M. I. G. M. Frank Scadden of Crystal Falls Michigan. First officers named include Ed Neidholn Frank J McMinn Walter F Truettner Carl L Solberg Alex Strom Pearce E Graham William S Baird Conrad Hansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer Council
Masonic Hall
Frank Scadden
Crystal Falls
Mich
Ed Neidholn
Frank J McMinn
Walter F. ‘Truettner
DP. C
Carl L Solberg
Alex Strom
Pearce E Graham
Swede Finnish Convention to be held in city
The Swede-Finnish Convention of the S F SF lodge Finland of America meets at the lodge hall Thursday Friday and Saturday June 26 27 and 28 Delegates from many states are expected The session lasts until 5 pm with lodge business The Crescent Club Orchestra plays an evening concert and dancing follows Friday features lodge business a Swedish program and social in the lodge hall Saturday continues business until 1 pm then delegates take an automobile trip over the range
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. SF. Lodge
Finland of America
Crescent Club
Marenisco News Local Visitors and School News
Clarence O’Brien and several Wakefield and Bessemer visitors are listed with Tuesday and Wednesday appearances. Marenisco schools closed with a well attended program as A E Laing leaves for vacation. Miss Motherway to Bergland then Tula. The Winegar ball team defeated Marenisco 7 to 2 after a fifth inning error run surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John MelLeod
Homer
Hery Jones
Presque Isle
Thomas McNicholas
Dewey Emerson
Wakefield
A. E. Laing
Mareniseo
Decerville
Margaret Motherway
Bergland
Tula
A.W. Burley
Winegar
Wake
Marenisco
Bessemer Board of Review Adjourns After 1913 Session
Proceedings document the City of Bessemer Board of Review from May 19 to June 16 1913. It records meetings, roll calls, and decisions on mining property valuations including Tilden and Yale mines, with state tax commission correspondence and protests by Oliver Mining Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
City of
Bessemer
Council Chamber
Mayor Byrne
L. S. Rice
W. L. Guyer
K.S. Markstrom
Dan P. Green
Chas Babicky
Swan Olson
Gust Erickson
Byrne
Lossy O'Clock & T
Daniel P. Green
N. W
Dunn Iron Mining Co
Charles F. Jawsett
Dyn Iron Mining Co
K. 5
Markstrom
Yale Mine
Rice
Erickson
Green
Babicky
Olson
Gover
W. E. McRandie
Yale
L. 8
Dana Green
Yeas
Nays
Guyer
D. E. Sutherland
Oliver
Markstrum
Colby
Yeas Rice
K.S. Markstrum
Chas
Winona
State Tax Commission
Board of State Tax Commissioners
Laneing
Mich
Michigan
Oliver Tron Mining Co
Tilden
Saginaw
Jackson
Board
Tax Commission
Oliver Mining Company
Met
Board of State Tax Commissioner
FF. Burdesa
Mr. Green
Henry Rowe
City of Bessemer
F. Burtless
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. J. Trevar
A. D’ Johnston
Ed Goudelte
W. E. McRandle
Clark Lake
Joe Silverman
Ann Arbor
Stephen Quayle
Virginia
W. J Sincock
Dora
Anna Gerhardt
Madison, Wis
H. Ekman
Joe Provencal
Frank Byrne
W. J. Russell
John Luxmore
Lake Gogebie
Rose Silverman
Vhursday
Decatur, Mich
D. Fournier Sr
Lake Gogebi
John Hanonsek
Ramsay
An ‘ S
Suday Morning
Caroline Witeke
Ashland
J. A. Siebersoln
George Wealton
Dota W Johnson
FL A. Siebensoln
Hancock
Joe Micheli
Frank Olezewski
Pio None College
St. Francis, Wis
inTing
Herman Witzke
F. A. Siebensohn
Loretta Munthe
Two Harbors, Minn
Andrew Munthe
L. W Munthe
Sadie Abelian
Chienco
Sophia Sax
Olaf Skagen
Bergen
Norway
Mra
Skagen
Anesen
Mary Vomastek
Ypsilanti, Mich
Normal College
Normal
Mayr
H. L. Trammer
Houston
Texas
Georgia
Geo. H. Mayr
Mfg
Whiting St
Chicago
Lil
Marenisco News
Clarence O'Brien
Wakesfield
Evelyn Bourgquin
Fred Thompson
Paul Paruleski
Lawrence Froik
Miss Rupp
E A. Ormes
Delorius Blaskoski
Wm. Winegar
James McNicholas
Harold Ormes
Paul Paraleski
Detroit Business University
E. R. Shaw
New University
West Grand River
Detroit
Proceedings of Board of Review
Lansing Mich
Chas. Babicky
Wil LuLia A. L. Guykr
JH. Urquhart, MD
Ironwood, Mich
Bank of Bessemer
United States
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