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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1921
Page
3
Tuesday June 21 1921 notice states second class mail date April 20 1921 at Bessemer Michigan post office under act March 3 1879. Subscription price is 3 50 per year in advance. Published by the Herald office.
A meditation on American communal life and voluntary associations as the engine of progress. It contrasts individualism with collective action, praises organized social forces in mining towns, oil camps, and pioneer settlements, and asserts that ownership of personal output under a productive system benefits the community. It also critiques communism and endorses enterprise and initiative.
The piece argues Americans cannot condemn English aristocracy for frivolity amid mass unemployment while neglecting U S hunger. It contrasts London's rich districts with widespread poverty and notes a planned Atlantic City Dempsey Carpentier fight drawing immense sums while many go hungry.
The Marquette Journal reports extensive road work in Houghton, Marquette, and Iron Mountain as counties and cities borrow funds and accept state contracts to accelerate projects. Officials aim to provide jobs for families, stabilize local economies, and spur broader industry activity, with praise for leaders directing these unemployment relief programs.
A reader recalls buying liberty bonds under rationing and warns that rates may fall soon. He suggests Congress may restore market value to par with new legislation if needed, urging patience to recover the investment.
The excerpt debates whether society should organize production by the individual or by a collective. It contrasts private ownership with shared results and asks which system best fits a new country.
A miscellaneous humorous column notes travel plans to Alaska, a local baseball game trouble, a Marquette trip, July Fourth committee change, election nods, Ford quote, and a movie lobby sign mischief with a Galveston flood pun.
Bill Dale leaves a broken engagement to seek coal riches in eastern Tennessee hills. He meets Ry Heck and the Morelands and Littlefords, rival mountain families guarding a deadly stake over land, secrets, and a buried grievance linked to Carlyle. Dale learns the town’s deadly history as John Moreland reveals David Moreland’s murder history and Carlyle’s painful past.
A quirky clipping notes a melted Bessemer businessman shouting in delight as the shade temperature shifts from 99 to 99 percent. The fragment hints at a dramatic moment amid industrial stakes and weather.
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