I W W Agitators Active In Lake Superior Mines
Report describes I W W agitators sent from Butte Montana to urge united action and a general strike in the Lake Superior district. Bessemer meeting drew miners, with split sentiment on immediate strike. Iron River gathering voted against an immediate strike. Hayes urged strike but audience remained unpersuaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I W. W
Butte
Mont
Lake Superior
Bessemer
LW. W
Upper Peninsula
Iron River
Ed. Hayes
Finnth
Lake Supercer
Stalum Bine Ad
Hayes
Gogebic Farm Tour Highlights County Visit
Farmers toured six to eight dairy farms in Gogebic County visiting a modern farm home with running water and electric lights. A picnic lunch at the fairgrounds preceded a program with Senator W F Truettner and Miss Hutzel of Lansing. The afternoon visit included the county infirmary in Bessemer and ends at the St John and Bergeron farms to inspect Guernsey and Holstein herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Boon
Fairgrounds
W. F. Truettner
Miss Hutzel
Lansing
John C. Watson
Bessemer
Gugebic
Martens
John St. John
Rene Bergeron
Guernsey
Bessemer Welcomes New Coney Island Eatery
Bessemer opens its first Coney Island on Longyear Street opposite the First National Bank in the Mantyla tailor shop building. Proprietors Paul Becker and Conrad Velin invite all to try their lunches and sandwiches and pledge catering experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Coney Island
Longyear Street
First National Bank
Mantyla Tailorshop
Paul Becker
Conrad Velin
New Coney Island
Pay High Tribute To Teacher Who Leaves Bessemer
Miss Agatha IL Sulis principal of Washington school and supervisor of all Bessemer grade schools resigns and leaves Saturday night for an extended continental tour. She has served four years with distinguished ability and scrupulous fidelity, inspiring students and teachers alike. Her successor will find an orderly system. teachers present her a white gold ring as a token of esteem. She will tour Chicago Boston Digby Nova Scotia and California before returning next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agatha IL. Sulis
Washington
Bessemer
Board of Education
Miss Sulls
California
Bessemer School Board to Elect Two Trustees
Bessemer voters will elect two trustees for three year terms at the annual school election on July 9 at the new Washington school. Incumbents W. H. Knight and Arthur Lintelmann face departure with Knight not seeking re-election and Lintelmann undecided but likely to run. Alois A. Mazanec has announced candidacy. potential women candidates are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Washington
W. H. Knight
Arthur Lintelmann
Board of Education
Knight
Lintelmann
Alois A. Mazanec
Scouts Rally Tonight Plan Summer Camp
A main meeting and rally of all girl scouts leaders and parents will be at the high school Friday evening June 22 at eight o clock to discuss plans for the summer camp. Mr C Harries in charge of the Lake Galilee camp will speak and the Scout Council invites all interested persons to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Harries
Lake Galilee
Scout Council
Storm Cannot Halt 1923 Bessemer Commencement
Fifty two seniors received diplomas at Bessemer High School commencement held Wednesday evening despite threatening weather. Supt. Cobb presented diplomas as President Johnston was absent. Salutation by Ruth Holland and oration by Katherine Hart highlighted the ceremony with musical interludes by Calmetta Cobb Dayne Cummins and others. Daggey addressed the crowd on The Vocabulary of Success noting common errors in schemes promising success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer High School
A.D. Johnston
Board of Education
Supt. C. R. Cobb
Ruth Holland
Julia Bonovetz
Frances Bria
Constance Colossimo
Esther Carlson
Peter Cena
Calmetta Cobb
Doreen Corgrat
Mildred Cox
Bayne Cummins
Mary DeStanto
Isabel Ekman
Theodore Blowson
Dagmar Erickson
Warren Finnegan
Mathew Gardetto
William Hardy
Katherine Hart
Suzanne Jankoviak
Alice Johnson
August Johnson
Raymond Joschak
Marie Kondztela
Lillian Korpt
Bernard Koskey
Gust Luoma
Lillian Mannie
Walter McDonald
Kenneth MccFar- Line
Jennie Masnaghetti
Leo Massie
George Mazanec
Merwin Michaud
Charles Michela
Mary Murray
Catherine Nemacheck
Johanna Noldin
Ernest Paradis
Edith Peterson
Julia Peterson
Dela Probosky
Clybourne Sincock
Marion Swedeberg
Ruth Unkurst
Rich
Urges Bessemer Residents to Clean Chimneys Now
Henry Hoffman, fire warden, says Bessemer residents should have chimneys cleaned for next winter. Chimney sweepers are in the city this week and residents are urged to comply with regulations and act promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Henry Hoffman
Auxiliary meeting to enroll more Legion members
A meeting of the auxiliary unit to the Bessemer Legion post will be held in the Legion hall next Wednesday evening with more enrollments and outside speakers. Fourteen members joined at the first meeting. The week featured severe thunder storms with a 6 pm Tuesday storm causing damage to trees and buildings.
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Bessemer Legion
Legion Hall
Flag at Halfmast Honors Local Fire Secretary
The city hall flag was at half mast last Sunday in tribute to Thomas J. Flynn veteran secretary of the Upper Pentisuka Firemen’s Association who died at his Negame home last Saturday.
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Thomas J. Flynn
Upper
Pentisuka
Open Air Meetings Held by Salvation Army in Bessemer
The Salvation Army corps of Ironwood announced street meetings in Bessemer every Wednesday evening. The Army stated this plan here yesterday.
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Salvation Army Corps of
Ironwood
Bessemer
Aember
Army
Gas Till Station Opens on Sellar Street by Otto Olson
Otto Olson has set up a gas tilling station on Sellar Street inviting motorists to try the facility. It is not located on a street that blocks traffic and aims to serve local drivers.
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Otto B. Olson
Sellar Street
Olsom
Fire destroys shed on Longyear Street property
Fire Saturday destroyed a shed on Wahitbura property on Longyear Street. The fire department arrived and contained the blaze to the shed area with damage estimated to be limited to the structure.
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Wahitbura
Longyear Street
Gre
Local 40 et 8 Initiation Highlights Ironwood Meeting
Several members attended a county venture meeting in Ironwood last night where three newcomers were initiated into the society. Another large initiation is planned in Bessemer during the Fourth of July celebration.
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40 Et 8
Ironwood
Bessemer
Wolf Lodge Camp Named After Forest Encounter
Local insurance agent Adolph J. Gedda and partner Steve Re named their new Lake Gogebic summer cottage Wolf Lodge after a timber wolf approached their camp during construction. The curious visit inspired the memorable title recalling the forest encounter.
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Lake Gogebic
Adolph J. Gedda
Steve Re
O. K
Mr. Gedda
Township eighth grade diplomas awarded at Washington School
Walter F. Truettner and Rev. Axel Pearson addressed the audience at the second annual township eighth grade commencement at the Washington school building. The program included multiple songs, orations, essays, declamations, and a commencement address on a complete education by Rev. Axel Pearson.
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Walter F. Truettner
Axel Pearson
Ironwood
Washington School
Issay
Blanche Gagnon
Lawrence Monti
Michigan
Leonard Ahnen
Gogebic County
Central Girls’ Glee Club
Ironwood Township
Sylvia
Jennie Miljevich
Alver Carlborna
Cletha Ford
Marenisco Girls’ Glee Club
Lincoln
Matt Koivisto
Margaret Petterson
Erwin Township
John C. Watson
C. R. Cobb
County Board of School
America
Untouched $100 Left After Gas Agent Robbery
Local police and the Iron County sheriff hunt a Wakeflett man suspected in stealing about $25 and a silver watch from Hod Morrell, a gas station operator on Longyear Street. Morrell’s coat pocket held over $100 for Standard Oil untouched. The suspect, seen intoxicated near Morrell’s rooms, worked a painting job in Besemer Movidey and later rode a street car to Hurley. He has a gambler’s reputation in the area.
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Hod Morrell
Pence
Iron County
Morrell
Longyear Street
Standard Ol Company
Wakeflett
Besemer Movidey
Hurley
Upper Michigan Knights and Sisters Con vention Opens
Escanaba and Pythian groups from more than thirty Upper Michigan cities attend the nineteenth annual convention which opened here on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Escanaba
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Upper Michigan
Common Council Considers Bids on Waste Haulage and Vehicles
The common council weighed bids for garbage hauling and for a work wagon and one ton truck. Bidders included Wiliam Toyala, Charles Yelmint, Stephen A McDonald for hauling. Otto B Olson and others for wagons. several for trucks. A committee was formed to review contracts and report.
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Wiliam Toyala
Charles Yelmint
Stephen A McDonald
Akermen Cummins
Wydeth
Velin
Baird
Otto B. Olson
Weber
McKinnon
Stoughton
Fred Otto
Deare
Herman Weiss
Graham
Pecard
Republic
Buick
Lipke
Neault
Chevrolet
Olds
Universal Auto Co
Ford
Alderman Velin
William Peters
Legion
Dontch
Welin
Juhnson
Gadlewski
Local sportsmen receive brook trout fry quota
Bessemer sportsmen were to receive four ten gallon cans full of brook trout fry this afternoon as part of a government fisheries program. A messenger would arrive via the Northwestern at 2 06 p m with the fry and they would be released into nearby streams.
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Bessemer
City bids called for 10185 feet of sidewalks in Bessemer
City Clerk William L. Guyer seeks bids for 10185 feet of concrete sidewalks to be built in Bessemer this summer. Plans and specs are on file at the clerk’s office and bids open at the July 2 council meeting. A six percent certified check is required with bid and bond within five days if awarded. Construction runs along multiple street segments including Longscar, Sellar, Sophie, Silver, and Case streets.
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William L. Guyer
Bessemer
Longscar Street
Beecher
Peck
Sellar
Peoh
Johnson
Sophie
Silver
Gold Streets
Silver Street
Case
Slver Street
Clayberg
Case Street
Hibbing
Iron River Transit May Suspend Bus Service
Heavy taxes on motor busses threaten suspension of service by Iron River Transportation Co. which runs a lime between Iroma Mountain and Irom River, potentially affecting regional transport.
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Iron River Transportation Company
Iroma Mountain
Irom River
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City
U.P
Fair Grounds
Ando Lintelmann
Daggey
Bessemerites
Legion Books
Europe
Henry Aller
Henry Allen
Kenses
Hag East Relief
Magnty Bopeful
Common Council
Cummins
James Boggtio
Jacor Anderson
Nestor Erickson
Hans Lippola
Jas. Mattella
Eae
Leach-Wallin
Amanda Skerbeck
Miss Skerbeck
Mr. Skerbeck
Ith
Mellen
Ashland
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