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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1932
Page
14
A column shares Dr William J Scholes recounting a car service analogy for health. He describes taking his body for an annual overhaul after 43 years of use, noting a doctor’s exam, extractions, and lifestyle changes. He plans yearly checkups to extend both his life and his car’s.
University of Michigan study shows department stores earned net losses in 1931 with 2.8 percent negative margins. Gloves hosiery corsets and brassieres top profit areas. 18 of 46 departments profitable, eight in women’s clothing. Prices fell 14.5 percent from 1930 and stock shortages rose to new highs.
Township officials appoint registration and election board members for 1st and 2nd precincts. Census enumerators J S Gilbert and Anna Green receive $80 each. Dinner duties assigned to Julia Johnson and Tom Trevarthen. Budget actions and welfare reimbursement discussed with April receipts totaling 149.65. Annual meeting minutes approved and financial report for 1931 32 filed. Expenditures listed with totals and motions to authorize building and land actions. Meeting adjourned.
Data from the Educational Division of the Department of Conservation shows hunter success varies by region in Michigan. Southern partridge hunters averaged 1.5 birds per person, pheasant areas averaged 1.3, while upper peninsula rabbit hunters led with 17 per hunter. Deer hunters statewide averaged 0.67 deer per hunter.
A Georgia statesman recounts an aged Negro seeing an ophthalmometer in an optician's shop. He asks what it is and the optician explains. The man replies in astonishment and leaves, confirming the device's mysterious appearance. The piece also lists licenses reporting various wildlife counts including rabbits and trout fishermen.
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