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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1938
Page
4
A local editorial urges Bessemer to join Gogebic range towns in Independence Day celebrations. The piece argues for hometown pride and child welfare, calling for organized sponsorship, parade, races, baseball, dance, and fireworks this year. It recalls a historic headline about a July Fourth celebration.
A 1913 Bessemer Fourth of July celebration featured a parade led by P. J. LeBlond and others, a mobile parade, a Cornish wrestling tournament, evening fireworks, and a town decor by Andrew F. Anderson and others. Winners included Anton Strelchek in multiple events. The event included music by the Bessemer Italian Band and various races, tug of war, and a baseball game.
An odd scene unfolds as a boss demands an office boy and asks about smoking. The boy declines smoking but accepts an ice cream cone, ending the encounter on a light, humorous note.
Lyle B. Watts of the Forest Service speaks at the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau meeting about replanting 30,000 acres yearly and turning nurseries at Watersmeet and Manistique into timber and tourist attractions. He cites the region’s natural resources, potential for independent livelihoods, and the need to develop recreational sites, roads, and stocked streams within funds and laws. Bessemer outlines a supervised youth recreation program for summer.
In a brain teaser a Chinese recruiting officer tests two natives who volunteer for war. When asked their ages they give 44 and 1280. The officer sees the first has subtracted one age from the other and the second has multiplied them. Determine the two ages.
Michigan police chiefs urge citizens and agencies to watch for Marihuana plants and inform authorities. Commissioner Oscar G. Olander notes federal cooperation since 1937 crimes and peddlers face severe sentences. Scouts and police warn about plant growth 3 to 16 feet, cigarettes selling for 15 cents, and potential profit of millions, urging public awareness and reporting sightings.
Court orders public notice for the estate of Michelle in Bessemer. It directs publication in the Bessemer Democrat for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing date, detailing the petition for distribution and appointment of administrators.
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