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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1937
Page
3
This piece calls the summer driver a major pest, detailing dangerous road ego from demanding the center of the road to honking during delays. It warns heat induced driving: wear a string on the finger as a reminder to avoid rude, reckless behavior on busy highways.
Over ninety percent of forest fires are caused by carelessness that could be prevented with minimal effort. Every resident should act as a guardian of the woods. Personal responsibility is needed to stop the waste that repeats yearly. A moment of carelessness can ruin centuries of growth.
An official vacation warning urges calmness and luck to beat dangerous undertow near Great Lakes beaches. It cautions against drinking alcohol before boating, swimming, or fishing, noting liquor impairs judgment and safety. Stay alert for sudden emergencies and keep head clear.
A critique argues that Congress cannot curb immigration due to district population apportionment by total residents not voters. It claims deportation would erase multiple districts and many staff, leaving noncitizens with broad rights and little incentive to seek citizenship, as Congress lacks action.
A period-appropriate editorial warns vacationers away from risky water activities in Michigan lakes. It urges inexperienced boaters to avoid boats, emphasizes the need to swim, and cautions against canoeing in rough Great Lakes waters. It also stresses staying calm, avoiding cramps, and not entering heavy surf.
Prescott in Detroit Saturday Night recalls the old days of northern Michigan lumberjacks. It contrasts rough frontier life with modern comforts, celebrating two story bunks, river baths, and hard-edged camaraderie while noting shifts in work and culture over decades.
A Detroit to California car carrier telegram from Blair Nebraska reports misidentifying a shadow as a milk truck. The driver wired $50 to his home office after the incident. Clio Michigan Messenger.
A roundup of June 2 1932 notes from the Herald recounts graduates weddings travel and local developments. James Carpenter Edward Walkowaki Joseph Alaha Alois Mazanec and Martin Krakorec left for Sault Ste Marie for the Upper Peninsula Legion convention with Bessemer after the 1933 meeting. Donald MacFarlane graduates from University of Michigan Law School. Weddings include Margaret Lester and Paul V Miller Mildred Maki and Andrew A Luoma. Frank Abelman returns from Chicago after the Republican National Convention. The Upper Peninsula firemen tournament is set for Munising July 21 and will be a one day event due to low mood. Principal Ro A Norton leaves for Manistique and will not return next year. Rachel Jones Bertha Fischer Misesee depart for Evanston and Ann Arbor. Katherine Norton departs for Ewen after graduating with class of 1912. New county trunk road completes from Bessemer to Marenisco with inspection by county road commission and work advancing toward Watersmeet.
The Grand Rapids Chronicle sketches a grim cartoon of a house tumbling behind a Ford V-8 on the road. It notes even the pious and orderly can face misfortune, as a long familiar home ends in a trailer or gutter with a broken hitch.
The remark notes that a ten percent wage increase is followed by a fifteen percent rise in living costs, arguing that raises fail to keep pace with inflation and the true cost of living.
A closing note warns that if a policy of taking from the better to aid the poorer continues indefinitely, the result could be a future where no one has anything. The opinion emphasizes vigilance against perpetual redistribution eroding incentives.
Commencement exercises were held Wednesday evening at the high school auditorium with Fred Hirh of Chicago, editor of Billboard Magazine, delivering the address. Mabel Olson was salutatorian and George Jezek valedictorian among 29 seniors listed by name.
Eight teen members of the class at Bessemer High School spoke at a ceremony on Wednesday evening with addresses by F Ferris president of Ferris Institute. Graduates listed include Hilda Andersen Maurie Burt and Alfred James among others. Local attendance at the Roneling Bros circus and circus ticket counts are noted along with changes in church leadership and upcoming weddings and street projects.
State probate session held at the Probate Office in Bex City on May 26 before Judge M. E. Nolan. In the matter of the estate of Frank Stempthas, deceased, the court entered orders regarding the probate proceedings and estate administration.
The court orders creditors to present claims against the deceased by September 26, 1987 at 10:00 AM for examination and adjustment. Public notice will run in the Bessemer Herald for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing. W. B. Fauht, Register of Probate.
By writ of execution issued from the Gogebic County Circuit Court Joft J Nyström dba Bessemer Creamery sues against Oscar Anderson. The seizure covers the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 21 township 46 range 43 west. Sale at the east front door of the Bessemer Court House July 11 at 10 AM. Kenneth J. Macfarline Sheriff.
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