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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
5
Baseball game set with Ashland facing Bessemer at the Bessemer Ball Park tomorrow at 2 30. Town visitors include George Haller from Watersmeet Ek Le Grimes from Ironwood and M O Benscoe from Marenisco.
A roundup of town happenings notes business visitors from Watersmeet Marinette and Ironwood. Temple Theatre got two large electric fans installed this week. Several residents and visitors attended events and trips including fishing at Marentsco and visits from Hurley Ramsay and Detroit-bound travelers.
The local scene lists several movements including Frank McMian returning from Abbotsford Wis to resume past six months of switching. Bernard Holdorf leaves for Houghton to study at Michigan College of Mines. Charles Williamson back from Virginia Minn where he labors several months. Miss Tina Kallander returns from Marquette. Brady Sullivan and Durkee plan baseball games for the gth. John and Mrs John Pinkerton guests of Dr W J Pinkerton. August Peters heads to Superior for an Eagles convention. A locals Ashland clash at the ball park is billed for tomorrow with a chance at supremacy.
Walter Magoon, a Gogebic Lumber Co. partner from Marenisco, made a business visit Monday. Sandy Rund, back from the University of Michigan, returned Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bruss of Three Lakes Wis. and the Stallmans of Colby Wis. visited relatives this week. W. J. Davey departed for Virginia Minn. to become head chemist for Republic Iron & Steel Co. A Polish picnic is planned at the German shooting park with excursion trains from range towns tomorrow. Komnt
Miss Grace Harrington Nellie Berwald and Lillian Pascoe are among Marquette Normal School graduates this year. John Green returns from Mesaba range work to visit family. Miss Florence Davey plans to teach again in Eveleth. Francis Johnston returns home from Lexington military academy. Plus ad for Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets noting quick relief for various pains.
Dr. J. W. Whiteside travels to Chicago to purchase furnishings for the new Ironwood hospital. The facility is slated to open in the latter part of the coming summer.
E Forseth, from a major furnishings firm near Chicago, the Finch, Van Slyck & McConville Co. of St. Paul, called on his trade in town today signaling active business ties and regional market reach.
Miss Jenmie Pecard returned from Oshkosh Sunday morning where she has been at the state normal school the past year. She will teach at Iron Mountain the coming year.
Chase Osborne of the Son has been appointed Regent of the University of Michigan to succeed the late Peter White, a choice expected to give general satisfaction throughout the peninsula.
Dr. C G Shipman who built the Gogebic hospital here in 18385 has disposed of his hospital and other property at Ely Minnesota and plans to move to California with his family. Shipman was a pioneer of Bessemer and will be remembered by many old residents.
Linvea and Alabama Senator Johnston live in a beautiful Birmingham home set on sever acres. A fashionably dressed newcomer, who recently relocated to Birmingham, adds fresh local intrigue as the town remarks on her arrival and daily routines amid civic society. In a separate incident, AC and N. W. oretrain derailed in local yards Tuesday evening after an open switch. An engine worker repairing under the locomotive was scalded when hot water spurted from the cylinder cock, causing serious injuries.
Dr Gust O'Brien recently graduated with high honors from the University of Michigan medical department and will practice as assistant to Drs Mundajesky and Pinkerton at Gogebic Hospital. A home boy, he has studied four years to prepare for his medical career and will begin practicing in Bessemer this November.
Rev Prof Gustav Andreen of Augustana College and Theological Seminary Rock Island Ill will preach Sunday morning at 10 oclock. Rev A P Sater to preach farewell sermon tomorrow evening. Ladies to serve ice cream coffee and cake in the building recently occupied by H Selin on July 4. All invited.
Mrs Andrew Munthe and child from Two Harbors Minn visit relatives in town this week. Spring Fever, the after effect of winter, causes tired nerves and low spirits. Dr Shoop's Restorative is advertised as a quick tonic to revive vitality, appetite, digestion and energy, with a claim of noticeable relief within 48 hours. Frank B Jones endorses the remedy and urges trial.
Edgar Runing visited Bessem er Wednesday evening. O. P. Hoye was a Bessemer visitor Tuesday evening. Miss Selma Anderson visited in Bessemer over Sunday. Miss Viola Pratt of Watermeet was a visitor in town Wednesday. Misses Utley and Kilduff called on Bessemer friends Wednesday evening. The steamshovel started loading ore at the Brotherton mine on Tuesday. Miss Mildred Redell will leave tomorrow night for Detroit for several weeks. The local ball team defeated Kon Ton of Bessemer Wednesday 16 to 6. John Lahti had an arm broken at the Clark shaft of the Brotherton mine Tuesday. Miss McGinley left Tuesday evening for Detroit to study domestic science at Thomas Normal this summer. John Hill left Tuesday for Calumet to attend the Finnish-American Mining Co. annual meeting.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr the Harvard junior will begin work with United States Steel in the western Mesaba field under John Greenway a former Rough Rider and close family friend. He recently visited Gogebic County mines with mining men and plans to work in the iron mines after graduation.
An advertising note promotes Dr Shoop's Night Cure antiseptic suppositories as a remedy for weakness in women. It invites readers to request free guidance from Dr Shoop in Racine Wisconsin and to mail Book No 4 For Women, with sales handled by Frank B Jones.
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