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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1921
Page
2
A sequence of short notices lists residents leaving for Milwaukee Marquette Ashland and other Wisconsin and Michigan locales for extended visits summer school and family stays. Names include Lula Proctor Lina Links Minerva Lobb Cecil Lobb Sima Jose Gertrude Skarvi Edward Cohen Emma Rizzi and many others with destinations such as Minneapolis Chicago Madison Ann Arbor Marinette Hibbing and Tulsa.
Vintage kitchen notes describe cottage cheese as a versatile ingredient for open sandwiches stuffed with fruit such as dates and cherries. The guide explains cheese balls rolled in nuts, dates prepared with walnuts, and a cream cheese from grated cheese melted with sweet cream. It also offers a cauliflower with cheese dish using cream sauce and paprika, plus variations with turnip and cabbage.
Coated tongue, bad breath, headaches, pimples, and bad blood are nature’s danger signals. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea removes the cause by carrying off poisons from the liver, kidneys, and bowels. Endorsed by women everywhere. Sold at Bessemer Pharmacy.
In memory of Polly, mother of two hundred pigs, a tombstone inscription found in Worsley near Manchester, England, honors a swine matriarch. The epitaph notes Polly’s prolific brood and memorializes her as worthy of public remembrance.
A terse promotional verse urges showing tangible results to win acclaim. It emphasizes avoiding denigration of rivals, boosting one’s own claims through demonstrable deeds, and disseminating proof rather than empty boasting. The message links success to reliable performance and visible merit.
County agent explains arsenate of lead spraying to control the Colorado potato beetle with lead arsenate, soap, and water, noting advantages over Paris green and steps for two spring generations plus cautions on poisoning. A home mix uses Paris green or white arsenic with bran mash for grasshoppers and a poison mash recipe with molasses, orange, and purple dye.
Scouts of St Pauls Episcopal church printed for a recent affair and earned praise as the work would rival professional printers. Printing is a merit badge for first class scouts. In 1919 two hundred scouts qualified for the badge, compared with eight in 1918 and sixty two in 1917, as many troops now print their own small scout publications. The piece notes how these practical stunts may seed future printers.
The Huntington chamber of commerce declared a city wide safety campaign to curb carelessness in accident prevention and sanitation. Local Boy Scouts of America will direct the effort with participation from every civic organization, paired with a city clean up drive by the same groups.
A display by India fakirs shows cooking eggs with a leather boot tongue and four string pieces. The egg is swung in a sling at high speed to cook unseen, with timing unclocked as the artist talks to the crowd. If a customer asks for the egg soft again, a spoken cue restores it.
The Fort Dearborn Independent notes that peat has long been used in Europe with growing commercial success. Sweden leads progress with peat powder burned as locomotive fuel, government peat plants, and favorable coal comparisons. Canada also develops peat preparation for fuel as a business, while Europe consumes 15 to 20 million tons yearly per the U S Bureau of Mines.
Louis R. Sullivan of the American Museum of Natural History reports measuring 2000 Hawaiian natives to map racial relationships with Chinese Japanese Malay and American Indian Eskimo stocks. He notes European and Australian aboriginal blood, seeks data in Samoa and beyond, with results to be published. the piece condemns justice as blind and deaf.
The annual school election for Bes semer Township School District will be held at the Township hall at Ramsay on Monday July 11 1921 for the election of two trustees for a term of three years and for other business. Polls open 3 pm to 5 pm. Ramsay Michigan dated June 20 1921. J S Rummage Sec.
Draying and Transfer Service offers long haul moving day or night with two trucks and one team. Orders phoned to 193W will be promptly taken care of. Wm. Popps Box 755 Bessemer.
Short wood for sale hardwood four dollars per cord soft wood two twenty five per cord outside Ramsay twenty five cents more. Leave orders at Brami's Store Ram say Carl Sjoman. Girl wanted for general housework to go home nights preferred. Apply Mrs Geo Koronsky. Six forty seven two t
House for rent at low price. Contact S. Simon by phone 108 for details. Listing appears in the classified section with date code 6-14-tf.
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