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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1963
Page
2
Entry includes May 26 1900 post office matter for Bessemer Michigan and circulation rates. The text discusses employment wages and productivity, noting wage-hour laws could render employment unprofitable and asserting productivity determines earning power. The fragment ends mid-sentence.
A sociologist studied two Midwestern railroad towns. One grew to about 12,000, the other faded to around 1,000. The key difference was community minded volunteers who invested time and energy to build the town. Without new blood and active citizens, commerce and growth stall.
Sports notes show Picket and Axe winter hangings delight skiers who hail Bessemers as the Sun Valley of the North. Speed Boys reach Class C district finals after strong wins. Mt. Baldy area enjoys its best season as Catholic grade school tourney plans grow in Bessemer. Notables include Kangas 623 and Prost 614 in bowling, and Maccani’s grandson delivering a notable cheering voice.
Last week in frigid 40 below weather Frank Semmerling Joe and Jim Halama hunted rabbits north of Bessemer at Joe’s camp. Two snowshoe rabbits dragged a cottontail along a runway. Frank and Joe speculated the cottontail was frozen and being started. A separate tale recounts Herman Corda’s hiking trip from Bessemer to Wakefield Ontonagon and back, ending with a ride from a butcher’s car. Shiek Milewski watches and joins youngsters on a flying saucer run, ending in a tree. A column notes Washington bureaucratic jargon freshened in the New York Times.
Obituary items and notices chronicle local deaths including Anton Siomkoski age 91 in Weé u sGa Rus, Ernest Taivitie from Summers Arkansas, and Berntine Bjork of Puritan. The column records family moves, military enlistments, school staff changes, local sports titles, and community events across Bessemer and surrounding towns.
The Ramsay bridge under construction suffered a midnight blaze causing an estimated loss over 1000 dollars. Community events include a four week Ziggity tournament starting March 13 and a plan for an Easter Monday Firemen’s event. Local meetings consider eastern standard time in Gogebic County and a new six room school building with estimated cost 45000. Parish notes mention Rev Herman Matera and social happenings include marriages births and employment changes.
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