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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1902
Page
8
Charles Schwab president of United States Steel earns 225,000 a year, heading the world’s pay roll. The New York Herald notes the sum surpasses pay in other great corporations and nearly doubles France’s president, yet argues the vast steel empire justifies the compensation.
The Washington Star argues against Senator Tillman’s stance, asserting that national prosperity rests on a balanced policy of protection and free trade. It warns that eliminating protection would cripple domestic industry, leave South Carolina cotton in servitude to English manufacturers, and halt American industrial growth.
The plow, among the oldest and simplest tools, appears in Egyptian hieroglyphics over 4,000 years old. By 1000 B C a Greek historian described it as a beam a share and handles.
A historical advertisement extols Vinol as a cure all for Grippe and related weakness. It claims Vinol strengthens, builds blood, and prevents pneumonia, citing a testimonial from Mrs F C Derry of Middletown Conn. It also promises refunds to unsatisfied customers.
The New York Press explains shanghaiing as making someone insensible and shipped aboard a ship by brokers seeking advance money. It adds the term Changhaied from Li Hung Chang as a colorful parallel and urges lexicographers to note the usage.
The piece notes that unfastened gloves, worn to cool wrists, cause chappered wrists in cold weather. It contrasts fashion followers with those who ignore trends, quoting the New York Evening Sun about wrist chapping and the return to fastening gloves when warm weather ends.
A vintage advertisement claims nagging women suffer happiness in the home and notes symptoms like loss of appetite headache sleeplessness and fainting. It promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy used by thousands for female and nervous troubles backache and weak kidneys with a satisfaction guarantee.
A tale from Majuba Hill recalls General Sir Ian Hamilton losing his spectacles as a subaltern. A Boer found them and kept the case for twenty years before they were recovered this year from a dead Boer and returned to Hamilton.
Parisians discuss Grand Duke Vladimir’s claimed cure for a cold. He reportedly told a visitor he would ride on top of a tram car to treat his illness, calling it his unfailing remedy, though doubt remains about widespread adoption.
Java coffee production is falling as government shifts away from cultivation due to slim profits. In the near future private planters will control the crop, and many estates have already been converted to tea farming.
Rudyard Kipling enjoys recounting a self deprecating tale as he recalls meeting a young woman who sobbed and asked if he was missing something or if she was upset. She tearfully whispered that she thought he looked tall and lean.
Gibraltar correspondent reports a formal ceremony as the drum and fire band parade to the convent, pick up the keys from a sergeant, who then follows the band with an officer escort. They march to Casemate square where gates to Spain are sealed and drummers retreat on the firing.
A description of the Czar's kitchen in St Petersburg praising its magnificence. Walls and ceiling use black marble and ornaments. kitchen pots and pans once owned by Empress Catherine are solid gold. The staff rivals the overall grandeur with a head chef earning a princely salary supported by about 70 assistants.
An old advertisement proclaims De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures piles without surgery and treats scalds cuts burns wounds bruises sores and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeit products.
Notice to Bessemer electors lists five ward locations for registration on Saturday April 5 1902 from eight in the morning to eight in the evening. The city clerk Torsten Eagen dated March 10 1962 administers the session details and qualifications.
Real estate agent J R Holly of Macomb Illinois reports his wife suffered chronic stomach trouble until using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. After several remedies failed she could eat normally and is entirely cured. The ad promises digestion of any food without dieting.
An old advertisement warns that pneumonia follows a cold unless Foley's Honey and Tar is used while claiming the product stops coughing strengthens lungs and provides security from pneumonia. It urges refusing substitutes and notes sales by C. Lofroth & Co.
A note from Vie Scientifique describes a fountain pen made from pine needles bound with wire near the point. The needles act as ink channels as lilac branches hold the nib, showing only the tips. Capillary action fills the space, enabling immediate writing with a twenty lag capacity.
CURED coughs colds bronchitis asthma and croup hoarseness and bronchial troubles. Claims pneumonia laurippe cure sold by Foley's product line.
Notice to electors of Bessemer Michigan that the annual city election will be held Monday April 7 1902 at Harrington building Sophie street. Officers to be elected include Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer Justice of the Peace and ward officers. Also a Board of Public Works abolition proposition to be voted. Polls open 7 am close 3 pm. March 1902. COUGH SETTLED ON HER LUNGS. "My daughter had a terrible cough..." Foley's Honey and Tar cured her. Refuse substitutes. Sold by C Lofroth & Co.
A chance to travel to Florida during February in a private car at the season’s lowest rate, traveling via Louisville Mammoth Cave Nashville Chattanooga and Atlanta to Jacksonville and returning via Savannah Charleston and Washington with visits to key points. For details contact J. M. Turner Special Agent Wis. Cent. Ry. 400 East Water St Milwaukee Wis.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Tad relates a three month severe cold. A druggist and physician failed to help. He tried Foley's Hovey and Tar and eight doses cured him. Refuse substitutes. Sold by C. Lofroth & Co.
An old advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast, safe remedy for coughs colds croup grip bron chitis and throat and lung troubles. It claims to soften liquify mucous draw out inflammation and remove the disease cause citing Justice J Q Hood of Crosby Mississippi and a testimonial about relief after the first dose.
A warning that neglecting a cold can lead to pneumonia and weakened lungs. The ad claims Foley's Honey and Tar will stop the cough heal and strengthen the lungs and prevent pneumonia. Sold by C. Lofroth & Co.
In Gogebic County circuit court cases, defendants Annie Gautier Laviolatte and Henry Abbott reside outside Michigan. Orders require appearance within four months, filing answers within twenty days after service, and publication or personal service six weeks in the Bessemer Herald and related notices. Complainants' solicitors are Belmont Waples and Curtis Buck.
The Wisconsin Central Railway schedules trains daily starting February 1900. Train 907 departs Beesemer at 8:45 a.m. for Milwaukee Chicago and Minneapolis. Train 301 departs Beesemer at 2:05 p.m. to Ashland. Train 305 departs Beesemer at 7:06 p.m. to Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago. Train 306 arrives Beesemer at 8:15 m. Train 302 arrives Beesemer at 11:15 a.m.. Train 308 arrives Beesemer at 4:55 p.m. Il L Cummins, Agent.
North Western timetable lists north bound services including No 13 at 5 34 am Scoot Passenger No 15 814 am No 19 220 pm No 21 804 pm No 23 913 pm No 55 1000 am way freight No 18 703 am No 22 220 pm No 24 220 pm No 26 900 pm No 28 1100 pm No 4 300 pm way ex sun
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