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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1925
Page
14
The piece criticizes excess in highway spending across the nation. It argues that many projects use two dollars where one would suffice and cites a state example where a heavy seven inch concrete structure doubled costs. It claims forty years of gravel plus a thicker cement layer would yield a cheaper, longer lasting road with more mileage.
President Coolidge writes foreword endorsing 10 000 copies of The Constitution of the United States by James M Beck for free distribution to public schools and libraries. He praises Beck as a legal authority and urges active public support for the Constitution as the safeguard of rights and liberty.
The Interstate Commerce Commission questions a 3 percent Pullman surcharge. The Senate passed a bill. a House committee reviews it. Debates on regulation versus rate setting pit the ICC and Congress against railways and the Pullman Company, highlighting the public interest in fair fares.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and others predict electricity will lower building costs by replacing riveters with arcs. The future skyscraper may use electric arc heating for the steel skeleton, reducing labor and material expense.
Decreased cost, greater strength and lighter materials favor the welded building method. Steel parts will be cut to pattern like a tailor, avoiding rivet hole alignment. Welding saves drilling costs and provides water, oil, or gas impervious joints. The welds are said to cost only three fourths of riveting.
Tony and Alfalfa stroll along W Lead Street discussing politics and a mayoral race. Tony frets about making enemies over opinions while Alfalfa stays playful and cites Andy Gump, ending with Tony unusually quiet for the night.
Tourists complain about new postal regulations set to take effect after April 15, including a 2 cent fee for mailing a post card. The change prompts public reaction as travelers adjust plans and budgeting for communications while traveling.
A miner returns home to find his wife missing after she is found to have ridden a midnight train to Duluth. A local man from the same neighborhood bought a ticket for Duluth, and state police are pursuing leads. The note includes unrelated jibe about birth notices.
A fragment describes a bizarre home brew method with hops bark shellac and soap, then jokes about chasing bullfrogs and using a grass hopper for kick. It ends by mocking boys in banhermen's shirts and their ability to recognize an oak tree when it falls.
A girl known to Gus is described as talking extremely much, likened humorously to being vaccinated with a phonograph needle.
Sandy and slushy sidewalks reflect early spring. Neighbor opinions on the upcoming election stir local debate. The gasoline scoot and a Rotary Club song about Bas hair capture light community happenings. First touches of spring fever bring renewed energy to daily life.
In circuit court a judge admonishes a defendant with a sharp remark about not wanting to see them before the judge again. A brief exchange mentions a claim about a homer and a police disbelief. The text includes unrelated remarks about attire and a short shirt.
A sharp jab targets the bill collector as the town opposes sending business away. The speaker condemns the gink who relocates commerce, calling him the real unpopular figure in the community.
The fragment hints at a verse about spring and cold, with initials BV and D’s playing a cryptic role. It reads like a puzzle line suggesting a hidden code in the rhyme. Further readable text is needed for a fuller card.
One year ago March 21 1924 Michael A Gedda was nominated for a third term by the Liberty party with no opposition. Edward G Pascoe was named by the Citizens party as mayoral candidate. Ramsay town hall expected ready by April 15 per township clerk Emil Leonard. A fire at Ironton destroyed the Pokela home owned by McKinney Steel Co. Rep John Holland returned from Flint to stay. Amelia Anderson returned from Ann Arbor after weeks of hospital treatment.
Twenty years ago on March 18 1906 the Citizens Party named Daniel P Green for mayor and Joseph Ochis for treasurer at its Thursday convention though the rest of the ticket remained incomplete. Dr J W Whiteside and Mrs Whiteside returned from Florida where she improved and would stay in Miami. Richard Francis a well known logging jobber and former resident died in Ontonagon of pneumonia after la grippe. Mesdames Morse Gray Cummins Rey and Mrs Erickson were ironwood visitors on Saturday. Albert Hoffman returned to Bessemer after nearly four years away.
A dialogue scene contrasts a youth bragging about burning the midnight oil to succeed with another youth admitting a late-night speeding indiscretion and the risk of getting pinched. The exchange highlights tension between ambition and rule breaking in urban life.
In Michigan the Probate Court at Bessem er held March 11 1925 before Judge Harry K Bay. Peter Wrobleski petitions to sell the estate of Joseph Sparapani. A hearing is set for April 10 1925 at 10 AM at the probate office. Public notice is required in the Bessemer Herald for three weeks prior to the hearing. Anne H Bay, Register of Probate.
Default on a June 8 1922 mortgage from Daniel Suanto to Kate Suanto was filed with Gogebic County Register of Deeds. The notice records the Michigan foreclosure action against the property as defined in libel Bight eight of mortgages on page.
The mortgage on Two Sixty Hight 268 in Bessemer, Gogebic County Michigan, shows due principal and interest totaling $1485.75 plus a $50 attorney fee. By the power of sale, on May 21, 1925 at 2 PM, at the East Front door of the Gogebic County Court House, the premises will be sold to pay the debt, interest at 7 percent, costs, and attorney fees. The property is the easterly 33 1/3 feet of Lot 12, Block 1 in West Bessemer, subject to mineral reservations. An order directs Anna Higes to appear in three months, file answer within 20 days after service, and publication of this order in the Bessemer Herald for six weeks, or have process served.
Court records show Clarence Higgs sues Anna Higgs in Gogebic County Circuit Court in Chancery on February 27 1925. Affidavits indicate Anna Higgs resides in Littell Washington and is not a Michigan resident.
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