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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
4
A collage notes random anecdotes from the New York scene, including a Sulzer phone bill incident, a partygoer mishearing, beef consumption comparisons across nations, a Vinod offer, and a glimpse of Republican caucuses in Bessemer Michigan with ward delegate counts and meeting times.
The city of Bessemer announces its annual city election on Monday April 7 1902. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. at ward locations including Combo building Moore street Gage Hotel Sophie street and designated ward offices. Officers to be elected include Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer and Justice of the Peace along with ward officers and a Board of Public Works referendum.
A dated advice column cites Cobwebs and Bucklen’s Amica Salve as a universal healer for cuts, ulcers, sores, burns and skin eruptions, offering a cheap treatment at D. MacFarlane’s drug store. It also contrasts Senator Haley’s preference for self care with reliance on doctors. Emperor Francis Joseph’s hunting feats and mountaineering in Tyrol are described.
De Witts Witch Hazel Salve touted as cure for piles removing need for dangerous operations. Ad promotes its effectiveness on scalds cuts burns wounds sores and skin diseases and warns against counterfeit products. Also mentions Maldive Islands expedition led by Prof Alexander Agassiz at Harvard with W M Woodworth assisting to collect coral samples.
Ex Speaker Reed quips that sympathy is out of style as he rides uptown in a New York street car past his corner. The conductor, the only one who seems to recognize him, apologizes for the mistake while Reed adds the line that sympathy now exists only in the dictionary.
The passage presents Ann Whitall, a Quakeress from revolutionary times, described as earnest and devout, who kept a diary of "meditations." She viewed consistent melancholy as her ideal, noting she would rather be fixed in sorrow than laugh or smile and resents others' lighthearted prattle.
The Prussian government sank a borehole at Parnedrowiltz near Ratibor in Silesia to 2,003.34 meters with diameter narrowing from 0.092 to 0.069 meters. The upper section is cased and temperature readings taken every 31 meters show a 34.1 meter rise per degree Celsius on average. A historical note recalls Friar Bacon in 1273 predicting widespread flying and Bishop Wilkins in 1652 remarking travel by boots as common.
The advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a safe gentle laxative that keeps the liver and bowels in good condition to prevent biliousness and eruptions. C. S. Hooper of Albany Ga. testifies they cured his biliousness and left him feeling better than years.
Notice to customers that beginning with April pay days all accounts must be settled in full and no account will run longer than 30 days. The firm cites honesty and integrity with the commercial world and promises larger stocks, better goods, and lower prices for prompt payments. Signed by multiple business names including L H Truerrier and partners.
Public notice informs electors of Bessemer that the Boards of Registration will meet Saturday April 5 1902 at 8 am to 8 pm in First Ward Council Room City Hall and Third Ward Gazes Hotel to register qualified voters. Also includes a cough remedy advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar from C Lofroth & Co.
An offered travel opportunity by private car in February at season low rate. Route runs from Milwaukee via Louisville Mammoth Cave Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta Jacksonville with return through Savannah Charleston and Washington. For details contact J M Purner Special Agent Wisconsin Central Ry Milwaukee.
A. J. Nusbaum of Batesville Ind describes three months of severe cold. A druggist prepared medicine and a physician prescribed remedies, but no improvement. He then tried Foley's Honey and Tar and after eight doses was cured. Refuse substitutes. Sold by C. Lofroth & Co.
Writ of fieri facias in Gogebic County directs Peter L Ramquist goods and real estate be levied. The sheriff will expose multiple Bessemer Ironwood parcels to public auction May 19 at ten in the forenoon at the court front door in Bessemer.
Public notice of One Minute Cough Cure claiming rapid cure for coughs colds croup grip and bronchitis. It asserts mucous softening and inflammation relief with safety and instant action, citing Justice J Q Hood Crosby Mississippi and a testimonial about improved breathing after the first dose.
In Gogebic county Michigan a chancery suit Felix Laviolatte against Annie Gautier Laviolatte requires appearance within four months with publication orders in the Bessemer Herald. Another chancery case Josephine Mo Abbott versus Henry Abbott requires appearance within ten months with publication or personal service and court commissioner notices in Gogebic county.
Central office notes a February 1 change in trains serving Wisconsin cities. Train A leaves Hessemer at 9 39 p m for Ashland. Train MA departs Roscommon at 2 06 p m for Minneapolis Milwaukee and Chicago. Train 906 arrives Bessemer at 9 15 p m. Train We at 11 18 p m and Train M8 at 4 55 p m. L CUMMINS, Agent.
North Western time table lists multiple daily passenger and way freight trains to Saxon copper country. Services include Nos 13 2 19 21 23 18 22 24 26 28 and 4 with varied daily or sun excluded schedules, ending around 11 p m.
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