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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1902
Page
5
A Macomb Illinois man promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure with his wife as a testimonial. He says after using several bottles she gained permanent relief from severe stomach trouble and could eat normally without dieting. The ad asserts the product digests all foods.
The University of Michigan receives twenty acres from Hon. Dexter M. Ferry, increasing the athletic grounds to thirty acres and rebranding the field as Dexter M. Ferry Athletic Field, commonly Ferry Field. Indoor meet records fall as Kellogg, Snow, Miller, and Robinson set new marks. The mechanical engineers plan a spring excursion to Niagara to Pittsburgh with costs under sixty dollars. Rocky Mountain tea advertised for spring tiredness at 45 cents.
Mining Journal reports eight to ten North Western road surveyors at Mass City from Watersmeet. A Mass City connection to the Copper Range railway is now expected this summer or fall. Copper Range prepares to extend to Calumet, boosting traffic. four roads may meet at Mass City, creating a key junction. C J Johnson is ready to start Copper Range work once orders come.
The legislature passed an amendment requiring ballots to be perforated in the right hand upper corner and numbered. The voter’s ballot number must match the inspector’s listed number when exiting the booth. The perforated corner is torn before deposit to prevent outside booth use. It takes effect at the spring election.
The dining car division of the D S S A railway will move its headquarters from St. Ignace to Sault Ste. Marie. New sleepers under construction will come under this department, with G H Campbell appointed to head the department at the new location.
The west line shaft on the Old Colby property reaches about 300 feet with steady sinking progress. Hoisting rock from greater depth slows work, boiler house debris from the Federal is hauled to the new shaft for building use, and dismantled shaft houses are moved to the new workings. Completion is expected around June 1.
Indications point to an early opening of navigation with ships reaching the Sea from lower lake ports in the first part of the coming week if weather holds. This would mark the earliest opening since 1878 when St. Marys River saw a boat pass March 16 and locks first opened April 8.
The Third Infantry appointments by Colonel Robert J. Bates take effect. Daniel J. McDonald will become captain and commissary for Company K Cheboygan, replacing C. H. Chapman. Rev. Charles S. Hanks of Owosso becomes captain and chaplain, replacing J. P. deB. Kaye. Joseph J. Carscadden of Flint advances to first lieutenant and battalion adjutant, replacing Lt. McKee. Carscadden joins the first battalion under Major James S. Parker.
Franklin B. Wiley offers practical advice from the Ladies' Home Journal on manuscript preparation. Use sturdy white paper with black ink, avoid flimsy or mixed sizes, and maintain a wide line spacing and margins. Write clearly with a vertical hand, single-sided pages, and keep an inch margin on all sides.
The piece argues that bulk coffee cannot guarantee uniform flavor or strength and notes that even sealed Lion Coffee may differ from previously bought lots. It emphasizes bulk purchases often vary and that sealed packaging does not ensure absolute purity or freshness.
Lehigh Manufacturing announces a bargain lace curtain sale after a buyer’s market trip. Prices advertised range from $1 to $5 per pair, described as the greatest bargains ever offered.
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