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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR note lists people such as George Duynee and Mrs Frank D Linder with ties to Bessemer Ogema Chicago and P. L. Ramauiys. It reads as a visitor/travel snippet mentioning Mrs Linder visiting her parents and various individuals in transit.
Me and Mrs 5 G Campbell gord daughter Hagel were Chicago visitors during the week.
Hon. S. S. Curry returns from western Colorado and Utah. Ironwood and Duluth high school baseball teams will play ball at Ironwood park this afternoon. El J Shaylur, Spaulding Hardware Co. Wakefield manager, visited the Herald office on Monday.
Corrigan McKinney and Company begin sinking at No 3 shaft of the Ironton mine on the city’s western edge. The Dixie Jubilee Singers set an engagement at the Ironwood Presbyterian Church next Thursday evening May 8.
George H. Strong left for the Pacific coast the first of the week to visit mining properties he is interested in out there.
Mike Grupsec, a millwright at the Tilden mine, cut his foot with an oz while at work Friday of last week. The injury will likely lay him up for some time.
Ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a genuine family remedy made only by the Madison Medicine Co. Priced at 35 cents. Urges readers to ask their druggist for the authentic product.
The Michigan Telephone Company has supplied their subscribers with a new finding list this week. The list is printed in book form and is very neatly gotten up. The company now has 99 phones in use in the city.
A four foot cut east of the Yale mine aims to create a grade so loaded cars from the shaft can be dropped to the main spur. G McGeehan of Hurley has a contract for sealing the galing.
Miss Nellie Berwald celebrated her fourteenth birthday anniversary at her parents home on Saturday April 26. Guests included Hazel Campbell Leda Otto Jennie Pecard Manda Backon Georgia Breiner Cora Meagher Zita Johnston Lillian Lugweil Mamie Gerhardt and Remona Rupp in a pleasant afternoon gathering.
While Dr Seward Webb toured the Far West Vermont friends urged him to seek governor’s nomination. He visited ex Senator William Evarts Rays at his farm in Vermont where a hot noon luncheon featured a spiced ham. Evarts joked about the Magazine requesting a contribution from his pen and Webb offered the ham slice.
Citizens on the Rand expect a massive industrial expansion within five years with production potentially rising to over 20 million dollars annually. They anticipate a particle jet era and note the region’s natural resources and development plans support rapid growth, though some doubt remains.
Omart 030 Negre Burns and wounds fail to heal if neglected. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve prevents such consequences and even cures aggravated injuries. A claimant from Yankeetown Indiana reports a running leg sore lasting thirty years was healed after using the salve. Beware of counterfeits.
The secret remedy heals inflamed throats and lungs by alleviating pain and mucus while enriching the blood with oxygen. It treats hard colds and stubborn coughs, claimed to be infallible for throat and lung ailments. Guaranteed bottles cost $1.00 with trial bottles free at D MacFarlane's.
Adlai Stevenson used a constitutional privilege to break a Senate tie near the end of his term. With no yeas or nays cast, the presiding officer announced a tie and Stevenson cast the deciding vote. Senators Hoar and Harris sought distraction as the moment passed.
A London magazine columnist recounts Lahinch in the west of Ireland, noting its rise as a tourist hub. A primitive public bath in a cottage featured a sea water shower via a ceiling pipe, halted when a fisherman owner offered a westward move for full benefit. The anecdote hints Lahinch’s dramatic development since.
The directorate in charge of antiquities experiments with electric light and plans to illuminate inner passages and catacombs of the pyramids at Thebes. The project aims to attract tourists and allow access to Pharaoh tombs, especially aiding women who fear interior darkness.
A New York Press report describes tenement tea drinkings where settlement workers invite a poor woman to host a party. Hosts clean, light a fire, and boil tea while workers provide tea, cakes, cups, and guests. Pretty girls perform to aid the event.
The name Methuen traces to Methven in Strathmore Perthshire and was long owned by the senior family branch. Lord Methuen’s patronymic should be pronounced Methuen or Mevon, not Meth-yoe-en or Meth-oo-en as commonly heard.
An old advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Cure for healthy kidneys and cleansing the blood. It claims to strengthen the whole system and cure forms of kidney and bladder diseases.
In a Baltimore Sun fragment, two colored passengers on a streetcar exchange confessions and defend salvation views. One proclaims that what will be, will surely be, while the other scoffs at premeditation, reflecting a lively postwar religious conversation observed by bystanders.
A misprinted relic of the past recounts Mrs. Roosevelt ordering four large hair mattresses for children. Delivery proved impossible via the basement door at the White House, prompting onlookers to witness workers lugging items through the hallway and prompting jokes about the President’s Palace.
Alfred Heinze of Quincy testifies that JT has used De Witt’s Little Early Risers for constipation and torpid liver and they are all right. He endorses the product as a good thing worth sharing with others, noting the reader should let others know about it.
The paper notes engineering estimates that the population of the United States and its dependencies exceeds four million inhabitants. It compares figures for the Philippines at about seven million, Porto Rico around 963 thousand, and Hawaii with roughly 154 thousand inhabitants.
If you make inquiry it will be a revelation how many suffer kidney or bladder troubles in various forms. If medical aid is still possible Foley's Kidney Cure will help and never disappoint.
Mary A. Williams petitions for administration of the estate with hearing set for May 1 1902 at 10 o clock in the fore noon at the probate office Bessemer. Next of kin and interested parties must appear and show cause why the prayer should not be granted. Notice to be published in the Hessemer Herald for three weeks prior to the hearing. Curtis Buck judge of probate.
In Gogebic County Michigan the Probate Court at Bessemer fixed May 12 1902 for the hearing on Edward Kailander petition in the Martin Kallander estate. Heirs and interested parties must appear and show cause if any why the petition should not be granted. Notice to be published in the Bessemer Herald for three weeks prior.
In Chancery Natilini Inilici v John Combo and Louise Combo suit in Gogebic Circuit Court at Bessemer. Defendants not residents, residence unknown. They must appear and file answer within twenty days of service or bill will be confessed. Notice to publish in the Bes semer Herald weekly for six weeks or serve copy personally at least twenty days before appearance. Dated April 25 1902. Circuit Judge Norman W. Staine. Solicitor S S Cooper. Register A D Johnston. First pub May 26 last June 7.
A compact digest of a brief local notice from an era of clipped lines and partial text. The readable fragments imply a community alert or archival snippet with minimal details and likely places and initials referenced in a routinized public notice style.
Fragmented rail timetable details list daily and ex Sunday connections to Saxon copper country at Saxon and other stations. Includes numbers for No. 3, No. 15, No. 19, No. 23, No. 55, No. 18, No. 24, No. 26, No. 28 and various daily or Sunday-exceptions with times such as 8 04 p m and 9 30 p m.
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