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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
13
Local column lists visitors from Ironwood and Hurley, a circuit court influx, photographer Chaney on Sophie street, and upcoming events. Mentions Miss Olcott, Mrs. Norris, Miss Brown, and Richards Pringle's Minstrels with reserved seats at MacFarlane's. Also notes labor day plans and a fire department correction.
Miss MacInnis and Miss Hopkins will supervise a sale of cut flowers for commencement at the High School building on Friday June 13. Orders may be placed at any time and will be filled on that day.
A Herald correction states S Sax will not occupy the corner saloon. An entirely new 26 by 60 foot building with plate glass front will be erected on the corner and rented by L Sax for a saloon. The Sax property will include six Sophie street store buildings with current tenants like Mrs McIntyre’s restaurant and Johnson Peterson’s saloon. The project, contracted to Gerhardt and Berwald, aims to improve the corner’s appearance.
The article notes a one dollar per ton coal price rise in New York due to a miners strike, suggesting mine owners could profit from recurring strikes while wages are not paid. It also covers local social events and a funeral procession, detailing attendees, the minstrelsy show, and the use of a special Pullman train for the burial transport.
The Chicago and Northwestern railway will begin laying heavier rails from Hurley to Ashland and replace culverts, upgrading the single track to handle current immense traffic. Rumors of double tracking persist for the future, but the present plan focuses on substantial improvements.
Advertisement notes that Dr King’s New Life Pills aid digestion and assimilation, tone digestive organs, expel poisons, enrich blood, boost appetite, and improve flesh. Claims only 25 cents per package, urging readers to try D. Mac Farlane’s.
A. A. Herren of Finch Arkansas reports Foley's Honey and Tar as the best preparation for coughs colds and lung trouble claiming it cured consumption in the past. The letter appears in WILI.
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