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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
9
James Oates, a farmer near Au Gres, reports his four year old son missing from home after a day of play. Initial searches found no trace, and authorities now suspect kidnapping due to the child's unusual deformity. The boy was born with a disabled arm and a unique shoulder shape, though otherwise healthy.
Cass Roberts a baggageman at the M C depot in Chesaning was found semi conscious in the freight house with a knife wound to the throat. He had been drinking and despondent after leaving home with a butcher knife and whet stone. He sharpened the blade and cut upward missing the jugular, nearly bleeding to death. he is about 31 with a wife and one child.
N Ferris name appears on the Democratic governor primary ballot despite opposition. Secretary of State Prescott rejects Ferris request to withdraw his name and says his preference cannot be consulted. Ferris is a school teacher and was Democratic candidate for governor in 194.
Pioneer Marquette prospector Alexander Meads sold a 200 pound amethyst believed to be the largest in the United States to FL R. Vigeant of Sault Ste. Marie. Found forty five years ago in a cave on Lake Superior north shore, the stone bears conical iron ore coated projections. The only larger known amethyst is 190 pounds in the Central Park Museum, New York.
A Hillsdale College student spotted a light and found a fire burning under a stair in East Hall. The blaze burned a hole in the wall before help arrived and firefighters quickly extinguished it. Authorities blame spontaneous combustion from a pile of rags in a nearby area as the likely cause.
Louis G. Grimm prominent farmer of Royalton Township died from a recent electrical storm. He was struck by a bolt as he stood in his barn doorway and fell unconscious, with one side of his body paralyzed. His son, present in the barn, suffered a minor burn on one leg but escaped serious harm. A valuable horse had its eye injured by the lightning but remained otherwise unharmed.
In a remote stretch between Jenison and Corge town a carriage was halted by a highwayman who threatened the occupants with a revolver. Mrs Comstuds drove off the horse with the whip to escape while her young daughter and herself sought safety.
A blaze erupted in long sawdust piles piled by former mills near Naw kawlin village threatening the village and substantial Michigan Central railroad property. The sawdust lies six to eight feet deep in many places, covered by a thin soil layer, accumulated over years.
Vallen Dun Maki age 29 died from injuries after the Calumet armory collapse. Other injured men Sam Peterson John Barway and Peter Perry are expected to recover.
Fire destroyed the old Ionia city hall and damaged the opera house and a dwelling on the Federal Building site. The hall collapsed twenty minutes after discovery, with no injuries reported. The opera house damage is estimated at 200 dollars. the site is slated for government sale and future use.
Robert F. McCullough, recently married, was arrested in Muskegon four hours after a wanted circular reached police. He had broken jail two years earlier at Defiance Ohio and confessed to the crime, saying he would return to prison stripes and leave his wife behind. Chief Dowd and Detective Peterson identified him from a circular photo.
In Dela county this summer candidates use novel tactics. One aspirant for prosecuting attorney uses large kites with banners. Another distributes 3 000 carnival coupons to boys. Attorney Clyde Hayden seeks probate judge by giving juveniles candy and nuts in paper bags printed with a campaign appeal.
A Grand Trunk passenger train from Port Huron struck and wrecked a Harper Avenue street car in Detroit during a heavy rainstorm. Six men were seriously injured though not fatally, as the car was smashed across the tracks and passengers were hurled about.
A gasoline stove exploded at WW Garvin’s Owosso home igniting woodwork. Leo Adams a 14 year old hero rushed in, grabbed the flaming stove and carried it outside. His hands arms and legs were badly burned but he is expected to recover. His quick action saved the house and earned a generous reward.
Fifteen persons sustained slight injuries after two interurban cars collided near Detroit along the Detroit United Railway line toward Ypsilanti. The impact threw passengers into a heap in the west bound car and left riders with sprains and bruises.
River Rouge plans a Loke steel plant while Grand Rapids fights the tussock moth. Soo canal traffic rises in July. Mrs Augusta Ardlerson of Muskegon left her property to the Swedish Evangelical church. Senator Smith seeks War Department action at Port Mackinac. Gordon Yakes, 14, missing from Port Turon. Sheep killed by dogs on Shaughnessy Bros farm Grand Llane. Copper ore found by Billy Royal as he recovered lost pigs. Anthony Hazelaar, East Saveratuck farmer, dies suddenly at work. Wesley Ram tall killed near Deckerville when flung from a binder.
The 1907 wholesale price report shows prices for 258 commodities averaged higher by 1.1 points from year start to end while October 1907 posted the peak. Prices rose across groups with food up 10.9 percent and metals up 6.1 percent, indicating broad inflation despite depressions in late 1907.
Reports from various venues describe trotting speed records and horse lineage, including Jack Leyburn on the Michiganders at Detroit and Nancy Hanks foaling a bay colt by Todd at John E. Madden’s Lexington farm. Also noted are Davenport baseball park talks, Dekin trotting times, Brighton Beach sprints, Fargo track records by Tady Maud C, and a canceled Billy Papke vs Sailor Burke bout due to police presence.
United States Geological Survey reports results from January 1 1906 to June 30 1907 on bituminous coal and ignite samples from U S mines. Briquetting shows promise for slack coal and anthracite culm in locomotives, with naval use trials planned before operations transfer to Norfolk and Denver plants.
The Spandau city council in Brandenburg Prussia launches a drive to raise 1 625 000 dollars as a national gift for Count Zeppelin. US embassy reports Ambassador Riddle improving at Kislo vodsk after illness. Gladiator found guilty of navigation fault and dismissed from service. Manila insular band to Australia for US fleet receptions. Philippines funds band service. Panama presidential election goes smoothly with Abahlia opposition candidate favored. electors to meet August 2 and certify August 15 ahead of September assembly. In Linaeus lagune battle near Cetrucolo nineteen Indians and two soldiers killed five soldiers wounded. Quebec celebration features Prince of Wales as field marshal admiral and gentleman. plains of Abraham pageant the largest in Canada.
A New York Sun report cites hazards insured by an insurance company serving commercial travelers. A list details accidental injuries and durations from a pin prick to a burned foot, including incidents with a divorced wife, a mask at a masquerade, and a monkey bite, with listed disablement periods and sums.
A group discusses civic improvements and costs, ending with a German tale. A doctor reports steady progress of a patient, but the husband learns her death was due to improvements. The joke lands on the unintended consequence of excessive civic progress.
The article cites figures suggesting 15 million more men than women worldwide and a total population around 1.5 billion. It notes Europe as the only continent with a higher female count and humorously argues Cupid would struggle to match couples amid such a male surplus.
A boy in Idaho falls from a pony after a wolf scare and the rider leaped a 100 foot precipice but the pony survived with light scratches after landing in a snowbank. Two weeks later the pony returned home. New York withdraws Fulton street horse cars ending a long era of crosstown lines as visitors had teased the city.
A garbled verse playfully twists phrases about patriotism and dental visits. The piece seems to mix lines about three cheers and a dentist, ending with a proverb about giving and taking.
In 1 Samuel 21 1 8 David flees Saul to avoid execution by joining the Philistines. He hides in a cave with a growing band of outlaws, becomes their captain and aids locals by protecting them from robbers. Saul moodily pursues him but shows fleeting remorse when David spares his life, then promises not to harm him, yet remains a threat.
A board member asks if readers notice a claim about equal five ears with different strengths. The cheerful editor replies that many men ignore beggars yet have sharp ears for advertisements, highlighting a paradox in reception.
A fragment shows a reporter asking about a young Scud and a managing editor noting the man was a dentist. The assistant replies that he has written about dentistry, including a storm on the lake where the ship struggled to pull out of the teeth of the gale.
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