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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
16
Editorial excerpt contrasts Duluth power outage with reliance on electricity and lighting. It highlights how loss of service reveals the value of a reliable lighting company and the everyday importance of electric infrastructure to homes and businesses.
The upper peninsula faces a likely end for professional football next fall as teams like Ron Wood and Kor Mountain report financial trouble. The Brion River Reporter notes waning interest and high costs, suggesting a return to amateur play where glory and pleasure once drew crowds.
A historical speech discusses defending liberties and civic duty amid industrial and social shifts. It warns against complacency and calls for unity, resilience, and informed engagement to sustain democratic values against coercive forces.
Fragmentary text mentions warnings about outside Cowes and fees, with disjointed place names and unclear references. Unable to identify coherent events, dates, or entities beyond scattered geographic hints.
Onstage chaos erupts when Johnny J clashes with Frank D and the director during a minstrel routine. An irate audience member triggers the scene, with a rival punchline and a curtain falling before the act’s end.
The revival of the Prisoner's Song prompts organizers to avoid performances of the tune at the Elks Show amid sensitivity to its themes and public reaction.
A reader notes that the Elks minstrel show ends with end men jokes familiar from 1903 Dean's Almanac and suggests audiences will laugh regardless. The remark contrasts fresh humor with well worn routines in a rural entertainment scene.
AIT social activities and bowling events in Anvil Mich special to P and A postponed. Led by Carl B. the group plans a trip to Bessemer to attend the Elks minstrel show with many intending to see the show on both nights.
The article notes new sheriff candidates for the upcoming fall election while covering local club events. Joe Coals overcomes timidity to announce he is no longer his own Frank and delivers a speech to the club amid chatter of football and Elks show.
A vague local report notes two men seen in Puritan Mich vicinity. Inquiry identifies them as traveling advertising agents for a Bessemer and Elks minstrel show. Tickets reportedly short in the town.
Rumor claims Mee reserved two seats at next week's Elks show. Fewer high school teachers appear in the instrel lineup than expected, casting doubt on whether this year’s show will be greater or lesser than last year.
One year ago Gogebic County voters backed Coolidge and Dawes and Republicans statewide while opposing three state constitutional amendments. A snowstorm rages today as notices report births and travel: Victor Hellman announces Leonard Calvin born on Election Day. Mae Halappo Hellman is the mother. A. D. Johnston travels to Tulsa for a son’s serious illness. George Wealton heads to Negaunee for work, with the family following later.
20 Years Ago, Nov. 4, 1905. H. C. Matzke of City National Bank of Duluth covers cashier duties at First National Bank during W. F. Truettner’s camping trip. A party including Chester Davey and others plans to attend the Wisconsin Minnesota football game in Minneapolis.
Selma Peterson sues Eric Peterson in Gogebic County Circuit Court. Order requires defendant to appear and answer within three months or bill will be confessed. Publication of the order in Bessemer Herald follows, with service by mail to last known address and registered mail return receipt. Judge George O. Driscoll. attorney William S. Baird, Bessemer Michigan.
A Wakefield Amusement Co. proposal to buy the Edythe B. Rummel property, now in litigation, suggests plans for a new hotel and amusement complex in Wakefield. W. H. N. Hanson, president, says local and outside capital consider the project, though plans remain immature and subject to legal transfer questions. The city commission filed the communication for review.
Ashland wins the next annual northern Wisconsin basketball tournament to be held in March. Ashland athletic leaders prepare to entertain teams from Ashland Superior Central Superior East Ondossagon Hurley Mellen Butternut and possibly Park Falls. Principal George Bassford of Ashland named district manager.
Leo Patyk sought a basement liquor license for the Kerkes building with a view to serving non intoxicating beverages. Commissioner Andy Lake opposed granting the license saying he did not believe in such licenses. Patyk applied for his brother John who bought the pool room and soft drink store from Vincent Agriesti. both Agriesti and John Patyk face trial in November on charges of possessing intoxicating liquor.
A residents petition to the city council requests opening and sanitary restoration of the old spring well that once supplied spring water to the south side. The well was located above Copper Street near Fourth Avenue in Tron County.
The text compares payroll totals and wage earner counts for Grand Rapids and Flint. Grand Rapids shows a different unnamed metric while Flint reports 28 910 workers with payrolls totaling 32 669 200 along with additional figures 3 48 7438 Svu.
An advertisement urges subscriptions to The Youth's Companion offering 1926 issues and rest of 1925 for $2, with an option to add McCalls Magazine for $2.50. It promises adventures in Maine forests, Navaho lands, Alaska gold regions, and Pacific seas through a youthful imagination.
A stern school principal confronts two girls who appear to be twins wearing identical pink crepe frocks and bobbed hair, matching outfits that drew his stern scrutiny in this prize story excerpt.
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