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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
4
Authority names Gogebic County officials approving budgets for the coming year and adopting a tax levy of 365,000 to fund county operations. The apportionment of state, county, and local taxes was approved for cities and townships with a final on roll vote showing multiple names in support and opposition.
The Committee on Equalization submits its report to the Gogebie County Board of Supervisors. It recommends that the column titled Total Valuation of Real Estate and Personal Property as Equalized be adopted as the equalized values for all cities and townships in Gogebie County for the 1908 apportionment. Signed by L. C. Brewen, John M. Bush, Chas. C. Jones, Emil Nyberg, William C. Rowe, W. H. Ruight.
The committee reports state and county tax allocations for Gogebic County. City of Ironwood receives 11229.77. Bessemer 41369.1. Ironwood Township 2176.38. Erwin 1083.00. Bessemer 3200.12. Wakefield 3408.63. Marenisco 280.31. Watersmeet 3486.80. Relief tax totals 1000.00 allocated to Ironwood City 413.00. Bessemer 114.60. Ironwood 62.10. Erwin 32.00. Bessemer 50.0. Wakefield 108.00. Marenisco 0. Watersmeet 67.00. Agricultural Society tax 10000 apportioned to Ironwood 473.00. Bessemer 316.00. Fronwood 30.60. Eresa 70.00. Watersmeet 16.00. A collection of editorial snippets and maxims follows.
An advertisement notes a private family seeks an experienced woman or girl for general housework with wages of $18 per month. Inquiries directed to the Herald offer.
The Republican party secured nationwide support in the county with large majorities except for sheriff Richard G. Spencer. Democrat nominee won by 426 votes. Michigan statewide went Republican with Fred M. Warner winning the governorship by a small margin. Both state legislative chambers are Republican and H. O. Young was reelected to Congress. The article notes a lack of parade celebrations and calls for new blood and full ticket unity in two years.
In Canada Michigan and Eastern Kansas a three colored cat is lucky and protects against fires in the last region. In Massachusetts a cat paw over the head signals company. A cat licking its paws also signals company, arriving from the tail’s direction.
The Circuit Court for Gogebic County will convene at the Court House in Ironwood on Monday November 10. A lengthy list of petit jurors is drawn by ward and township, including Jamen Sullivan, Peter Johnson, James Chinn, William Larson, J H Goudie, Frank Jacquart, Richard Mollard, Fred Fish, John Frank, Chas Lugviel, William Lipincki, John Hayes, Andrew Anderson, Andrew Forsman, Geo Kingeley, and Fred Johnstone among others.
A fragmented 19th century note recounts Pearl Wis and Pearl in a muddled tale about marriage plans, an Ub Tac Ruby reference, and scattered lines on Holland, Crow, and a freet ge dee eggs phrase. The readable text hints at a domestic or folkloric vignette with unclear sequence and names.
The treasurer of western copper mines reports rising activity in Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal districts with new mines opening and profits expanding. U S coal output stands around 368 million tons annually, dominating global production as Britain falls to second place and Germany trails. Local capital in Pocahontas basin reaches about 1 million dollars, fueling a developing town.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Dr King’s New Life Pills to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice and promises health benefits. The copy features bold marketing language and a dated tone with a crude closing phrase.
Mrs. Mary Dowling of 228 8th Ave San Francisco recommends Electric Bitters for stomach trouble praising its effects on indigestion and liver issues. The tonic is advertised as purifying the blood energizing the system and aiding female weakness and is sold for 50 cents at Frank B Jones drug store.
A compact, era tone meditation on memory and emotional control. Martineau contrasts painful recollections with cheerful ones, noting happiness follows proper regulation of feelings. The passage also extols good nature as more valuable than knowledge or money to those who share life with gentle people.
The Upper Peninsula Educational Association met at Calumet to elect officers for the coming year. E E Seribeer of Ishpeming was named president with James H. Kays as vice president and J B Fought as secretary. Orvis LaBounty of Munising was treasurer and Orr Schurtz of Negaunee joined the executive committee. The meeting set Ishpeming as the next gathering place. The Upper Peninsula Alumni Association also elected officers led by President Orr Schurts of Negaunee and Vice President Eugene Rowe of Hancock with M J Walsh of Bessea as secretary.
Carl Teliesen a Marquette county businessman and president of the National Ski association died after months of illness in Ishpeming. He popularized ski jumping in the Lake Superior region and arranged the first national ski tournament in the United States, earning the title father of skiing in the country.
It is learned from a credible source that President Roosevelt will depart New York on March 13 for Naples via Gibraltar, arriving March 25. He will be accompanied by Kermit Roosevelt, a Smithsonian Institution professor, and a Navy official. From Naples the party heads to Mombasa through the Suez Canal and Aden, for a seventeen day sea voyage. They plan a six month stay in Uganda province between the coast and Port Florence, then travel on Lake Victoria to Entebbe in central Africa.
A large audience of physicians gathered in October to hear R. Larved of Detroit discuss diphtheria antitoxins and related preparations. Members of the Houghton County Anti Tuberculosis society attended, with stereopticon demonstrations from Parke-Davis in Detroit. Discussions covered cooperation between the Medical Society and the Anti Tuberculosis society, with a Calumet meeting set for November 10 to plan nurse employment in tuberculosis care, and plans underway for a similar society in Gogebic County.
Miss McAuster, a Methodist missionary and tactician on Africa, died in Paris where she had gone to restore her health. She previously lived in Buffalo, New Jersey, and served with the Methodist mission.
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