Busy theatrical season planned for fall in city
Local Bessemer groups map a bustling fall in city dramas. The Elks plan a mid November minstrel show on a large scale. Legion Post No 27 and Ironwood Post No 5 discuss a joint comic opera Fifty Fifty with two show runs in each city. F C Gorman calls Choral Society to reorganize for bigger turnout and numbers a cantata, plus a September 14 first rehearsal. High school glee clubs to stage a minstrel show before Christmas and Mikado next spring under Gorman.
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Bessemer
Elks Lodge
Frank J. Duda
Elks
Legion Post No. 27
Ironwood Post No 5
Ironsood
F. C. Gorman
Bessemer Choral Society
Washington Gymnasium
Gorman
Gogebic County Fair Showcases New Dairy Barn and Winners
Gogebic farmers praised the new cattle building at the Gogebic County Fair where Holsteins led by C E Gunderson dominated in the dairy cattle exhibits. Ayer Sures and Brown Swiss followed with strong entries, and the boys and girls calf club displayed the largest exhibit to date. The 3 day Butterfat Production Contest and Boys and Girls Judging contest highlighted the event. Winners in production classes included Tassava first, Johnson second and fourth, Walquist third, and Erickson among top finishers, with Erickson also placing in higher age classes. Animals were judged for type and temperament, though production figures varied, influencing eligibility in certain classes.
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Gogebic
States
C. E Gurdison
C. Coermsrs
Ayer-Sures
Fersers
Mel G. Wells
Upper Peninsula
Twige
Tassava
C. Johnson
Emil Walquist
Wm. Erickson. Sr
Kvalmer Olson
C. E Joan Gon
Wm. Erickson Sr
Wm. Erickson
Reme Ber
Chas. J. Olsom See- Gust Abramson
Joka Wesava
Vwartoes
Rotary club talk highlights business impact of installment plans
Miller and Godfrey discuss at Bessemer Rotary Club meeting. Walter Miller supports installment plans while William Godfrey presents on effects of installment plans on business tools. The address reflects enthusiasm for the clued jcen and a focus on practical commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter ‘Tiller
Irom
Bessemer Rotary Club
Rotary
Miller
William Godfrey
Two Changes in Township Faculty
The Bessemer Township schools plan to open Tuesday with a general faculty meeting Saturday to discuss opening policies. Two resignations caused staffing changes: Katherine Dorich will replace Helen McDonald in grade three at Puritan, and Germaine Belieheemer will teach kindergarten and music at Harding in place of Florence Lawrenson. Catherine Grigg will handle junior high work at Avis due to added eighth grade, while 11th and 12th grades will be transported to Bessemer High. 24 pupils move from Puritan and Harding, and 36 from Anvil and Ramsay. Principal Bates of Ramsay arrived from Butte after a two‑week trip. Principal C. H. Mains of Harding returned from Chicago with work toward an A.M. degree. Principal W. S. Meckley of Anvil spent the summer in Minnesota.
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Bessemer Township
Irl H. Dulebohna
Katherine Dorich Bessemer
Helen McDonald
Puritan
Germaine Belieheemer
Pepils
Gessemer High School
Hardinz
Anvil
Ramsay
Bates
Ramsay School
Toil
Montana
Ae Cmtage
John
C. H. Mains
Hartige Schell
Chicago
University of Chicago
Mincipal W. S. Mecoiley
Davana
Minvis
New State Law Delays Marriage Licenses in Cunid
A new state law requiring a five day waiting period for marriage licenses has frustrated Wisconsin couples who must return to the county clerk's office after applying. The wait aims to prevent hasty marriages, with licenses issued five days after the initial application if the couple returns.
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Wisconsin
Bessemer
Lumber Co Moves Into New Offices
Contratto Michela and Co local dealers in lumber and coal moved yesterday into their new offices in the building they erected near the lumber yards on S Marr Street. The former office was in the Scavarda Building on Moore Street. Exterior stucco work remains. the project will soon be completed and the building will be among the city's nearest office structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contratto. Michela and Co
S Marr Street
Scavarda
Moore Street
Contratto Michela and Coce
Skarvi to Lead Ferris Football This Fall
Skarvi departs Monday for Big Rapids Michigan to resume studies at the Ferris Institute and will captain the Ferris football team this fall for a second successive year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augest Skarvi
Veaue
Big Rapids
Mich
H E
Ferris Institute
Skarvi
Ferris
May Locate Mill In Bessemer Is Report This Week
A lumber operator visiting Bessemer said the city may soon host a new saw mill and planing mill employing 59 to 70 men. He met with city officials and plans to return next week to possibly present a formal proposal. Details hint at timberlands south of Ramsay and Bessemer and a relocation of equipment from near Antigo Wisconsin.
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Bessemer
Ramsay
Antigo
Wis
Four Bessemer Men Play at Bergland for Labour Day
Four Bessemer baseball players join Bergland for Sunday and Monday games against Maranisco during Bergland’s Labor Day celebration. Maranisco signs Hoeft and Hunt from Hurley, making a world series style clash. Gunderson Emunson Skarvi and Webb are the Bergland roster, with Joral fana to see Henderson in the mound and as first baseman. Emerson likely to catch, with Skarvi and Webb at infield.
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Pessemer
Bergland
Maronisco
Maranisco
Hoeft
Hunt
Hurley Battery
Bereland
Gunderson
Emunson
Skarvi
Webb
Bessemer
Bessemer travelers join Milwaukee and Chicago excursion
Twenty nine residents of Bessemer traveled to Milwaukee and Chicago on the Northwestern collision train last Saturday and Sunday. The count is four fewer than the earlier excursion, according to H. Heinrichs, local agent.
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Bessemamer
Milwaukee
Kago
H. Heinrichs
Calmly Presents $100 Bill To Pay For License Fee
Deputy county clerk George Carah eyed a $100 bill held aloft by a county businessman who tried to use the note to pay an auto license. The clerk could not make change, the treasurer also could not, and the man finally wrote a check to settle the fee after fifteen minutes of commotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmly
George Carah
Herald
Centurion Bank
Ore shipments show sharp rise for Head of the Lakes ports
A partial report released Tuesday indicates iron ore shipments from Head of the Lakes ports through Sept 1 will rise to between 4.0 and 5.0 million tons versus 1924. Duluth Superior Two Harbors and Ashland have sent over 30.0 million tons to eastern furnaces this season, with Marquette Escanaba and others contributing. August totals reach 7.23 million tons and full season may exceed 8.0 million. 1924 six port total was 6.69 million.
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Head of the Lakes
Duluth
Superior
Ashland
Eastern
Escanava
Marquette
Pultuth
Escanaba
August vital stats show five deaths and nine births
City Clerk Joseph L. Gotta reported August records with five deaths and nine births. The births include six daughters and three sons, listing parents and birth dates such as June 4 daughter Aus to John Homan, August 7 son Lawrence to Joseph Michela, August 13 daughter Jean to Raymond Mullen, August 14 son George to James Backsie, August 17 daughter Mary to Frank McMian, August 17 son William to William Maki Jr, August 18 daughter Theresa to Victor Gozzano, August 29 daughter Janet to Ralph Olson, August 25 son Donald to Walter Anerson.
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Joseph L. Gotta
Aus
June
John Homan
Lawrence
Joseph Michela
Jean
Raymond J. Mullen
George
James Backsie
Mary
Frank McMian
William
William Maki
Ave
Theresa
Victor Gozzano
Janet
Ralph Olson
Donald
Walter Anerson
U P Bankers Set Meeting Date In Crystal Falls
Upper Peninsula bankers from Crystal Falls and Iron County will host the annual U P district meeting of the Michigan Bankers Association on September 5. Soo banker Fred S Case, district president, will lead the program with Iron County organizers preparing the event. A committee of James F Corcoran Walter Granberg Henry Veeser Selden Crary Otto Groeschel and Carl Nelson is coordinating details.
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Crystal Falls
Iron County
Upper Peninsula
U. P
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Fred S. Case
Soo Banker
James F. Corcoran
Walter Granberg
Henry Veeser
Selden Crary
Otto Groeschel
Carl Nelson
Capt Hoar Visits Ironwood and Virginia Minn
Capt Hoar and Mrs Hoar with their children visited Ironwood and nearby Gogebic range towns early this week. Hoar, inventor of the Hoar artistic shovel, used widely in Lake Superior country, recently returned from a trip to England.
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Samuel Hoar
Chil’ren
Virginia
Minn
Freet
Ironwood
Goge‘bic Range
Capt. Hoar
Hoar
Lake Superior
England
Ironwood Times
Farmers' pest costs in seven NY counties hit 3.5 million
Bugs worms and fungi cost New York State farmers in seven counties about 3.5 million dollars yearly for chemical spraying and control efforts.
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New York State
Proclamation for American Legion Endowment Week in Bessemer
Mayor John J. Donich proclaims September 13 to 19 as American Legion Endowment Week in Bessemer Michigan. He urges citizens and organizations to meet a 1000 dollar city quota to support child welfare hand rehabilitation and related veteran aid programs. The proclamation dated August 28, 1925, bears the mayoral seal and signature.
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United States
American Legion
Michigan
I. John J. Donich
Bessemer
of Michigan
State of Michigan
John J. Donich
State Labor Inspector Tours Bessemer for Child Labor Checks
C Cornell deputy state inspector of the Michigan Department of Labor and Industry visited Gogebic county including Bessemer last week to review compliance with child labor laws. He noted rules prohibit under 14 employment, require Working Permits or Certificates of Age for older youths, and mandate records of minors. Work limits of ten hours daily and 54 hours weekly apply until age 18, with permits and approvals needed for exceptions.
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C. Cornell
Grand Rapids
Department of Labor and Industry
Bessemer
Cornell
Gogebtic County
Michigan
Board of Education
Department of Labor
Ore Train Holds Up Fire Truck
Spontaneous combustion caused minor damage in an old garage behind the Bessemer Taxi Co yesterday at five in the afternoon. An old Ford truck escaped the blaze with a damaged radiator. The alarm's peak came as ore cars blocked Sophia street delaying the fire truck for several minutes.
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Bessemer Taxi Co
Sophia Street
D.S. S. A. To Give Duluth Excursion
Agent R A Marsh of the Duluth South Shore railway announces an excursion to Duluth for Sunday and Labor Day at a round trip fare of $2.50. The train will leave Bessemer Sunday morning at 5 30 and return from Duluth Monday evening at 6.00.
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R. A. Marsh
Duluth South Shore Railway
Duluth
Bessemer
City Council Reschedules Meeting To Thursday
The city council will hold its meeting next Thursday instead of Monday due to Labor Day. The regular meeting date is moved to accommodate the holiday.
City public schools enroll 1103 on first day
A total of 1,103 students enrolled in Bessemer public schools on the first day of school Tuesday. This is up from 1,075 last year. High School enrollment matched last year at 312. Washington 516, Barber 174, Lincoln 35, Tilden up 21, Lincoln up 13. Girls outpace boys in growth.
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Bessemer Public Schools
Supt
C. R. Cobb
A. J. Matteson
Cilons
Dinegeries
Washington School
Barser
Lincoln School
Washington
Barber
Jore
Tilden
Lincoln
St Sebastian's Pactual School Opens September 8
The St Sebastian's pactual school will open next Tuesday September 8, announced yesterday. Last year 310 pupils enrolled in the eight grades, and the figure is expected to be surpassed next week.
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St. Sebastian’s
Holy Name Rally Draws 400 From Local Parishes
More than 400 representatives from Lionwood Wakefield and Fosse Catholic churches joined the Holy Name Society rally in Bessemer. A procession from Obcott School to St Sebastian church opened services led by Rev Fr Moriarty of St Am brose Ironwood. The mass featured Rev Fr Swoboda as celebrant and a stirring address urging abstinence from profanity and obedience to law.
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Lionwood
Wakefield
Fosseer
Bessemer
Holy Name Society
Obcott School
St. Sebastian Church
J. Moriarty
St. Ambrose Church
Ronwood
Co. J. Swoboda
Peter Spracher
Ironwood
Carl Petranex
Frank Lignat
Tronweod
Charles Szygula
Wakefeld
Moriarty
Bessemer Man Was A Negaunee Pioneer
Robert McKie of Bessemer visited friends in Negaunee on Tuesday with Arthur Gilbert Wakefield's newly elected mayor. A Gogebic range pioneer, McKie left here 40 years ago and helped locate ground. He worked in placrous mining and at the Cleveland Hard Ore Mine, part of the Cliffs Shaft group. Yesterday marked his first return visit to the city since leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McKie
Bessemer
Arthur Gilbert
Wakefield
Mr. McKie
Placrous
Cleveland
Cleveland Cliffs Company
Cliffs Shaft
MocKis
City
Marquette Mining Journal
Peterson Moves Chiropractor Offices to Selina Building
E. D. Peterson chiropractor has relocated from Scavarda and Michela building to the second floor of the Selina building this week. The move updates his practice location and continues to serve clients in the same city area.
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E. D. Peterson
Scavarda and
Michela
Selina
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Haynes
Gen Andrews
White
Skarv
Gogebic Range
M. & 3Base
D& LR
G. N. Superior
P. Superior
Seo Superior
N. W. Ash Seo
U.P
H2ar
J. J. Danich
Council
H.S
Peterson
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