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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
7
Mrs. George Ballinger left her children with relatives during packing. A house fire trapped four youngsters upstairs. A 13 year old girl lowered two younger siblings to their frantic mother who escaped and jumped. A passerby dragged the boy from flames. both ears burned, hair singed, and serious injuries. Loss estimated around 1450 dollars.
Grape growers in southwestern Michigan face a market collapse due to basket shortages and lack of iced rail cars. The crop is large and high quality, but marketers can move only about half. Vines uneaten, grapes spoil, though sold fruit fetches good prices. One grower estimates a net near two million with over a million dollars in losses.
Importation of white rats led to a pest outbreak in Crystal Falls and spread across the Upper Peninsula. A carload of gray rodents mixed with the whites, creating a growing rat population in lakeside ports and interior towns.
Fitch Cooper aged 60 near Nuncia killed his wife who supported Spiritualism and then shot himself fifteen minutes later. The quarrel centered on sending their 15 year old daughter Minnie to Muskegon High School against his wishes. The wife died from a heart shot after a second blast.
Mrs. Anna Samberg of Port Huron files suit against the Knights of the Modern Maccabees for $1,000 policy on her husband Charles Samberg who vanished from Port Huron eight years ago. She asks the court to declare him legally dead after he reportedly contacted her from Seattle years ago but has since disappeared.
Arthur T. Ulrich, Mt. Clemens resident and D. U. R. station agent, was severely burned in the Ann Arbor waiting room when a defective switch plug blew out. He lacked rubber gloves while repairing the switch, and a stream of fire escaped.
Manager Roesink said the team was held up en route from Saranac to Hastings. A masked gunman demanded cash but only $6.25 was taken as players handed over loose change into a hat while two hid under the wagon seat. The incident occurred in a dark, deserted stretch and the driver remained unharmed.
In Muskegon a Chicago husband sought a marriage license with an 18 year old. Mrs Samuel Auram confronted him at the county clerk office and halted the wedding. Auram had traveled from Chicago six weeks earlier to find work, his wife worried and hired a private detective. The attempted marriage ended with a broken heart for the intended bride.
Seys Man Wanted in Michigan is employed in New York, Baker once cashier at the wrecked Northern National Bank of Big Rapids is alive and at a Wall Street firm. James Donovan, Chicago lumberman, arrived in Musketon and revived a sensational tale that Baker did not die, noting a wax figure in the opened coffin once shown as the real abductor.
William Gordon a farm hand for Dan Wilson of Portland township is jailed in Ionia on a charge of placing Paris Green poison in the Miller family coffee. Authorities say he mixed green powder with the coffee via the grinder. the family detected the mixture before breakfast and notified the sheriff. Gordon is believed to be mentally unsound.
Forest fires rage through Houghton county and the Cottage lake district with dense smoke. Millions of timber feet burned and many farms threatened. Losses in the Upper Peninsula this year are the heaviest on record. Rain is urgently needed to prevent widespread devastation.
Bert Fuller a 50 year old farmer died by hanging in his barn five miles northeast of Hillsdale. Poor health and melancholia were noted. He leaves a widow and three daughters.
The Standard Oil Co plans to install a large oil tank at Carsonville while Mrs. Terry Kyes of Gunnisonville dies at 72. George W. Capps is sought for larceny in Illinois and held at Mr Clemens. Detroit Trust Co pays 4 percent dividends to creditors of E Ciement’s Sons. A wagon wheel friction started a hay fire near Muskegon via Riley Sperry of Ravenna. Fred Parker 25 bound over for assault on Elizabeth Pilger at Port Huron. bail set at 7500. Burglars use explosives to enter Pere Marquette Erie station stealing guns. Erie elevator also looted. No cash taken. George L. Harvey named adjutant general of Michigan National Guard. Capt Harry Loomis promoted to major and brigade staff. Oscar Downs found dead in Lansing. a cyanide bottle near his bed. police suspect suicide in crisis. G H Graham of Durand jailed for false pretenses selling dress patterns as a NY publisher’s agent.
A McClure's Magazine piece highlights flour sacks as a staple in early Kansas and western pioneer life. Families washed sacks, made garments, towels, vests linings, and quilts. Flour-sack items included underwear, pillow slips, tablecloths, and quilt linings, colored with sumac berries for durability and color.
A young mother sews a tiny lawn and lace cap for her newborn under an apple tree. She searches for a missing lace piece, finds it later woven into a lilac bird’s nest, and returns to rest with her sleeping baby as the birds depart.
The passage reflects on slow ripening of genius and the recognition of late-blooming achievement after sixty. It cites views from Century magazine and W. A. Newman Dorland. It contrasts neglect with later acknowledgment of contributions by older individuals in business statesmanship and literature. The piece ends with a whimsical vignette about a man who dreamt his wife wrote him and woke to laughter.
A Pittsburgh decree requires all bank employees to submit to Bertillon measurements and mugshots amid a wave of embezzlement cases. The piece recounts major frauds at Allegheny National, Enterprise National, Union Trust, and Farmers Deposit National Bank, noting millions stolen and long prison terms for implicated staff.
Short notes report a blaze at Lake Superior corporation lumber yards in Sault Ste. Marie Canada that consumed 2 500 000 feet of lumber valued at 70 000. Saginaw Lumber Company in Michigan stands to absorb the loss. M H Davis of the Bureau of Manufacturers urges American flour mills to win back Britain trade as foreign wheat crops lag.
A reminiscence of historic fires contrasts Chelsea Mass recent disaster with the May 1811 Newburyport fire. It describes crowd effort, gear, and fear as 250 buildings burned across sixteen and a half acres, with losses totaling about a million dollars. Neighbors aided each other, and public spirit endured despite vast damage.
A description of a common Ovambo hairstyle in German Southwest Africa notes hair braids reinforced with taw strands reaching knee length or more. The style features mud treated hair on top to keep it in place, reflecting distinctive regional grooming.
Ex congressman Eddy of Minnesota, once derided as the homeliest man in Congress, faced a hometown audience after seeing a hostile headline. He denied the charge with his noted retort that if he had two faces he would wear the other one.
In playful contrast to common tempers the Boston Transcript notes how anger changes behavior. The gas man flares, the dentist grinds, the fireman heats up, the miller pales, and the beer drinker froths at the mouth.
The Sunday School Lesson warns that prosperity invites indulgence and intemperance. It cites Isaiah's people, wealthy yet lax, as a cautionary tale for modern, prosperous nations to exercise temperance in wealth. It notes divine judgment on pride and self deception, urging self control and upright judgment.
Religion groups in Lake City Wisconsin Pepin district and Milbank form conventions and associations. German Methodist leaders vote to merge Mount Pleasant Iowa and Warrenton Missouri colleges into one Warrenton seminary. South Dakota Supreme Court ruling eases Prohibitionists by deeming abstention counts as against license, reshaping voting dynamics.
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