28 Sep 1923
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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1923
Page
1
The Bessemer Herald published by Herald Publishing Co. in Bessemer Michigan is edited by Caries J. Womastek as editor manager and is issued every Friday given its 1921 postal registration under federal acts.
The Bureau of the Budget under Charles G. Dawes advances government reorganization with joint congressional inquiry to map administrative services and duties. Veterans bureau absorbs war risk insurance and veterans health programs as lawmakers press for reorganizing executive departments.
The text protests government secrecy and urges broad public access to all government employment and information. It claims the government’s expansiveness hinders citizens from understanding official actions and the scale of state operations.
An old bock beer sign tradition is recalled as a gost sign. The narrator notes a shift to calling themselves the goat and reflects on a saying about a girl’s resistance to a kiss, framed by a playful local vernacular.
The writer recalls past courtesy on streetcars when women boarded first and men yielded. He notes how the world changes from those frontier days to modern crowds and shifting behavior, contrasting a cautious era with current bustle.
An antiquated reflection asks for a chaperon’s ideal form. It questions a very old, stone blind, deaf woman tied to a post as rheumatism or age wears on.
A fragmentary humor page with quips about pinned cars church goers and a minister. It includes a joke about water on the face tied to a woman’s care and a preacher’s warning about dirt next time. Joe quips doctors never get sick or sleepy. It lists Poison Ivy Club candidates and a wife discarding a tobacco pipe for a new one at a cent and a half.
A young reporter faces mockery after a shaky draft about Mrs. Thompson saving her stepson from a cruel farmer. The editor mocks the heading while the piece is misread as STABB REHTOM PETS NOSPETS FFOSSA. Gladys quips that women stir interest among men.
A fragmented local column mixes slang and dialog about aging, pride, and small time figures. An old newsboy banters with a woman, while a speaker laments degradation and rebellion expressed through odd metaphor and local chatter.
Brewster and Jack rescue a fellow camper from icy water as dawn breaks on a new day. After a tense save, they return to camp, share breakfast, and reflect on the day's rough start and the joke being on Brewster.
In the Silent City near Ithaca New York squatter tensions flare as Oscar Bennett a hard man who hates the squatters plans bigger moves against MicKenzie and the Robertsons. Polly Hopkins a squatters daughter seeks milk and safety amid threats and a past marriage to Evelyn Robertson haunts Bennett. Polly is drawn to Bennett while fearing the fallout of speaking out and the Silent City’s fragile balance remains under strain.
A nostalgic exhortation urges readers to fix bicycles before summer. It extols bicycling as healthful exercise and a path to outdoor exploration, urging those without bikes to acquire one and those with bikes to maintain them in tip top shape. The piece links winter retreat and summer ascent to the promise of new memories and a year of activity.
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