Wakefield Mine Buy Involves Inland Steel Interest
Inland Steel Co acquires a half interest in Wakefield Iron Co from M A Hanna interests. The Wakefield open pit, opened in 1913, sits in Michigan’s Gogebic range with 8.5 million cubic yards of overburden removed. The mine uses a Bucyrus 225 B shovel, adjacent Plymouth pit, and shaft access for non open pit sections. Development shows ore rests on a large dyke. annual shipment planned at 500 000 to 600 000 tons with four ore grades including Duane Collins and Moran Andrews. W C Hart is general superintendent. current operations and personnel amid inter est reapportionment remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillings’ Mining Review
Wakefield Iron Co
M. A. Hanna
Inland Steel Co
Gogebic Iron Range
Michigan
Wakefield
Plymouth
Pickands, Mather & Co
Duane and
Collins
Moran and Andrews
W. C. Hart
Gogebic Fair Dates Set For September 9 To 12
The Upper Peninsula Farm Association lists county fair dates for 1925. Gogebic county fairs are scheduled September 9 through 12 with Frank Healy as secretary. Other counties include Alger, Chippewa, Delta, Houghton, Iron, Mackinac, Marquette, Schoolcraft, and more, each with their respective Sept dates and secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Pair Association
Clevelland
Alger County
Frank Greenwood
Chippewa County
George Dickinson
Delta County
Oscar, Krause
Gogebdic
Frank Healy
Houghton County
John T. McCall
Iron County
E. S. Coe
Luce County
R. &. Cameron
Mackinac County
P. Luperitz
Marquette County
John T. McNamara
Schoolcraft County
J. Hi. McLellan
Marriage Licenses Issued By County Clerk
Marriage licenses issued at the county clerk office include Clarence Derocher and Elenore Bultain of Rhinelander Wis Charles Siple and Beatrice Rayford of Rhinelander Wis Carl O Lindbohm of Hayward Wis and Florence Philemon of Winchester Wis John J Corsi of Ironwood Mich and Mable Petersen of Eau Claire Wis Fred Niemi and Effie Haapala both of Bruce Crossing Mich Carl A Merander and Lena Webbeth of Iromacsd Mich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Derocher
Elenore Bultain
Rhinelander
Wis
Charles Siple
Beatrice Rayford
Carl O. Lindbohm
Hayward
Ord Florence Philemon
Winchester
John J. Corsi
Ironwood
Mich
Mable Petersen
Eau Claire
Fred Niemi
Effie Haapala
Bruces Crossing
Carl A. Merander
Lena Webbeth
Iromacsd
Stove-League Barbering by Thomas W Wilkinson
Comic column mocks hairdos and barber shop talk with sharp satire of fashion trends and gender norms. The narrator jests about ladies hair, petite figures and backhanded barbershop banter, recalling a misheard “appointment” and the humor of masculine storytelling.
The Boy Was Right on Horizon Scotch Ship
Herman asserts the distant speck is a Scotch ship and Healy doubtingly asks how he can know its flag from afar. Herman adds that gulls do not follow, implying scotting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman
Healy
Rocky Islet Off Marseilles In Gulf Of Lyons
A small rocky islet lies in the Gulf of Lyons, France, about two miles southwest of Marseilles. The fragment notes its location as part of a coastal description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islet In the Gulf of Lyons, France
Marseilles
Proposal for County Board of Education in Michigan
Lansing April 6 The Snow bill to create an elective county board of education would appoint a county superintendent of schools, replacing the county commissioner. The five member board would govern salaries, clerical staff, and budget, with city and county representation based on population. Prominent educators praise the measure as advancing rural education and professionalizing county schooling.
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J. Carl Sheil
Lansing
Snow
Committee On Education
Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Michigan
House
Frank Ellworth
of Western State Normal
Kalamazoo
A. 8. Whitney
School of Education
University of Michigan
Ed Purdy’s Philos remarks on Sam Meeker’s release
A citizen comments that Sam Meeker, son of Dan Meeker, recently earned one year off his five year sentence for pig stealing due to good behavior. The remark highlights the contrast between raised virtue and leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Purdy
Philos
Dan Meeker
Sam
Poultry Train To Start From Gogebic
The Duluth South Shore and Atlantic announces a special upper peninsula poultry train starting in Ironwood on April 27 and ending in St. Ignace on May 15. It will make 50 stops with Joseph A. Jeffery, development agent, in charge.
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Ironwood
St. Ignace
Upper Peninsula
Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railroad
Joseph A. Jeffery
North Tronwood Bessemer and Thomaston on first day
The itinerary lists North Tronwood, Bessemer, and Thomaston as the initial stops for the trip. These locations appear as the opening segment of a route plan or event schedule, establishing the day one sequence and regional focus.
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WICO
Illinois-Indiana
Muen Il
Frankfort
Ill
Thomas W. Wilkinson
Elective Board OF Education
Herald Office
Mary St
Gogebic
Beauty
North Tronwood, Bessemer and
Thomaston
Bessemer Pharmacy
John J. Frick
H. Selin
Buick
Pecard Motor Company
Longyear Street
Bessemer
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