D P Co In Strong Position In Late 1925
In late 1925 the D P Company reports a strong position due to recent prosperity across its territory. Proceeds from preferred stock sales retire debt tied to the construction program. A drought break and normal water power provide solid gas and electric service, with new Ashland gas plant near completion and plans for Ironwood store and office. Transmission lines to Medford will connect six towns.
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Ashland
Ben
Ironwood
Michigan
Gogebic
Ironwed
Medford
Wisconsin
Gin Flora
Ingram
Hawkins
Kennan
Catawba
Prenice
O¢ema
Westboro
Chelsea
Prentice
Lake Superior District Power Company
Flambeau
Chipuwa
Park Falls
Big Falls
Superior Falls
Upper
Daring Aerialist Returns to Ironwood Bazaar Stage
Jean Keefer, a petite aerialist from Up land Nebraska, will perform daring trapeze acts at the Chinatown Bazaar Ironwood show December 8 to 12. She has toured with Sells Floto and vaudeville on the Keith circuit, recently finishing with the Sells Floto circus and planning winter rest in Nebraska before spring commitments.
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Ironwood
Jean Keefer
Jean
Keefer
Omaha
Overland
Miss Keefer
Sells-Floto Circus
Keith
Michigan
Nebraska
Annual Meeting Notice for Peoples State Bank of Bessemer
The Peoples State Bank of Bessemer Michigan calls its stockholders to its Bessemer office Gogebic County on Tuesday January 12 1926 to elect directors for the year and address other business items Polls open 10 am to 3 30 pm Cashier A Hagerman notice ends with a brief judge remark and burglar quip
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The
Peoples State Bank of
Bessemer
Michigan
Man Declares Intent Amid Officer Standoff
A tense exchange unfolds as a man refuses to exit a location, insisting he will die by his own action rather than comply. A police officer warns of arrest once he emerges, while the man hints at an extended confrontation and fatal resolve.
Loss of Eye in Gogebic Range Accident
An employee of Alex Rosemargy at Sunday Lake Iron Co. fell from a ladder and lost his eye upon ground impact. No hospital record exists, witnesses say the eye shattered after hitting a rock. He will be incapacitated until a glass eye is received from the optometrist. Mercer to get new town hall as work progresses. A one story brick 40 by 44 feet structure on highway 10 near the business district, being erected by Olson and Bergquist of Ironwood.
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Alex Rosemargy
Sunday Lake Iron Co
Wakefield News
Mercer
Highway 10
Olson & Bergquist
Ironwood Contractors
Rocky Road for Chas Gullickson in Ironwood Times
Charles Gullickson a Hurley barber faced a rocky sequence of misfortune. After a crash with a streetcar near Hurley and Ironwood he spent time in a hospital, and a separate fall near Red Creek fractured his left leg twice. The account notes ongoing trouble and warns readers.
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Chas
Hurley
Tronwood
Charles Gullickson
Ironwood
Gullickson
Red Creek
Ironwood Times
Wakefield men employed at Ramsay by Castile Mining Company
The Castile Mining Company reports 147 Wakefield workers at Ramsay. City clerk received the company’s latest employment rolls this week listing all Wakefield employees stationed at Ramsay.
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Ramsay
Wakefield
Castile Mining Company
Home Talent Show Set For Lincoln High School Nights
The Hurley Legion Post plans a home talent musical comedy titled Oh Jerry at Lincoln high school on December 9 and 10. The LeGrande sisters will direct and drill the cast, who have staged several productions locally in recent years.
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Hurley Legion Post
Lincoln High School
LeGrande
Iron County News
Tax totals raise Wakefield figures for 1925 taxes
Wakefield taxpayers will pay 210 850 in city taxes due in July while state county and school taxes total 294 351 77 for 1925. Individual taxpayers owe 21 603 55 and mining companies 272 848 22 in those duties. December and January assessments follow state tax board valuations from August.
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Wakefield
City Board of Review
State Tax Board
Wakefield News
Annual Stockholders Meeting at The First National Bank of Bessemer
Notice that the annual meeting of stockholders of The First National Bank of Bessemer Michigan will be held in the bank office on Tuesday January 12 1926 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM to elect a Board of Directors for the ensuing year and to consider other business. Cashier J. Williams signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Bessemer
Michigan
Ask Dad He Knows Disillusioned Wife Joke
A humorous exchange features a wife accusing her husband of constant lack of money after marriage while he admits he had wealth before marriage. The gag hinges on a quip that he truly did have money back then but not now.
U P Farmers To See Own Water Systems
Mrs. Bernice Wells and George Amundson plan a summer 1926 tour of the Upper Peninsula with a Home Demonstration truck from Michigan State College Marquette to demonstrate two simple kitchen water systems. Stops will occur in two or three points per county with talks and demonstrations, addressing farm women's water access. first project of its kind in the UP.
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Upper Peninsula
Bernice Wells
George Amundson
Michigan State College
Marquette
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D.P. CO
Gogeric
M. A Hagerman
General Insurance
Surety Bonds Steamship Agency
Notaries Public
Adolph
J Cedda Insurance
Mary St
Herald
Chinatown
Ironwood I. O. O. F
Armory
Sirgi
Adhation
Caildry
State Utilities Commission
Annual Stockholders Meeting
J. Williams
Cashier
U. P
Santa Claus
Selin’s
Mamma
Papa
Santa
Toyland
China
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