Looking Backward Five Years Ago in Ramsar Area
Five years ago items recall Ramsar postmaster Frank Brigheau starting duties, previous postmaster Mrs J M Brams noted. A youth found dead near Ramsay during a hunting trip. snow hampered search. Local officials record deaths, mine wage changes, city attorney appointment, and assorted town news from 1830 to 1920s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brigheau
Ramsar
J. M. Brams
Louis Phillippi
Palms
Swamp
Ramsay
Henry T. James
Mondar
August H. Lintelmann
Newport
Ironwood
Cary
Hurley
Otto
Michael E Nokem
Common Council
Michigan hunt for pioneer records gains funding
The Statewide search for early Michigan history material will employ many in need and expand knowledge of pioneer manners and events. The National Youth Administration granted the Michigan Historical Association 150,000 dollars for this effort, praised by the Detroit Five Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
National Youth Administration
Michigan Historical Association
Detroit Five Press
Marquette Catholic Diocese Receives New Bishop Plagens
Detroit News lauds Most Rev Joseph C. Plagens for appointment as bishop of the Upper Peninsula. The piece notes his long service in Detroit as student, priest, and auxiliary bishop, his calm administration, and his role in guiding a diverse diocese amid Polish immigration and parish growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Detroit News
Joseph C. Plagens
Upper Peninsula
Joseph Giarquette
Plagens
Detroit
Dioce
Fr. Plagens
Who Is Fit in the Survival of the Fittest Debate
Iron River Reporter questions relief groups and cites The New York Daily News on who is unfit in the struggle over unemployment relief. It discusses Roosevelt Ickes Hopkins reformers and the idea that survival of the fittest justifies work relief or the dole, asking who truly is fit to survive in a society with mass unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Iron River Reporter
WPAN
United States
New York Daily News
Roosevelt
Ickes
Hopkins
New York
New York Central
Charles G Dawes
Dawes
WPA strikes in Michigan spark cautious sympathy
The Marquette Journal hopes the last of WPA worker strikes in Michigan is over. It notes workers aim to secure full compensation as understandable and humane, but suggests strikes to force gains require reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Marquette Journal
WPA Stands Firm Against Strike Pressure in Relief Plan
The piece argues that the WPA must resist strike pressure to protect the relief program. It notes wage scales are calibrated to fund months of work, and any rise would ruin calculations. It warns a successful strike could spread nationwide, creating chaos, and urges workers to press for better terms while remaining at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Relief Administration
Willy
WPA
Woodpecker Blamed for Water Tank Leak Incident
A Racine Ishpeming water tale recounts how a woodpecker drilled into a rail water tank at Clowry to obtain food. A Junction man was ordered to shoot the bird after hours of waiting, opening another hole and releasing all the water. The bird’s fate remains uncertain as the Junction man travels to Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Racine
Ishpeming
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Clowry
Bill
Fred
Montreal
How To Be Popular Among Bowlers
A satirical guide from The Milwaukee Journal sport staff mocks rude bowling etiquette. It lists escalating, unsafe acts such as dashing along alleys, body checks, distracting opponents, and taunting the pin boy to illustrate how not to behave in league play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Milwaukee Journal Sport
Oppenjent
Rudolph
Ella
The Thirty Hour Week
A Detroit Saturday Night verse recounts a laborer who wins a thirty hour week only to face new toil at home. He returns weary and spends evenings cleaning, while his wife also works thirty hours, leaving him to perform chores. The sketch lampoons wage labor and domestic strain with sharp humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
And Now in Closing Christmas Shopping Plans
The closing remark asks if readers will begin Christmas shopping early this year noting only 19 days remain. The snippet hints at a broadcast closing line and seasonal urgency.
Road to Health Cancer delays harm in early cancer care
The twenty second in a Michigan State Medical Society series explains cancer grows and spreads, delaying diagnosis harms prognosis, and urges prompt but informed action. Fear and avoidance hinder necessary testing, while early X rays and diagnostic tests improve chances of cure and effective treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Medical Society
Little Red Schoolhouse Critique of Modern Education
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler laments elaborate programs and method over real instruction. He praises the intimate influence of a gifted teacher and criticizes the notion that children alone know what subjects interest them, calling current schooling wasteful and outwardly focused on form rather than substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Murray Butler
Baraga and Houghton growers plan 1936 cooperative
Fred D. Keister notes credit woes while Baraga and Houghton county strawberry growers announce a cooperative marketing association for the 1936 season. The move seeks better handling of credit and markets amid temperate economic strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraga
Houghton County Strawberry Growers
Where It Fails in Distribution of Food Stuffs
Col Frank Knox argues that production is largely solved but distribution remains the core issue in America. He contends scarcity harms welfare and that government should aid production to raise living standards and ensure adequate supplies of essentials and luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Col
Frank Knox
Sale Notice in Gogebic County Court in Michigan
In Gogebic County Michigan Conrad Velin and Emil Kelto sue Vincent Loncharge and Emily Loncharge to recover principal, interest and costs. A circuit court commissioner will sell at public auction on January 6 1936 at ten in the forenoon at the east front door of the court house in Gessemer to satisfy the decree on Lot 11 Block 8 McDonalds Addition West Bessemer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Velin
Emil Kelto
Vincent Loncharge
Emily Loncharge
Circuit Court
County of Gogebic
Gogebic
Gessemer
Towit
McDonald's
West Bessemer
Bessemer
Gogebic County
Michigan
Doctor Safe Remedy for Headache Pain Questioned
A health claim urges readers to consult their doctor about a remedy marketed for headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains. The ad asks if the product is safe and emphasizes medical advice before use.
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American Press Association
Herald
Charcoal Irom Mining Company
Yale
Na 1
Tiléem
Oliver Iron Mining Company
J. R. Joheson
St. Sebastian Parsonage
Viola LeClaire
William Lee
Nashwauk
Minn
Swoboda
Herman LeClaire
Tony Miesbauer
Odamah
Arvil
Redpath
Leonard Hoffman
Will Sime
Presbyterian Church
Sundar Moraine
P Withass
Bessemer ‘High School
Devs
Wil Tame
Joe Masnashtti
Bessemer High School
St. Setsstiam
Robert Watswe
Hazaar
Maurice Mo Imeas
Reume Creena
Kenosha
Keare
Supe
Walsh
Ironsood
Harter
Wakefield
Martin Kallander
Marea
N. I
Frank Haggerson
Iron Mountain
Haggerson
County Board of Supervisors
George Moore
Steve Schmemski
Gogebic Hospital
Charles M. Fraser
Charles Graves
D. MacFarlane
Reaver
McCabe &Co AR
Pentwater
Mich
Mac Pariare
Tea Comstable
Cincinnati
George Beddow Jr
Ypsilanti
Hayes Cornet Band
McIntyre
Andy Byrne
Northwestern
E. R Barliss
Louisa Thanell
Wisconsin House
Wisconsin Central
Moore Street
George Rupp
Marenisco
Gust Lohman
Joe Nellessen
J. E Berlette
S. J. Bachous
Barfield
Black River
Bayfield
Pick & Axe
Ilis
Eer
Little Red Schoolhouse
Fred D. Keister
State OF
Robert A. Burns
Baird
Bessemer, Mich
Bayer Aspirin
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