Local Notes from the Week in Wakefield and Area
H Olson visited Wakefield on business. Services at German Lutheran church Sunday at 7 30 PM. Mr and Mrs Joe Bruno welcome a baby boy born Thursday afternoon. Miss Laurie left Thursday for Elmore Ohio to attend a brother’s death. A Victor Talking Machine with every $25 purchase at J K Johnson’s Advertisement. Will Gray returned from the woods Thursday to visit Puritan location parents. Bessemer Fire Dept plans New Year’s Eve party at Eagles Hall December 31. Firemen promise a good time. you’re invited.
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Bessemer Fire Department
Eagl
Local notices and entertainment items from week
Birth announced for kK Born to Meo and Mrs Andrew Drois on Wednesday a son. J H Madajesky leaves on a Milwaukee business trip. Kh G Peterson offers best line of candies nuts and Christmas novel ties. 25 percent off coats at Skod Goldman & Co. Chester Wilkins visits from Eveleth for a few days. Merchant dialogue about advertising. The Arrival of Kitty at the opera house draws strong laughter and a cautious uproar led by Tal Jobson as an impersonator.
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Meo
Andrew Drois
Opera House
Kitty
Tal Jobson
Local marriages and a family funeral reported in town
Tony Trier will winter in Stevens Point after a months long stint in Seo yards. The wedding of Jos Crenna and Julia Berozzi took place at Jos Crenna’s home with Justice A I Anderson presiding as Italian Band played. Mrs Frank Weber and twin babies buried. she died at 33, leaving husband and five children. Parcels post rules note weight limit eleven pounds, require sender return card and proper parcel stamps. avoid ordinary postage stamps and mailing before January 1.
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Jos. Crenna
Julia Berozzi
Justice. A. I. Anderson
Frank Weber
Zimmerman Farm
German Park
Catholic Church
C.J. Swoboda
Michigan Inventors Get Patents Reported By D Swift Co
Patent lawyers D Swift & Co report new patents assigned to Michigan inventors. Listed are Bailey of Lansing artificial leg Bonar of Detroit air motor Creeley of Bay City paving block machine Devlin of Bay City safety valve for hot water heaters Eisenach Godley of Detroit oil lamp Mertz of Detroit vehicle curtain Sehnieder of Detroit transmission gearing with copies available for ten cents each.
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Michigan
D. Swift & Co
Washington, D.C
Bailey
Lansing
K. A. Bonar
Detroit
Win. Creeley
Bay City
Air Motor
Henry Devlin
Henry Eisenach
E. Godley
T.(. Mertz
W.C. Sehneider
Iron Ore Prospects Trumpeted by Ishpeming Papers
The piece hails strong next year business with over 50,000,000 gross tons set for the lakes if unimpeded. It lauds the Republican party and mining workers, contrasts with Democratic gains, and urges recognition of improving ore mine prospects and national safety despite political shifts.
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Republican
Prosperity Bank
Democrats
Democrate
Kos. M
Tax agitation over mine taxation in county
The writer argues mining taxes and mineral reservations threaten ore development and price. He dismisses opponents as alarmists, urges strict rule of law, and questions whether current Bessemer Gogebic county assessments reflect cash value as required by law. K. S. M.
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Wilson
Bessemer
Gogebic
Deer Head Mounting and Taxidermy Services Offered
An advertisement seeks customers for mounting deer heads with 18 inch necks and other taxidermy work. Contact Over Mayle Café, Hi RB. MieLick, Tronwood, Michigan, by telephone. The note also comments on dust from increased motoring affecting land values around villa and hotel sites in visitors’ resorts, favoring remote houses in southern France and Italy.
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France
Italy
Floated to the New Site Provincetown Schoolhouse Story
Robert Haven Schauffler recounts Provincetown’s move from a harbor spit to a new site across the harbor. The town’s houses were moved after the government bought the original town to protect the harbor, with the seafaring schoolhouse now remembered near the railway track.
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Provincetown
Light Horse
Provincetonians
Robert Haven Schauffler
Metropolitan Magazine
One Thing Rigidly Barred at Royal Procession
A traveler recalls a rule during a London royal procession: spectators may not throw paper. His wife, braving cold wind and slush, drops a newspaper in the front row and is gently admonished by a policeman who explains the rule to not litter the display.
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London
Cause and Effect. Women are not happy quote
A brief literary note attributes a quotation from H. A. Vachell in Blinds Down on the relation between happiness and virtue. The excerpt asserts that women’s happiness enhances their capacity for growth and wideness of action, framing happiness as a driver of female virtue.
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H. A. Vachell
Must Be Pretty Bad in Guayquil Says The Paper
A New York Commercial quote labels Guayquil as one of the vilest pest holes in the world surpassing Suez and notes Kipling’s grim immortality attached to the place. The remark portrays the city in harsh, sensational terms.
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Guayquil
Suez
Kipling
New York Commercial
Tax Rolls Now Collectible At First National Bank
Notice to Taxpayers from City Treasurer Andrew Wieland for Bessemer Michigan. Tax rolls are in his hands and payable at First National Bank during 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm, with Saturday hours 9 am to 12 pm. No collection fee until January 10 1918. after that 4 percent per law. Date December 5 1912.
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Kessemer
First National Bank
Andrew Wieland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Baking Powder
H. Olson
Wakefield
Joe
Bruno
Miss Laurie
Elmore
Ohio
Victor
J. K. Johnson
Will Gray
J. H. Madajesky
Milwaukee
Kh. G. Peterson
Skod Goldman & Co
Chester Wilkins
Eveleth
MR. Merchant
Superior Metcouloge
Tony Trier
Stevena Point
RB. MieLick
Tronwood, Mich
Bay
Jacon Gounoman, Pres
Epwin R. Bayliss
Pres
S. A. Hagerman
Jacon Gotoman
Skud, Goldman & Co
Epwin R. Bayiss
Bessemer Lumber Co
M. A. Hacerman
J. Stanley Rummage
Eureka Mine
Josefh Ccuts
Ochia Bros
James Devoy
Ironwood
Solomon Sax
Minnesota
Bessemer, Mich
Hagen & Solberg
Souare
Hagen Z Solberg
Bessemer, Michigan
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