New Fishing Licenses Issued For 1950 Season Start
The conservation department says over a million and a half fishing licenses will be mailed to 3,700 agents statewide with licenses required starting January 1. Resident licenses stay at $1.50 and nonresidents at $2 for 10 days or $3 annually. Changes in the 1950 digest include removing the six inch pan fish size limit and extending bluegill sunfish season to March 31 while reducing wall eyed pike length to 13 inches.
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Conservation Department
Snow and plans mix as city eyes Friday Qanta arrival
Snow keeps streets busy while heavy flakes fall and snow plows operate. Qanta due Friday afternoon promises new air and mail service as city celebrates inaugural passenger service to Tange. Local teams and clubs bustle with leagues, concerts, and a north side Pin ochle group amid seasonal post office activity and holiday safety reminders.
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Qanta
Tange
Lake Linden
Senier
Senate Post Office
Civil Service Commission
Bessemer
Ontonagon
Newberry
John Salemi
Florian Genetti
Mary and Groom Wed at Last After Long Wait
A elderly bride with gray hair and a toothless groom on crutches wed after decades of engagement dating to their youth. Spectators note their patience and humor as a spectator recalls their long hold before marriage. Wise parents buy Christmas Seals for Child Health protection.
Restaurant Manager Intervenes As Odd Diners Eat Sandwishes
A man with two children enters Bob's restaurant orders three plates and three waters then unwraps sandwiches from his pocket and begins eating. He declares himself the manager and asks for money to be put in the juke box. A drug store scene follows where Bill McMinn seeks insomnia relief and a powder is suggested for a cat in milk. The quip ends with a moral about people profiting from mistakes.
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Bob
Bill McMinn
Bernie Prost
Bernie
Billy
Early December 1944 Community Notes Turn Of Life
December 8 1944 local column records 25th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs John Pirhonen at the Finnish National Lutheran Church Ironwood births at Grand View hospital including a McMinn daughter and a Simko daughter soldier Sgt Steve Matonich returns from China Burma India theater local obituary continues with Charles Seeke death funeral details wife and children count.
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John Pirhonen
Ironwood
William McMinn Jr
Grand View Hospital
Meg
Joseph Simko
Steve Matonich
Winter Arrives with Cold Wave and Snow Across County
Fifty years ago a severe cold wave and snow storm hit this region on Saturday. Reports show plummeting temperatures across the northwest and Ohio Valley. The article predicts winter will endure for months.
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Northwest
Ohio Valley
It’s the size of the dog in the fight
It is the size of the fight in the dog a bold claim echoing grit and determination in the public arena. The phrase contrasts physical presence with willpower suggesting resilience under pressure.
Reporter hears execution while hammering echoes at Sing Sing
A reporter covers an execution at Sing Sing as a convict hammers on the floor. He asks for a pause and the convict replies he has twenty years to finish the job. The item notes busier British doctors under Health Act rules and a waiting room sign asking patients to have symptoms ready. Christmas Seals promote tuberculosis control and prevention.
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Boston Herald
Bill Cunningham
Congress
Charles Seeke
Wakefield
Ketola
Bruno Ippolite
Bessemer
Ippolite
Sing Sing
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Michigan
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King Tut
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Frank Perlich
Wayne Burt
No Goodinks
John Jaskolski
Copperheads
Chester Brassa
Vic Olikienen
Zaks
Walczak
Butterfingers
Vincent Stelmark
Bernard Mazanec
Ted Stefoniak
John Turk
Lucille Walczak
Ruth Mazanec
Joseph Boulet
Mike Zeliska
Washington School
L. E. Church
Albert E. Church
Detroit
Billy Isaacson
Herbert Isaacson
Ramsay
Ramsay On
River Street
Earl Walton
John Korhonen
Ashland
St. Paul
Herman Matero
Riverside
State Health Department
H. Allen Moyer
Michigan National Youth Administration
Orin W. Kaye
Bessemer Lodge
The
Order of Runeberg
John Bergman
William B. Fauhl
Upper Peninsula
Midwest
Gogebic Range
C. M. Fraser
Peoples State Bank
Edward Mueller
Olcott School
Superior
Edward L. Hansen
Sidnaw
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marquette
Hansen
Jacob Laine
Puritan
Gering
Finland
Jos. Meagher
Ewen
Mies Hasel Campbell
Floyd Fillet
Studebaker
Gogebic Auto Company
Arco Erlicker
E. Mary St
Bessemes
Magic Eye
Mussatto
Florence
Beauty Shop
Beauty Service
Moore St
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Uusil
Leo
Cerise Baents
Michigan Bell
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