Forest Club at Yale Leads Quiet Weekly Meetings
The Forest Club of Yale, led by Gordon Whitburn, runs a fourfold program for boys focusing on physical, mental, devotional, and social development. Activities include games promoting fair play, storytelling, guest talks on thrift and banking, and devotionals about Bible heroes, with future plans to involve nonmembers and parents.
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Forest Club
Yale
Gordon Itburn
Whit
Fort Club
Lan
Carl Swanson
People’s State Bank
YMCA
Eisenmann
Battle Creek
Michigan
Whitburn
Barber School
Chhd
County Ymca
Plans To Organize A Bessemer Hockey Team
Local fans in Bessemer anticipate forming a hockey team this season. Enthusiasm runs high as potential players, both new and old, gather material to ensure a competitive squad. Practice and games may begin Mondays from the start of the year at Kondrome’s rink, praised as one of the best ice venues in the upper peninsula.
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Bessemer
Thiebert
Kondrome
Upper Peninsula
Winter Housewarming Emerges as Fashionable Entertainment
The piece notes a trend toward housewarming events as the season's chic form of entertainment. It highlights social appeal and reflects a shift in winter social calendars without naming individuals or places.
Ironwood Methodist Choir Concert Tuesday at High School
The Ironwood Methodist church choir of 42 voices directed by F. W. May will perform solos duets and quartets Tuesday evening at 8 at the High School. Proceeds benefit the church with admission set at 10 and 25 cents after a successful last Sunday program.
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Methodist Church Choir of
Ironwood
F. W. May
Methodist Church
Elks to Stage Jollies of 1923 in three towns
The Elks plan the Jollies of 1923 a two part amateur minstrel musical comedy with 41 cast members and a Chicago based production company. It plays January 11 and 12 at Rex Theatre and January 13 at Wakefield City Hall with tickets one dollar plus tax and seats reserved at local pharmacies.
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The
Elks’ Jollies
Rex Theatre
Wakefield
Joe Bren
Chicago
Elks Club
Bessemer Pharmacy
Wakefield Pharmacy
Bessemer
Wakefield City
Michigan Tuberculosis Seals Sale Expected To Break Records
Officials of the Michigan Tuberculosis Association predict a larger sale of Christmas seals than ever before, based on early county returns and advance reports from counties with local tuberculosis organizations. Executive secretary Theodore J. Werle urged prompt remittances and the return of unsold seals to fund the 1923 educational program.
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Michigan
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Theodore J. Werle
State Tuberculosis Association
Petroleum Briquets Show Promise As Fuel
An American consular officer in France reports on petroleum briquets as fuel noting they weigh half as much as coal and give twice the heat. They keep indefinitely in good condition and burn steadily without danger or smoke. Briquets are made from petroleum mixed with proprietary additives and solidified under pressure.
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France
Ring Out the Old and Ring In The New Poem
The passage presents Alfred Lord Tennyson inspired lines urging as a yearly ritual to ring out old grievances and false pride while ring in truth, peace, and noble virtues. It calls for shedding disease and strife and welcoming broader compassion and justice.
James Roberts Buried Tuesday in Ramsay
Funeral services for James Roberts were held at Community Building Chapel in Ramsay with Rev. J. Roberts and Rev. Edwin Eells officiating. Interment followed at Bessemer cemetery. Roberts died Sunday December 24 after a week’s illness from injuries at the Asteroid mine on December 17. He leaves a wife Mary Elizabeth and six children plus three sisters and a brother.
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Ramsay
James Roberts
Community Building
J. Roberts
Bessemer
Edwin Eells
God
Beautiful City of Gold
Mr. Roberts
Gogebic
Roberts
Mary Elizabeth Roberts
Eliza
Fern
Richard
Christana Wills
Ida Studden
Montreal
Alfred Roberts
Gile
J.S. Nicholls
Detroit
Richard Trevarthen
Eveleth Minn
Ben Martin
Iron River
John Roberts
Robert
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Houghton
Copper Country
Iron Mountain
Mary Elizabeth Bray
Uss
Dairy Meetings Set to Promote Upper Michigan Dairy Assets
A series of meetings arranged by the Michigan Agricultural College extension department and the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau aims to boost dairy cattle as a distinct asset in Upper Michigan. Events run February 14 to 16 in Ironwood Escanaba and Sault Ste. Marie with speakers including Prof. O E Reed and G E Bishop.
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Upper Michigan
Michigan Agricultural College Extension Department
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Ironwood
Escanaba
Sault Ste. Marie
Marquette
Peninsula
Chippewa County
Prof
O. E. Reed
Michigan Agricultural College
A. G. Kettunen
Larry F. Livingston
C. BE. Gunleron
B. P. Pattison
H. C. Lawton
G. E. Bishop
Hen’ Tary
Upper
Penihna
A. J. Glover
Hoard's Dairyman
Kurt Atkinson
Wis
Upper Peninsula Cage Tournaments Set For March 9 and 10
The sixth annual UP high school basketball tournaments are scheduled for Friday and Saturday March 9 and 10. Class A and Class B contests will be held at Michigan College of Mines in Houghton and later at Marquette Normal school for the final. Entries close February 15 with a March 2 deadline after 6 p.m. Final championship is March 16 with top prizes and neutral officials.
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Upper Peninsula
Williams
A. F. Westphal
Michigan College of Mines
Wayne B. McClintock
Northern State Normal School
Houghton
Normal School
Marquette
Marquette Normal School
Board of Control
The
Upper Peninsula Interscholastic Athletics Association
W. B. McClintock
Will Meet Thursday at Post 27 American Legion
Peter Gedda Post No 27 of the American Legion will hold its first meeting of the new year Thursday January 4. Newly elected officers will preside and a smoker and luncheon will follow. The radio outfit committee will submit a report on purchasing a radio after demonstrations by county dealers. An electric lighted sign at the street entrance was donated by the city council.
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Peter Gedda
The
American Legion
Post
Bessemer Defeats Minocqua 51 to 4 in Lopsided clash
Bessemer High overwhelmed Minocqua High 51 to 4 last Friday night in a one sided contest. The locals used their regular lineup before rotating in reserves and will face Ironwood and Wakefield after the holidays as they stay in fine form.
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Bessemer High
Minocqua High
Minocqua
Bessemer
Williams
Iron Bolt
Ironwood
Wakefield
Gogebic Range Poultry Show announces single-entry prizes
Attractive premium books are ready for distribution at the County Agricultural Agent's Office Ironwood. Prizes are awarded for single entries with cash premiums for all poultry meeting the 1915 American standard. Sweepstakes honor rolls include best cock, cockerel, hen and pullet with cash prizes and a best display award.
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Gogebic Range
Ironwood
Chiss
Valuable Paper on Reading by Miss Burt at Gogebic Meeting
Miss Rosy W. Burt presented a paper at the Gogebic County Township Superintendents meeting detailing investigations in reading by Dean Gray and colleagues. The report covers tachistoscope use, eye movements, eye voice span, and correlations with reading maturity and rate, highlighting how proper eye movements relate to good reading skills.
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Rosy W. Burt
Gogebic County
J. C. Watson
A. W. Clevenger
Wakefield
Reading
Dean Gray
School of Education
Chicago University
Judd
Buswell
Public Schools
Chicago
Practice School of the University
College
University
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Gordon Whitburn
ELKS
Agricultural Men and Development Bureau
Finnegan
Chibowski
MacFarlane
Michela
I Cena
Michaud
Sarturis
Donich
Solberg
Carlson
Motine Polo
R Waener
Bolger
Bassett
Hershey
Bielecki
Torrell
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