Days of Summer and Tax Echoes In Upper Peninsula News
The issue notes the summer solstice on June 21 1966 and celebrates a busy tourist push in the Upper Peninsula led by the UMTA. It cites a 22 percent rise in inquiries, a $1,200 literature and $400 postage spend, and projects up to three quarters of a million dollars in new regional revenue from vacation parties. It also discusses tax policy risks after New York Stock Exchange concerns, potential business shifts, and a closing remark about women drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wharton
Upper Peninsula
Ken Dorman
Upper Michigan TV Association
Michigan State Tourist Council
UMTA
Mid
Fun Pac
Peninsula
Dorman
Upper Michican Tourist Association
New York
New York Stock Exchange
The
Stock Exchange
Manhattan
Isien
Pick and Axe Ideal Summer Weather In Batched Notes
Speed Boy baseball opens season Monday at Ironwood. Charles Mascotti elected to the board of education to succeed Paul Hoeft. Population drops as residents leave for vacations. Deep sea fishing on Lake Superior reported good. Dog n Suds drive in nearing completion. Johnny The Bear Says. Times note changing dining habits and July fireworks fund-raising struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood
Charles Mascotti
Board of Education
Paul
Local officials reshuffle Bessemer political scene
William A. Stoewer resigns as City Engineer Street Commissioner effective June 16 to take a new post in Molline. Walter Bennetts and Mario Re win seats on the Bessemer School Board. Anita Kriska and Leon Pryor wed at Ironwood church. Many locals relocate or enter new jobs as June moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Stoewer
Bessemer
Stoewer
Moline
Raymond Ashe
Detroit
John
Ashe
Mary Scavarda
Walter E. Bennetts
Mario Re
Anita Kriska
Paul Kriska
Ramsay
Leon Pryor
Rockford
Ill
First Presbyterian Church
Ironwood
Urho Lammi
Houghton
Lammin
Houghton Mining Gazettee
Northwestern University
Adla M. Anderson
Helen J. Gustafson
Ruth C. Vas
Bessemer Township
Steve Mussatti
Peter Montenati
East Silver St
Bessemer Boy Scout Troop
Michael Buchko
Massie Field
John Smith
Edwin
Mary Rodenberg
Manhattan
Mont
Elsie Musson
Dayton
Ohio
Cecelia A. Dunn
Edward J. Dunn
Ottawa
Jerry Filippini
A. Filippini
St. Columba Catholic Church
Joseph Gastino
Norma
Italy
Roy Willard
Doris
John J. Castello
Pontiac
Mich
Joseph Bria
Emil Vukovich
Grand Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. D. Johnston
Service Command
Violet Heinrichs
Olive Laberdie
Thonaston
Bessemer Flks Lodge
Chicago
Theresa Gardetto
Andrew Sundquist
St. Sebastian Church
Charles Anderson
Anvil
Montreal
Hickey
Anderson
Domenic Re
Milwaukee
Diphtheria Deaths Flag 1920 County Rate in Gogebic
Gogebic County recorded four diphtheria deaths in 1920, giving a 12 percent death rate from the disease for a population of 33 225. Matt Carlson, 41, a miner at the Ironton mine, was killed in a cave in about 9 am. He leaves widow Mathilda and three sons Douglas Leon and Francis. Three hundred forty aliens and night students attended night classes at the high school and Barber school opening January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic
Matt Carlson
Ironton
Mathilda
Douglas
Leonard
Francis
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Gogebic County
Brichsgen
UNITA
Pick & Axe
Johnny the Bear
Rance English
Nancy Levi
Cluttergrand
Congress
Charine
Niagara Falls
Warren Leeke
Richard Salonen
Rockney Johnson
Donald Georgie
United States Air Force
Joseph Janov
Domenica Novascone
Anvil-Palms
Ashland
James
Domenic
Emil
Katherine
Arthur Walz
Joseph Figuli
Novascone
Celia Mae Lutey
Elizabeth Lutey
Emil H. Ekman
First Methodist Church
Frank Briskie
Wakefield
Newport Hospital
Briskie
Faye Roberts
Yale
Jackson
Germany
Jane Q. Massie
John Marchello
City Board of Education
Walter Nemacheck
Walter Peterson Jr
Walter Peterson
J. Hansen
A. L. Campell
Lake Galilee
Mellen
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Ferdinand W. Georgie
Emil Genetti
Joseph Ferrari
Boes
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