Annual County Picnic Set for June 28 at Little Girls Point
The Farmers and Business Men's picnic will be held at Little Girls Point Park Lake Superior next Thursday June 28 with anticipated large attendance. Farmers and businessmen urge families to arrive by 10 30 am. Transportation committee plans bus service for those without cars and outlines pickup routes. Ralph Rowell Elmer Mickelson R H Salmela J E McNicholas Patrick Kelly and Nesto Erickson lead the effort with Vincent Semmerling Johnny W Johnson and Wim G Peterson coordinating refreshments.
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Little Girls Point Park
Lake Superior
Committee On Transportation
Transportation Committee
Ralph Rowell
Elmer Mickelson
R. H. Salmela
J. E. McNicholas
Patrick Kelly
Nesto Erickson
Death of Huries school chief Armends life chain ends
Armetrong Dieu Edwin T Arm longtime Huries schools superintendent from 1905 to 1907 died May 23 in Adriza Michigan where he served as schools commissioner. He was 35 years old. Thieves broke into Ironwood library with $11 cash taken and $300 damage. Iron County Memorial building and Huties courthouse broken into over the weekend with no valuables stolen. Adolph Anderson employed at Bonifas camp near Gugedic Station killed Wednesday by a felime tree. His body sent to Ironwood morgue. relatives sought.
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Armetrong Dieu
Edwin T. Arm
Huries
Adriza
Mich
Ironwood Library
Iron Counts Memorial
Court House
Huties
Weedeman
Adolph Anderson
Bonifas
Gugedic Station
Mars Bound Over To Circuit Court
Paul Mars Jr. of Wakefield was arraigned on negligent homicide and failure to stop after an accident in the deaths of Eugene Gustafeon and Albert Baase on January 1. He was bound over to the next term of circuit court with a $2500 bond. His companions Emil Haavikko and John Bessie, also of Wakefield, are serving 39 days in the county jail for drunkenness.
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Paul Mars Jr
Wakefeld
Eugene Gustafeon
Albert Baas‘e
Ram
Jere
Adolph J. Gedda
Emil Haavikko
John Bessie
Wakefield
Community Picnic Plans in Ironwood Area
The Ironwood area hosts a Thursday June 28 picnic at Little Girls Point Park Lake Superior with a band led by Vincent Semmerling and Johnny Johnson’s Russian Band. Sessions include horseshoe pitching tug of war nail driving and softball equipment. speakers Rev. G G Curtis and J G Wells.
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Mayor Schneider
Ironwood
Garland
Wm. L. Burns
Elmer Mickelson
Louis Jacquart
Hell
Rev
G. G. Curtis
J. G. Wells
Chatham, Michigan
County Fair Plans In Progress For This Year
County fair association works on finances and acts to cancel or restructure fair. Dates not set yet but will occur the week before the Upper Peninsula exhibition in Escanaba. The Upper Peninsula fair is planned for the week of August 30 36. The previous county fair used tax funds to pay indebtedness from area expansion.
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County Fair Association
Eecanaba
Upper Peninsula
Suicide Death of Anton De Rozs0 in Hurler
A report states 34 year old Anton De Rozs0 died by his own hand in Hurler on Teezdar. Authorities note the incident involved self inflicted gunshot. Further details were not provided.
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Anton de
Wakefield School Board Member Steps Down After 15 Years
A Wakefield board of education member with a 15 year tenure will not seek reelection. The decision ends a long period of service on the local school governance body.
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Wakefeld Board of Education
Leaves hospital Carl Christensen discharged from Ironwood hospital
Spider Lake constable who was shot during the Dillinger gang escape at Little Bohemia lodge near Mercer on April 23 was discharged from Renstrom’s hospital in Ironwood last Saturday. Joe Morris, camp cook, remains at Grand View Hospital.
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Carl Christensen
Spider Lake
Dillinger
Little Bohemia Lodge
Mercer
Renstrom's Hospital
Ironwood
Jo&s Morris
Camp Cook
Grand View Rospital
City Calls Bids For Garbage And Tires
The city of Bessemer advertises for bids to collect garbage for the coming year and also seeks bids for tramakures. Official notices appear in Jahr's Herald.
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Bessemer
Jahr’s Herald
Ironwood Boy Wins Sectional Essay Award
Alden Allen, 13, of Central School Ironwood, is judged best author in the grade school group of the Mount Rushmore inscription contest. His essay advances to Washington for national judging by a Hearst newspapers panel headed by President Roosevelt. National winners receive all expenses paid trips to Washington.
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Alden Allen
Ironwood
Hearst Newspapers
Alden
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Washington
Tragic End For Dan G. Stewart Teacher At Stambeagh High
Dan G. Stewart a 42 year old school teacher born in Ishpeming killed himself at his Stambeagh home amid stress over his job at Stambeagh High School. He reportedly left Ishpeming with his family years ago for Crystal Falls and is survived by his wife and daughter. Rilees. 15.
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Dan G. Stewart
Ishpeming
Stambeagh
Stambeagh High School
Crystal Falla
Rilees
Local Girl Injured In Auto Accident
A local girl was injured last Friday evening when she was struck by a car driven by William Levine of Ireneweed. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Stems.
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Bersice Sloma
Mr. Stanley Stems
Wiliam Levne
Irenweed
State rivals open campaign in this county
Gogedic county hosts campaign events this week as Michigan attorney general candidates rally voters for the fall elections. Harry S. Toy of Detroit accused Democrats of “wanton government” and urged a Republican landslide, criticizing parole policy and tax burdens.
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Gogedic County
Michigan
Harry S. Toy
Detroit
Wayne County
Curry Hotel
Irogwood
Toy
Wayne
Democrats of Gogebic County Picnic Features Patrick J. O'Brien
Democratic attorney general Patrick J. O'Brien of Michigan is slated to speak at a Gogebic county picnic at Prave park in Ironwood on Sunday June 24. He is expected to be Toy's chief rival in the fall election. The event will include entertainment following his address.
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Secutors
Warne
O’brien
Gogebic County
Prave Park
Ironwood
Patrick J. O'Brien
Michigan
Toy
O'Brien
John Luxmore
William B. Paynter
Bessemer
Paynter
Denis O'Leary
O’leary
Mr. Paynter
Comstock
Percy Drew
Drew
O'Leary
Upper Peninsula highway program urged for all cement routes
The Upper Peninsula Development Bureau seeks support from commercial and civic groups to back a peninsula wide highway plan linking towns with hard surface arterials. George E Bishop notes aim to complete US-41 US-2 and M-28 with cement paving and urges chambers of commerce to gauge public backing and involve county road commissions and the state highway commission.
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Upper Peninsula
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
George E Bishop
Peainsula
Development Bureau
Chambers of Commerce
State Highey Commission
Catholic Church Plans Public Picnic at Bessemer July 1
The St. Mor parish, led by Rev. C. J. Swoboda, organizes a Sunday July 1 public outing at the Bessemer tourist Bar with sports events such as softball, horseshoes, tug of war, and races for children. A music program is being arranged and a parish procession will move from the church after Mass.
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Ti An
Bessemer
Congregation of the
St. Mor
New Sales Tax Forms Issued For 1934
Michigan’s 1934 fiscal year starts July 1. New monthly sales tax booklets will be mailed by August 1 to all taxpayers. Booklets resemble large check books and are non transferable. New owner must obtain a new license with ownership change. GS8T 1 form required for all first returns. Obtain blanks in Lansing or Detroit.
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James E. Mogan
Michigan State Board of Tax Administration
Lansing
Detroit
Only Three Counties Have Road Contracts
State highway department has not issued a formal maintenance contract to Iron county road commission. County engineer says work is funded by the state month to month without a written agreement. About 40000 dollars must be spent on state highways in Iron county this year to keep them in shape.
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State Department
Iron County Road Commission
Herbert Larson
State Highway Department
Crystal Falls
Ontonagon
Gogebic
Keweenaw
Iron and Dickinson
Ford Cuts Prices of Cars and Trucks
Ford Motor Company announced price reductions on the 1984 Ford V 8 passenger cars by 10 to 15 dollars and on Ford V 8 commercial cars and trucks by 10 to 30 dollars, effective Friday June 16. The cuts mark the first change since the 1834 V 8 introduction and follow no recent general auto price hike.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Ford Company
Pickands Mather Golf Tourney Set For Saturday
The annual Pickands Mather & Company golf event arrives Saturday at Genebic Country Club with players from Cajuns Mesaba and Vermilika Michigan. Tee times begin 0:20 and continue through the day with prices listed.
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Pickands
Mather
Pickands, Mather & Company
Genebic Country Club
Cajuns
Mesaba
Vermilikca Michigan
Barr Fishlock Installed At Lake Gogebic Dam
After four years of effort Gogebic County celebrates a Barr Fishlock at the Lake Gogebic outlet dam. Invented by Harry Barr of Ironwood, the device lifts fish automatically over the dam and has impressed Wisconsin officials and the federal fisheries department. Local conservationists seek Michigan approval for wider use.
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Gogebic County
Lake
Gogebic
Barr
Harry Barr
Ironwood
Michigan
Michigan Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
Federal Department of Fisheries
Ironwood Times
Rest Lake
Conservation Department of Wisconsin
Lake Gogebic
the Times
US Buys 165000 Acres in Gogebic County Watersmeet
The United States government last week secured title to over 165 000 acres in Gogebic county near the Ottawa national forest. More than 14 100 acres were bought from the Wisconsin Michigan Lumber Company for 32736 dollars and the remaining land from the Keweesaw Land Association for 3673 dollars.
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United States
Gogebic County
Watersmeet Township
Ottawa National Forest
Wisconsin-Michigan Lumber Company
Keweesaw Land Association
Theodore Huris Linked to Crystal Falls Prospect
Theodore Huris emerges as a key figure in Crystal Falls, identified as a prospect and master of the area, with attention on his role and influence in local affairs.
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Theodore Huris
CANDIDATES IN COUNTY MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Gogebic county sees multiple filings for sheriff and state posts as deadlines approach. William Paynter seeks the democratic sheriff nomination while Percy Drew runs for republican sheriff. Ray Garvey seeks state representative and Frank Hook heads for Congress in the 12th district.
Bonifas Company Plans New Sawmill Operation
The Bonifas-German Lumber Co. will reopen its Lake Linden sawmill under William Bonifas of Escanaba. The mill will hire about 400 workers and produce around 15 million feet of lumber for the rest of the year, with Isaac Bonifas as superintendent. A temporary halt remains at the Winegar Wisconsin mill while another plant operates at Marenisco.
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Bonifas-German Lumber Company
Lake Linden
William Bonifas
Escanaba
Isaac Bonifas
Bearded Nine Triumphs Over Hurley at Home Park
The touring House of David baseball team defeated Hurley at Hurley’s park Wednesday night under the floodlights 4 to 1. Grover Cleveland Alexander, ex major leaguer, pitched the first inning for the Davids. Hurley’s battery consisted of Kaufman and Gorham.
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House of David
Hurley
Grover Cleveland Alexander
The
Davids
Kaufman Ead Gorham
Apitz's Eleven Set for Two Tough Openers
College of Pacific at Stockton California will open football season with two hard tests facing Southern California and California. Pacific coach A A Stagg, former Chicago mentor, and Lawrence Apis a Bessemer product who began under Stagg at Chicago.
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College of Pacific
Stockion
Calif
Southern California
University of California
Pacific
A. A. Stagg
Chicago
Lawrence Apis
Stagg
Bethlehem Rope Co Receivership at Willameport
Bethlehem rope company at Willameport Pennsylvania enters receivership under Mae Seeteahe with Wat as a key party in the filing. Local industry note reflects financial distress and corporate restructuring in the region.
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Bethlehem & Ove
Willamapie W We Rope Co
Willameport
Wire Rope Company
Mae Seeteahe
Wat
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Mars
Mr. Velin
Joe Moncher
W. J. Anderson
C. E. Gunderson
Y. H. Haneon
J. H. Salmela
Robert Adats
J. H. Kent
Beesemer
Akefield
Ironwood Boy
Toy and O’brien Hut
Tor
Frank B. Abelman
Bessemer Pre
Catholic Church
C. J. Swoboda
U. S
Ray Garvey
Alvin Rummel
Hook
Congress
Frank B. Hook
W. Frank James
Laurium
James
Levi S. Rice
L’anse
Valparaiso University
Bonifas Company
Bearded Nine
Apitz
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