Six Seek Gogebic County Sheriff Nomination
Six candidates enter the Gogebic county sheriff race. Leo Isdebski John W Johnson Andy Lake seek Republican nominations while Kenneth MacFarlane files Democratic bid. Incumbent Drew and Paynter also announce, with Ohman aiming reelection as mine inspector. Primary set for September 2 with filing deadline May 21.
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Ofice
Gogebic County
Leo J. Isdebski
John W. Johnson
Bessemer
Andy Lake
Wakefield
Kennth MacFarlane
Besseyer Township
William B. Paynter
Beatemer
Percy Crew
Ironwood
Painter
Drew
Kenneth MacFarlane
Bessemer Township
Ferdinand C. Ohman
Hie
Sals
Connor Dies Veteran Leader in Illinois Hospital
Robert Connor longtime member of the Ironwood Legion dies at a Chicago veterans hospital after weeks of illness. A World War I gas attack survivor, he served as state legion vice commander. He was 66 years old. Burial took place in Ironwood.
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Connor
Robert Connor
Ironwood Legion
Chicago Veterans’ Hospital
Desth
C Nner
Ironwood
Mrs Willis Dies at 59 After Wakefield Residence
Mrs. Hillis Williams a Wakefield resident for years died at her home aged 59. Funeral services were held today in Wakefield.
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Hillis
William Willis
Wakefield
Lawyer Speakers Highlight Michigan Bar Event in Ironwood
Charles Easery, president of the Michigan Bar Association, spoke to the Gogebic County Bar Association at St. James hotel Ironwood Tuesday evening. George W. Brand, president of the Detroit Bar Association, also addressed the gathering.
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Charles Easery
Michigan Bar Association
Gogebic County Bar Association
St. James Hotel
Ironwood
George W. Brand
Detroit Bar Association
Local Eagles Plan Trip to Upper Peninsula Picnic
Bessemer Eagles charter a special bus to Calumet on Sunday July 29 for a gathering with Upper Peninsula Eagles. Bernard Prett chairs the bus committee with at least one additional member from the local group.
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Bessemer Eagles
Calumet
Upper Peninsula
Bernard Prett
Teast
Iag
Bessemer Sets Its First Fourth of July Celebration
The Ramsay Athletic Club plans a full day program for a first ever Fourth of July celebration in Bessemer township while nearby Ironwood and Wakefield host events. Local residents will spend the holiday elsewhere.
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Bessemer
Gogebic Range
Ironwood
Wakefield
Ramsay
Bessemer Township
Ramsay Athletic Club
Star Spangled Banner
Black River
Bessemer Legion
Andrew Lehtola
John Kuntsi
Wiliam Saily
Cary Empires
Township Memorial Park
Opening of Beer Tavern Planned by Becker and Destasio
Announcement states Bernard Becker and Michael Destasio will open the Redemer Weer Tavern this Saturday. The tavern’s location is given but incomplete in the notice.
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Bernard Becker
Michael Destasio
Peoples State Bank to pay 15 percent dividend
Savings depositors of the closed Peoples State Bank of Bessemer will receive a first dividend of 15 percent totaling 28 351.80. The payout, by next week, is authorized by the state banking department and ordered by Circuit Judge G. O. Driscoll. Funds come from liquidation, not from loans.
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Savings Depositorn
Peoples State Bank of
Bessemer
State Banking Department
G. O. Driscoll
Jean Nicolet fete set for July 1 events in Upper Peninsula
Jean Nicolet week will honor the region's first white citizen with mass at Brady Field Sault Ste. Marie three-factor pageants in Sault Ste. Marie Mackinac Island and St. Ignace. The showings run July 2 to 7 with an open air close in Marquette park. Aerials include a new airport dedication and Fort Mackinac museum opening. Approximately 600 drill for Sault Ste. Marie spectacle and 400 each at St. Ignace and Mackinac Island.
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Jean Nicolet
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Northwest
Land of
Hiawatha
Brady Field
Sault Ste. Marie
Holy Name Societies
Ontario
South Shore Railway
Marquette
Mackinac Island
St. Ignace
Marquette Park
George Dishnow Dies in Champion at 79
George Dishnow, longtime resident of Champion and former Bessemer area settler, died June 20 at his home near Champion in Marquette County. He was 79. Born in New York State, he moved to Champion at age five, lived in Bessemer about 13 years, and later returned to Champion 25 years ago to farm. Survived by widow, son August of Hurley, and daughter Mrs. Leona Burnett of Champion. Funeral held in Champion last Saturday morning.
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George Dishnow
Bessemer
Champion
Marquette County
Dishnow
New York State
August
Hurley
Leona Burnett
Shatter Proof Glass Law In Michigan Adopted
A 1931 Michigan statute requires automobiles built after July 1 1934 to use shatterproof laminated or unbreakable glass. The law aims to prohibit unreinforced glass in windshields and other glazing on new vehicles operated in the state.
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Michigan
Michigan's White Elephant for Sale
The Michigan State Administrative Board opened bids on the Chelsea Cement Plant and referred them to the finance committee. Three high offers are Norman Levy 41250 Chicago Michigan Portland Cement 40100 Joseph K E Zilk 40000 Ann Arbor. The plant includes 20 buildings 800 acre tract and a sizable inland lake. The committee may accept or reject or pursue dismantling by prison labor if bids are unsatisfactory.
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Lansing
State Administrative Board
Chelsea
Finance Committee
Boare
Norman Levy
Chicago
Michigan Portland Cement Company
Joeph KE. Zilk
Ann Arbor
Levy
Zilk
Michigan Grand Jury Probe Secret Inquiry
A Michigan grand jury, largely farmer members, conducts a secret inquiry into alleged government corruption involving the attorney general and prosecutor. Proceedings in the jury room are more secret, with no statements until the report. Witness handling and publicity are restricted, as officials face bribery and conspiracy charges tied to a trucking firm case.
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Michigan
J Kod
Patrick H. O’brien
Dan D. McCullough
George L. Walt
Public Minutee Commission
Kit Ftardy
Casiad
William A. Comrock
Gogebic County Offered Site for Local Golf Course
Gogebic county was offered about 62 acres east of the city on US-2 for a county golf course by N. D. Massie of Bessemer. The purchase proposal values the site at $15,000 with annual payments, or a five year lease at 10 cents per 1,000 square feet royalty. The offer was referred to a special committee by the county board at its Monday meeting. The county's total assessed value was set at $41,905,420, down $2,335,670 from last year.
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Giogebic County
Leas of
N. D. Massie
Bessemer
Us-2
Te City
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
E. W. Massie
Ironwood
Massie
Gogebd County
Erwin
Gogebic County
Navy to unveil new center in Samer region
The United States navy plans a new center in the Samer area, with officials signaling a strategic development in maritime operations and training. Details on location and potential partners remain forthcoming.
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United States Navy
Seeeben Toneene
Samer Ceentrer
President Roosevelt on voyage for six weeks
President Roosevelt will sail for Mawell June 3 to July 4 on a voyage described as a major ties trip, with plans to visit multiple locations aboard a battleship and meet officials.
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Roosevelt
Ramsay Park Adds Bath Houses and Diving Tower
Two new bath houses were completed at Ramsay Memorial park pool along with a 13 foot diving tower built this week. The Bes semer township park board also authorized park benches tables and concrete posts for campers. The baseball diamond is being improved.
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Ramsay Memorial Park
Bessemer Township
Mangled Body Found Near Bergland Identified
The badly mangled body of Oliver Olson, 43, of Milwaukee, was found beside the South Shore railroad tracks near Bergland early Sunday. Papers identified him as a freighter crewman on the Great Lakes, but the manner of death is still undetermined.
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Oliver Olson
Milwaukee
South Shore
Bergland
Olsen
Great Lakes
Monument Planned for Seedan Iron Ore Mine
A monument is planned to honor the Great shipment of iron ore from the Seedan wine Vermiliea mines. The effort marks an econpmemoration of significant ore exports and local industry impact.
Wakefield Man Elected President Of Temperance Group
Alfred Laakso elected president of the Na teal Fisarss Temperance Brocher RooeG for a Crystal Falls based group. Wakefeld delegate succeeds Ewaias Torkko of Sowian as vice president. officers include Mrs Agga Leeo Ely Minn secretary and Mes Mary Gilbert treasurer. directors named Ishpeming Jois Lami Crystal Falls System Nrasg Dolgeville Mick. 1353 convention scheduled at Wakefell with members from six states and much of Canada.
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Crystal Falls
Alfred Laakso
Nateal Fisarss Temperance Brocher- Rooeg
Hjeilmer Wakua
Wakefeld
Ewaias Torkko
Sowian
WM.e+ Oyber
Agga Leeo
Ely
Minn
Mes Mary
Gilbert
Ming
Jobg Tervaon
Ishpeming Jois Lami
System Nrasg
Dolgeville
Mick
Valuation Shows City Property at 3.1 Million
Board of review meeting Saturday tabulated the city valuation at 3 107 252, edging up from 3 10 339 last year. Real estate valued at 3 008 235 and personal property at 1 905 27, with no changes in granted exemptions.
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Board of Review
Vettner Names Cudlip General Counsel for Michigan Bankers
William B. Cudlip, former Iron Mountain resident and Detroit attorney, was named general counsel for the Michigan Bankers Association on June 22 at the Sumbal convention in Grand Rapids. James Davidson of Bay City was elected president with Pearce of Marquette as first vice president and Walter Truettner of Detroit as second vice president.
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Willam B. Cudlip
Iron Mountain
Detroit
Michigan Bankers’ Association
Grand Rapids
Cudlip
W. Cudlip
Ire
Mountain
Buckley, Ledyard, Dickinson and Wright
Michigan
James . Davidson
Bay City
Michigan Bankis” Association
Srasst Oo Pearce
Marquette
Walter F. Truettner
Mr. Truettner
Beasemer
Change Dates of Legion Convention In Michigan
Mihigan Legion state convention at Traverse City has been moved from September 11 to September 14-16. The change was made because September is the primary election day, per state adjutant Donald C. Glas co.
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Peter Gedda
Donald C. Glasco
Mihigan Legion
Traverse City
No Summer Meetings of Gogebic County Medical Society
Drs Stevens Gorilla and P R Liederthal led a symposium on automobile injuries at the Gogebic County Medical Society meeting in Ironwood. The society halted further meetings during the summer months.
Copper Consumption Estimates in Early Industrial Texts
The fragment notes that over 3.3 million pounds of copper are consumed annually, indicating early typesetting and crafts use, though exact source details are sparse. This item reads as a short data point within a broader industrial report.
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Isdehski
Heriff Department
Ono
Johnson
Sanitary Eco
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Gogebic
Lake
Denis Q O'Leary
Wakefield City
U. P
Peoples State Bank
Jean Nicolet Fete Onim
Mackinago Island
Ignace
United States
Bert Skinnard Jr
J. E. Murphy
Se Sebastian
Eagles
Yene
Aerman Peank Reseki Fiewd
Cusack
Cemini Emil Lewani
Zryi Wneral
Jo Sa. Soh
Whlii Ty Committee
Paul Nowasneone
J. Brwack Willum Filter
Bar Habra NxSasl
Baxhko
Andrew Meleson
Mar Sterar
Charles Scavarda
Valentine Betekii Nes E Levrarnd
Miks WM Orefe
Mere. J. Moselion
Mex R. Mattson
Mixes Ann Maerwell
Olga Neeri NM
Jelick
Anna Hoak
Sprinchetti
Piet Novasvee
Andrew Berk
Jobs Ksotinck
Ear Arsievic
Mmttees
Tobin
Tracy W. Southworth
Monroe
Guard
Comstock
Southworth
Joe Stein
Sam Street Huchas
Larein
State
Ferse
County
Bessmer
Toarship
Oir
Cata
Nesto Erickson
Siam
Esxison
Reevent
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J Neahan
Adelande
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C E Anderson
Lronwood Ciy
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Ewreewwoe
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Bessemer City
Tronwood Two
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Bessemer Two
Wakefield Two
Marenisco
Watersmeet
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Wakefell
Bix States
Canada
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