Minnie M. Mains Port Season Closed After Long Lake Voyage
The Minnie M steamer, after a season of 102 trips since March 31, arrived at Port after a swift run, closing navigation for the winter. Captain Batten and crew reported the season as the longest in his lake career, with no major incidents. At Blind River, D S Pindell plans a lecture to benefit the Presbyterian church, on Gold Mining, featuring readings and moving pictures. Algoma Electric installs Soo’s first marble pane switchboard in Harris block, Queen Street, praised as the best wired in the city.
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Minnie
Michipicoten
Monkshaven
Barium
Michipiccten
Imperial
Minnie M
Captain Batten
Ossifrage
Michipiet
Bese
Minnie M.iest
Batten
Blind River
D. 5
Pindell
Algoma Electric Company
Harris
Queen Street
Town Council Delays Action On By-law Amendments And School Funds
Last night the town council debated amendments to the by law and a request for $20 for a new high school which was not acted upon. Discussion covered extending store closures and evening hours but no changes were approved due to time. Fire service needs and equipment were raised, a brigade praise followed by a note on engineer W F Grant’s five week holidays and a batch of accounts being approved.
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St_ Lukes
Grant
Schedule for Soo Hockey League intermediate games drawn up
The Soo Hockey League intermediate schedule was set after four meetings last evening. The list includes Jan 1 Tagonas vs. Victorias, Jan 1 Lock City vs. Tagonas, Jan 22 Victorias vs. Tagan, Jan 29 Tazanas vs. Lock City, Feb 5 Lock City vs. Victorias, with Ontario rules requiring games in the city and exhibitions for some trips. Practice times and requests for games with Houghton and Ottawa Victorias are noted, along with first practice tomorrow and new team uniforms.
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Soo Hockey League
Exes
Tagonas
Victorias
Lock City
Tagotas
Tagan
Tazanas
Lock Ci
Ontario Hockey Association
Cizh
Houghton Des
Michigan Soo
Houghton
Ottawa
Soo Hockey Club
Canadian Hockey Exodus Spurs Action From Amateur Union
Canadian Amateur Athletic union faces pressure as players retire to American teams in Pittsburg and beyond. Critics argue the exodus to earnings in the United States harms amateur sport and call for a formal stand to discourage professionalizing athletes across hockey lacrosse baseball and football.
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Canada
A A. T
Pimsburg
Canadien Amateur Athletic Union
Hocker
Pittsburg
Agcker
Soo may pursue new industry at local mill site
The Soo plans a new industry move with a proposed branch factory in Cenaéa to process pig iron and coal, with costs and locations under study. W G Parmaree commends the idea to officials as Mayor and Aldermen Coll Devson form a committee to gather details and inform stakeholders.
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Cenaéa
W G. Parmaree
Trade and Commerce
Mir. Husier
Tee
Coll Devson
Mrs W H Plummer Dead In Baltimore Afternoon
Mrs W H Plummer the wife of the ex mayor died yesterday afternoon in Baltimore after a failing health of two years. Survived by husband W H Plummer a son C P Plummer another son Jn? and daughter Miss Blanche Plummer and brothers S A M L HAL. The obituary notes arrangements and mentions accompanying relatives.
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Baltimore
Fami
Plummer
Phimmer
Jona Hopkins
Plummer and Son
W. Hy Plummer
C. PR
C. V. Plummer
R. Blanche
Survives
Miner
Ca i. Plummer
Genghier
Blanche Plummer
FL S
Hal Wite
Port Acthar
Local News Roundup from Algoma District
News notes from the region include C B Sexsmith traveling to Leamington Ont for a grocer trip, a newborn to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caster, and social events such as the Knights of Pythias reception in Collis Black Hall. Also mentioned are church openings, fraternal entertainments, a Christmas eniment at St James Hall, the barge Happahanock wintering near the north power dock, and a minor fire alarm at Tagona Inn with a small blaze quickly extinguished.
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C. B. Sexsmith
Leamington
Ont
Paul Caster
M. H. Biggings
P.V. McNeely
Algoma Central
O. W. Swenson
Michipicoten
Minnie M
Jno
A. McPhail
J Company
A. ©. Boyce
Rat Portage
A. C. Boyce
Leis
Winnineg
Minneapolis
Knights of Pythias
Collis Black Hall
Oddfellows
Order of Forestes
St. James” Hall
Tueber
Happahanock
North Power
Sus
Lake Superior Power Company
Tagona
Fremen
Fred. Flord
Algoma Iron Works
Ywinnines
Newsterker
Christmas at Rudson s Bay in Far Northern Country
Festivities on Christmas day among Indians near Rudson s Bay feature cannon salutes and a lively feasting scene. Husky-driven celebrations, braiding outfits, and a playful dress of braves and squaws fill the outskirts of a river settlement as people prepare for holiday sales and travel offers in a 1963 context.
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Rudson’s Bay
Great
Hudsons Bar Company
Freaventir
Bt Das Merer
Leslie
Union of woodsmen in Upper Peninsula questioned by Houghton lumberman
A prominent Houghton lumberman dismisses the idea of a woodsmen union in the Upper Peninsula as fantasy, noting yearly attempts to organize fail and arguing the workers’ temperaments and six month season prevent effective union membership. He cites scarce loggers this year, higher wages, and better living conditions reducing need for a union.
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Upper Peninsula
Houghton
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Sault Ste. Marie
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Conway & Rail
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J. B. Strathearn
India
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Canadian Pacific
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Lis
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N. D. Morisk
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Fred RK
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Given & Herrer
Soo Real Estate
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Ishpeming
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Ole A. Genderson
Chas. Thorsen
Stonindon
Ssturdar Uiderneath
Ther
Munising J. P
Peter Olson
Munising
Knights of Prihias
Duwmnason
Terther
Fens Fortune
American Soo
Brest
Soo Furniture Co
Arnold Brewing’ Co. Ili
Fred R
Ayer
S. L. Penhor Wood
Warie, Ont
Bard
Cierent Cyles
Hari
Si Reater
Sime
Sid Keager
Eagle
the News-Record
Chippewa CO
the Soo Lumber CO
Melwolek
Bingham Ave
Soa
Mich
Ashmun Street
Hoyday, Wes and
Iguors
Golden Arrow
Frank Bros
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