Icebound ferries keep Great Lakes fish fleet moving
Frankfort harbor thrives in winter as Ann Arbor Railroad ferries plow ice 10 to 12 inches thick to the open lake. Dozen 835 to 40 foot fish tugs follow in the ferries wake, seeking nets along the grounds while coast guard watches. A year past, tragedy struck a tug in harbor. The fleet endures whiteouts and blizzards as they battle ice and wind to sustain commercial fishing.
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Ann Arbor
Frankfort
Benzie County
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Mich
Dee
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Lake Mich
Paragedy
Carferry
Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Teacher Dismissal Sparks Court Verdict in Michigan
In Marshall Michigan Edith Grundemann a rural Tie Creek teacher dismissed sessions to attend a dance. The Calloun County court recorded the suit awarding the teacher $340 in back pay against the Tie Creek school board. The jury attempted to add interest but the judge limited the amount. The article notes a governor’s push for free wholesome sport and entertainment at the state fair grounds.
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Michigan Sidelights Service
Arshall
Mich
Dee
Burboose
Tie Creek
Edith Grundemann
Ibion
Calloun
Tike Echool Board
Governor Groesbeck Opens Skating Rinks at State Fair Grounds
Governor Alex J. Groesbeck attended the opening of two skating rinks on the state fair grounds in Detroit. He toured crowds and noted his boyhood skating lessons as he inspected the facilities. The state fair board plans to meet to discuss further amusements, including a possible outdoor swine water pool, marking continued development of the fair grounds for public benefit.
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Detroit
Mich
Veco
Alex J. Groesbeck
State Fair Board
Hagan
Noted Jackson Pastor Dies of Pneumonia
Jackson Michigan dated report notes the death of Tevy William Sidney Steensia, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Jackson, from pneumonia. He was born in Hotland, came to America as a child, studied in Detroit, served in Chassell and St. Clair, and led Michigan church groups. survived by a widow, three sons and two daughters.
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Jackson, Mich
Bec
Tevy
William Sidney Steensia
First Congregational Church of
Jackson
Heath
Steensia
Hotland
America
Detroit
Juater Hle
Old
Detroit ‘Times
Lies
Ato Chassells
Upper Peninsula
Jachenun
Jie
St Chair
Michigan
Kiawantaus
New Year Police to Tame Public Parties in Detroi t
Mount Clemens district officers will be detailed to patrol homes in Detroit and Mount Clemens during New Year celebrations. The plan aims to deter public revelry and drunken activity while focusing patrols on major gathering routes and river crossings to prevent liquor transit.
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Mount Clemens
Detroit
Mom Clemens
Stimight
Jo Wil
Lake St. Claim
St.lair
Northern Loggers See Ford as Hope Amid Combine Pressure
IRON MOUNTAIN Mich Pec 28 Independent log jobbers face a deadlock with mill operators over prices in Upper Michigan The block include a suspected unwritten agreement among mills to push prices below production costs The independents hope Ford Motor Co may resist joining The firms have kept prices at 24 to 28 last season and hold firm this year Potential shift hinges on Ford joining or breaking the pact with other operators Hugh Brennan signals fairness in pricing to protect jobbers and stabilize demand
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Michigan
Iron Mountain
Mich
Ford Motor Co
Upper Michigan
Mil
Ford Co
Ford
Nave Jett
Hugh Brenan
Sub Zero Weather Sweeps Michigan
Cold wave grips Michigan with widespread subzero readings. Detroit records minus four early yesterday, Sault Ste. Marie hits minus sixteen, and several towns report five to ten below. Hospitals treat five or six freezing victims, including 94 year old Frank Hunter. Fire alarms number over seventy as heating faults spark blazes, while residents seek recreation on Belle Isle and city rinks.
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Detroit
Mich
Dee
Frank Hunter
Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Belle Isle
Detroit News Briefs From State Capital and Local Sports
Statewide sports and police notes mix with local events from Detroit and surrounding towns. Bruins beat Detroit 26 to 20 to slip into third in the league while three cushion billiards opens in Detroit. Handball singles tournament kicks off tonight with top local players. Fires in Tarrison burned fur buildings for an estimated 25,000 dollars. Clergy ordination anniversary and local fire damage cast shadow over community. Police incidents include handcuffing attempt and a fatal police prisoner case. Philippines rebels warned. Philippines critique of United States rule discussed. Three murder attempts reported in Detroit area as authorities investigate potential jail incident and related injuries.
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Ay Wee Adtu Treas
Detroit
Chicago Bruins
Jus Copulas
Aupie Kutchheter
Chicago
Tarrison
Doday
Hoae
Owawares
Catch
Pathor Coorg
St Mary's
Todas
Alarshali
Livesripatia
Ctix
Santos
Maton
LWT
Nan
Gulls and Fishermen Use Dock Skeletons Along Michigan Shore
Skeletons of old Great Lakes docks line Michigan shores from Northport to Acme, remnants of booming lumbering days. The broken piles, left by storms and time, attract perch fishing gulls as communities shift to canneries, trucking, and agriculture.
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Michigan
Northport
Leelanau County
Leelanau Peninsula
Michigan Sidelights Service
Mich
Great Lakes
Campbell's
Northern Michigan Transportation Company
Acme
Grand Traverse County
Michigan Transit Company
Extradition Sought in Marne Bank Robbery Case
Ottawa county sheriffs seek extradition of George Shipley and his wife Mary from Virginia for the May 29 Marne State Bank robbery in which $3,500 was stolen. The couple were captured in Redmond, Virginia, with Shipley set to contest the extradition while authorities name two women as suspects in the driver’s seat.
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Grand Haven
Mich
Fred Wanferbeek
George Shipley
Mary
Ottawa County
Marne State Bank
Redmond
Milne
Shipley
Blackmail Plot Frustrated by Police In Detroit
Detroit, Mich. December 28. Joseph Dombrowski, 21, is being questioned by prosecutors over his role in a blackmail scheme against Wyandotte merchant Jerry Brennan. Brennan received death threats if he did not pay money, with police advice he arranged payments. When two youths retrieved the money, police captured one man and say Dombrowski escaped but was later arrested Saturday night. Portland, Me. The Edward J. Lawrence, longtime master on the Atlantic coast, was lost when a fire destroyed his vessel at anchor in Portland harbors.
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Detroit
Mic
Joseph Dombrowski
Jerry Brennam
Wyandotte
Brennan
Dombrowski
Portland
J. Lawrence
Port Dam
Ludington Daily News ranked 42nd per census fiber
The Ludington Daily News would rank 42nd among 246 papers with one copy per 4.1 people from Ludington’s 1920 population of 8,891. Nearby papers follow in line by city and ratio, noting that a decade earlier Ludington’s daily circulation was under 1,500 copies.
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The
Daily News
Louis F. Golding
News-Press
St. Joseph
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ludington
Circulation of the News in Ludington Rises
The Ludington News notes a Sunday circulation of 1 924 and credits its clean news columns loyal to Ludington with building a prosperous city. The paper says Ludington prospers and The News shares in the general prosperity.
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Ludington
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Combine
Hope
Find Motor Co
Martha Hall Dyvank
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ENZA
C.ukrove
United States
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Kansas City Star
Altoona, Pa
Flint Journal
Detroit News
San Francisco Examiner
Milwaukee Journal
Chicago American
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Detroit Free Press
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