Crossing bill reaches governor for signature
Michigan lawmakers pass the Richardson railway crossing safety bill designating dangerous crossings and warning signals and requiring motorists to stop. A five day wait for marriage license issuance moves to the governor. The Condon firearms bill passed the senate, mandating county clerk registration, firearm sale records, and permit-based concealed carry with a police board approval. If signed, all gun owners must register firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Administrative Board
Chiefs of Police of
Michigan
Senate
Wakefield High Selections Named In Forensic Contest
From 28 entrants eight were chosen Thursday to compete in final oratorical and declamatory events at Wakefield High Friday. Entrants included Lincoln a Man Called of God and Love of Country for oration, The Sign of the Cross and The Story of Patay for declamation, with winners set to represent the school at the district contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Andes
Julinus Gouga
Eleanor Johnson
Patay
Chrissie James Te Gon
Crecteis
June Miljevich
Wakefield High School
The
Common People
William Weston the Coward
Margaret Simms
Bessemer
Reverend W C Seitz Authorized to Hold Services at Town Hall
Wakefield township board granted Reverend W C Seitz of Ironwood permission to use Thomaston Town Hall for Episcopal services as desired. The board also set Monday April 27 to open bids for sale of township equipment advertised in this issue.
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W. C. Seitz
Ironwood
Wakefield Township
Thomaston
Seitz
Church of the Transfiguration
Wakefield Iron Resumes Work for Strong Season
The Wakefield Iron Co will resume operations Monday with expectations of 600000 tons of ore shipped this season. About 75 men start, loading 40 cars daily until May 1 when two shifts will run and 1500 tons or 60 cars daily. Two shovels and five engine crews will be employed, with track repairs ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Iron Co
Chrissie James Named Class Valedictorian Wakefield High
Chrissie James was chosen as the honor graduate of the 1925 class at Wakefield High School. She will deliver the valedictory address at June commencement. Emma Heitikke is the salutatorian. About 30 students will graduate, the highest single-year total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrissie James
Shonor
Wakefield High School
Emma Heitikke
Civic Club Smoker Promises Music and Games in Wakefield
Wakefield Civic Club announces a smoker and program next Monday at 7:45 PM with music by the Wakefield Male Choir and other acts. A short business session will follow and a 50 cent charge will be collected to cover a treasury deficit.
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Wakefield Civic Club
Wakefield
Tees Rydeski and Thompson
Civic Club
Jacobson Brothers
Comic Potter
Billie Gilbert
Mrs John Bugni Dies After Pneumonia Illness
Mrs James Bugni, a longtime city resident aged about 55, died after several days with pneumonia at the family home early Friday. She leaves her husband and two sons and a daughter. Funeral plans are not set. interment likely Monday morning.
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John Bugni
County Board Chairmanship Contenders Emerge
T F Kelly longtime county supervisor aims for chair with potential uncontested election. Rt A Douglas Tronwood veteran and former chair also seeks the position. Observers expect no formal opposition and anticipate a May 5 organization meeting to decide the new board.
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T. F. Kelly
County Board of Supervisors
Rt. A. Douglas
Tronwood
Douglas
Ironwood
Kelly
ASKED TO BUILD NEW STRETCH OF COUNTY ROAD
The Wakefield Iron Company requires the land now crossed by the old county road from the Cemetery road west to near the new bridge over the Little Black river. The City Commission asks the county road commission to begin immediate grading filling and grubbing near the bridge. The new road would enter the city near the Cleon Motor Company garage. The mining company needs the ground now crossed by the road for Sommerer needs during the coming season.
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Wakefield Iron Company
Old Cemetery Road
Little Black River
City Commission
County Road Commission
Cleon Motor Company
Sommerer
Flower Garden Cantatta Presented by Local School
The primary through eighth grades of the High School building will present the cantatta In a Flower Garden at Memorial Community theater next Friday evening April 24. Miss Anna Knudsen leads the music with choreography by Miss Kettering and costuming by Miss Murdeau. Each grade represents a flower with students in costumes. roles include columbines tulips violets daffodils roses and more. Mary Stein a seventh grader will perform a solo dance as the musk tard flower as part of the program whose proceeds help buy a Victrola for the building.
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Memorial
Anna Knudsen
Miss Kettering
Murdeau
Dorothy Hutchings
Maryellen Shea
Edna Rummel
Fawn Bowyer
Kathryn Arend
Simonson
Amy Erickson
Vera Johnson
Mary Stein
Maki Company Wins Curbing Contract for Local Streets
The Oscar B. Maki company secured the curb construction on Brothe ron Ascherman and Nunnemacher streets at 0.88 and 0.90 per foot. Thor Hoseid bid roughly $200 more. Next week bids will be opened for a penetration macadam pavement project on these streets.
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Oscar B. Maki Company
Brotheron
Ascherman
Nunnemacher
Thor Hoseid
Mak Company
Lake View Lumber to Erect Mill Near Wakefield
Lake View Lumber Company of Lake View Michigan plans a small mill about two miles east of Wakefield and half a mile west of Tobin's Siding to cut No 2 timber including ties lath short wood and cheaper lumber. About 40 to 45 men will be employed. A stave mill is planned on the Tula road. Irving W Finch is foreman.
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Lake View Lumber Company
Lake View
Mich
Grand Rapids
Wakefield
Tobin
Tula
Irving W. Finch
Fire damages Skud and Goldman store. wiring blamed
A fire discovered near the chimney on the main floor damaged the Skud and Goldman department store. Defective wiring is suspected. Severin Zazaski cut his leg breaking the door, receiving stitches. Firefighters led by Chief William Novakoski contained the blaze with chemical lines and a brief water stream. stock damage awaits insurance assessment.
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Skud & Goldman Department
Jakeway
Severin Zazaski
Chie William Novakoski
Mrs W W Woodward Heads County Federation
Mrs W W Woodward of Tronwood was elected first president of the County Federation of Woman's Clubs at a Wednesday meeting in this city. Mrs F Winkler became vice president, Mrs Hart secretary, and Mrs FE F W Neidhold treasurer. About 200 club women attended as WY Seeber of Houghton gave the principal address and other remarks came from Mrs George Mc Comb of Marquette and county club women.
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W. W. Woodward
Tronwood
County Federation of Woman's Clubs
F. Winkler
Hart
F. W. Neidhold
WY. Seeber
Houghton
George McComb
Marquette
Contagious flu cases reported in Wakefield area
Wakefield and surrounding territory see more than thirty genuine influenza cases, says health officer Dr. T. S. Crosby. The disease imitates the 1918 flu with sneezing, cold, fever, and prostration. No severe cases yet. Those ill should rest, seek a physician, and follow a one week quarantine to prevent an epidemic.
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Wakefield
T. S. Crosby
Clerk appoints opponent as deputy in Wakefield Township
Joseph D. Porter, township clerk, named his election opponent George Kronberg deputy clerk for the coming year, in a display of sportsmanship during a heated election. At a recent board meeting wages for township labor were set: truck drivers 4.50 eight hours, teams 7.50, common labor 3.50. The city clerk will order removal of two loads of garbage from any property free of charge.
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Joseph D. Porter
Wakefield Township
George Kronberg
Kronberg
Fairbanks Stars In The Thief Of Bagdad At Strand
The Strand Community Theater will show Douglas Fairbanks new picture The Thief of Bagdad next Sunday April 19 featuring a polyglot cast with actors from Mongolia China Japan Germany and America. Notable roles include Anna May Wong as the Mongol slave and So Jin a famed Japanese actor portraying the Mongol prince amid a diverse ensemble.
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Bagdad
Douglas Fairbanks
Strand Community Theater
Siam
Greenland
Teeland
Dong
Anna May Wong
America
Lew Wong Song
Miss Wong
Etta Lee
Winter Blossom
Sadakich Hartmann
Snitz Edwards
Brandon Eluist
Toto du Crow
Charles Stevens
Noble Johnson
M. Coment
So-Jin
Japan
Kamayama Nambu
Swordessas
Sam Baker
Far East
Douglas Fairbank
Hollywood
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Lansing
Town Hall
Wakefield Iron
St. Louis
Bostonians
Skud & Goldman Sessemer
Wakefield, Michigan
Maki Company
Ee Skud-Goldman
County Federation
Crosby
Lawrence Monti
Ben Yatehak
Doug Fairbanks
New Paris
First National Bank
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