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The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1923

Page

2

Holiday visits fill town with relatives near and far

Harlan Johnson will spend Christmas with his parents in Duluth. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Peterson plan to celebrate Christmas at Ashland. Louis Sacks and relatives will be in Duluth for the holidays. Mrs. Evansted and son visit Chicago relatives. Harold Spross visits Okemos, Michigan. Martha Fritz of Milwaukee to spend holidays locally. Jack Keskeys and James Pezzetti go to Detroit for Christmas. Mrs. Prout visits Minneapolis relatives. William Buehmiller heads to Westboro Wisconsin. Thoburn Davies spends recess with Ann Arbor family. Frank Fitzello and John Fitzello host relatives at the Wico location. Ray Trudgeon at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with friends and family. Also: used typewriters for sale cheap. local job ad seeks men with cars for Grand Rapids territory.

Thoburn Davies The State University At Ann Arbor Mrs W. J. Davies Ray Trudgeon University of Michigan Ndd Nels Kuivinen John R Kuivinen

Miss Hazel Olson Returns Home For Christmas Recess

Miss Hazel Olson, an instructor in the public schools at Manistique, arrived home to spend the Christmas recess with her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Olson.

Hazel Olson Manistique Mrs A. F. Olson

Mrs Abbie McNamara Hosts Christmas Visitors

The Misses Katherine McNamara of Minneapolis and Mae McNamara of Chicago will spend Christmas with their mother Mrs Abbie McNamara of this city. Miss Bernice Crosby a University of Wisconsin Madison student returns home to enjoy the holidays with her parents Dr and Mrs Crosby. Bargains typewriters sale closing out prices, phone 862 Ironwood, from $15 up, Rialto theatre building offices.

Katherine McNamara Minneapolis Mae McNamara Chicago Abbie McNamara Bernice Crosby University Wisconsin At Madison Mrs. Crosby Ironwood Rialto Theatre

Local notes on residents and social happenings

Miss Irma Olson returns from Evanston to spend Christmas with her Northwes tern University studies. J J Rummel recovering from a serious Ashland hospital operation shows slow improvement. Leonard Wirtenan and Miss Jennie Aho wed at the Finnish Lutheran Church on Dec 18 with out of town guests from Republic. Harlan W Johnson elected Worshipful Master of Agogehic Lodge 494. Wakefield public schools close for Christmas recess and a list of teachers taking holidays is provided.

Irma Olson Evanston Northwestern University Mrs A. F. Olson J. J. Rummel Ashland General Hospital Leonard Wirtenan Jennie Aho Republic Mich Alpo Setula John Aho Henry Aho E. Isaacson Vertanen Harlan W. Johnson Agogehic Lodge Louis Cohen John S. Wilde Nels Teppo Leslie Bedell J. A. Frederickson Thor Hoseid Julius M. Hammer Herbert W. Johnson Tyler J. W. Bedell J. W. Davies

Christmas items and public notices from a period piece

The excerpt blends holiday references and local notices. It mentions Santa Claus as a favored figure, a Christmas Savings Club at First National Bank, and a few personal notices. People named include Miss Gladys Neidhold visiting Sioux City and Nels Kuivinen returning from the University of Michigan to visit his parents. It reads like a mixed column of seasonal lore and social notices.

Santa Claus All World First National Bank

Misses Komove and Niemi Visit Relatives During Vacation

The Misses Julia Komove Mae and Mamie Niemi return from Marquette where they study at Northern State Normal to spend vacation with relatives.

Julia Komove Mae Mamie Niemi Marquette Northern State Normal

Wakefield officer resigns to open Brotherton hot dog stand

Oscar Hallberg resigns from the Wakefield police force and opens a hot dog stand at the Brotherton location. His successor has not yet been named.

Oscar Hallberg Wakefield Brotherton

Typewriter Bargains at Ironwood Rialto Theatre

Local listings advertise Underwood Smith Premier and Fox typewriters from $15 up. Guaranteed first class and rebuits described as real bargains. Telephone L. J. Patek at Ironwood 862 Rialto Theatre for details.

Underwood Monarch Remington L. C. Smith L. J. Patek Ironwood Rialto Theatre Underwood, Smith Premier Fox

Christmas Cantata At Wico Plymouth Chapel

A Christmas service will be held Sunday at 10 30 AM at the Wico Plymouth chapel with music by the Hurley Presbyterian Church choir. They perform The Star and the Cross cantata Sunday evening at Hurley church, followed by a brief Christmas sermon by Rev Chester Harries.

Wico-Plymouth Hurley Presbyterian Church Hurley Chester Harries

Virgin Birth Doctrine Debate Probed at Union Church

W M Hughes outlines Sunday services at Union Church with morning and evening worship and Bible study. He argues for the virgin birth and incarnation, urging readers to weigh scriptural evidence and the need for a Redeemer born under the law.

Christ Matthew Luke Fied Mans Abraham God Jesus Christ

Trouble A Picture of Joy and Sorrow at Strand

Jackie Coogan stars in Trouble as a brave orphan adopted by a cruel couple. A frail girl hopes the boy will soften her husband, and his trials lead to happiness after the father is jailed for brutal violence. Also a housework ad for J W Jacobson at City Hall.

Jackie Coogan Peek Treauble Strand Theatre Jackie Screen Lovers

Farms Wanted Buyers for Michigan Farms Descriptions

Farmlisting notice seeking buyers for Michigan farms with description and lowest cash price. Warren McRae Farm Agency Logansport Indiana advertises. Mr and Mrs McComb of Marquette to spend holidays with daughter and son in law Supt and Mrs W C Hart of the Wakefield Ron Co.

Michigan Farms Warren McRae Farm Agency Logansport Ind

Lost horse near Tula may be claimed

Taken up a small horse near Tula. Owner may recover by calling on the undersigned, proving property and paying keeping costs and advertising. W. E. Carroll, Wakefield.

Tulareea W. E. Carroll Wakefield

Midnight Mass Musical Program at City Catholic Church

A special musical program will be performed at midnight mass in the city church Monday starting 11:45 PM. The choir led by Mrs. C. J. Kazilek will present solos, duets, quartets, and the mass in G with the altar boys, featuring pieces like Angels Serenade and Silent Night. Wakefield teams posted wins, the Woman's Club prepares 24 Christmas baskets, and a large community concert drew hundreds, with city officials and the school faculty assisting.

C. J. Kazilek Angels Brada Chester Kudeski Helen Monti Clarence Harry Jacobson Charles J. Kazilek the Herald Angels Altar Boys

Wakefield visitor Don Cartin tied to local firms

Don Cartin, a former public school teacher now with Harrington Adams Production Company, visited Wakefield on Friday. A marriage license was issued to Mildred Bowker and James Delmet. Mrs. Richard Mann, mother of Arthur Mann of Wakefield Pharmacy, died after a two week illness. Funeral planned for Saturday at Bessemer. She was 33, a Bessemer resident since 1886, born in Cornwall, England, immigrating in 1878, survived by husband, one son, one daughter, Mrs. Clarence Gustafson, three sisters, one brother, and a sister in New Jersey. Ironwood beat Minocqua 60 to 16 Friday.

Don Cartin Wakefield Harrington Adams Production Company Richard Mann Arthur Mann Wakefield Pharmacy Bessemer Clarence Gustafson Spokane Wash New Jersey

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Harlan Johnson Will Duluth Mrs. J. C. Peterson Ashland Bessemer Laundry Proteau’s Louis Sacks Mrs. A. Evansted Harold Spross Okemos, Mich Martha Fritz Milwaukee Jack Keskeys James Pezzetti Detroit Mrs. S. St Prout S. E. Qleson William Buehmiller Westboro Wis Frank Fitzello Flibbing, Minn John Fitzello Wico Murray Bldg Grand Rapids, Mich R. G. Weihe Kathryn Arendt Ida Byers Amy Lepisto Marie Conway Hancock Wava Tamblingson Fort Atkinson Florence Bamfred Maude Trebilcock Gladys Sandstrom Ishpeming Vera Johnson Negaunee Emma Wellers Platteville Jennie Wall Marie Bjorkman Gladstone Emma Knudsen Jewel Iowa Helen Kettering Monmouth Helen, Ziegler Muncie Faun Bowyer Lima Ohio Satan Mexico LaFollette Mad Jones Gladys Neidhold Sioux City, In E. F. W. Neidhold Union Church Services W. M. Hughes J. W. Jacobson Wm. Jacobson City Hall Ewen Minocqua Wisconsin Mildred Bowker James Delmet Gay Wakefield Store Co
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