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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1925
Page
2
The Wakefield News of Wakefield Michigan publishes weekly on Saturdays. Subscription rates listed include one year and six months options. The newspaper is mailed as second class matter and credits H L Trezise as editor and publisher.
Official confirmation pins Harlan W. Johnson as postmaster at Wakefield after a probationary period following A M Gilbert’s resignation to enter city politics. The piece also reflects on contemporary congressional politics, with remarks on James, insurgents, and census reflections on Christmas with a Colliers editorial flourish about the birth of Jesus and the value of children.
A honeymoon couple visits the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo. The narrator eyeing the Casino, describes glamorous rooms, a dress like an Egyptian princess, and Curtiss’s wary amusement as she bets at roulette, dreaming of luck and a handsome stranger. The scene ends with a bet and a promise of more to come next week.
A husband of Mary leaves the stable and approaches the census booth under Imperial Rome. The scene, marked by a radiant bronze face and the hum of angels, captures the wonder of the holy night as they travel to Bethlehem for the general census.
A short column fragment notes a Western urban context and a visitor from the East, hinting at themes of faith and cultural views. The text emphasizes a grown concern about genuine belief and moral clarity in the modern city as the author questions societal religiosity.
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