Wakefield City Budget Probe Urges Higher 1924 Funds
Official Proceedings praise street work and sewers while urging larger 1924 appropriations for water supply, fire protection, sidewalks, and cemetery improvements. Calls for new shaft, relief pump, more mains, better train service, and a municipally owned coal yard. Notes health, post office, bank building, and Memorial Community Building progress.
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Department of Public Works
Chicago
Comet
Fink
Tobin
O'Brien
Verona
Pike
Wakefield Iron
Home & Tourist
Memorial Community Building
Brotherton Street
Nunnemacher Street
Sunday Lake Street
Lake Shore
Sunday Lake
Castile Hill
Brotherton
Pike Location
South Street
Kovaleski
Pierce Street
Wakefield
Michigan
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
First National Bank
Memorial
Board of Education
City Clerk Adopts Action on Mine Shaft Hazard
City Clerk records motion to notify parties of action and to remove dangerous portion of Chicago mine shafthouse per Michael Collins Gogebic County Mine Inspector recommendation. Commission adjourns after motion carried.
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Hart
Strough
Department of Pabric Works
Chicago
Michael Collins
Gogebic County
Special Wakefield Board of Education Meeting Dec 15 1923
Wakefield Board of Education met at 8 10 p m with H A Tressel presiding. Present were H A Tressel Victor Lepisto John Kuivinen. Abe Mathews and Mrs Anna Kallander absent. Secretary pro tem appointed for Kuivinen. Architect N A Nelson reported Verona School completion by late December and recommended actions. Transportation contract moved to Bedell Motor Sales Co. motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9 20 p m.
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Wakefield Board of Educaton
H A. Tressel
H. A. Tressel
Victor Lepisto
John Kuivinen
Abe Mathews
Anna Kallander
Lepisto
Kuivinen
N. A Nelson
New Verona
Frederickson
Bedell Motor Sales Co
Notorious Sailstad and Sun Shine Girl Prepares for Prison
Passengers on a Chicago train from Ironwood include Edward J. Sailstad and his Sun shine Girl, known for the death hoax after Sailstad stole a friend’s body for his wife to claim insurance. They recently pleaded guilty to arson and head to Green Bay for four year terms each. Nearby, A L Rummel and W H McNamara visited J J Rummel, hospitalized after three operations. Other notes cover local logging, business visits, and holiday travels.
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Chicago
Ironwood
Edward J. Sailstad
Sailstad
Superior
Green Bay
A. L. Rummel
W. H. McNamara
J. J. Rummel
Ashland Hospital
Mr. Rummel
Hill & Manley
Old Pike
G. E. Frederickson
M. A. Hanna Co
Duluth
Wico
A. L. Stannard
Calumet
Laurium
Verona
Jennie Bonino
Ashland
Last Words of Great Men and A Person's Best Choice
Church services include Sunday School at 10, morning worship at 11 on the topic Last Words of Great Men, and evening worship at 7 30 with A Person's Best Choice. Watch Night Service begins Monday at 11 with New Year reflection and renewal.
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House of God
Tula
William Fritz
American Legion
Memorial Community Building
Gogebic County
Warren McRae
Logansport
Indiana
Morris
Louis Sacks
Bobby
Duluth
DOWNWARD COURSE Fast Being Realized by Wakefield
Backache grows worse daily with weak kidneys and urinary issues leading toward dropsy or Bright's disease. Adolph Skwor of Lead Street, Bessemer, used Dean's Pills and reported relief after a few boxes. 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Wakefield
Bright
Adolph Skwor
Lead Gt
Bessemer, Mich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
America's youngest orchestra forms under seven years old
The group features a multi-row frame of young musicians led by a named director with members Chester LeRoux Arthur Windberg Thomas Pietrzak Gertude Aalto Lawrence Savinski Mike Miljcovitch Theodore Robinson Sophie Yatchak Roy Spray Marvin Hoseid Theodoris Borski Frank Zawasky Catherine Wilson Nelva Robinson Regina Rydeski Odetta Erickson Eunice Hooper Winon Kazilek Vincent Conniff Henry Kent marching from left to right across the photo lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester LeRoux
Arthur Windberg
Thomas Pietrzak
Gertude Aalto
Lawrence Savinski
Mike Miljcovitch
Theodore Robinson
Sophie Yatchak
Roy Spray
Marvin Hoseid
Theodoris Borski
Frank Zawasky
Catherine Wilson
Nelva Robinson
Regina Rydeski
Odetta Erickson
Eunice Hooper
Winon Kazilek
Vincent Conniff
Henry Kent
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the City Commission
Alvin L. Rummel
Morrison & Johnson
Department of Accounts and Finance
Cahn, McLaughlin, Noreen & Company
John Michaels
B. J. Novakoski
John J. Pezzetti
John Koski
John Raich
Louis Bugni
Mike Delich
Mike Olejniczak
Samuel Hill
John Patyk
James Mezzano
James J. Bugni, Jr
Oscar Kumpula
M. G. Stenstrom
Andrew Bolo
Oscar Hallberg
James Cairelli
I. A. Burdeau
Mary
Olson Brothers
Wakefield, Michigan
WM. Jacobson
the Board OF Education
Apeai
Department of Physical Education
Hal Hansen
Stanley Martin
Tony Pellerin
City Commission
Commission
A. W. Clevenger
Hancock
Clevenger
Fred Nordenstrom
Henrice
Minn
R. F. Hasbrook
Joseph Cloon
Cloon
Marquette
A. Seegar
Lenore
Ida Olson
Union Church Services
W. M. d Hughes
John Sandstrom
Asteroid
L. G. Wilson
Crystal Falls
Joseph Rowell
Mr. Rowell
Iron Mountain
Henry I. Davies
Escanaba
W. J. Davies
Gordon Prout
Lawernce College
Appleton, Wis
R. I. C. Prout
America
Ironwood Globe
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