Wakefield City Commission adjourns for lack of quorum
Regular meeting July 2 1925 at City Hall adjourned due to no quorum. Special session July 20 1925 discussed bills water mains bids awarded to Oscar B Maki & Company and Jacob Olejniczak. Park name changes Eddy Park Dr Eddy Memorial Pavilion and waste disposal urged. Road and railroad crossing actions noted. Fire reports and purchases approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Michigan
Oscar B. Maki
Jacob Olejniczak
Hornibrook
Matthews
Bessemer Taxi Company
C. McClurg & Company
P. Office Supply Company
Contratto & Michela
J. Andrae & Sons Company
American Law Book Company
C. Henneche Company
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Walters
N. W. Railway Company
Cii Central Electric Company
Plymouth Mine Ships Ore From Underground Shaft Near Verona
Plymouth Mining Co constructs a spur to its new shaft near Verona to haul iron ore from a shaft sunk to 350 feet. A drift reaches the pit boundary with laterals planned. the shaft will mainly drain the open pit and ore will be hoisted and shipped. No immediate surface improvements planned. underground work may continue about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth Mining Co
Verona
Wakefield City Commission 1925 Proceedings Cite Eddy Park Plan
Official Proceedings of the Wakefield Michigan City Commission report minutes approval for July 9 and 20 1925 and discuss a recommendation honoring Dr J H Eddy by renaming Crown Point Park Eddy Park and memorial pavilion Dr Eddy Memorial Pavilion. The letter also calls for garbage disposal reform requesting weekly pickups and costed garbage cans, submitted by Mayor A L Rummel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the City Commission
Hornibrook
Matthews
Crown Point Park
Eddy Park
Dr. Eddy Memorial
City Commission
Weaemaea
Health Department
Local Happenings Highlight Laurium Visitors and Obits
Local notes list Miss Coriie Etu and Frances Laughner visiting relatives, numerous travelers visiting Ashland, Duluth, Manitowoc and Montreal. Births, engagements, and multiple trips feature, with villagers and out of town relatives visiting Plymouth, Hancock, Iron River, Marquette and Detroit. The page also notes a 30 by 28 house sale and a wakefield duty change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coriie Etu
Laurium
X. L. Stannard
Frances Laughner
Herbster
Wis
A. Cormier
Dan Raess
A. Evenstad
Ashland
Leticia Cardone
Montreal
BE. F. W. Neidhold
Gladys
Duluth
Josie Eister
Detroit
Charles Thornley
Kerkes
Fannie Semplin
Skud & Goldman Force
Gladys Bussel
Chicago
J. W. Bedell
Stanley Tyack
Ashland General Hospital
Edythe Sundin
Iron Mountain
Enoch Kranz
Olive Laberdie
Marquette
Steele
Freeman Hesbrook
Minocqua
Daugh Helen
Hancock and
Houghton
Martin
Henry Kallander
North Dakota
Alfred
Helga Edstrom
Virginia
Minn
John Secinto
Plymouth
Free Chest Clinic for Wakefield Next Friday
A free chest clinic for Wakefield and Wakefield township will be held at the Wakefield Memorial Community Building next Friday at 8:30 AM. Dr M B Draper will oversee the event, funded by last year’s Christmas seal sales. Elizabeth Kiernan notes Gogebiec county TB toll. 4069 deaths in ten years, 423 from TB, with 42 in this city. Children under 14 must be accompanied by a parent.
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Wakefield
Wakefield Township
Wakefield Memorial
Draper
Elizabeth Kiernan
Gogebiec
Survey of Lower Grade Ores in Upper Michigan
A state survey of low grade iron ores underway in Marquette County aims to quantify quantity quality and accessibility for when high grade supplies run out. L P Barrett state apraiser of mines and geologist leads field work with Pardee assessing Negaunee Ishpeming Gogebic and other districts to map potential future ore sources.
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Marquette County
L. P. Barrett
State Geological Department
Upper Michigan
Lansing
Geological Department
Barrett
Pardee
Negaunee
Ishpeming
Gogeble
Michigan
Upper
Elks Charity Carnival Set for Bessemer Next Week
The Bessemer Elks announce a week long charity carnival starting Monday at the ball park with Wortham Shows arriving Sunday. The 30 car, 500 person troupe features 20 shows eight rides and attractions like Trained Wild Animal Circus Law and Outlaw Wax, Wall of Death and Jungleland plus rare acts. Special matinees for women and children offered at reduced prices.
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Bessemer
The
Elks
Frank Duda
Elks Lodge
Congress of Philipino Cattle
Mammoth Water Circus
Banishing auto plate fees proposal by secretary Deland
Charles J. Deland secretary of state proposes abolishing yearly automobile license plates and raising the gasoline tax to three cents to fund a stable highway program. He estimates savings of about 5000000 annually in plate distribution and collection costs, with a new $8 to $5 plate valid for the car’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Deland
Deland
United States
Del
Plac
Wisconsin Michigan Boundary Tangle Set for July Hearings
Final hearings on the Michigan Wisconsin boundary dispute move toward Menominee or Hurley likely starting July 27. Wisconsin argues jurisdiction along the Montreal river while Michigan contends the west branch is the main channel, with both sides submitting extensive evidence on river islands and related disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan-Wisonsin
Menominee
Hurley
Robert M. Reker
Wisconsin
Mion
Torneys
Montreal River
Meno River
Green Bay
Rule of Conduct Excerpt on Civility and Self Control
A fragment of editorial thought argues that a man has no more right to a rude word than to strike another, asserting rules of conduct and self restraint. The terse remark compares verbal offense with physical violence as unacceptable behavior.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rummel
Commissioner Strough
WM. Jacobson
W. H. McNamara
Strough
Mayor Rummel
R B. Maki & Company
Thor Hoseid
Old Village
Advocate Publishing Company
City
Fink
Ozzello & Contratto
Joe Yatczak
John Niemi & Company
Jacob Olejmiczak
S.ceese
Oscar B. Maki & Company
Yeas
Board of County Road Commissioners
City of
2Nd No
Sunday Lake Street
Putnam Street
Gogebic County
Luther E. Sherman
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
C. & N. W. Railway Company
Wakefield Fire Department
William Jacobson
Board of Education
J. H. Eddy
Sunday Lake
Crown Point
Dr. Eddy
Eddy
A. L. Rummel
J. H. Trebilcock
Iron River
Marquette Range
Ivan Buck
Sam Johnson
Antigo
Mattoon
Domenic Santini
Walter Alani
James Cairelli
Matt Hoppa
Jacob Koski
Westboro
Albert Hanson
Fred Thompson
Oscar Windberg
Cadiz
Ohio
Wakefield Lion
W. 8. Peters
W. Frank James
Mercer, Wis
Wisconsin Lakes
George Colberg
Copper Country
Mr. Colberg
Calumet
Joseph Livo
University of Michigan
College of Liberal Arts
Jack Maki
Sigrid Berg
Alice Carr
Isaac Saari
Marlis
Louis Cohen
Delmar
Joseph
Agatha
Milwaukee
A. L. Rommel
James MacArthur
Minneapolis
Wakefield Iron
William Powley
John Ozzello
Pence
Genevieve
Peter Bracket
Tynni Silberg Nordling
Edgar E. Lungren
Aurora, IL
Nordling
Mooseheart
Viola Hanson
Mesdames H. Yackee
G. Hinkley
Jay Tobin
John Osborne
Anton Olson
Harry Hunt
William Gilbert
Henry Running
Ivan Dellavero
Ronald Kent
Albert Trebilcock
James Pezzetti
Nels Walstrom
John Hanson
Alfie Windberg
Elmira Johnson
Alice Eliason
Esther Olson
Selinda Dellavero
Ellen Eliason
Mae Mattson
John Hansoff
Peninsula
Michigan Boundary
Cali
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