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The Wakefield News

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1915

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Suit Against O R C Settled in Cedar Rapids

A Cedar Rapids Iowa suit by Mr and Mrs John Michels against the O R C ends with a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs. The case centers on life insurance paid on a man known as John C Gill later identified as Anton John Gillmeister. The decision benefits Martha Gilmeister Michaels of Wakefield Michigan and may affect Montana land tied to the estate for Mrs Mary Gilmeister of Ellis Wisconsin.

Cedar Rapids John Michels Hee Anton John Gillmeister Ellis Portage County Wis Michigan Virginia Minn North Dakota Montana Portland Ore John C. Gill Great Northern Railroad Order of Mattie Gill C. H. Gill Waupaca Charles Gillmeister John C. Gills Martha Gilmeister John Michaels Wakefield, Mich Michaels Mary Gilmeister Ellis, Wis

Ironwood Michigan club welcomes new members and plans events

Ann Arbor dated letter notes Ironwood Michigan club expansion with John Kuivinen joining. Membership open to Michigan university men from Gogebic county and Iron county Wisconsin. Describes past dances, financial success, and summer lake gathering plans. Announces next year officers Harold Waples president Mauritz G Hedin vice president Somppi secretary L F Thalmes treasurer S A A A Runstrom correspond ing secretary Edward Massie. Mentions Kuivinen as Varsity track distance prospect.

Ironwood Michigan Club John Kuivinen Michigan University Gogebic County Michigan Iron County Wisconsin Ironwood Iron Towns Kuivinen Wakefield Harold Waples Mauritz G. Hedin Somppi L. F. Thalmes A. Runstrom Corres Tnd Edward Massie

Seniors Enjoy Evening at Esther Burdeau Home

The Seniors were entertained at Esther Burdeau's home Tuesday evening with a fine luncheon and a pleasant report of the gathering.

Esther Burdeau

Picnic at Crown Point by Finnish Society

A Sunday picnic June 6 at Crown Point near Sunday Lake, with Wakefield Band providing music and leading a morning parade from Young Men's Hall. Afternoon events include athletic contests with medals, races, and a target shooting. refreshments and dancing planned. Mrs Julia A Wood visits Thomaston to furnish the D S S A Railroad Mating House.

Finnish Athletic Society Tempaus Crown Point Sunday Lake Wakefield Band Young Men’s Hall

Farm Bureau Notes and Local Farming Developments

County Agricultural Representative J F Kadonsky tests the dairy herd of Fred John in Erwin south of Jessieville as a special service. He will speak June 10 at Bessemers Creamery on Cooperation and Sanitary Dairy Products. The Dunham area sees rapid farming growth with potato ranching and seed potato efforts. Trebilcock Kent wed at Bessemer M E church with small ceremony. They plan a wedding trip to Chicago and Detroit before settling in Wakefield.

Farm Bureau J. F. Kadonsky Fred John Erwin Jessieville Kadonsky Wisconsin Michigan Bessemer Creamery Dunham W. Truettner Baird Bessemer John MacNichols Marenisco Paul Massey William Chaney Maxwell Mr. Chaney Trebilcock-Kent M. E Gibson Ida Luke Trebilcock Albert Trebilcock Wakefield Ronald Kent Anna Sale John Henry Trebilcock Chicago Detroit Lower Peninsula Mrs. Kent

Wakefield Exhibit Showcases School Art Next Week

The manual art domestic art and art departments of the grades and high school will present an exhibit of the year’s work on Thursday June 10 in Wakefield. Afternoon and evening hours will be open to all interested, with parents especially invited to attend. Also for sale a 16 foot gasoline launch with 2 hp engine, a second hand marine engine, propeller and fittings, and a second hand cook stove. inquire Thos Ashland Wakefield Mich.

Wakefield Ashland Wakefield, Mich

Cyrus Field and the Atlantic Cable Effort

Cyrus Field made fifty voyages across the Atlantic and worked for thirteen years before laying a transatlantic cable. After failures and $6,000,000 spent, a third cable of 2000 miles was coiled on the Great Eastern in July 1866, securing eventual success.

Atlantic Cyrus Field

Those Who Succeed Quote on Public Life

A Garfield quotation notes that those who succeed in public life are those who risk standing by their convictions. The line emphasizes personal principle as essential to achievement.

James A. Garfield

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Kodak F_ A, SERGEANT & CO Bessemer Electric Geo. Beaudette Ceries JNO Delmet, Prop Leo J. Schultz Shilka Ann Arbor, Mich Wakefield Advocate Wakefield, Michigan Julia A. Wood Thomaston Advocate Wood Go Zebic A. de Lacey Wood Bessemer World Two Harbors South Shore Lake Gogebic Saxon Dick Langford Colby Gust Melstrom Jay Rummell Louise Chandler Vivian G. Smith Miss Smith Black River Falls Nord Walter Messrs Abel Barnett Felix Martinkoski Oldsmobile Clas Motor Works Monroe P. E. Graham Bessemer,Michigan The Citizens Bank A. Ringsmuth & Co A. Ringsmuth Victor Lepisto J. Bruno A. F- Olson Jas. Bugni H. Goldstein F. Kelly J- Ringsmuth J. Michaels Saks Mich
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