City Tax Rate Holds at 1.61 Per 100 Valuation
The city sets a tax rate of 1.61 dollars per 100 of valuation or 16.10 per thousand for this year, seven cents higher than last year. Total city valuation stands at 12,096,800 with 811,118,000 real and 1,577,700 personal property. last year’s valuation was 13,100,870 with 11,850,420 real estate and 1,250,450 personal property. Taxes collected in July by City Treasurer W. H. McNamara.
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WOO E Tatsake Vd
BOM Ne Shiga Hess
State Tax Board
W. H. McNamara
Gogeble County
George Lord
Tax Board
Norway
Dicksen
Michigan
Board of Review
Ford
Iron Mountain
Dickinson County
Baxter
Murray
Wakefield plans benefit concert for Watson amid illness
Wakefield residents plan a county wide testimonial concert Monday at the Municipal auditorium in Tronwood to raise funds for Mr. J. Watson county commissioner of schools and famed singer now critically ill at his Ironwood home after a stroke. Proceeds will be donated by friends and admirers. admission is one dollar or more. Also notices seeking a boy over 15 to learn printing trade.
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Municipal Auditorium
Tronwood
Wakefield
Mr. Watson
J. ©. Watson
Northwest
Ironwood
Rotary
Marquette
Watson
Ashland
Rochester
Minn
Wakefield Opens Baseball Season Versus Hamilton Club
The Wakefield city team starts its local baseball season next Sunday at 2 36 PM against the Hamilton Club of Montreal Wisconsin. Dolly Valisano will pitch for Wakefield with Antilla catching while Hamilton features several new faces and claims to have the strongest lineup on the range. Wakefield’s tentative lineup includes Clutey Delmet and Novak as starters.
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Wakefield City
Hamilton
Montreal
Wis
Wakefield
Dolly” Valisano
Antilla
Anvil
Cook
Clutey
Delmet
Novak
Rural Route Starts in July Inauguration Planned
The rural route authorized by the post office will start July 1, with Thomaston included and Verona excluded. Twecoma post office was discontinued June 1 to integrate the new route. Thomaston post office will close when the route takes effect. Thomaston postmaster N F LaBerdie resigned, leaving no replacement. Nine applicants sat the carrier exam. if no carrier is named, a temporary carrier will be appointed.
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Harlan W. Johnson
Verona
Thomaston
Twecoma
N. F. LaBerdie
Wakefield Crushed Stone Co Working Full Crews at Plant
The Wakefield Crushed Stone plant is operating at capacity with about 100 tons daily shipped by truck to Ironwood for Aurora street pavement. The city buys rock on contract from the local quarry rather than use the municipal quarry. Rail shipments start Monday to Ashland for street improvement projects. The company supplies local street work and stockpiled rock for urgent needs, with rock likely aiding the High School grounds and Ramsay to Verona road paving.
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Wakefield Crushed Stone
Aurora Street
Bessemer Taxi Co
Ashland
Ramsay
Verona
Personal notices and society happenings in Wakefield
Mrs Walter Savinski left for Chicago to visit relatives. Arthur Mann of Wakefield Pharmacy was in St Paul and Minneapolis. Walter Anderson and son Leslie of Kenton visited relatives for Memorial Day. Mrs Mary Margone returned to Iron River after visiting Wakefield. Local lodge meetings elect officers. Several residents attend University of Michigan and other events. Various visits to Duluth Evanston Kalamazoo and locations in Michigan Wisconsin and California noted. A marriage between Miss Alice Ellason’s sister Ellen and Frank E Bale announced with honeymoon plans.
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Arthur Mann
Wakefield Pharmacy
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Walter Anderson
Leslie
Kenton
Mary Margone
Iron River
Wakefield
A. Lodge
Peter Bugnn
Raymond Trudgeon
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
Agogeble Lodge
Alfred Kallander
A. Cluley
Ross
A. F. Olson
Dora Lyons
Lyons
John Walton
Harlan W. Johnson
Johnson
J. C. Peterson
Duluth
Elmer
Harlan
Joseph Pariseau
Montreal
Canada
Henry Myers
Pariseau
Seattle
Wash
Hannah Hornibrook
Los Angeles
Cal
William Hornibrook
Jes
Loyalty Lodge
Order of Rebekah
Noble Grand
Ida Langdon
Elvira Johnson
Luella Best
Myrtle Tobin
Olga Hanson
Olson
Kalamazoo
R. J. Hubel
Hazel Olson
Ionia, Mich
Andrew Maki
Plymouth
Cable Piano Co
Ashland
Wis
Russel Hadley
Ph. Gross Athletic Co
Hadley
Yatehak
Ann
Era ’ Wak
Yateehak
Amos Landquist
Iron Mountain
Landquist
Ruth Anderson
Wakefield High School
Joe Nora
Tron Mountain
Alice Ellason
Bergland
Ellen
Mary Backman
Frank E. Bale
Bale
Lake View
Miss Emma Knudson to Leave Wakefield Schools
Wakefield schools will lose Miss Fadson next year as she leaves in the fall to study at Columbia University in New York. Her supervision advanced the district’s music program with strong progress in primary and high school orchestras. She led the Girls' Glee Club, which won first place at Marquette’s music contest.
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Wakefield Schools
Fadson
New York
Columbia University
Wakefield
Miss Knudson
Marquette
Wakefield Mines Ship Over 200000 Tons in May
Iron ore shipments from Wakefield mines in May totaled more than 200000 tons. Wakefield Iron Co led with 102000 tons, shipping to Ashland docks and rapid rail moves to Granite City furnaces. Plymouth Mining Co and Sunday Lake Tron Co also contributed, with docks handling 751447 tons in May, up from 64071 last year.
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Wakefield
Wakefield Iron Co
Ashland
Granite City
Plymouth Mining Co
Sunday Lake Tron Company
Rhene
Land
Green Speaks Here June 24 In Wakefield
Fred W. Green, Republican governor nominee candidate, will address Wakefield June 24 with a Civic Club banquet at 5:00 p.m. and an evening talk at Tronweed. Green, former mayor of Tonia, opposes Gov. Groesteckt in September. The announcement followed a three week public debut in his hometown.
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Fred W. Green
Wakefield
F. W. Nicholls
Civic Club
Green
Tronweed
Alex J. Groestwekt
Tonia
Detroit
Lansing
High Court Affirms Bullen Damages verdict
The Wakefield Crushed Stope Co must pay Evan Bullen $6,480 for damages claimed from a spur construction into the crushing plant two years ago. Bullen sued in circuit court, won, and the state supreme court recently affirmed the verdict. F W Massie represented Bullen. A parallel suit against John Marsh Co was settled recently.
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Wakefield Crushed Stope Co
Evan Bullen
Bullen
Circouit
State Supreme Court
F. W. Massie
John Marsh Co
Massie
Marsh Company
Wakefield township plans roads toward Lake Superior
Wakefield township board undertakes a road project aiming to reach a third highway to Lake Superior. Bid opening next Tuesday covers the second section, northern then west to the lake, with two miles completed and another section due this year. A second bid invites extension from the Tula road to Thomaston, smoothing curves and embankments per state highway plans.
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Wakefield Township Board
Lake Superior
South Shore Station
Thomaston
Presque Isle River
Gogebie County
Tula Road
Thomaston Road
Road Bid Requested For Gogebic West Shore Route
Bids open June 29 for a section of the proposed west shore road on Lake Gogebic from the south to the north ends of the lake. The contract covers construction toward linking to a northern road to meet a county road. The county road commission awaits Tonagan county action at its meeting this month. The route passes virgin timber and runs along the state park shoreline.
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Lake Gogebic
Orgebic
County Road Commission
Tonagon County
Wakefield Township Schools Close for Summer Vacation
The public schools close Friday for summer break and will reopen Monday September 6. Commencement at the Community Building Wednesday, 82 seniors receive diplomas. Most teachers have left for homes to spend the summer and some plan to attend summer school at colleges across the country.
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Wakefield Township
Wednes
First Dance of Season Held at Eddy Park Pavilion
City supervised event drew many dancers to Eddy Park pavilion last evening Hoffmans Wolverines provided music City plans regular dances all summer no admission charged police to enforce order and prevent disturbances
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Eddy Park Pavilion
Eddy Park
Hoffman's Wolverines
Pezzetti Enters Race for City Commissioner
Two candidates join the city commissioner race for the August election. Thomas Wojciehow ski circulated his petition last week and John J. Pezzetti entered the lists this week. Also expected is last year’s candidate John Wilde who has not yet secured nomination papers. A. L. Stannard left for Calumet Saturday to meet his wife and daughter accompanying Beatrice Edwards, who arrived from Ashland and will travel to Chicago next Wednesday to visit Miss Mae Edwards.
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Thomas Wojciehowski
John J. Pezzetti
John 8. Wilde
Beatrice Edwards
Ashland
Elsie
Chicago
Mae Edwards
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Walter Savinski
Carl Kleimola
Whitewater Normal
Whitewater
Fred Hill
Sheboygan Falls
Verner Carr
John Carr
Viola Hanson
Calumet, Minn
Mesaba Range
Henry Running
I. C. O. FY Hall
City of Wakefield
City Hall
Plymouth A. M
Emma Knudson
High Court
L. Superior
Presque Isle
West Shore
Gogebic
BLIC
Pezzetti
A. L. Stannard
Calumet
Mrs. Stannard
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