Voters to decide school board race and bond issue
Petition filings close today for school board candidacies with six nominees named led by Dr. H A Tressel Abe Mathews and Joseph Gill for various term lengths. Voters will also decide a bond issue for a new high school on the lakefront, with plans showing a three story facility and future wings.
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Board of Education
J. A. Frederickson
H. A. Tressel
Abe Mathews
Joseph Gill
Anna
Memorial
Wico
Hillis Loses Suit Against Peters Over Back Wages
In a circuit court trial, Hillis sought about 10,000 for labor advances and hire from Peters during six years ago. Peters countered, and evidence reduced claims to roughly 2,000. After seven hours of jury deliberation, the verdict favored Peters with Hillis not owed any funds.
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W. S. Peters
R. R. Hillis
Hillis
Peters
Rochester
Minn
Regulations for Advocate advertising and notices
To have The Advocate in the mails Friday evening, ads using cuts or mats must reach the office by Wednesday evening. Advertising copy due by Thursday noon. Reading notices news stories and personals due by Thursday evening. Next week the Advocate begins publishing material from a recent in city trade at home campaign.
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Advocate
Tag Day Raises 72.65 as Scouts Honor Prizes Go
Bernadette Delmet won a 3 prize for the Girl Scout collecting the largest amount for the Student Loan Fund at last Saturday’s Tag Day. The total collection reached 72.65 with Delmet at 22.90, followed by Vanita Jakeway with 17.92 and Grace Olson with 12.45.
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Bernadette Delmet
Bernadette
Vanita Jakeway
Grace Olson
Dairy Special Arrives in Wakefield for Saturday Program
The Dairy Special train will visit Wakefield next Saturday afternoon around 2:00. It will carry purebred dairy sires for sale and scrub sires for dairy herd improvement. Supervised by the State agricultural school and the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau, the event features speeches and a question period, with the Civic club planning entertainment for locals.
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Wakefield
State Agricultural School
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Civic Club
Evanstad Hat Shop Adopts Power Hemstitching Machine
The Evanstad Hat Shop has installed a modern power driven hemstitching machine and can now provide hemstitching services for any woman in need.
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Evanstad
Tula Road To Be Ready In August
W S Peters stated the Tula road will be completed in August with only a small remaining stretch to roll and bind. Some soggy sections may require tearing up but no long delays are expected. Detours will route drivers to the old Fink road from Wakefield to Thomaston. Bridge work on the Ramsay Wakefield road advances with abutments nearly finished and concrete pours for superstructures planned next week.
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Tula
W. S. Peters
Peters
Thomaston
Fink Location
Wakefield
Ramsay and
George Cavel
Coroner Rules Altonen Death A Suicide At Tobin’s Siding
The coroner's inquest on Monday concluded Isaac Altonen died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was found dead in his Tobin's Siding cabin after being dead for hours amid rumors of neighbor quarrels and threats, once prompting fears of murder.
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Isaac Altonen
Altonen
Tobin’s Siding
City rat bounty totals reach 420. close date set
About 480 rat bounties have been paid in the city since the bounty resolution began a few weeks ago. Payouts total $72. The bounty period ends Saturday, June 21.
Johnson Pezzetti Wedding Quiet Ceremony in Bessemer
Miss Anna Johnson and James Pezzetti were quietly married at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage in Bessemer Monday evening. The bride was attended by her sister Elvira and Mrs. G. W. Blom, while the groom was supported by Otto and Elmer Johnson, brothers of the bride. The couple left for a central Wisconsin honeymoon and plan to reside in the Kerkes Building upon their return. Mrs. Pezzetti is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jotiuscm of the Wisconsin location. she previously worked for Gison Bros. grocery. James Pezzetti is an owner of the Palace Recreation Rooms.
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Anna Johnson
James Pezzetti
Bessemer
Elvira
G. W. Blom
Otto
Elmer Johnson
Wico
Gison Bros
Palace Recreation
Death Claims Mrs Walter Anderson of Kenton
Mrs. Gertrude Pender Anderson, born in Cornwall, England, died at her Kenton Michigan home after a brief illness. Survived by husband Walter and son Leslie, plus her mother and several sisters and brothers. Funeral at Union Church Sunday with pallbearers listed and services led by Reverends Hughes and Roberts.
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Walter Anderson
Wakefield
Kenton
Mich
Land’s End
Cornwall
England
Gertrude Pender
Leslie
Willis Pender
Grand Rapids
Union Church
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Roberts
Bessemer
A. F. Olson
John Avery
J. W. Bedell
William Harvey
W. J. Davies
E. R. Hillis
Mayor Gedda and Koronski Arrested for Speeding
Mayor Michael Gedda of Bessemer and George Koronski assistant county road engineer were arrested Thursday by motorcycle officer W T Hornibrook for speeding. Gedda was caught between Ramsay and Bessemer traveling 40 mph. Koronski was cited on Ramsay hill within the school district.
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Michael Gedda
Bessemer
George Koronski
W. T. Hornibrook
Ramsay
Koronski
Ramsay Hill
City approves purchase of Mack bus for fleet
At a Thursday meeting the city commission found the new Mack bus met specifications in every detail and authorized payment. The old bus will be restored to service as a reserve vehicle, to be used when the new bus is down for repairs or during rush periods.
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City One
Mack
City Gears Up As Voters Register For September Elections
About 93 voters have registered since clerk William Jacobson began re registrations two weeks ago. Eligible residents must register by August 23 to vote in September and the county state and national elections in November.
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William Jacobson
Short stories about people you know headline local notices
Superintendent and Mrs. Clevenger and son plan two month study in Urbana Illinois. Miss Hazel Olson returns home to spend summer with her parents. John Warren travels home from Mesaba range with news on Morgan mine operations reopening soon. Several locals attend summer sessions at universities and colleges in Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and California, with weddings and births noted among the wakefield community.
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A.w.clevenger
Bobby
Urbana
Illinois
Clevenger
University of Illnois
Ida Byers
Marion Dear
Wakefield
John Warren
Mesaba
Thomas Furnace Co
Mr. Warren
Morgan Wine
Ore Found at Marenisco Bond Issuer Vote Highlight
Robert B. Whiteside of Duluth ends iron ore drilling near Marenisco after a press report. A small body of commercial ore totaling about 1,500,000 tons is disclosed, non-Bessemer and averaging 55 percent iron. Whiteside has explored the region for years and located much ore of low grade, largely stockpiled as nonmerchantable in current form.
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Robert B. Whiteside
Duluth
Marenisco
Whiteside
Sunday Lake Mines Cuts 16 Jobs In Curtailed Output
Sunday Lake mine released sixteen workers this week citing overstaffing relative to ore output. Company expects steady shipments and dairy production this season while maintaining about 220 on payroll.
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Sunday Lake
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