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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1924
Page
10
A brief update notes the sudden relief from a period of weariness and fatigue for Wake Ann, with observers stating renewed energy and a calmer mood after a long stretch of effort. Local residents report improved outlook and restored routines.
Regular meeting notes June 12 1924 at City Hall. Mayor Rummel and five commissioners present. Bills totaling 8664.30 approved and Mack Bus Company warrant authorized. Painting work approved. Communications from Hornibrook and Hart discussed and incorporated. Commissioner Hornibrook opposed partial Memorial Building grounds purchase and urged referendum. Reports from Poundmaster City Accountant and City Treasurer accepted. Permit for Oscar Kumpula store construction approved. Meeting adjourned.
Nancy Banks, a devoted Clinton schoolteacher, plans retirement for literary work but changes course after a husband’s arrest for bootlegging debts. She resolves to stay, paying five thousand dollars to settle a bankrupted past, then resumes teaching with renewed resolve. The superintendent praises the prudent choice.
A night porter at a large hotel encountered a man in white moving along the hall at 2 am. The man awoke from a trance and explained he was a somnambulist. The porter warned that one cannot wander the hotel in pajamas regardless of religion.
A brief, wry quotation from Kieds- Hens of Copenhagen notes social estrangement after financial loss. The line contrasts two halves of friends: one already distant and the other unaware of the loss, highlighting misplaced loyalty and vanity.
In Chester Pennsylvania Mrs M Schofield of 631 East Twelfth Street was fined ten dollars and costs after a warrant was issued for her arrest following a neighbor hearing a cat’s meow and discovering the owner trimmed the feline's claws. Agent La Rose of the S P C A filed the case with Magistrate Maitland.
New Lexington Ohio residents report the haunted Baldwin farm near Pleasantville Pike two miles east of Lancaster as home to legends of Captain Kidd’s treasure and a secret hiding place. Stories tell of a pirate’s supposed murder and unearthly noises from a barred back room. A recent tenant dug around the foundation seeking treasure but found none as the farm nears platting for building lots.
Alto Texas widow Mrs G Hoover died three hours after returning from her husband J G Hoover's funeral. She had vowed she would not live without him and collapsed after the burial. Hoover owned acreage near Alto. their son Miller is a noted local tomato grower once connected with the state department of agriculture in 1922.
A large hawk attacked a pond in Cullen Alabama but was defeated by a tame duck. The duck pecked the hawk’s eyes blinding it and clung to the hawk’s throat until the duck owner Mrs John Ramsey killed the hawk with a club. The duck escaped unharmed.
A Chicago skyscraper planned on a busy business street will dedicate a quarter of its area to parking for tenants. The building will hold 625 cars, addressing the city’s growing motor vehicle parking problem near the commercial district.
Cal vin Lamar aged 74 of Owensboro fell dead of heart disease while giving a dose of medicine to his ailing wife. Mrs. Lamar is not expected to recover and does not know her husband is deceased.
Washington reports Dr. William J. A. Bailey declares endocrine theory can curb insanity and age, promising rejuvenation through gland-centered science. He touts radiation chemistry and endocrine ionization as unlocking life extension, arguing brain disorders arise from glands and pledging practical methods to slow senescence. He frames future medical aims around endocrine health and asserts a new era in medicine.
The beauty expert forgoes models and chooses to marry a cook in a New York romance piece aimed at readers over twenty five. The story frames a bold personal choice and a shift from fashion modeling to domestic partnership in a city setting.
Rescue workers lift Pat from the wreckage of his automobile after a collision with a fast passenger train. Pat laments in Irish inflection, wondering why the engineer did not see him in broad daylight.
In a brief dispute two men confronted each other at a home. They wrote "Scoundrel!" on the door and learned the resident was away. A neighbor said the master had left his name earlier that morning and intended to return the visit.
The Kero Paint Company of Lewisville Kentucky announces a countywide promotion. It offers to give five gallons of its best house paint free to one property owner at each post office or rural route locality this season. Interested parties should write 213 South 7th Street, Lewisville Kentucky.
Taxpayers are notified that Wakefield city taxes are due July 1 1924. The notice, dated June 13 1924 in Wakefield, cites City Charter Chapter 22 Section 15. George J. Hrbacke k, Treasurer, signs the notice.
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