Couple from Wakefield Wed in Congregational Church
Miss Bertha Knapp daughter of Mr and Mrs P C Knapp married Mr William Carter of Wakefield Michigan at 3 30 Sunday in the Congregational Church. Rev A G Young officiated before a large gathering with flowers and music. The couple plan a honeymoon in Wisconsin and will live in the city where the groom teaches in the public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Knapp
William Carter
Iron River
Victoria
Kowaleski
Local marriages mark weekend in Ironwood area
Mrs Louise Cuthbert Lyons announces the marriage of her daughter Dora Adelaide to John Harvey Walton on Sunday June 13. Rev W Seitz of the Church of the Transfiguration officiated in Ironwood with only close relatives present. The couple honeymoon by automobile to the Twin Cities and will reside in Ironwood where the groom works for the city. Dora Adelaide has taught in Wakefield schools for two years and is a popular local musician. Separately, Miss Victoria Kowaleski wed John Otis at St Marys Church Ironwood with bridesmaids Verna Gouza and Clara Buchakowski and groomsmen Leo Talaska and Edward Mullen. The nuptial mass was led by Rev Charles Szygula with assistants Rev J B Moriarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Knapp
P. C. Knapp
William Carter
Wakefield
Michigan
Congregational Church
A. G. Young
Lohengren
Virginia Tarter
Jane Savage
Catherine Helmer
John Deimet
Yari Hanson
Ethel Johnson
Gladys Miesbauer
Tron River
Miss Johnson
Miss Miecauer
Alice Buran
Superior
Lottie Knapp
Garfield Clemo
Fenella Daniels
Edward Carter
Frank Grecol
Anna Collem
Minneapolis
Joseph Getty
Clarence Getty
Duluth
Hellens
Leona Lukey
Hurley
Elsie Seaberg
Florence Dah
Marie Yeakey
FF. Watt
Iron River
Carter
Wisconsin Lake Region
Northern State Normal
Marquette
Louise Cuthbert Lyons
Dora Adelaide
John Harvey Walton
W. ©. Seitz
Church of the Transfiguration, Ironwood
Victoria Kowaleski
Tekla Kowaleski
St. Mary’s Church
John Otis
Ironwood
Charles Szygula
J. B. Moriarty
Verna Gouza
Clara Buchakowski
Leo Talaska
Edward Mullen
Jin
Priscilla Yatchak
Genevieve Ozzello
Memorial Community
Mrs. Otis
Chicago
Detroit
Ironwood Dye Works
War risk insurance extended to July 2, 1927 by law
Congress amended the World War Veterans Act of 1924 extending reinstatement of war risk insurance from July 2 1926 to July 2 1927. President Coolidge signed the bill June 2. Congressman W Frank James reports the change amid many inquiries. The former deadline is now July 2 1927.
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Congress
Coolidge
W. Frank James
Gladys Neidhold and Grant Leman Tie in Tronwood
Gladys Neidhold and Grant Leman married at the bride’s home in Tronwood Wednesday noon. The ceremony featured an altar of Boston ferns roses and carnations with Miss Linnea Johnson as bridesmaid and Ernest Dear as best man. The couple will reside in this city where Leman returns as principal of the Wakefield senior high school after a wedding trip to Columbus Ohio and other cities. Both are well known locally and have ties to Northwestern and Ohio Wesleyan universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Neidhold
Grant Leman
Wakefield High School
Boston
Linnea Johnson
Ironwood
Madys Johnson
Tronwood
Ernest Dear
Victor J. Huston
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. James
Ohio Wesleyian University
Northwestern University
Evanston
Leman
Morningside College
E. F. W. Neidhold
Carl Neidhold
Appleton, Wis
Edwin Wilton
Appleton
Ira N. McIntyre
Green Bay
Wis
J. J. Rowell
Minneapolis
John Keski
L. P. Johnson
Plan to Close Down Mill at Maren isco
Planning to close the Charcoal Iron Co mill as the current log cut finishes. Company housing is emptied and no new tenants are accepted. Camps are closed with little activity expected. threshing in Turkey uses oxen and a heavy curved plank for grain.
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Maren
Isco
Charcoal Iron Co
Turkey
Personal notices from Wakefield and nearby towns
Mrs I L Kincaid of Oshkosh visits daughter Mrs W Bodoh of this city. Miss Viola Hanson leaves Monday for Wisconsin Rapids for Imbher League conference. Mrs E R Hillis and daughter Vella visit Duluth. Bonino Proteau Hrbacek Roberts attend Knights of Columbus in Houghton. Wakefield trip took three hours. Mrs Louise Lyons heads to Marquette then Sault Ste Marie and Toronto for a motor trip. Olive LaBerdie returns from Madison where she studied at the University of Wisconsin. accompanied by N F LaBerdie and Louise LaRochelle. Irma Olson, Northwestern University graduate, will teach high school in Bessemer. Jennie Bonino, Marie Dwyer, A L Bracket, and Rev Father Saygula attend Eucharistic Congress in Chicago and Mundelein. Bracket to consult specialist at Michael Reese. Andrew Olson and daughter Margaret return from Kalmazoo and Chicago visiting relatives. Milwaukee to Wakefield trip completed in under thirteen hours. J P Cloon in Chicago to secure Overlaha Whippet car for Wakefield. car demo here, EuroPean design with four wheel brakes. details next week. Reports from Chicago say J Peterson shows promise per physicians. not malignant growth. sanitarium care at Oconomowoc recommended. Peterson to enter sanitarium for treatment.
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I. L. Kincaid
Oshkosh
Wis
W. 8. Bodoh
Viola Hanson
Wisconsin Rapids
Imbher League
T. Bonino
B. A. Proteau
George Hrbacek
W. R. Roberts
John Bonino
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Houghton
Wakefield
Louise Lyons
Marquette
W. W. Campbell
Sault Ste. Marie
Toronto
Canada
Olive LaBerdie
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Louise LaRochelle
Irma Olson
Northwestern Uplity
Evanston
Milwaukee
Olson
Bessemer
Jennie Bonino
Marie Dwyer
Justice A. L. Bracket
Father Saygula
Chicago
Mundelsen
Bracket
Michael Reese Hospital
Andrew ‘Olson
Margaret
Kalmazoo
Reader Hubel
Hazel Olson
J. P. Cloon
Cloon
J. ©. Peterson
Peterson
Oconomowoc
Sunday Lake to Ship 300000 Tons of Ore
The Sunday Lake Tron Co. plans to ship over 800000 tons this year, the largest in 39 years. All ore stocks and daily production will be moved to lake ports before season end. Surface improvements include razing old engine house and boiler rooms and building a macadam road to a new office. A new ore body discovery may extend mine life and boost Sunday Lake to a leading underground producer in the Gogebic district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Lake Tron Co
Sunday Lake
Gogehic District
Governor candidate Fred W. Green to visit Wakefield
Fred W. Green, Republican candidate for governor, will arrive in Wakefield Thursday afternoon to attend a banquet at Memorial Community Building at 5 30. He will speak on state political questions and later address an audience in Ironwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Green
Wakefield
Memorial Community
Ironwood
Inauguration of statewide car brake test week
During the week of June 26 to July 1 a statewide motor car brake test will begin under state Public Safety Commissioner Alan G. Straight and Detroit Automobile Club director L. A. Van Schoick. Fifty two test stations on state highways will be run by uniformed state police with help from nearby town police and Boy Scouts. Motorists will be urged to have brakes tested and a record of results will be sent to their home communities. A test site between Bessemer and Ironwood on M-12 is set for the Upper Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan G. Straight
Public Safety
L. A. van Schoick
Detroit Automobile Club
van Schoick
Bessemer
Ironwood
Upper Peninsula
Wakefield Woman's Club Picnic Set at Eddy Park
A basket picnic will be given Wednesday afternoon by the Wakefield Woman's Club at Eddy Park. Members are invited to come at 5 30 and bring their lunches. The club will furnish coffee cream and sugar free of charge to picnickers. Ranches in British Columbia plan to fight a grasshopper invasion by importing thousands of turkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Wakefield Woman’s Club
Eddy Park
British Columbia
Wakefield Township School Voter Enrollment Authorized
Wakefield township voters may register with deputy clerk J. A. Frederickson at the new high school during board arranged hours to ensure eligibility for the upcoming school election Monday July 12. The school board urges all eligible electors to register before or during the set sessions July 8 9 and 10 at the old high school. Nomination papers for the four candidate race close June 23 with Abe Mathews Henry Abola P J Delmet and Oscar Mackee as contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Township
J. A. Frederickson
Board of Education
Frederickson
United States
City of
Wakefield
Rawson's Folly at Capital Theatre Described
A Western army outpost life during Indian wars is dramatised in Rawson's Folly with Richard Barthelmess as Lieutenant Ranson and Dorothy Mackaill opposite. The film, based on Richard Harding Davis, screens Tuesday June 22 at Capital Theatre. Union Church announces Sunday school at 9:45 and Epworth League at 7:00 with no evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Barthelmess
Rawson
Union
Epworth League
Wakefield Wins Season Opener Over Montreal Wis
Wakefield captured its first game of the season Sunday afternoon defeating the wrong Hamilton Club team from Montreal Wisconsin 6 to 2 on the local diamond. Valisano held opponents hitless until the seventh inning when two errors enabled Montreal to score twice. Wakefield next meets Ewen at Neuman's Grove and then Ontonagon in the following matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Hamilton
Montreal
Wis
Iron Belt
Norrie Athletic Club
Anvil
Valisano
Ewen
Neuman’s Grove
Ontonagon
Marenisco
Cheese Makers
Lefty Hoeft
Plans to close M-12 for new work begin soon
The county road commission anticipates closing M-12 from Gogebic station to Watersmeet as work starts on 17.5 miles of rebuilding and new road. Bids are not yet advertised. Lansing will handle the project details. If torn up in one section this year, grading could be finished and surfaced promptly, with full paving possible by late 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic Station
Watersmeet
Range Cities
County Road Commission
F. Winkler
Lansing
Wakefield Iron Announces Semi Monthly Pay Schedule
Wakefield Iron will pay employees twice monthly on the tenth and twenty fifth until further notice unless reports from the district office say otherwise. If either date is a holiday or Sunday, district office notices will guide employees. The next payday at the property is Friday, June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Tron Co
County Politics Warm in Northern District for Sheriff Race
William Paynter of Bessemer announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for sheriff to be decided at the September primary. The field on both parties grows with several announced and filed candidates across Ironwood and Tronwood townships, Bessemer, and Wakefield, plus potential renomination bids for mine inspector treasurer clerk and register of deeds amid other local offices. English now dominates the Philippines with over forty-seven dialects spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Paynter
Bessemer
Paynter
Palms Mine
John Karas
Ironwood
John Keimola
Tronwood Township
Henry FE
Hagstrom
Tronwood
W. T. Hornibrook
Wakefield
Harry Slade
Oscar Flink
August Johnson
John Matthews
Ole Arnstad
Thomas Jackson
Erwin Township
Dee Jim Eddy
George Basket
John Godlewski
Johnny Johnson
Robert Hetherington
Joe (Bush
Zigensemer
Joseph Bush
Zigowaki
Thomas J. Landers
Mary Strom
Register of Deeds
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Kingsmouth
M-12
Wakefield Iron
Philipine Islands
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