Aged Serbian Man Tries to End Life on County Road
Mike Rosich aged 75, living with the Miscovich family near Wakefield, attempted suicide with a dynamite fuse device. He was found with severe arm and head injuries after wandering from a farm, later treated at Grand View hospital in fair condition. Rosich, a Serbian native, had lived in the area for years and depended on charity due to long-term incapacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Rosich
Mike Miskovich
Old County Road
Wakefield
Miscovich
Rosich
Grand View Hospital
J. W. Bedell
Serbia
Finnish Church Confirms Large Confirmation Class
Forty nine youths will receive communion at the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church service led by Rev. Nils Korhonen. Morning worship starts at 10 with confirmation, sermon, and communion. evening service at 7:30 features music, sermon, and testimonies. Names of confirmands listed. A. A. Bawden and son Lawrence have returned from the Marquette range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Nils Korhonen
N. Korhonen
Valentine Haavisto
John Laakso
J. Haanpaa
Elna
Koivula
Fanny Mustapaa
Martha
Mustapaa
Laura Lake
Alli M. Hill
Ella Vetelainen
Bertha M. Jalomaki
Vieno J. Tyni
Aili A. Bjorkquist
Ruth A. M. Rytkonen
Vieno
FB. Autio
Sylvia H. Nelson
Helvi
Ruona
Elma A. Sippola
Rachael W. Nieminen
Cecilia H. Maki
Elsie B. Hill
Lily T. Tikkala
Gertrude A. Torkko
Julia A. Ahola
Ella J. Williamson
Sylvia T. Pikka
Ruth H. Karling
Ellen ©. Krook
Mayme M. Saari
Vieno L. Huttu
Erik Lundgren
Jack M. Kettula
Armas T
Tauno Laine
Alfred R. Tanula
Elver
Wahlberg
George O. Hill
Niilo Laakso
Alisa Koski
Ford Displays Edison Galvanometer In Museum Plan
Henry Ford presents the original Edison galvanometer used in early lamp experiments, dating back about fifty years, as he plans to place the crude instrument in the Dearborn museum housing the restored Menlo Park laboratories and Edison relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Edison
Menlo Park
Hanson Escapes Fatal Injury At Mine In Wakefield
Hans Hanson assistant to the mining engineer narrowly escaped death when pulled between the cage compartments at Wakefield Iron Company mine. He suffered head and facial bruises, scalp wounds requiring thirty stitches, and a lip cut. Taken to Wakefield General Hospital, he remained in bed with plans to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Hanson
Wakefield Iron Company
Wakefield General Hospital
George Nelson
Hanson
Three Candidates File For School Board Election
Abe Mathews Marian Delmet and Andrew Olson filed petitions with the secretary of the school board as candidates for a July 8 election in which two seats are to be filled. Mathews and Delmet are incumbents seeking re election. Qualified electors not yet registered must do so before July 6 to vote, with the registration rule defining qualified voters including age, ownership or parental status and district residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Mathews
Marian Delmet
Andrew F. Olson
Mathews
Delmet
United States
Yatchak Gains $10 251 25 Verdict Against Railroad
Stanley Yatchak, father and guardian of Edward Yatchak, won a circuit court verdict of 10 251 25 against the Northwestern Railroad company. The jury found the railroad failed to exercise care on its spur line from Wakefield yards to the Sunday Lake mine, leading to a July 2 1927 accident that left the child crippled for life. Attorneys were Baird and Rummel for Yatchak and Ryal and Frost for the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Yatchak
Edward Yatchak
Bessemer
Yatchak
Hancock Street
Northwestern Railroad Company
Wakefield Yards
Sunday Lake
Baird and Rummel
Ryal and Frost
Escanaba
Wakefield Iron to receive safety award at community hall
The United States Bureau of Mines will present its top safety prize at Memorial Community Building next Saturday June 29 to Wakefield Iron Company for 283 680 man hours without a lost time accident in 1928. About 130 properties in 35 states competed and Wakefield Iron placed third overall for 1928 in the all group contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Iron Company
Memorial
United States Bureau of Mines
M. A. Hanna Company
Wakefield Iron
Mine Safety Conference at Duluth June 27 28
Mine safety officials from the range attend the eleventh annual Lake Superior Mining Section conference in Duluth. R R Trengove of M A Hanna heads arrangements with B D Shore Tronwood and W H Carrick Bawden of Pickands Mather to present on unusual accidents. Wakefield Iron earns Joseph A Holmes safety award at banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Lake Superior
National Safety Council
R. R. Trengove
M. A. Hanna Company
B. D. Shore
Tronwood
W. H. Carrick
Bessemer
A. A. Ba
Morning Worship and Sunday School Time at Local Church
Morning worship begins at 9 45 with a sermon on Praying and Praising In Prison. Sunday School runs at 11 o clock led by superintendent J Gilbert. Henry Rogers serves as minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gilbert
Henry Rogers
City Tax Rate Hits Record High For Year
The city will begin collecting the 1929 tax July 1. Total tax to be collected reaches a peak since 1926, at 16.09 per thousand. Mining companies will pay about 98 percent of the total, amounting to 176,535.78, with Plymouth Mining Co 91,739.87 Wakefield Iron Co 56,855.62 Sunday Lake Iron Co 27,140.29. Individual taxpayers owe roughly 16,000 after mining tax cuts. A 10 percent horizontal cut was given to non mining real property. Tax collection fees rise to 1 percent in July and 2 percent in August, with a 1 percent monthly penalty through March 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levty
Plymouth Mining Co
Wakefield Iron Co
Sunday Lake Iron Co
Mikado
Pike
Castile
Sunday Lake
State Tax Commission
Board of Review
Water Plant Bid Open July 6 for Chicago Mine Shaft Site
The city seeks bids to construct a shaft house and pump house at the Chicago mine water plant this year if a suitable price is found. Bids open at a commission meeting on July 6. The facility will house surface pumping gear and support head frame for lowering or raising equipment into the mine shaft. Varley Wahlberg returned Thursday from Detroit after two months of work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Municipal
Chilean Ambassador Davila Receives Doctor of Laws at Columbia
Senor Don Carlos G. Davila, Chilean ambassador to the United States, appeared in cap and gown at Columbia University commencement to receive a Doctor of Laws degree. The degree was presented by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia’s president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos G. Davila
United States
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
Dealers Warned Not to Sell Fireworks in Wakefield
Police in Wakefield warn merchants and public about Michigan’s new anti firework law prohibiting sale and use of fireworks statewide with no exceptions. Only lawful displays are county fairs and public Fourth of July events with permits from authorities. Dealers were told to abstain and recalls of last year’s stock were issued. Ernest Proteau le barbaitre spent hours at Vinegar Monday evening and was warmly welcomed home late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Wakefield
Ernest Proteau
le Barbaire
Ile
Wakefield Fourth of July to feature parades and fireworks
Wakefield plans a July fourth celebration with children's races water contests surf boat riding swimming diving and speed boat races a big parade with floats calithumpians riders and bands and a fireworks display Monday evening Funds over 1000 are sought with 500 already subscribed booster buttons sold at 25 and 50 cents Parade prizes include 20 for best industrial float and 10 for best comic and 5 for Califhompians Awards for organization participation and two band performances led by A J Kerkes and Wiettie Hill The afternoon includes log rolling canoe racing long distance swimming and a grease pole contest with Robert Jorgensen swimming across the lake with a youngster on his back Admission activities end with dancing at Eddy Park Pavilion and Community building Credits go to multiple local organizers and speakers including Robert A Burns and J P Cloon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Region Post
Calithumpians
A. J. Kerkes
Wiettie Hill
Carl Jauch
T. Bonino
Ak. I. ¢. Prout
Harlan Johnson
Joe Patyk
J. P. Cloon
Oon
Alex Harja
Melvin Mellstrom
Stanley Tyack
Harold J. Richards
Dan Raess
Robert Jorgensen
Eddy Park
Andy Hood
Henry Myers
Tuck Olson
Oscar Maki
Manuel Jerma
Leo Patyk
Ed Novak
William Kuivinen
No Conditioning Problem Here Says Inspector
Wakefield site praised as potentially the county’s best airport option with low development cost. Airport specialist W J McKenzie called to inspect, expects a written report within a week. He noted easy field conditioning and room for future expansion, endorsing municipal sites and an early permanent airport construction program toward an A 1 classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Conrad Velin
Bessemer
W. J. McKenzie
McKenzie
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WIRED
Finnish Lutheran Church
A. A. Bawden
Lawrence
Marquette Range
Cage
Shaft
Mines’ Bureau
Union Church
Varley Wahlberg
Detroit
Sree
Sunes
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