Wind For The Mills And A Mapleridge Dilemma
The 1935 Wind storm in Mapleridge inspires Silas Kent to propose selling his windmill as residents debate its fate. A Boston philanthropist’s letter sparks a town meeting, raising the windmill to a landmark debate, with a $2000 bid eventually tempting Kent.
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Mapleridge
Silas Kent
Silas
New England
Asa Gardeners
Asa
Hull
Asa Gardner
J. Allan Brown
Boston
Mass
Mapleridge Agag
S. Kent
J. Allen Brown
Si Kent
Bert Englewood
Sara
J. Allen
Wakefield News Publication Note
The Wakefield News states it is published weekly and entered as second class matter on November 18 1913 at the Wakefield Michigan post office under the March 8 1879 act.
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Wakefield News
Wakefield
Michigan
General Registration of School Electors in Wakefield District
Notice declares registration available at the Wakefield Michigan Board of Education office for qualified electors. Any US citizen aged 21 or older, resident six months in Michigan and twenty days in the district before July 9, 1951, may register. Dated June 15, 1961 in Wakefield.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Board of Education
Township of
Wakefield
City of
Gagebic County
Michigan
United States
A. James Gilbert
Wakefield Board of Education
The Woman and the Dollar: A Tiny Moral Parable
A nagging wife and a husband who loafs uptown are the readable bits. The piece cites George Washington calling gambling the chief of avarice and the father of mischief. The tone is antiquated and moralizing with quotations.
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George Washington
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Thomaston
Elmer Nurmi
Victor Nurmi
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S. Pfo Eero Nurmi
Camp Polk
Scotty
Wakefield Memorial Building
Leola Dahlbeck
Dorothy Nurmi
Lower Michigan
Wakefield High School
Joy Manufacturing Company
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Eugene
Ave
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Eino Mattila
Dayton
Ohio
Wakefield Hospital News
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Bessemer
Albert Niemi
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John Dossette
Raymond Kinnunen
Ramsay
Oscar Peterson
Verona
William Wainio
Earl Angus
Edwin J. An
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Marenisco
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George Swanson
Outer Island
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Ora Conley
August Bye
Frank Grendaiak
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Lake St
A. D
A. J. Gilbert
Blue Cross
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Joe
Ees
Blue Croas
Sie Ct
Yuna
Michigan Hospital Service
State Street
Detroit
Michigan Medical Service
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Pacific Coast
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Clem
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