City Council to Oversee Vehicle Inspection Program
A city safety council appointed by Mayor A. M Gilbert will coordinate a statewide campaign to reduce automobile accidents. The Cleon Motor Company and Bedell Motor Sales Company are named as official inspection stations offering free inspections. Certificates will be issued to compliant owners and a safety sticker will be placed on the windshield. The inspection tests cover brakes horn lights steering and general vehicle condition. Exact inauguration date not yet set. state police are aiding Marquette County officials and will assist locally once details are arranged.
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A. M Gilbert
S&s. N
Cleon Motor Company
Bedell Motor Sales Company
Marquette
Wakefield
Gogebic County
Green
Michigan Safety Council
Sunshine Camp for Gogeble County Children
A Sunshine Camp for Gogeble county children with indications of lung weakness will open this summer at Grand View Hospital. Initiated by Dr W Reineking, the plan provides noon transport by bus or private car, supervision by nurses, milk servings, and light exercises. Ironwood and Bessemer organizations helped inaugurate the project.
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Gogeble County
Grand View Hospital
W. ©. Reineking
Ironwood
Bessemer
Wright Announces Candidacy for Probate Judge Seat
Mr. Wright, Ironwood resident, former service member and businessman, now practicing attorney, announced his candidacy for the nomination of probate judge at the September primary. The incumbent is Harry K. Bay.
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Wright
Ironwood
Harry K. Bay
Charcoal Iron Company sale yields light bids at Newberry
Bids for Charcoal Iron Company of America properties were sparse at a Newberry auction. Special master Andrew H. Green Jr. and Chicago receiver E. B. White oversaw bids on timber lands in Gogebic Ontonagon and Luce Chippewa counties, with few offers near $125,000 to $400,000 and no takers for Tahquamenon timber lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charcoal Iron Company of America
Newberry
Andrew H. Green, Jr
Detroit
E. B P. White
Chicago
Marenisco Timber Lands
Goeebic
Ontonagon
Marenisco
Hich
Tahquimenon Timber
Luce
Chippewa
Tahquamenon
Shingleton
Green
United States
Lefty Delivers Four Bag Rotation in Nation's Hero Game
A tense, lengthy baseball showdown ends in a dramatic four bag hit by Lefty. Fans erupt with elation as the nation’s hero faces another misstep, then connects for a decisive score amid intense consternation and cheers.
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Lefty
Doelle seeks Michigan lieutenant governor bid at Legion meet
John A. Doelle, executive secretary of the Michigan Real Estate Association, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor of Michigan at a Upper Peninsula American Legion Posts meeting in Bessemer. He urged action on the Great Lakes waterway, tourism development, and education cost issues while noting his long state service and leadership roles. The article also details local city tax rates set at 1.49 per $100 of assessed value, with a 15 percent horizontal reduction and mine value increases shaping the levy for July.
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John A. Doelle
Michigan Real Estate Association
Michigan
Upper Peninsula Association of American Legion Posts
Bessemer
Doelle
Honghtoh
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
War Resources Committee
Upper Peninsula
Michigan Bureau of Agricultural Development
Federal Land Bank of
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Veterans’ Meeting
Interior
Herbert Hoover
Fred W. Green
William Jacobson
Nels Teppo
Local Board of Review
State
Pryxinies
Ing
Plypmouth
North Mikado
Mirreo
Sunday Lake
Wakefield Iron
Castle
Keweenaw
Street Work Delayed by Wet Weather Progress
Wet weather has delayed W 8S Peters street paving project, slowing the paving of 12 blocks. Some grading is done, dirt hauled for sidewalk fill and swamp land drainage. Macadam laying may begin next week if conditions improve.
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W. 8S. Peters
Summer School for Musicians by Frederick Schneider
Classes in band music instruction will be organized next week by Frederick Schneider director of public school music. Sessions will be held daily at the High School building giving pupils opportunity to become familiar with band instruments and receive instruction with them.
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Frederick Schneider
Congressman James Unable to Attend Bessemer Meet
Congressman W Frank James and a party of army officers failed to reach Ishpeming on Friday after multiple forced landings. They departed Selfridge Field Wednesday, spent the night at Petoskey, visited Fort Brady via the Soo, and landed at the state agricultural farm in Chatham due to lack of suitable landing fields. He canceled trips to the Bessemer convention and Gogebic range but plans a future visit to the district.
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W. Frank James
Ishpeming
Selfridgefield
Petoskey
Soo
Fort Brady
Gwinn
Chatham
Hancock
James
Bessemer
Gogebic Range
New Road Nearing Completion at R Connors Camp
The township road to the R. Connor camp has been grubbed and graded. Gravel hauling will start soon and completion is hoped for by early July. New company offices will be built at the camp site, and efforts are underway to extend electric light and power lines to the camp this summer.
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R. Connor
City plans July Fourth events with sports and water races
A committee of city commissioners, American Legion members, and the Commercial Club will meet with Mayor Gilbert next week to finalize plans for a Fourth of July program. Main attractions expected are children’s sports and water races on Sunday Lake.
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City Commission, American Legion and Commercial Club
Gilbert
Gravel U S 2 plans approved for seven miles east
Plans for graveling seven miles of U S 2 from Wakefield east were approved this week by the highway department at Lansing. Work will start at once and will be undertaken by forces of the county road commission.
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Wakefield East
Highway Department
Lansing
County Road Commission
Personal notices of visits and travels across Michigan and Wisconsin
Mrs Mary Lavigne and Mrs John Dacey visit in Negaunee. M L Sedin from Plymouth leaves for Oshkosh and Milwaukee for visits and business. Mrs Thomas Rowan of Saginaw visits her daughter Mrs Hemkes in Plymouth. Mr and Mrs Nick Koski welcomed a daughter born at Wakefield General Hospital June 14. Miss Mary Komove, L Anse instructor, spending summer with parents. Mr and Mrs Fred Gremore leave for Crystal Falls for visits. Miss Chrissie James enrolls for summer at Northern State Teachers College Marquette. Delmar Cohen, son of Louis Cohen South Milwaukee, visiting friends. Mrs Holmes of Crystal Falls visits Abe Mathews family in Plymouth. Mrs A J Cayin leaves for extended Canadian visit. Miss Pearl Jacobson returns from Montague where she taught home economics. William Collins returns from Cooks, to spend summer with his mother. Mr and Mrs Thomas Langden and family depart for Hibbing then California to make home. L A Cluley goes to Marquette for Northern State summer sessions. Cloley to Gwinn. James MacArthur and son visit Alpena. MacArthur is Wakefield Iron Co police. W E Carter, junior high manual arts instructor, attends Northern State summer. Mrs Carter visits Iron River. J A Frederickson resumes Wakefield School district business manager duties after appendicitis. Mr and Mrs Vernon Carr return from Melstrand. summers in Wakefield with parents. Mr and Mrs George Odeguard visit Park Falls. Marie Hedquist to visit Park Falls. Dr and Mrs R J C Prout to return from Minneapolis after AMA convention.
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Mary Lavigne
John Dacey
Negaunee
M. L. Sedin
Plymouth
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Wis
Thomas Rowan
Saginaw
Mich
Hemkes
Nick Koski
Wakefield General Hospital
Mary Komove
L’anse
Fred Gremore
Crystal Falls
A. J. Cayin
Quebec
Montreal
Canada
Pearl Jacobson
Montague, Mich
William Collins
Cooks
Thomas Langden
Hibbing
Minn
California
L. A. Cluley
Marquette
Northern State Teachers’ College
Cloley
Gwinn
James MacArthur
Alpena
MacArthur
Wakefield Iron Company
W._E. Carter
Carter
Iron River
J. A. Frederickson
Wakefield
Frederickson
Ashland General Hospital
Vernon Carr
Melstrand
Munising
Carr
George Odeguard
Erie Hedquist
Park Falls
Marie Hedquist
R. J. C. Prout
Minneapolis
Voters Must Re Register Before Aug 18
The Michigan League of Women Voters outlines voter re registration rules for the summer in Act 351 of 1925. It covers citizenship, age, residence, and the need for personal registrations, with details on unmarried women born abroad and those naturalizing through fathers.
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Michigan League of Women Voters
Michigan
United States
U. S
Act of Congress
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