Ironwood tax talks end with mine grants in dispute
The Ironwood board of review trip to Lansing failed to settle mine valuations with the state tax commission. Mines will grant the city about $16,000 in forgiveness for last year’s taxes, while other property values revert to last year’s figures. The Ironwood school district and county see no relief, and calls for proving valuations are too low persist amid a broader Wakefield Wakefield perspective on civic development and governance.
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Board of Review of Ironwood
Lansing
State Commission
State Tax Commission
Ironwood
Ironwood City Commission
Board of Review
Wakefield
Local 1919 wedding and homecomings in brief
Miss Sophia Line and William Novakoski married at the Catholic church on June 17 in a quiet ceremony attended by relatives and friends. The groom’s sister Modesta Novakoski served as bridesmaid, with B. C. Line of Detroit as groomsman. John Boler and William Earling returned from service in France to welcoming gatherings. Leo Brennan wed Margaret Elles at St Mary’s church, Brennan’s son to Neil Brennan family, with Warren Wakefield motor transport service noted. Other items include a hospital reunion in Chicago for Dr. R. I. C. Prout, a car accident near Twecoma store corner, stolen and recovered car of Wm. Walter, and local street improvements on Sunday Lake street led by J. W. Bedell.
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William Gilbert
Mabel McKee
Gilbert
Carrol Bowker
N. Weber
Bessemer
Kenneth
Corrinne Ashland
Marjorie Bedell
Esther Niemi
Sophia Line
William Novakoski
Modesta Novakoski
B.C. Line
Detroit
Leo Brennan
Margaret Elles
St. Mary’s Church
Neil Brennan
Motor Transport Corps
Wakefield
Cary
Jimmy Delmet
Walter Fisher
Jimmy
Walter
Park Falls
J. W. Bedell
Sunday Lake Street
J. W. Gill
Joe
Verona
J. J. Rummel
Pete Delmet
Jennie Delmet
Ashland
Wakefield Iron cuts jobs in 1924 layoff
About 40 men were laid off at the Wakefield Iron company property Monday evening affecting two engine crews one steam shovel pitmen and common labor. The company shows 150 men on its payroll per superintendent W C Hart and the curtailment of forces comes as a downturn in activity.
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Wakefield Iron Company
W. C. Hart
Man with severe injuries found after suicide attempt near Wakefield
Five years ago on June 22 1929 Mike Rosich aged 75 was found badly injured after a suicide attempt near the Miskovich farm on a county road west of Wakefield. Police later recovered his cap hand fragments and fuse pieces suggesting dynamite was involved.
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Mike Rosich
Mike Miskovich
County Road
Wakefield
Miskovich
Miner hurt in shaft accident and family tax note
Rosich had lived with the family for three weeks and wished to die rather than be a burden. Hans Hanson was pulled between cage compartments at Wakefield Iron, suffering scalp and facial injuries requiring stitches. hospitalized at Wakefield General, likely home next week. City tax collection starts July 1, totaling 199,589.64 for miners and firms, with a $16.09 per thousand rate, the highest in the city’s history, as debate over old age pensions continues in Michigan.
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Hans Hanson
Wakefield Iron Company
Wakefield General Hospital
Michigan
Lansing
Edward Williams
State Welfare Department
Comstock
Couzens Lacy feud shapes Michigan governorship race
Detroit News quotes Senator Couzens saying he would vote against Lacy if nominated and stating he is not backing the Lacy candidacy. The piece notes voter opinions split on Couzens's stance, with some viewing it as asset and others as liability, while presenting Lacy as free from Couzens’ influence. The column urges voters to know the facts before the Democratic nomination.
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Becaus
Meano
City Commission
Rotary Club
Couzens
Lacy
Debo
Detroit News
Solidly Entrenched in Twelfth District Race for Congress
The Twelfth district Republicans failed to field a challenger to W Frank James this year, leaving him firmly entrenched. A Democrat announced plans to contest James, with Ironwood attorney Hook named as a likely opponent. The Iron Ore editorial dismisses challengers and doubts Hook can win.
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W. Frank James
Congress
James
House of Representatives
Attorney Hook
Ironwood
Ishpeming
Rooster’s yard tale and comic vignettes in a rural page
A collage of comic captions and dialog from an old page includes a rooster in a barnyard declaring work in the other yard, a river baptism with gospel cry, a joke about a daughter and a book, a train stopping after chasing a cow into a barn, and a quick divorce hearing about a snoring husband.
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Wakefield News
Akefield
Lake Shore
Elizabeth Roberts
Hamilton
Herbert Eliason
Alice Eliason
Thoburn Davies
Vera Johnson
Clifford Pellerin
Mary Bonavitz
Harold Rice
Crystal Falls
MR. Mahoot
Miss Peck
Chicago
Advocate and
Wakefield -N
John Boler
France
Jeffery
William Earling
William
Ferriers
R. I. C. Prout
Cap
Rosich
Escanaba Press
Dad
Harry Snores
Little Louie
Mister
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