Wakefield City Commission Special Session May 13 1925
Wakefield Michigan held a special meeting to condemn property for city streets with City Attorney to handle procedures. Drainage irregularities of the swimming pool floor were pledged for correction per the City Commission. The regular May 14 session approved minutes and paid various bills totaling several hundred dollars. Communications from residents about park stands were referred or granted.
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Wakefield
Michigan
Hart
Hornibrook
Bradley
Southern Surety Company
Club Proceedings and Committees Annual Report Summary
A May club year review details active committees led by Mrs J M Hammer and Mrs J P Cloon. It covers international sketches, training for a community program, literary study meetings, social events, and art classes. The Spinster’s Convention added about $95. several special committees aided county luncheon and the year’s successes are credited to multiple chairmen and officers.
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J. M. Hammer
J. P. Cloon
Gertrude Murdough
A. F. Olson
Emma Wellers
Dingling
W. S. Peters
P. J
Harry Jacobson
Ole Saxwold
A. Kerkes
A. E. Seager
Mauritz Bye
W. ©. Hart
D. Lavigne
H. Olson
M. Bye
W. J. Davies
W. Reynolds
J. H. Trebilcock
J. Cole
Sandstrom
Tamblingson
Roy W. Bedell
H. A. Tressel
FE. F. W. Neidhold
DD. Lavigne
Postal rules crack down on torn pastes and half stamps
Postal officials warn against using torn or partial stamps to make up correct postage. Readers clipping stamps from envelopes or pasting half stamps onto mail are told to use the new cent markers and exchange unused stamped envelopes at their post office.
Lake Linden firefighters announce UP Firemen tourney plans
The Lake Linden fire department outlines the Upper Peninsula Firemen's association annual meeting in Lake Linden on July 15 to 17. Activities include registration at city hall, a dinner, a parade, talks at the high school, dancing, tours of stamp mills, and multiple races with cash prizes, plus a noon and supper program each day.
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Lake Linden
New Jersey Judge Preaches Auto Trips to Cure Divorce
Judge Martin G. Ashley of Woodbridge urges couples to tour the country by car with their children to restore harmony. He cites air and nature as fixes for marital frictions, argues for reunion over divorce, and notes his career includes thousands of decisions with no reversals. The bachelor judge also performs marriages.
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Martin G. Ashley
Woodbridge
N. J
Judge Ashley
Solomon
Cupid
M. C. Ashley
Judge Warns on Marriage and Auto Ve Dating
A judge stresses divorce criteria and the need for a clean bill of health before unions. He says marriage is solemn and not lightly broken, noting that troubles often arise from bad air and home monotony, for which he prescribes automobile care.
Mike Kowaleski Dies After Short Illness at 64
Wakefield resident Mike Kowaleski died at home after a brief pneumonia illness. He came to the city in 1891, was a leading businessman, and retired to farm life. Survived by wife, seven sons, three daughters, 80 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Saturday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Lake View burial. Heavily represented Kowaleski children and daughters in local stories.
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Michael Kowaleski
Wakefield
Germany
United States
Kowaleski
Lawrence
Baltimore
Joseph
Jack
Andrew
Milwaukee
Frank
Detroit
Louis
Brooklyn
Stanley
Victoria
Anton Yatczak
John Yatczak
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Lake View
Local Happenings Round Up In Ironwood Area
Henry Running and son, Clintoill Jacenly, visit Miss Elvira Brandt leaves for Jack's Spur. Miss Mazie McLaughlin of Ewen visits Miss Mary Douglas. Mrs. Ward Gremore and children depart for Tron Mountain. Alma Cormier to Linux City for beauty course. Ironwood Luther League hosts Wakefield league next Tuesday at Ironwood church. Andrew Johnson and John Hanson return from Chicago to stay. Mrs. Rowell and Mrs. Walton at Ashland for medical care. Frank Prout and daughter return to St Paul. Flora Lepisto returns from California to stay with mother. Fat Hars on in new coupe tours Marquette range. Mrs. John Ball unchanged at Rochester. Mann at bedside. Ruth Anderson and Viola Hanson host Luther League meeting. Odd Fellows to join Ironwood and Bessemer lodges for anniversary May 22 at Iron Dome in Bessemer. Dancing with Gogebic Red Jackets afterwards.
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Lronwood
Bessemer
Order
Iron Drome
Gogebic Red Jackets
A Gold Digger in a Love Tragedy at Community Theater
A review of the Warner film My Wife and I notes its saucy premise of love and money, highlighting Irene Rich and Huntley Gordon in a domestic comedy drama about father and son rivaling over romance. The piece also advertises a local sale of a 12 room house and furnishings, offered by Mrs. Ida Boleau, as part of a continuing newspaper column.
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Warner
Community Theater
Irene Rich
Huntley Gordon
John Harron
John Roche
Constance Bennett
Tom Ricketts
Tom Harron
Borden, Sr
Mrs. Borden
Ida Boleau
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Converse & Edwards Co
Mack
John Mariu
Aimount
Enn Peery
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Co. Freight and Express
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First National Bank
Rommel
Mary Saari
William EB. Carroll
Crown Point Park
Augustana Sari
Commissioner of Water and Light
Oscar Bo Maki & Company
Accounts and Finance Department
Electric Department
Yeas
Wart and Hornibrook
Ehirt
Banqguet Hall
Memorial Community Building
Rommel, Hart and Hornibrook
WM. Jacobson
W. Ff. McNamara
Wakefield Township
Gogebie County
Thomaston
Mich
Town Hall
Novelty
New York
Mike Kowaleski
Lansing
Upper Peninsula
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Newberry
Frank Scott
Walter F. Truettner
W. F. James
Truettner
Mr. James
Congress
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Parthenon
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London
Henry Running and Son
Clintoill
Jacenly
Elvira Brandt
Jack’s Spur
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Ewen
Mary Douglas
Alma Cormier
Linux City
Iowa
Ironwood Luther League
Wakefield League
Ironwood Church
Andrew Johnson
John
Ole. Hanson
Chicago
Joseph H. Rowell
Frank Prout
St. Paul
Flora Lepisto
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Fat Harson
Marquette Range
John Ball
Arthur Mann
Rochester
Mann
Ruth Anderson
Viola Hanson
Luther League
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Mammoth
Skud & Goldman
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