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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1925
Page
4
The Wakefield News of Wakefield Michigan delivers weekly Saturday publication. The paper appears as a longstanding local record, reflecting community events and notices in a traditional newspaper style.
The Wakefield post of the American Legion will elect new officers for the coming year. Nominees promise a strong slate to enhance the Legion’s role as a community leader and civic force in Wakefield.
World War era notice calls ex service men to focus on electing Legion officers who will lead the organization as a vehicle for development and positive change in the city.
The Ironwood city manager seeks to test the law concerning ex-service men in public employment up to the U S Supreme Court. The dispute centers on former police chief Thomas McRae and former patrolman William Jennings, discharged for not meeting job needs. McRae resigned for three months pay after a $600 settlement. Jennings seeks a position, arguing disqualification due to ex-service status. The managerCalls the law pernicious and not intended to shield men on the public payroll, while critics say courts would reject any such theory that justifies keeping unfitted staff. A curious note is that McRae’s payout preceded his challenge.
A colorful fragment touches on family work through college, speculative modern life, and a witty exchange about deserts and sandwiches. The piece contrasts driving hazards, future offspring, and a joke referencing the tribe of Ham to explain sand in the Sahara.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as Sallie questions love and a past scandal while Curtiss seeks forgiveness for his moral rigidity. He returns, releases Anne from engagement, and pledges to win Sallie, but she resists, choosing personal integrity over happiness as the tale nears its conclusion.
A terse exchange shows a mother bringing her son to a job inquiry. The employer asserts honesty while noting that business is business. The line hints at pragmatic ethics and parental protection in hiring.
A terse exchange between a young suitor and a parent centers on marriage plans and finances. The father rebukes the suitor for earning only $80 weekly, arguing the concern over rent. The dialogue highlights class expectations and practical hurdles in early romance.
A jumble of topics notes vast power potential in Northwest hydro and Britain's art market shift to New York. It mentions Lord Lever, Judge Gary, aviation deaths, Shenandoah inquiry, and fears ranging from political to economic, with references to horses and biographical hints amid a 1920s context.
A shopper complains of being urged to buy either a casserole or a camisole, while a clerk asks if the chicken is dead or alive. The exchange reads as a wry domestic quip illustrating consumer confusion and vendor banter.
A dialect exchange centers on a horse fly misinterpreted by locals. The punchline lands when one speaker asserts the well known proverb that you cannot fool a horse fly. Dialog features rural voices and a playful moral about perception.
A quirky desk vignette shows a pencil making pointed remarks about a sponge and waste basket, scissors cutting up, a paper weight holding things down, and paste lingering to stamp time. The ink well seems blue as a bill drifts from the file and the calendar looks on.
Branch Rickey, vice president of the St. Louis NL club, has never attended a Sunday ball game and his contracts exempt him from Sunday park reporting. Johns Hopkins, Baltimore merchant and Quaker, founded a university and hospital asserting enduring youth and suffering will persist.
A steam cap exploded in the engine of the Empire State Express on the New York Central. The engine ran pilottes enveloped in scalding steam for more than an eighth of a mile as the engineer and fireman clung to the side, striving to regain control.
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