CAPT ROSCORLA DIES SUDDENLY IN WAKEFIELD
Captain Roscorla, early miner and civic figure born in Cornwall in 1842, died at his Wakefield home after pneumonia infections weakened by age. He led mining work on the Gogebic and Cuyuna ranges, supervised Iron Chief and Sunday Lake mines, served as supervisor and on the board of education, and took pride in his horses. Funeral from the Church of the Transfiguration Ironwood with Masonic attendance. interment Riverside Cemetery. Survivors include three children Maude William Delia. widow Minne Kline died 1905.
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B. Roscorla
County
John R. Matthews
Aurora
Eria
Cuyuna Range
Wakefield
Sunday Lake
Brotherton
Wakfield
Canada
Board of Education
Breage
Cornwall
England
United States
Marquette
Menominee Ranges
Gogebic Range
Minnie Kline
Maude
William
Delia
Roscorla
Ironwood
Ironwood Masonic Oon
Gogeble Commandery
Quette Odd Fellows
Church of the Transfiguration
Riverside Cemetery
Masonic Order
Sackett
Superior
Wis
Kittenheal
Robert Pool
James Wilson
Lake Linden
Mich
Ned
Effort to Organize Gogebic Tourist Booster Group
A county wide booster organization is planned to promote Gogebic county scenic and recreational resources. Similar Wisconsin groups boosted tourism, aiding Phillips, Field, Park Falls, Butternut, Glidden and Mellen. The Associated Communities of Upper 13, led by Judge Asa K. Gwen and later W. J. Cerdy, energized the effort, showing how an exhibit drew crowds and boosted resort occupancy and land values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gogebic County
Wisconsin
Asa K. Gwen
Phillips
Wis
Upper 13
Ffield
Park’ Falls
Butternut
Glidden and
Mellen
Upper 1
W. J. Cerdy
Gogeble County
Ting
Holland Takes and Hospital Closes Flurry at Lord First Year Work
Nearly 150 tubercular cases were treated at Grand View Hospital in the year ending with 29 deaths. The report to the board of supervisors notes 52 tonsil operations, 22 appendicitis, 15 abscess, 6 stomach, and six mastoid procedures, plus 22 obstetrical cases and 2,220 lab tests. The hospital cost $87,890.80 for the year with $25,919.05 for salaries and $13,843.26 for food. Revenue from tubercular wards reached $2,627.90, while general receipts totaled $7,514. Expenses and receipts from laundry and other services are listed.
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Grand View Hospital
Board of Supervisors
General Hospital
Everay
Board of Supervi Approelspa
Waconia Age
Legion Elects Tyack as Post Commander
Geroux Post of the American Legion elected Tyack post commander at Wednesday meeting. Andy Hood became vice post commander, A J Stannard finance officer, Dr T B Crosby welfare officer, J F Holmes historian, A Jacobson sergeant-at-arms, Fred Stevenson chaplain, Fred Deacon adjutant though may decline, with William Jacobson expected to assume. Directors named included Pezzetti H McNamara A M Gilbert and A W Clevenger for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stemler ‘Tyack
Geroux
American Legion
Andy Hood
A. J. Stannard
Dr. T. 8
Crosby
J. F. Holmes
A. Jacobson
Folfred Stevenson
Fred Deacon
William Jacobson
Or Pezzetti
H. + McNamara
A. M
Gilbert
A. W. Clevenger
Ford Tron Mountain Plant Expands to 7000 Workers
The Ford Iron Mountain division employs more than 7,000 workers, a rise of about 1,300 in six weeks, making a new high. Wood fillers cushion steel joints as more operations move from River Rouge, aligning Iron Mountain with Detroit for major wooden car parts and signaling heavy production growth.
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Ford
Tron Mountain
Iron Mountain
Allsteel
River Rouge
Iron Mountain At
Ntic Ford
Detroit
Iron Mountain Division
Ford Y
Upper Peninsula
J Marsh Construction to Finish Railroad Job by Dec 15
The J Marsh Construction Company expects to complete its Chicago & North Western Railroad contract from Wakefield north to about December 15. Much grading is done with remaining fills and small bridges. A rock ledge cut opposite Peters rock is the current major task, taking several weeks, after which steel and ties will be laid for final completion.
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J. Marsh Construction Company
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Wakefield
Peters Rock
Highlights on Annual Meeting of County Board
The county board approved raises and budget allocations. Salaries increased for the Judge of Probate to 3000 with 600 additional. a juvenile judge salary raise. stenographer Miss Rene Buchanan to 125 per month. several county officials' salaries increased. Allocations included 60400 for Grand View Hospital, 75000 for county poor, 14200 for county stair and buildings. Also raised agent salaries and set office rents and vehicle costs for various officers. appointed A W Clevenger as school examiner from Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Buchanan
A. F. Olson
Grand View Hospital
Tenge
PF. W. May
F. J. Duda
A. W. Clevenger
Wakefield
Elect Civic Club Officers At Meeting Monday Evening
The Civic club will elect officers for the coming year as its main business at the first meeting Monday evening. Plans for a year of activity will be outlined. A pasty supper will be served at 6 o'clock to members who notified J A Fredrickson of attendance.
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Civic Club
J. A. Fredrickson
Tax rate figures released for Wakefield area as taxes rise
Wakefield area boards report nearly 4800000 will be raised for city county road and state maintenance this year. Ironwood and Bessemer see tax boosts while Wakefield and Watersmeet districts show the highest or near highest per thousand rates. Rates decline from last year but overall valuations rose by state tax board, with detailed apportionments listing state county city and highway funds across Wakefield Wakefield township and surrounding townships.
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Wakefield
Board of Supervisors
Ironwood
Bessemer
Wakefield Township
Bessemer Township
Watersmeet
Bessemers
State Tax Board
MOORE
Vindias Phov Cokes
County Pond
General City
Dank Ees
Wisconsin Victory Expected In Boundary Dispute Case
Supreme Court review of the Michigan Wisconsin boundary dispute gains strength from Michigan’s stipulation to record the Davis Bird report. Michigan officials and a University of Michigan professor concluded in 1917 that Wisconsin’s Montreal region claim is correct and Michigan’s case rests on minor islands in the Menominee river. Digestive issues afflict grain region migrants in India when moving for work, eating unfamiliar diets.
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Wisconsin
United States Supreme Court
Michigan
Davis
Montreal
India
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Capt. Roscorla
Marion Talley
Metropolitan Opera Company
Kansas City
Europe
Gogcebic
Style Line
Skud & Goldman
Holland
Hospital
Lord
Ines
Farm Bureau
State Tax Partment
Bessemer Herald
State Farm Bureau
Mercy Me
State Tax Department
George Lord
Alice
Lansing
John Holland
Legion
Tyack
Washington
John W. Weeks
Dwight F. Davis
Secreta
Coolidge
Township of
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