Bus expansions aid Plymouth mine workers in new routes
Mayor A M Gilbert announced extended city bus service to the Plymouth mine to assist mine employees from Sunday Lake Castile areas. The plan includes morning and evening trips, with a request to run to Ram say via the utilities commission in Lansing. New schedule adds trips from City Hall at 5 50 am 6 50 am and 5 20 pm using the old White bus, in addition to regular routes.
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Plymouth
A. M. Gilbert
State Utilities Commission
Lansing
Ramsay
Sunday Lake
Castile
Asteroid
Eureka
City Hall
Plymouth Office
Plymouth Mine Viaduct
Plymouth Mine Office
Commission Plans Wednesday Meetings for Publication Timing
The city commission rescinded a previous ruling and fixes Wednesday as the meeting day. Afternoon sessions occur on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays at 4 00 pm. evenings on the second and fourth Wednesdays at 8 00 pm. Also notes church services and a tragic funeral of two Milan nieces.
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Wakefield News
City Commission
Commission
No Soft Drink License Vote In City Commission Remarks
The city commission voted to deny Leo Patyk’s application to traffic non intoxicating beverages in the Kerkes building basement. Commissioner Andy Lake opposed granting the license citing beliefs against such licenses. Patyk’s brother John Patyk recently bought the pool room and soft drink store from Vincent Agriesti. both Agriesti and John Patyk face November circuit court trials on liquor possession charges.
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Leo Patyk
Kerkes
Andy Lake
Commissioner Lake
John
Vincent Agriesti
Agriesti
John Patyk
Oliver Iron Mining Opens Geneva Shaft Hoist Upgrade
Late last week the Oliver Iron Mining Company began operation of its new cage hoist at the Geneva shaft near Ironwood. The balanced 600 horsepower system with a 12 foot drum and deep face will push the shaft toward 4,000 feet, replacing the temporary hoist and increasing sinking capacity. Also reported, Mrs. Michael Olejniczak hosted a Sunday party with about seventy guests at the Olejniczak home, dancing late into the evening, with Elmer Edo Cairelli providing music and a floor lamp given as a keepsake. Lunch followed at midnight, served by Mrs. John Yatchak, Mrs. Anton Yatchak, Mrs. Stanley Yatchak and Miss Florence Yatchak.
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Oliver Iron Mining Company
Geneva
Ironwood
Michael Olejniczak
Olejniczak
Eremeldo Cairelli
John Yatchak
Anton Yatchak
Stanley Yatchak
Florence Yatchak
Furnishings Contracts Let for New High School
Contracts totaling nearly 15000 dollars for furniture and equipment of the new high school building have been awarded. Kewaunee Furniture Co. will equip chemistry and physics labs, drawing stands shelves wardrobes and safes. Myers Co. handles desks chairs and lockers with several suppliers for filing and admin items. A gas machine from Freeport Gas Machine Co. will provide heating and cooking gas for labs and cafeteria. Bids for cafeteria laundry and domestic science rooms will open next week. Occupancy expected early 1926 with classes in second semester.
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Board of Education
Kewaunee Furniture Co
Myers Company
American Sefiling Co
L. A. Henry
Crystal Falls
Wakefield Hardware and Furniture Co
Aton Kingsmuth
Upper Peninsula Office Supply Co
Freeport Gas Machine Co
Hurley Man Struck by Car Near Cemetery Road
Mike Varich of Hurley was struck by a car driven by Alfred Kallander as he stepped from behind a Bessemer Taxi bus along Cemetery road. Varich, hospitalized at Wakefield, was alleged to be intoxicated. he recovered enough to leave for home on Wednesday and planned further checks in Ashland.
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Bessemer
Mike Varich
Hurley
Alfred Kallander
Wakefield Hospital
Varich
Kallander
Cemetery Road
Hesita
Horley
Ashland
Timber camps fill as winter work nears in woods
Wakefield area logs steady. Larson Company employs fifty men three miles south while Rick & Block near Plymouth site reports about 40 workers with more to hire. Camp construction nears completion and stumpage is secured for at least three years. log prices for the season are not yet quoted. Rumor says Ford interests may bid for much timber this winter. Public instruction line ends the fragment.
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Larson Company
Wakefield
Rick & Block
Plymouth
Ford
Forest Fires Across Six Months Reignite Losses
Forest fires burned about 40,000 acres of timber and cut lands April to October, totaling 220 fires. Causes ranged from campers and hunters discarding fires to sparks from locomotives and unknowns, with Wisconsin-origin blazes crossing into Michigan and August the peak month with 58 fires. The season saw substantial timber loss and significant damage to logs and land, amid a strong conservation response led by D. Larson.
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D. Larson
Larson
Wisconsin
Conservation Department
Morenisco
Vilas County Lumber Company
Michigan
Bowler Junction
Wis
Ngs
Brooks & Ross
Encrease Seen In Iron Ore Consumption
September Lake Superior iron ore consumption reached 4 010 826 gross tons, down 9 454 from August but up 1 083 724 from September 1924. On Oct 1 furnaces held 31 407 639 gross tons, Lake Erie docks 7 015 685, total 38 423 322. Of 304 furnaces using Lake Superior ore, 171 were active Sept 30, up from 170. 318 used ore last month, 4 furnaces dismantled and 1 no longer uses Lake Superior ore.
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Lake Superior
Penio
Lake Erie
Rummel Property Case to Supreme Court Review
Final preparations for Edythe B. Rummel case sit with W G Cloon as plaintiffs and taxpayers await state supreme court review. The May 1924 sale of the Edythe B. Rummel property to the city for 17300 may trigger December or January sessions with a spring opinion expected. Webster noted as a shy boy who could not recite pieces before classmates.
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Edythe B. Rummel
State Supreme Court
W. G. Cloon
Poor man with many assets facing truancy arrest
Matt Seppa was arrested by truancy officer John G. Gilbert for refusing to send his five children to school. He claimed lack of funds for clothing, though he owns eighty acres and timber valued over a thousand dollars, three sons helping, a home, four horses and a car. He was given 48 hours to comply or face jail. Chores and other local notes follow including an investigation into a poor and neglected family and a visit from Mrs. Harlan Johnson to Ashland.
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Matt Seppa
John G. Gilbert
Justice Bracket
Bessemer
Seppa
Night school opens Monday at Verona High and Verona schools
Night school will reopen Monday evening at 7 00 p m with citizenship classes for those seeking naturalization papers and final examination prep urged to enroll English and other subjects available for those holding final naturalization papers or seeking broader study Enrollment at the High School Building on Monday evening. classes run through the winter with days to be announced later.
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High
Verona
Another Hotel Project in Prospect for Wakefield City
A Wakefield Amusement Co. proposal to buy the Edythe B. Rummel property, now in litigation, hints at a city hotel and amusement venture. Y H N Hanson, president, notes local and outside capital backing. Plans are immature but a reasonable sale price could enable a Wakefield hotel on the site. The city commission filed the letter amid transfer ownership legal questions.
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City Commission
Edythe B. Rummel
Wakefield Amusement Co
Y. H. N. Hanson
Rummel
Wakefield
Gogebic County Reports 4638 Auto Registrations This Year
Gogebic County, led by County Clerk John Luxmore, reports 4638 automobiles currently registered. The tally yields one car per eight residents based on 1920 figures, with state comparison at one per four. County revenues total 858500.05 dollars, half to be returned for highway work. funds refunded to the secretary of state at Lensing. Serial ranges for registered cars extend across multiple blocks from 451501 up to NR6.800 and beyond.
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Gogebic County
John Luxmore
Secretary of State
Lensing
Ottapa
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D. A. Samanen
Alpo Setula
Y. P. C. A. Committee
Hilma Ronn
Allie Rintamaki
George Skytta
Reino Perkio
Mildred Lepisto
Sanna Ku Jala
Olga Vertanen
Skud & Goldman
Wakefield, Michigan
Yale
Supreme Court
Daniel Webster
Thorpe
A. F. Olson
Mud Lake
Mrs. Harlan Johnson
Prospect
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