Wakefield City Commission Meets In April 1924 Proceedings
Regular meeting in Wakefield City Hall on April 10 1924 with Mayor Rummel and four commissioners present. Bills approved pending absent member. reports filed. bids awarded for hydrants culverts and electrical materials. stage furniture and silverware for Memorial Community Building ordered. bids called for paving and concrete work. tax commissioner appointed. sewer extension discussed. rat extermination tabled.
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City Commission of
Wakefield
Strough
Hook
William G. Andrews Decorative Company
Memorial Community Building
Hart
Paul Proposes Travel to Brazil and Love Trust
Helen, social queen of a small town, receives a bold proposal from Paul Holmes to marry and move to Brazil. Misread letters spark a temporary heartbreak as Helen fears losing him to distant work. A mistaken posting delays their plans, but she ultimately vows to join him and face the world together.
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Paul
Helen
Bob
Brazil
Seattle
Sam
Paul Holmes
South America
Occult swindlers prowl New Jersey towns along Hudson
A West New York report highlights hypnotists, fortune tellers, and healers swindling the poor. Cases mention Carmela Giacombo urged to find a "lost lover" by a Svengali, a New York “breath science” professor draining an elderly woman, and two Bayonne gypsy fortune tellers profiting from locals. Lively anecdotes from Lt. Detective Otis frame a broader municipal warning.
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New Jersey
Hudson
West New York
Carmela Giacombo
Harry Otis
Carmela
The
New York Herald
Otis
New York City
Bayonne
Jersey
Heath
Bank Report of Condition for First National Bank Wakefield
Bank report dated March 31 1924 for Wakefield Michigan shows assets including loans and discounts 403392.44, cash items 1513382.90, and other securities with Victor Lepisto as cashier attesting to accuracy. Directors A Ringsmuth Henry Olson W S Peters sign the statement sworn before Notary Andrew F Olson April 9 1924.
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William Kuivinen
Jay Rummel
Peteves Yarl Hanson
Thomas Ashlund
Frederick Strough
William Walter
Anton Ringsmuth
City of Wakefield Petty
City of Wakefield
William G. Andrews Decorative Company
Memorial Community Building
First National Bank
Wakefield
Michigan
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal
Mate Wedconenenes
Victor Lepisto
State of Michigan
of Gogebic
Andrew F. Olson
Gogebic County
Fashions in Wives Change With Decades Not Needlessly Capricious
The piece notes that fashions in wives shift by decades rather than seasons and recalls the “ashtray wife” as a past ideal. It argues the perfect woman should listen when spoken to and be readily available, comparing wives to matches and ash trays in being useful yet silent.
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Elizabeth
Dangerous To Drive At Fifty Age Survey Warns
A four city traffic study led by Dr J J Durrett of Memphis shows drivers over fifty most involved in crashes and pedestrians injured mainly over fifty or under fourteen. The survey, from Atlanta New Orleans Memphis and Birmingham, blames pedestrians for 64 percent of accidents.
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Southern Medical Association
Washington
J. J. Durrett
Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
New Orleans
Birmingham
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City Commission
Mayor Rummel
Hook, Hart
Strongh
Commissioner Hornibrook
G. Q. Electric Company
Poepous
Wadhams Oil Company
White Rags
Stenglein
Lake Superior District Power Company
Verona
Upper Peninsula Office Supply Company
Cemete Et Sheets
Ty Records
Dec
James P. Byrne
Wakefield Fire Department
Department of Public Affairs
American Cast Iron Pipe Company
Armco
Bark River Bridge & Culvert Company
Duluth Electric Supply Company
Ilinois Electric Company
City Electric & Plumbing Company
Julius Andrae & Sons Company
Northland Electric Company
Cross Arms
Central Electric Company
Q. Electric Company
Rummel
Memorial
Myers Company
John Ahola
A. A. Bawden
Sunday Lake
Department of Public Works
WM. Jacobson
London
Germany
Dad
Sarah Conlin Casey
Ise
Thrush
McTavish
Red” Herring
Acropolis
Jerusalem
Houston Post
U. S
United States
AOA
A. Ringsmuth
Henry Olson
W. 8. Peters
Total Eeee
Durant Coupe
Clarence Jacobson
Iam Jacobson
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