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Wakefield Advocate in Wakefield, Michigan

14 Apr 1923

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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1923

Page

9

Wakefield City Commission Proceedings April 12 1923

The Wakefield City Commission met April 12 1923 at eight PM with Mayor Alvin Rummel presiding. Bills were approved for supply firms, electric power, and equipment. communications from Boy Scouts and furniture firms were read. accounts and bond releases authorized. contract with Lake Superior District Power Co. approved. Memorial Community Building accepted with conditions and a $1000 withholding. bids for theatre use at the building tabled. meeting adjourned.

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City Commission City of Wakefield Alvin Robinel Hook Hornibrook Hart and Strough Abednt gton-Adais Co. Inc Ieetric Eee Smellea la France Fire Engine Company Kellep How-Thomson Company Kefa and Battery Peytés Papaer Company Duluth Paper & R8éé&Rationery Company Burgess Electric Company Standay Ou Company Argus Pt. Company Sedessevens SAIO Peninsula Office Supply Company Ese Ovat Sa Tieseiet Bocgt Jones Studio Memorial Lake Superior District Power Company Verona Behets Cas Based Eae A. L Round Iron Skud & Goldman Victor Ond Ward Lumber Company Andy Hood Olsoa Brothers Eee John Gilbert Eens Ben Novagi Peopiles Co-operative Company Simeon Frederickson A. Cormier Wickottelt Pharmacy OO Brothers Whlfer R. G. Weihe Pagiecssess Astch Ridgebturh Albért Swedberg Martti Omuissioner J. J. Novak Petip Teimburse Aletierg Wm. T. Hornibrook John Mathews William Kutvinen City of Wakefield Strough Rummel B. J. Novakoski John Pezzetl Hart First National Bank of Wakefield Jacobson Memorial Community Albinson Construction Company Yeas
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The Phipps Safe Heist by Lefty Joe Foiled by Fingerprint Expert

In a tense early morning burglary, the safe at the Phipps residence was cracked by a thief known as Lefty Joe who planned one last easy job. Inspector Faurot, a NY fingerprint expert, arrives after a servant reports an open window and missing jewels valued around $10,000. Using mercury powder to reveal hidden prints, Faurot identifies the expert nature of the crime and orders a citywide crackdown on second-story men with prior records.

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Joe Uncle Able’s Otler Phipps Jennie Joseph A. Faurot New York Faurot Strange Ordeas
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Toe prints seal sixteenth prisoner's fate in cuffs

An inspector, tempos five seconds per man, orders each release until the sixteenth is examined. Lefty We faces him as Faurot questions the missing stu from Phipps place. The boot toe mark and a sock hole indict the suspect, a dramatic confession follows with a grim line about Jennie's darning.

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Lefty Faurot Phipps Joe Jennie
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Arkan Saw Mewlings and Rural Wit Reflections

A compact column echoes ironic aphorisms and local quips about manners, pay, and social shifts. It notes bribe arrests among parliament members and a moonshine tax joke. The piece blends satire with jokes about divorce trends among modern women and a caricatured frontier sensibility.

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Wisdom and Drama Mix in Skin Deep at Community Theatre

The piece Skin Deep comes to the Community theatre a week from Saturday and Sunday. An escaped convict spared the district attorney due to surgical knife effects and love for a wholesome girl, a twist tied to a failed attempt. The column threads insights about lessons from failures and youth honesty with a dramatic arc.

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Hermit trapper found in Michigan woods

Deputy wardens tracked a beaver trapping felon to a remote log cabin west of Lake Gogebic. They found J. H. McLellan, a former Detroit electrician, living as a hermit after fleeing the city two years earlier. He offered no resistance and was fined $50 after pelts were found at his camp.

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Lake Gogebic J. H. McLellan Detroit Elsimi McLellan North Woods Lonesy
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the City Commission Roihmél Karpen Pothers Chicago Mémorial American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company, Inc Fle Peon Driesbach Boy Scouts of America Memorial Community Building Alvin L. Rummel Wakenela Wakefilld Michigan Mr. Rummel Ironwood Boy Scouts Ironwood R. Cobb Bessemer G. C. Driesbach Scout Executive Finance Department T. Bonito Commissioner of Accounts & Finance Fidelity and Casualty Company Wm. Jddobsom Wakefield, Michigan T. Bonino Certified Public Accountant Yours Ond Lope Whesist Syndicate, Inc Arkansaw Mewlings Jess Japan Thirsty Joe Rastus Arkan Thomas Cat Proteam’s Song OF the Blood THE STORY Johannes Linnankoski Havanas UNION Made
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