Tragic double death in Marquette crash shocks city
A deadly crash on a snowbound North Pine crossing in Marquette killed three people including Miss Mae Niemi a Wakefield student and Mrs Elizabeth Johnson a Normal School student. Driver Clarence LaCoursiere and Mayhew survived. Eyewitness said the truck struck the locomotive at low speed but the car was hurled. The loss touched the Normal School community and local families deeply.
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Mae Niemi
Marquette
Miss Niemi
Wakefield High School
Normal
Erwin
Nels Niemi
Lionwood
Lawrence
Ashland
Plymouth
Theodore
Irving
Nels
Esther
Miss Mae
Fred Maki
Cassel
Minn
Lake Superior
Wakefield
Northern State Normal School
Elizabeth Marie Johnson
Eskel Johnson
Chevrolet Motor Company
Henry Mayhew
St. Luke's Hospital
J. H. Argall
Mayhew
Johnson
Niemi
la Coursiere
Richard Smith
William Richards
Smith
Normal School
la Cousiere
Horace la Coursiere
West Prospect Street
The
Arch Street
Swannee
Nedernanaig
John M. Munson
North Third Street
Specular
Coursiere
Local theatre to be decorated at nearly ten thousand dollars
The Memor ial Community Building will be decorated and drapes hung under a contract awarded to the Andrews Company of Chicago. Drapes cost 1985 and painting plus ornamental work 7985. A 12 by 20 foot mural in the theatre sounding board and another in the Woman's club room will be painted by William Peace. Completion is expected in three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Company
Memorial Community Building
Chicago
Legion
William Peace
First National Bank Opens Busy New Quarter in Hometown
Monday marked the busiest opening for the First National Bank in its new quarters with about 2500 customers processing transactions. Flowers and cigars welcomed visitors, music from the Frederickson orchestra filled the day, and dancing followed after 10 PM. Acknowledgments poured in from banks and individuals, including Diebolt Safe & Lock Co and Merchants & Miners National Bank. Wakefield Pharmacy loaned the piano for the orchestra.
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First National Bank
Bessemer and
Wakefield
Barking House
Frederickson Orchestra
Diebolt Safe & Lock Co
St. Paul
Corn Exchange National Bank
Chicago
Gogebie National Bank and Merchants & Miners National Bank
Ironwood
Peoples State Bank
Bessemer
W. 1. Prince
Duluth
W. L. Stannard
Laurium
N. A. Nelson
Wakefield Pharmacy
Tever Epidemic Under Control Says Dr Crosby
Dr T L Crosby local health officer states the typhoid outbreak in Ramsay is under control with 19 cases still in the emergency hospital. He notes Dr Bennings of the state health department travelled to Lan sing and urges Wakefield residents to seek free inoculation and to boil water before drinking, affirming Wakefield water tests as safe.
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Ramsay
Crosby
Bennings
State Department of Health
Lansing
Wakefield
Wakefield City
Wakefield Pupils Attend State Music Contest
Wakefield school pupils Emma Knudsen Anna Rydeski and Pearl Spray returned from Lansing where they entered the state music contest. They earned recognition for perfect papers but no prizes as other schools submitted more complete manuscripts. The district did not enter contests locally, and Wakefield competed as an independent entrant. Pearl Spray and Anna Rydeski represented classes from local preliminaries, with Spray in grade seven nine, and Rydeski in grade six and five.
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Emma Knudsen
Anna Ryeski
Pearl Spray
Lansing
Wakefield
Knudsen
Upper Peninsula
Michigan Federation of Music Clubs
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Anna Rydeski
Richards Named Manager of Worden Allen Duluth Offices
Guy A. Richards, superintendent of Thomas Furnace Co. which controls the Morgan mine east of the city, has been named manager of Worden Allen Co. Lake Superior offices in Duluth. He will continue to oversee Thomas Furnace interests while taking charge of Worden Allen operations regionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A. Richards
Thomas Furnace Co
Morgan
Lake Superior
Worden Allen Company
Duluth
Worden-Allen Co
Richards
Thomas Furnace Company
City Audit Lacks Quorum Delays Official Proceedings
The city audit statement was published on another page as part of official commission proceedings for this week but no meeting occurred due to a lack of a quorum. The absence prevented formal action and the release reflects the incomplete official record.
Odd Fellows to Celebrate 105th Anniversary Friday
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows marks its 105th founding anniversary next Friday at the Municipal Memorial Building, Tronwood. Events run 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. with second degree exemplification by Ironwood. 5:15 to 6:00 p.m. a banquet. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. supper by the Order of Rebecca for members and guests. 8:00 p.m. program chaired by J. C. Thomas featuring Harold Evans, Harry Pollard, Rex Axel Pearson, and more. 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. dancing and card play with entertainers John Morrison, Miss Gladys Hoffman, and Charles Scavarda. 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. lunch by Rebecca lodge.
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Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Municipal Memorial
Tronwood
Odd Fellowship
Ironwood
Order of Rebeccah
J. C. Thomas
Ironwood Lodge
Harold Evans
Harry Pollard
D. C. Watson
Huson
Rex
Axel Pearson
John Morrison
Gladys Hoffman
Charles Scavarda
Rebecca Lodge
Wakefield Iron Co Officials Inspect Holdings
G M Humphrey vice president of M A Hanna Company Cleveland and B B Hunner district manager Duluth visited Wakefield Monday to inspect holdings. They expressed disappointment at the season’s low iron ore price but expect a busy year and a large tonnage sale to ensure maximum capacity for the shipping season, aiming for a solid year end statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Humphrey
M. A. Hanna Company
Cleveland
B. BE. Hunner
Duluth
Wakefield
Democrats Call Convention in Wakefield Gogebic County
A small group of Democrats from Wakefield and Gogebic county are summoned to meet at A. W. Peterson's office Erickson block Lionwood on Tuesday April 29 to elect five delegates to the Democratic state convention in Flint on May 15. The call is signed by secretary A. W. Peterson and chairman John W. Mullen. Miss Ellen Eliason visited Ashland Monday to consult physicians at the General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Gogebic County
A. W. Peterson
Erickson Block
Lionwood
Flint
John W. Mullen
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Elizabeth Marie Hamel
Joseph Hamel
Owosso, Mich
Michigan
Tever
U. P. School
G. A. Richards
ODD Fellows
Wakefield Iron CO
Ellen Eliason
General Hospital
Nish Ad
AEL
Sherwin-Williams Company
Oury
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