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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1923

Page

7

Wakefield Township Board Proceedings 1923 Adjournment Motion

Special meeting held August 1 1923 at Thomaston to pay claims and highway payroll. Minutes approved expenses approved and payroll authorized. Clerk ordered to issue payments for piano purchase Gordon Carlin and bids for road improvements called for. Board adjourned after confirming payments and bids.

Wakefield Township Board Thomaston W. E. Fritz N. W. Jacobson Nestor Nelson Frank Wiedman Town Hall Fund Gordon Carlin Town Hall Daph Vath EUICE BGO Npc E. Hamlin Board of Review Paul Maya Bate Nels Jacobson Martin Thomas Nels W. Jacobson

Wakefield Township School Board Proceedings August 14 1923

The Wakefield Board of Education met at 8:20 PM with President H A Tressel and members Tressel Kuivinen and Matthews present. Janitor hires discussed for High and Central schools. George May for High School at 115 monthly, Mrs Kukula at 65, Mrs Hilma Aho la at 60. A finger injury claim for Rudolph Keskey was discussed. compensation act likely barred. Baird and Sherwood communications noted. Halcyon Club interior painting bid $303.95 by Bodoh accepted. Meeting adjourned 11:00 PM.

Wakefield Board of Education H. A. Tressel H. A Tressel John Kuivinen Abe Matthews Victor Lepisto Anna Kallander Kuivinen Mathews George W. 8. Baird Rudolph Keskey Central School Board of Education Charles Keskey M. J. Sherwood Keweenaw Land Association Longyear Estate Thomas Furnace Co Sherwood Halcyon Club Bodoh Bodob Abe Mathews

Free Attractions Dominate Michigan State Fair Lineup

Detroit hosts the Michigan State Fair from August 81 to September 9 with $60,000 in free attractions. Highlights include horse and auto races led by Petey Manning and Thomas W. Murphy, international aerial acts, balloon races, women gymnasts, three renowned bands, and more.

Petey Manning Michigan

Sheriff Hale Defies Lynching in Small Town Drama

A mob gathers to burn a jailed suspect after a cottage attack. Sheriff Hale, aged seventy, confronts the crowd with calm defiance, shielding five prisoners and revealing the true culprit fled by train. The mob halts, torn between justice and vengeance, as Hale exposes a deeper motive involving his daughter.

Western Newspaper Union Hale Sheriff Hale Jim Washington Gavhar Sheriff Bele Fitchburg

One Sure Crop

Roberts waits in a small village for a train and chats with locals about land. An elderly man jokes that good farm land sells for more than it’s worth, yet confirms the soil is fertile and productive with yearly crops and steady taxes.

Roberts Tal

Famous Band at Michigan State Fair Detroit Engagement

Strouts Military Hussars, a nationally famous band, appears at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit from August 31 to September 9. The group is a high class vaudeville act. Also on the program are Cervonis' great concert band and the world famous 91st Klitles band of Canada, named the Canadian Staff band during the war.

Strouts Military Hussars Detroit Cervonis 91St Klitles Canada

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