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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1923
Page
9
Mrs. I A Burdeau of Verona visited with friends at Gile Wisconsin the latter part of last week. Victor Lepisto and family motored to Iron River Wisconsin Sunday where they spent the day with friends.
A. Cormier and others report return from trips to Brainerd and the Mesaba range. Walter Mattson departs for Detroit after visiting his mother. Dewey Tremblay leaves Hibbing for Crystal Falls. Mae Mather, Martha Niemi, and Fannie Lempelin return from Minneapolis and Cassel. Godfred Stevenson resumes vacation in Virginia and Cooke with his brother Alfred. Howard Yackee visits from Chicago to Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. McGinty and Mrs Rudolph Olson visit Ironwood on Monday.
Reino Salonen Tom Kangas and Cari Synkelma of Ironwood win a Wisconsin Dairy Tour and depart from Tronwood to Powers Michigan last Tuesday. Three UP county boys win this educational excursion visiting Holstein Guernsey Jersey and Ayrshire herds while hosted by Chambers of Commerce Breeders Associations and Rotary Clubs.
The act billed as the largest cleanest most pretentious travelling amusement park will headline the American Legion state convention week at Ironwood starting Monday night.
The Morris and Cassle traveling show arrives with 68 gold leaf wagon fronts in thirty-double length cars and will set up a tented city of merriment at Oliver Field loaned by Oliver Iron Mining. With 24 attractions the show tours Detroit Saginaw Musketon Sault Ste Marie Kalamazoo and other cities, drawing thousands to the state convention crowds despite past carnival concerns.
The Wakefield Michigan City Clerk certifies candidates for the August 28 1923 city election. Nominated for City Commissioner are William I Hornibrook Fred Deacon Fred Thompson and George May. Justice of the Peace nominees are George J Hrbacek Andrew F Olson and Frank E Hook. Constable nominees: William I Woodward. Also notes Mrs Paul Bennett guest at Peter Delmet home.
Clifford Bolen returned from Hibbing after a visit with Earl Bolen who will go back Sunday. John and Joseph Hurley and Mrs Joby Hurley Sr of Minneapolis were Sunday guests at the Boullhone. W.8 Peters left Thursday on a business mission to Lansing and Chicago. Dr Vernon Geary, local dentist, has disposed of his dental practice to Dr Wilson of Crystal Ponds. Wilson has been associated with Dr Geary for the past two months.
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