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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
5
A public forum denounces annual church conventions that seek to align lay votes with clerical views, calling coercive preaching a crime against civil liberty. It argues laws should bar clergy from delivering members to candidates, defending pulpit sanctity and state church separation with strong language against political influence in worship.
Secretary J S Kennedy of the Gogebic County Agricultural association says a new grand stand will be built at the fair grounds in Ironwood to be usable this fall. It will seat one thousand and replace the unsafe old stand. Improvements will keep the fair in first class condition with top horse races and attractions, drawing county farmers and exhibitors. The piece notes rising agricultural interest and aims for a record county fair.
A statewide prohibition amendment to the Michigan constitution will be placed before voters next fall with Arthur P. Loomis in command and Jason E. Hammond in campaign management. The Anti Saloon League faces a strong brewer backed Michigan organization in Detroit guiding the liquor side, with national talent to debate the issue. The item also notes farm breeding plans for A P Olson and local ads for liquid soap and other notices, plus a feature on The Advocate's war anniversary section and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Tablets from Macedon New York buyers.
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