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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1923

Page

4

Specials list includes two coats and FM men offer

A short notice lists specials including two coats and a FM men discount priced at 9.85 dollars.

Letter to Santa Claus Transforms Tron Mountain Economy

Since Henry Ford established a large sawmill and body plant in Tron Mountain the town’s population has grown by about 5000, with hundreds of new homes and many stores. Ford’s payroll is about half a million dollars monthly, plus Worden Allen Construction’s Chicago payroll for Ford projects. Last year 1.6 million dollars financed new homes in Kitesford Heights, with 400 houses built and more expected in 1924, totaling seven hundred in two years. The growth aims to make Tron Mountain a metropolis in the Upper Peninsula.

Tron Mountain Henry Ford Ford Worden-Allen Construction Co Chicago Kitesford Heights Upper Peninsula

Sel's Restaurant Changes Hands In City Transaction

Mrs James Standley who ran Sel's Restaurant in this city sold her interests this week to Joseph Houle formerly of Watersmeet who will operate the place. The Standleys and their children departed Tuesday for Mankato Minnesota to reside and enroll in the American Red Cross.

James Standley Joseph Houle Watersmeet Standley Mankato Min

State Department urges highway finance reforms and plate delays

The clerk must issue 1924 license plates until further notice as the state department signals pending highway finance legislation. A warning warns thousands of motorists of delays in securing new plates without perfected titles, and title assignments on traded cars must be cleaned up before licensing. A farmer seeks buyers for a Gogebic county farm via Warren McRae of Logansport Indiana.

State Department Stute Per Gogebic County Warren McRae Logansport Indiana

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