Wanted A quiet man for popcorn stand duties
A short classified ad seeks a calm person to manage a popcorn stand in the afternoon and evening. The quirky tax of local humor and odd quotes appear around the text, with fragmented notices about coal requests and internal city matters. The Delta county board of supervisors will decide at the next January meeting whether funds will be appropriated.
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The
Buffalo News
Delta County Board of Supervisors
County Agent Leads Regional Movement Across Counties
A woman county agent spearheads a broad regional initiative spanning Lowe County and the Upper Peninsula. The movement promotes shared agricultural practices, cooperative events, and cross county networking to boost rural development and farmer support. Community groups anticipate further chapters and public meetings.
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Lowe and
Upper Peninsula
Rule or be ruled in church and state line
A compact aphorism contrasts rule and submission across life domains from church to state, courtship to marriage, logic to law, and broader struggles. It warns that in politics, gambling, and trade the choice is seize advantage or suffer loss, a crisp social maxim.
What Do I Go To School For Essay Reflections
Pupils in a school wrote essays on the prompt What do I go to school for Each eight year old boy offered a humorous or earnest line One lad vowed to avoid being called a blockhead while another pondered becoming a statesman or even a postmortem on a spellchecker mistake in poison
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James Greshaw
Irate caller curses operator over Park 667 incident
A quarrelsome subscriber abusively swore at a telephone operator. The chief demands an apology for the profanity while the subscriber, softened by drink, attempts to explain and apologize amid slurred speech.
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Park 667
Zifs
Ship your Christmas packages early this season
Classified item notes early deadline for sending holiday parcels and mentions rooms for rent at the Perry House. Indicates applicants should contact Skud and Goldman & Co for details and applications.
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Perry House
Skud, Goldman& Co
How do you like my new fur coat
A dialog about a costly fur coat prompts a swift moral jab that an animal suffered for the luxury. The exchange then shifts to a remark about a husband, adding a light social sting to a domestic moment.
Deer Lake pupil defines seasons with humor
Miss Berryman, Deer Lake school teacher, asked her room to name the seasons of the year. A bright pupil replied that the seasons are fishing season, rabbit season, partridge season, and deer season, reflecting a playful misunderstanding reported by Ishpeming Iron Ore.
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Berryman
Deer Lake School
Ishpeming
War traffic measured as 120 billion ton miles
The war board of the railroads states that wartime traffic equals 120 billion ton miles, a volume greater than the combined traffic of Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia and Germany.
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War Board of the Railroads
Great Britain
France
Austria
Russia
Germany
German Socialist shifts on annexations after Italian success
A prominent German Socialist repudiates the view of no annexations in light of Italian gains and Russian desertion, signaling a change in stance on the policy and the feasibility of annexations.
Skud Goldman & Co Offers Cleaning Service Exposé
A historical ad states, We will clean and press your suit for 50 cents by Skud, Goldman & Co. The brief notice markets affordable tailoring and dry cleaning services, highlighting a century old business offer.
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Skud, Goldman & Co
Danish Milk and Picnic Ham Prices Listed
Prices for Danish milk and picnic hams per pound along with regular hams eggs per dozen and various pantry staples including Hiawatha seed raisins large glass peanut butter 12 oz jar olives Armours oatmeal listed in a local market ad.
James Tobin longtime resident dies after stomach ulcers
In the village, James Tobin aged 78 died from ulcers of the stomach. Born May 24, 1853 in Poysippi Wisconsin he married Elizabeth McGinley in 1887 and had nine children. He lived here since marriage, worked on a geological survey, and recently served as county surveyor and town justice of the peace. Survived by wife, nine children, two sisters and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday from the Catholic Church with burial at Lakeview Cemetery.
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James Tobin
Mr. Tobin
Poysppi
Wis
Elizabeth McGinley
Wausau
Tobin
Michigan
Wisconsin
A. Picker
Ironwood
Ivan
Chicago
Helene
Valpariso
Ind
Jay Lloyd
Orvalle
Gordon
Ray
Thomas
George’ Campfield
Wm. Grifith
Berlin
John
Mellen
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Honor and Floral Thanks
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during our recent bereavement for our beloved husband and father. Grateful for the many beautiful floral offerings from the community. Mrs. James Tobia and family.
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James Tobia
Condolences From Wakefield Lodge On Brother Ashland Loss
Wakefield Lodge No 253 1 O O F resolves to send sympathy to Brother Thomas Ashland and family upon the death of his wife. Note expresses faith that parting pains end and the next life holds no sorrows. Copy to be spread on lodge minutes and published in the Wakefield Advocate.
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Wakefield Lodge No
Order
Thomas Ashland
Ashland
Wakefield Advocate
Close of Lake Navigation Season Ends Soon
The official navigation season for upper lake ports ends next Wednesday though boats may continue to run. Docks have been busy recently as ore tonnage builds up, with shipments likely to surpass last year if weather permits and boats may run at lower speeds due to deteriorating conditions.
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Cartors
Ceasun
Beaver Season Open For Trapping This Spring
The beaver trapping season is open through May. Licenses from the county clerk allow taking fifteen beavers and require a landowner permit. Each license costs ten dollars and permits multiple trappings with added permissions. Landowner consent and beaver possession require licensed seals and no dam or beaver house destruction.
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Zeon
Wakefield Pharmacy Promotes Mountain Tea for Digestion
Fragment from a period ad urges relief for clogged bowels and headaches with Mountain Tea. Claims natural gut health and a happier digestion, mentioning Hollister’s neck and prompting readers to try tonight at Wakefield Pharmacy.
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Hollister
Wakefield Pharmacy
Christmas Gift Alternatives Move For Soldiers Nurses
A local movement favors giving money or comforts to homebound soldiers and nurses over traditional gifts. Advocates suggest practical items like raisins and dates for children, and urge replacing candy with simple, useful sweets. The Advocate invites readers to submit holiday gift ideas and offers to deliver samples.
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Christina
Early Shopper Seeks Holiday Gifts Before Christmas Rush
The Advent page notes a surge in gift shipments during the holiday week with stores stocked to meet demand. Readers are urged to place items in the advertising columns of the Advocate to reach enterprising shoppers.
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Advocate
Unclear Financial Note From Early 20th Century Column
Fragmentary OCR passage discusses stock dividends at $3 a share and a $25,800,080 national figure. Mentions Frank A. Vanderlip and government loan plans, with garbled terms and dates. No clear event or outcome established.
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United States
Washington
Frank A. Vanderlip
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