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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1923
Page
7
The Celestial Empire stirs as electric lights brighten eyes and kimono fingers reach for switches. China with 400 million people has 4.5 million sockets and 280,000 kilowatts of capacity, compared to the United States. Shanghai hosts China’s largest central station at 100,000 kilowatts amid early landmark adoption.
The piece reflects on changes in life from Edison era inventions to Volstead era laws and the rise of the telephone. It notes that traditional habits like writing long letters and neighborhood sewing circles have declined, replaced by telephones as the primary means of communication and information distribution.
The busiest period is between 9 and 10 a.m. when many receivers come off the hooks as houses prepare meals and place orders with grocers, bakers, and butchers. Traffic spikes again at 12 to 1 p.m. and 4 to 5 p.m as offices close, with another rise at 7 p.m for evening dates before midnight.
Three timber land deals closed in Marenisco during the week by Arthur Cavender. A 40 acre tract sold to George Abraham of Dunham, description NE of the SW of Section 12-46-44. Stanley J. Martin and Antone Peller purchased SE of the NE ly of Section 1-40-44. An 80 acre tract described as NE of the SW of Section 6-46-44 sold to Contratto & Michela, coal and wood dealers of Bessemer.
Martha B. Thomas Tolle urges readers to retreat to their inner imagination as a sanctuary in difficult times. She describes filling the mind with joyful thoughts, memories, and plans, likening them to wreaths, candy, and a Tree of Faith, and encourages giving oneself a meaningful present to nurture future happiness.
In large towns new arrivals face first papers with an officer’s remarks on anarchist traits. Many applicants grasp little, but some proceed to final papers since 1914. The piece urges readers to help newcomers learn language and national institutions. Mrs. George Limpert of Jack's Spur was hospitalized in Marquette after weeks of treatment in Ewen.
Mary and Anna, frail at Sunnybanks Preventorium in Grand Rapids, gained 14 and 16 pounds respectively after four months. The twins’ recovery illustrates the value of Christmas seals funding Michigan tuberculosis education and care programs, with seals now on sale statewide. Visit Toyland at Skud and Goldman store to see toys and dolls in Wakefield before the Christmas rush.
Friends report Congressman W. Frank James of Hancock is rapidly regaining health after malaria contracted in the Spanish-American War. He now spends hours at his desk and attended opening sessions of Congress. Also a help-wanted ad seeks experienced life insurance salesmen with salary and high commissions in Grand Rapids.
A Christmas gift of a full year subscription to The Youth's Companion promises 52 issues in 1924 filled with serials, stories, editorials, poetry and more. Subscriptions offer 2 years of issues plus a 1924 calendar for 2.50, or 3.00 for both The Companion and McCall's Magazine. Available from Commonwealth Ave. & St. Paul St., Boston, Mass. New subscriptions accepted at this office.
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