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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
5
The town schools will close next Friday for holidays while local soldiers receive donations to Advocate Tobacco Fund for France. We note travel updates as Lieuts. A L Rumme and F A Sergeant depart for camps. The high school beat Butternut 20 to 6 in basketball. local merchants promote discounts and gift ideas.
Wakefield youths join military and aviation programs as several recruits depart for Duluth Milwaukee and Waco Texas. Names include Wm Strough Leo Brennan Mike Gedda John Novakoski Jos Desoma L A Cluley Roy Bedell amid other local movements and postwar plans.
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