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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1923
Page
8
The Wakefield Advocate published weekly in Wakefield Gogebic County Michigan as the official paper of Gogebic County and Wakefield City. The issue lists annual and semiannual subscription rates and advertising policy.
A reflective piece ties Christmas faith to family virtue and civic prudence, contrasting belief with modern skepticism. It urges gratitude and simple generosity as the base for communal prosperity, then shifts to finance lessons about Christmas savings clubs and deposits. The author argues saving fuels local business and personal growth, with five to ten million dollars accumulated this year across savings efforts.
The First National Bank of Wakefield distributed over 7000 in Christmas Savings to local residents. The new program draws broad support, with plans for another club opening rights to accounts. Chicago Tribune notes ten million dollars saved in Christmas Savings Clubs nationwide, doubling last year’s record.
Wakefield tops Michigan health rankings with the lowest eight month death rate of 5.0 per thousand and is praised for political stability under commission government. The city touts the lowest county tax rate, high municipal improvements, unlimited 24 hour water, a premier community building, low power rates, and a strong school system.
Wakefield’s economy shows bright prospects with expanding ore projects near Ramsay and eastward finds promising shafts and mine buildings. About 500 loggers work within ten miles, with ten million feet of timber expected to move through the rail network this winter. Civic and industrial health underpin the claim that Wakefield is the region’s healthiest city and a future mining center on the range.
The piece recalls the Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk and notes two decades of aviation progress including a four miles per minute flight rate by an army aviator. It comments on the Wrights’ legacy, calls for proper recognition, and shifts to local road work with C P Winkler taking county supervision and a planned completion by June next year amid delays. It ends with a note urging proper Christmas spelling.
A frontier era portrait recalls itinerant preachers who rode from settlement to settlement with zeal and little pay. Peter Cartwright is highlighted for fame and humor, while a pulpit clash shows a preacher subduing rowdies with blunt force and a fierce resolve to uphold religion in rough towns.
An 1881 tale recalls Wind Cave near Hot Springs South Dakota where a gust blew a hat off a man. The cave spans about one hundred miles of passageways with hundreds of chambers and three main routes. It is a vast underground complex likened to an eight story building and became a national park in 1908 open to visitors year round.
Describes the Majestic, the world’s largest liner at 956 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 102 feet deep, weighing 64,000 tons with nine decks and 4,000 passenger capacity. Details include 48 boilers, four turbine engines, 100,000 horsepower, 23 knots speed, oil fuel, and extensive amenities from lounges to swimming pool and pet rooms.
Tim Murphy a Virginian led Gen. Daniel Morgan’s riflemen in the Saratoga campaign with Liberty or Death on buckskin shirts. His double barreled rifle and rapid shots earned awe among Iroquois chiefs as he chased, outgunned, and killed foes in pursuit, becoming a legendary frontier marksman of the American Revolution.
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