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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1917
Page
4
A jumble of humorous reader queries and editor replies from a small town newspaper letters page. Questions range from heating a home and pig care to origins of names and a joke on car models. Local tone and names imply a satirical, community-snapshot feature.
The Wolverines boast a lively scene with new pennant pride a 12 by 2 foot emblem and a strong push for membership. Reports praise recent cleaning and social efforts, announce upcoming initiation and feeds, and note player updates, club entertainment, and spring training plans.
Get a small package of Mamburg Breast Tea or Gramburger Brust Thee at any pharmacy. Brew by steeping a tablespoonful in boiling water, drink a teacup full anytime. Advertised as the most effective cold and grip remedy, it opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and claims safe vegetable ingredients, inexpensive.
Ad touts St Jacob's Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatic pain. Claims fast relief from pain in joints muscles and nerves without internal treatment. Warns against internal dosing and urges purchase of a 25 cent bottle from any drug store.
A busy exchange notes new potatoes selling for six dollars a bushel and hints farmers unite to press prices while asking who wants new potatoes anyway Then the ad promotes Victrola and Pathephone talking machines at Hydar's Ironwood continuing the local commerce tone
A humorous verse about a restless woman who knocks at every door and dwells in endless motion. The poem follows her lively actions from husband to neighbors and even to her own clothes, ending with a spectral whisper that mocks her knocking nature. Her husband, curious about spirits, witnesses a knocking from beyond and remarks on her lasting reputation.
Members from the Lake Superior Mining Institute plan an annual meeting in March in Birmingham Alabama. Attendance is expected to exceed earlier estimates as the list grows. Secretary Yungbluth issued a travel and lodging circular highlighting transportation and points of interest. The south visit invitation came via Edwin Ball of Tennessee Coal and Iron and Chas Fairbairn of Republic Iron and Steel.
Notice to electors in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties announces George O. Driscull as a Republican candidate for Circuit Judge at the March 7, 1917 primary. He solicits support at the polls from voters in the two counties.
Geo Breanants in Rochester this week. Mrs Edwards was in Bessemer Wednesday. C Myers was a Bessemer caller Sunday evening. Miss Edith Simms was an Ironwood caller Saturday. Martin Rosewald was a Bessemer visitor Sunday evening. Miss Zella Banfield was from Ironwood Thursday. J Jennings in Ironwood Saturday on business. Mrs Albert Johnson called on Ironwood friends Wednesday. Miss Esther Burdeau returned Friday from Hibbing. Minn. Mrs Matt Saari and Mrs John Holma shopped in Bessemer Wednesday. Misses Elizabeth and Martha Johnson in Wakefield Saturday. Miss Laura Olson spent Sunday as Leona Burdeau's guest. Leo Burgett of Elyria Ohio visiting sister Mrs George Brennan. Mrs W S Peters and children Priscilla and Bob visiting Marinesco for a few days. Misses Margaret Hanley and Kittie Jennings visited J Jennings Thursday afternoon. Doc Masterson of Oshkosh filled vacancy on village police force. Girls wanted for hotel work. Apply to Mrs Cannon Curry Hotel Tronwood Mich.
Tailor shop for sale equipped with a Hoff man steam cleaning and pressing machine. Apply to Jos Leff Wakefield. Spring politics begin with village and township races slated for April 2. JW Bedell and A J Olson enter township treasurer race. W E Fritz announced for clerk. A F Olson and R F Hasbrook for justice of the peace. Contests expected for other township offices. diamond prices rise while our prices stay steady. TM Tripplett TM
The qualified electors of Wakefield Township are notified of a general primary election on March 7, 1917, at the Fire Department Quarters in Wakefield Town Hall. Polls open 7:00 a.m. and close 5:00 p.m. for nominating candidates to the Circuit Judge Thirty-Second Judicial Circuit of Michigan counties Gogebic and Ontonagon. Date and official seal at Wakefield January 27, 1917 by William F. Fritz, Township Clerk.
Notice is hereby given that a regular Village Caucus will be held in the Fire Department Quarters Town Hall Wakefield on February 24 1917 at 8 00 p m. for nominating candidates for Village President Clerk Treasurer and Trustees for two year terms.
A vintage ad promotes Ely's Cream Balm to relieve cold and catarrh. It promises rapid opening of nasal passages, relief from headache and mucous, and ease of breathing by applying a small amount inside the nostrils. The copy urges asking a druggist for a small bottle and notes instant soothing effects.
Local hotel advertises for a first class table waitress position at the Wakefield Hotel. Apply in person for immediate consideration and details.
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