Durkee Audit Shows Shortage In County Funds
Detroit accountant J A Dreseer finds a shortage of 89995.08 in the Durkee county treasurer books covering Oct 1 1921 to Nov 11 1922 and recommends settling with the Fidelity and Casualty Bonding Company for 3905.06. The board also notes clerical errors and approves actions including land clearing funding and redirection of future audits.
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Lolawrence W. Durkee
J. A. Dreseer
Detroit
Board of Supervisors
Clarence W. Durkee
Durkee
Littoffer
Pesca
I Nates
Alt Haniel
F. Keb Ir
Watersmeet
TH. EF. Fox
Ironwood
Lansing
Gogebic County Divorces Tie One Per Every Twenty One Marriages
Gogebic County reports one divorce for every twenty one marriages in the past year, reflecting a high rate in the twelve month period. The record marks a notable statistic in local family life amid the county’s 1922 population trends.
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Gogebic County
Court Refuses Review of Wakefield Charter Case
The state supreme court declined to grant a writ of certiorari to review Judge Driscoll’s charter revision opinion in Wakefield. The ruling leaves the petition for an advisory recall election of city commissioners unresolved, with potential recall petitions anticipated for a likely April vote.
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State Supreme Court
G. O. Driscoll
Solomon W. Patek
William 8. Baird
Me. Baird
Supreme Court
Patek
Lansing
Wakefield
Driscoll
High Court of
County Tax Increase One of Highest in the State
A ten year report by a special legislative tax commission shows Gogebic county leading Upper Peninsula tax hikes with a 373 percent rise, while Wayne and Oakland counties show 508 and 741 percent gains respectively. Bonded city indebtedness also jumps, notably Flint from 159 thousand to 4,056,990, with Escanaba and Detroit rising 1360 and 1,064 percent.
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Upper Peninsula
Delta
Alver
Livingston
Gogebic County
Special Legislative Tax Commission
Wayne County
Detroit
Kent
Grand Rapids
Oakland
Marquette
Bessemer
Gogebic Range
Escanaba
Iron Mountain
Hancock
Wakefield High School Edges Bessemer In Tough Battle 22-15
Wakefield High School defeated Bessemer 22 to 15 in a hard fought Friday night basketball game. Both sides had players ejected for rough play, with Willsns and Bugni among those sent off as the pace stayed rapid. Mattson and Mansen led Wakefield with strong scoring while Yatehale added five points and Bugni scored once.
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Ino Wakefield
Bessemer
Wakefield
Bugal
Hook
Vistors
Cauldwell
Willsns
Dessemer
Bugni
Wakfield
Mattson
Mansen
Yatehale
Heel
Bessoner
Jean Belt
Tarley
Paul Couldwell
Bessemey
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Alger
Gogebie
Cogebie County
Larry L'vingston
Michigan Agricultural College
Alser County
Tron County
Livngston
Wakefield Township
Peninsula
Trade Journal
Iron Trade Review
Trade Review
Minnesota
Michigan
Mesaba
Oliver Company
Geneva
Lake Superior
G” Pabst
Circuit Court
John Luxmore, Jr
Upper ‘Peninsula
Gogeb‘e
Gretna Green
Wisconsin
Sybil
Thomas Thompson
Ida
Henry Aho
Eleanor
Harold Gibbs
John
Elizabeth Muhonen
Maude
John Knox
Benjamin
Mary Bozich
Ernestine
Max Wolfsfeld
Susie
Glenn Allen
Gus
Sanni Martilla
Bernard
Lilly Becker
Alti
Frank Sannes
Elizabeth
Samuel Reynols
Josef
Christinia Henna
Laura
Joseph Chouinard
Kate
Dan Suato
Marguerite
Edgar Cross
Viktorya
Stanislaw Urbaniak
Miam
Isabel Bond
Nemming
Suoma Wapaa
Erick
Fanny Kaustenius
Helen
Jacob Palmaki
Frank Jumila
Stanley
Bertha Dzwilewski
Qq Pabst
Oglebay, Norton & Co
Gogebie Range
Ramsay
Hamilton
Hurley
Montreal
Castile
New Christmas Club
The
First National Bank
Wakefield, Michigan
H.S
Wakefiel
Nels Walston
Monichy Iaeenine
Hardware & Wakefield
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