Michigan Lawmakers Eye Eight Hour Day And Reforms
Michigan legislators consider an eight hour workday bill by Rep. John Holland and a package of reforms including stricter divorce rules, residency and licensing for marriage, and measures to curb bigamy. Proposals seek to abolish the electoral college, regulate auto bus lines, and institute a new poll tax replacement with annual registrations. Escanaba faces a unique tax issue tied to port and rail assets.
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Michigan
John Holland
Holland
Frank Covert
Glen Gillespie
Sixth Judicial District
Louis H. Fead
Newberry
Wakefield
Electoral College
Congress
John B. Corliss, Jr
Detroit
State Administrative Board
State Bureau of Registration
Rep
Corliss
Treasuries
Women toApply for Citizenship Papers Across District
Naturalization examiner R K Doe notes a September law now requiring wives of foreigners to pursue citizenship same as husbands. Unmarried foreign women and American women who married aliens must apply, ending automatic citizenship by marriage. The change levels the field for all applicants and ends the previous automatic reinstate rule. One line remarks on the lack of control in parent selection.
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R. K. Doe
Doe
Congress
Doelle resigns as agriculture chief to join Federal Land Bank
John A Doelle commissioner of the state department of agriculture resigns to become vice president of the Federal Land Bank in St Paul effective February 1. Governor Groesbeck has not named a successor and Doelle has recommended Hartman or Carton, but the governor is unlikely to appoint either. The move follows policy disputes over department cuts and focus on direct farming while Doelle criticizes excessive theoretical work. Leave laundry at Proteau's barber shop for Bessemer Laundry.
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Tax Commission
Wiley
Merlin Wiley
John F. Bird
State Supreme Court
Franz ©. Kuhn
Luther L. Wright
State School For the Deaf
Flint
Samuel Odell
Public Utilities Commission
Escanaba
John A. Doelle
State Department of Agriculture
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Federal Land Bank
St. Paul
Groesbeck
Doelle
Wiliam P. Hartman
Augustus (. Carton
Nose for News in Wakefield Community Echoes Daily Life
Readers are invited to share local happenings from homes and neighborhoods. Small events like crop harvests and market sales, when reported, reflect community progress and hustle in Wakefield. The piece urges citizens and merchants to contribute news and advertisements to the hometown paper.
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Wakefield
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Pach Dak CT
Ladies’ Union
Men’s Union
L. Saees
Wakefield, Mich
Proteau
Bessemer Laundry
Alex Helberg
Brotherton
John Patyk
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