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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
7
Comic snippets discuss a family vacuum between a father's collar and hairless spot, a boastful father earning wealth building skyscrapers, a jailer guarding cells, and a cyclist misled by a turned sign post about Popp leton, ending with playful banter and a local joke.
A light exchange shows a wife cheerfully proposing going away gowns. Her husband responds with gloom about affording travel this summer. She then pivots to staying-at-home gowns with an upbeat reply.
In California fresh quake shocks are noted while a critic prefers local ground rent over the California system. A witty exchange compares a man's “forever” to a woman's “five minutes,” highlighting gendered timing in a brisk private banter.
The 1912 annual report of State Treasurer Haarer shows total receipts of 15,940,956.50 and disbursements of 16,536,166.73, with expenditures for insane and feebleminded care at 1,396,420.50 and the last legislative session at 177,624.15. Despite a deficit of 595,210.23, the general fund balance remains 3,015,515.11, and major income came from inheritance taxes, licenses, and various state fees. The report notes large appropriations to universities and state institutions while highlighting the state accident fund's rate cuts and no-arbitration settlements. A tuberculosis push notes Michigan aims for statewide immunity and open-air schooling progress, with Miss Maude Van Syckle elected to the national board.
The annual report of the state parole agent William H. Venn for the fiscal year ending June 30 shows reform work among prisoners paroled from state penal institutions. Total in the office during the year was 427. 144 discharged from parole. four transferred to other offices. two died on parole. 88 violated parole conditions.
New York sculptor Robert Aitkin completed a bust of Michigan education pioneer John D. Pierce. Aitkin, student of Daniel Chester French, was commissioned on French’s recommendation. funds came from Michigan public school teachers. Pierce, born 1797 in New Hampshire, lived in Ypsilanti for decades and helped launch state schooling.
The United States holds 76,189 acres of public domain lands in Michigan, with over 60,000 in the upper peninsula. A fiscal-year decrease of 3,217 acres is reported. Schoolcraft County leads at 11,385 acres, followed by Chippewa and Keweenaw counties with over 10,000 each. Delta has 6,100 and Marquette 4,300 acres, while Montmorency tops southern peninsula at about 2,500 and Charlevoix at 1,700.
A brief dialogue near a town monument debates art and taste in public sculpture, theater interiors, and advertising chromes. The unnamed companion dismisses art while another figure reveals himself as the organizer of deathbed scenes in moving picture shows.
An early 20th century ad promoting Cuticura soap for cleansing and purifying and Cuticura ointment to soothe and heal skin, claiming to preserve natural purity and beauty. The offer includes a free mail sample with a postcard request to Cuticura Dept XY, Boston, noting availability everywhere.
Fogarty and Piaherty banter in a drafty dialogue about Russia and vodka, noting challenges ahead. The exchange hints at a political or competitive reversal and preserves a regional, colloquial flavor with Rye dialect and character names.
A professor laments a misstep after visiting Privy Councilor Schulze, mistaking a bread ticket for a visiting card. The humorous exchange underlines the social ritual and the professor’s embarrassment in a concise, period voice.
A note contrasts a man choosing church on Sunday with staying home, while mentioning that China operates a government lottery. The items reflect personal habit and state gambling policy in a brief, general way.
The propaganda office reports last year the province saw agricultural output rise by over twenty million dollars from the prior year, led by oats and mixed farming. Oats yielded 34,397,117 bushels at 30.15 per acre, spring wheat produced 15,102,083 bushels, and livestock sales reached 20,000,000. Total agricultural products valued at 78,516,891 with livestock valued at 110,044,30.
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