County Agent Office Moves in Ironwood Michigan
Gorebie County agricultural notes report a move of the County Agent’s office to room 9 in the Post Office Building Ironwood Michigan. Upkeep of hay crop and a fine potato crop are noted with warnings on potato bugs and recommended poisons. A food canning train will visit Gogebic County with demonstrations on canning drying and preserving.
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Post Office
Ironwood, Mich
Marquette
Dickenson
Iron Counties
Gorebie
O.S. Fisher
U. S. Aes of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Gorebie County
D. S. S. & A. Railway
State College
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gogebic County
Montreal Midh
Home and School Gardens Highlight Top Student Plots
Ten cleanest and best pupil gardens are led by Maddelline Ocelli Fannie Semplin Susie Tomazeski Chiord Peller Charles Best Hazel Walton Peter Bugnia Lilian Hill and Helen Zazaski. best pots and plats go to Lawrence Niena Harold Pellerin Gustave Hanson and Mike Genella. Parents are urged to visit the school garden to boost pupil involvement and food supply. Dorothy Pekoski died last Sunday at the Chicago mine location after a month and a half of measles fever. funeral was held Tuesday at Lake View Cemetery.
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Maddelline Ocelli
Fannie Semplin
Susie Tomazeski
Chiord Peller
Charles Best
Hazel Walton
Peter Bugnia
Lilian Hill
Helen Zazaski
Lawrence Niena
Harold Pellerin
Gustave Hanson
Mike Genella
Dorothy
Examinations Set for Gozebie County Teachers
Examinations for teachers of Gozebie County will be held in the courthouse at Bessemer on August 9, 19 and 1th. Morning sessions begin at eight o'clock. Reading tests for all certificate grades will follow the standard readings in the Manual and Course of Study for County Normal Training Classes and Elementary Schools. Bulletins from the Department of Instruction at Lansing provide details.
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Gozebie County
Bessemer
County Normal
Elmentary
Department of Instruction
Lansing
Farewell to Wakefield as Firemen Carnival Arrives
The town hosts a Firemen Carnival drawing big crowds with Heinz Bros shows. Attractions include Wonderland with Major Fox the smallest man, The Magician, Levetta’s Glass Blowers, Hindoo Wonderworkers, Electric Girl, Madam Olga, Clarks Dog and Pony Circus, Spidora the spider woman, Temple of Eden for men, Nolands’ poison mistress, strongmen, Calamity Jane dancers, Log Cabin Dance Hall, and daily entertainment through Sunday before departing for Wisconsin. The season honors firefighters and features a parade of lively acts amid local excitement.
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Heinz Bros
Wonderland
Major Fox
Levetta
Madam Olga
Clarks Dog and Pony Circus
Spidora
Calamity Jane
Log Cabin
Wisconsin
Local Notes and Small Town Notices Blend in Three Stars
A mixture of local notes, small ads, and social items from Wakefield area towns. Mentions Alfred Oberg visiting from Verone, O H Olsen family at Lake Gogebic, and Wm. Wigg of Bessemer in town. Cigar and bicycle ads, room rentals, sales of livestock and a Jersey cow, watch and jewelry repairs, Edison records, and various visitors. Wedding of Matt Graham and Jennie Pecard noted among community updates.
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Alfred Oberg
Verone
O. H. Olsen
Lake Gogebic
Wm. Wigg
Bessemer
Advocate Office
Wakefield Cigar Factory
Miami Power
J. W. Jacobson
J .M. Winson
200 Acre North Of Ewen Michigan For Quick Cash Sale
The advertisement offers 200 acres four miles north of Ewen Michigan with good roads to the descriptions and some well timbered areas. Some sections are nearly cleared and the owner needs ready cash, so it must be sold quickly. For specifics contact the Advocate office or write to 555 Wakefield.
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Ewen Mich
Advocate Office
Wakefield
Blacksmith Shop To Open In Birnam Wood Area
Oscar Beigley and Son of Birnam Wood Wisconsin leased the old Kanieski blacksmith shop near Skud, Goldmans and will open a general blacksmith and repair shop before part of next week. They are experienced and will offer all repair work and horseshoeing.
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Oscar Beigley & Son
Birnamwood
Wis
Skud
Goldmans
Calculations of Man From National Capital Caused Shock
A Philadelphian recounts a Washington congressman’s encounter in a telephone booth. The visitor, after two calls, laments slow service and estimates that if half of Philadelphia residents call monthly, the city wastes 225 years of time annually.
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Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Automobile Club
West Conshohocken
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Those Who Served in 1917 War Edict Echoes
A wartime verse reflection printed in 1917 stresses education and duty amid a class of educated men who avoid wartime talk. It urges readers, especially fathers, to consider their own service and the visible list of those who served, questioning pride and shame in the context of national sacrifice. The piece, attributed to Robert Russell, critiques complacency and calls for remembrance of all who fought.
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Ol’ Herner
Paul Revere
Start the Day Right Refuse to Let Annoyance Slow You
A column urges beginning mornings calmly to set a steady pace for the day. It likens a well-oiled train engine to a composed mindset, describing careful, gradual buildup to full speed. The metaphor stresses steady progress, avoiding jolts, and maintaining smooth performance through hours ahead.
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Dayton N
Yicrok Lepisto
Moqay
Ningamuth
Michaels
Dno
Bugat
Vencio
A. Ningsmuth
The Amateur Gardener Seeks Radishes in His Garden
A humorous piece riffs on an amateur gardener searching for radishes in a neighborly garden. The seedings are disrupted when chickens scratch up the plots just fifteen minutes after planting, yet the weed crop is described as a grand success.
Hot water and limestone phosphate cleanse the liver
A physician promotes morning drinks of hot water with limestone phosphate to wash indigestible material from the liver and bowels. He claims this daily regimen prevents headaches, bad tastes, foul breath, and skin dullness, says calomel is dangerous and that lime phosphate is harmless and affordable.
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Farm Bureau Notes
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Wakefield Pharmacy
Wakefield Friends
Ziegenhagens
Frank Kanieski
Mabel Robert S
Wednesday
R. J. Mullen
Ironwood
Perry House
Skud, Goldman & Co
Meea
L.in S. Rice
W. S. Baird
Mrs. Hester
Ashland
Charles
Jersey
Bradley
J. L. Blasdell
Frank Hageerson
Hurley
Triplett
Mich
Daly’s
Crosby
Kerkes
Mr. Edison
Miss Rappold
Citizens Bank
Hallmark
Triplett’s
Frank Haggerson
Whiman’s
Mercer
New Victor
Edison Records
Mattolace Co
Jos. Beisse
George Winfree
George Howe
F. A. Sergeant
A. L. Rumimer
Holisister
Pierce Graham
Jennie Pecard
Wednesdar
Graham & Pecard
Bken
Ron
Soe
Cpisrhymes
Robert Russell
Molmln
Int'l Press Bureas
Itizens Bank
A. Kingsmuth & Co
Michigatt
SuoMace
A, Cavander
Feigley and Son
Kanieski Shop
Virginia
Strand Theatre
Sodes
Azors
Hrbacek
Frank Musich
Wakefield, Mich
George Beaudette
Bussemer, Michigan
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