Circuit Court Sentences and Settlements Highlight Local Cases
Leonard Iliff was sentenced in circuit court to 8 to 16 years after pleading guilty to murder. John Berling received 3 to 10 years for assault with intent to harm his wife, with 5 years recommended. Bessie Levine of Chicago won a $1,643.20 judgment against D. S. S. & A. for damaged goods. Samuel H. Sharkey of Bergland settled with Wakefield Township for $180 after a $600 suit. Joe Provencal of Bessemer obtained a divorce from Grace Provencal.
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Leonard Iliff
John Berling
Bessie Levine
Chicago
Samuel H. Sharkey
Bergland
Wakefield
Shankey
Joe Provencal
Bessemer
Grace Provencal
All Dry or All Wet in Michigan Prohibition Vote
The article outlines a 1919 Michigan election scenario with dry leaders seeking a statewide prohibition via initiative and wets seeking to repeal local option laws. A dual vote could produce a wet state again if wets win both repeal and prohibition measures.
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Michigan
Ohio
Error Found in State Road Reward Bill Delays 1915 Projects
Governor Ferris urged a Lansing return to fix a misprint in the road fund measure. The bill wrongly showed 916 instead of 1945, blocking $350,000 highway funds for 1915 and delaying all awarded work. Also notes the Upper Peninsula Firemen’s Tournament dates and Wakefield team absence.
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Ferris
Lansing
Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Manistique
Wakefield
Why 3 Woman Restless in Texas Farming Era
By W. D. Lewis, Texas Farmers' Union president, argues that women’s power should stay in the home not the legislature. He questions suffrage, warning that politics could erode motherhood, family, and morality, and laments a imagined endangerment of American civilization.
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W. D. Lewis
Texas Farmers’ Union
Cod
Christendom
United States
Congress
A Divine Covenant on Woman’s Suffrage Tested
The piece argues that scripture binds Eve to Adam as a divine covenant and warns that seeking suffrage would alter this four thousand year pact. It likens proposals to debasing woman, recalls Israelite wandering, and cites Rome’s moral collapse as warnings against altering traditional gender roles.
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Eve
Rome
Civiliisiien
Local Notes From Bessemer And Wakefield
A. Ringsmuth attended to business matters in Bessemer Tuesday. Dan Wail promoted his clothing business in Bessemer Tuesday afternoon. Wakefield residents attended Memorial exercises in Bessemer Monday. Dr. T. S. Crosby, Kalamazoo, joins Dr. W. N. Fowler there. The county courthouse addition contract with Gundlach Hancock sets completion by March 1 1916. A Bessemer Favorite cigarettes brand Daly.
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A. Ringsmuth
Bessemer Tues
Dan Wail
Bessemer
Wakefield
Gundlach
Hancock
County Court House
Unclear Menu Fragment at Local Eatery
Fragmentary OCR lists pork and veal chops with sandwich items and desserts. Ambiguous phrasing and missing context hinder full interpretation. no identifiable people, dates, or organizations are present to anchor a proper news item or event summary.
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Ole Alquist
Wakefield, Mich
Lakeview
Frank Kello
Frank Kanieski
Skud
Goldman & Co
Mich
Chas. Winberg
Gantractor & Builder
Wakefield, Michigan
Jos. G. Sauter
Ribbon Iron King Cigars
Wakefield Bakery
John Roman
Tony Selsemeyer
Erspamer & Mayhew
Alex Kanieski
Skud, Goldman & Co
Wakefield, Iich
I. K. Bodar
Ironwood, Michigan
Wostoffice
J. He Urquhart, M- D
Onwood, Michig
American ExpressCo
Wren
Little Folks Magazine
Little Folks
Dept. M
Salem
Mass
Board OF Review
Gogebic
Saic Township
WM. C. Hart
Joe Hrbacek
T. S. Crosby
Kalamazoo
W. N. Fowler
That City
M. E Daly
O.K. Trv
Onc
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
the Avon Restaurant
Carl Hastings
Opposite Co. & N. VW
Depor
Club House
Saratoga Chips
Mitch Se
Andwictes
Ise
Denver
Soma
Wakefield Store Company
Alex Helberg
Brotherton
Wakefield, Perry House
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