Election filing closes for school board candidates and high school bond
Last day to file petitions for school board candidates is Saturday with the July 14 election date. Petitions require 25 to 100 qualified electors. Six candidates named including Dr. H A Tressel Abe Mathews Joseph Gill Mrs Anna Kallander Victor Lepisto and Henry Abola. Voters also face a bond issue for a new lakefront high school building with a three story design and no auditorium. Bonded debt total 7000 for Wico School while Central School debt was paid off.
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Board of Education
J. A. Frederickson
H. A. Tressel
Abe Mathews
Joseph Gill
Anna Kallander
Victor Lepisto
Henry Abola
Memorial
Wico
Hillis Loses Suit Over $10,000 Claim Against Peters
In a circuit court verdict, W. B. Peters prevailed after Hillis sought $10,000 for labor cash advances and hire from about six years ago. Testimony and cancelled checks undermined Hillis claims, with the jury ruling he had no funds due.
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Peters
RE. R. Hillis
Hillis
Rochester
Minn
Advocate Adverts and Notices Deadlines Set
To readers and advertisers The Advocate sets deadlines for ads with cuts or mats due by Wednesday evening and all copy by Thursday noon. Reading notices news stories and personals must be in by Thursday evening. Next week the Advocate will publish material from the citys trade at home campaign.
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Advocate
Tag Day Nets 672.65 for Girl Scout Fund
Bernadette Delmet won a $3 prize for the largest contribution to the Student Loan Fund during a Tag Day event last Saturday. The total collected was $72.65 with Delmet contributing $22.90, Vanita Jakeway $17.92, and Grace Olson $12.45. Dairy Special Here Saturday in Wakefield features a train with purebred dairy sires and scrub sires, plus speeches and Q&A under supervision of the state agricultural school and Upper Peninsula Development Bureau, with Civic Club entertainment planned. Evanstad Hat Shop installs power driven hemstitching machine to offer services to local women.
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Bernadette Delmet
Bernadette
Vanita Jakeway
Grace Olson
Wakefield
State Agricultural School
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
Civic Club
Evanstad
Tula road to be ready in August
W S Peters says the Tula road will be finished during August with only a small final stretch to roll and bind. Some soggy areas may require tearing up short stretches but no long delay is expected as work continues toward the completed section and a detour will affect Thomaston traffic next week. Bridge work on the old county road between Ramsay and Wakefield progresses with abutments nearly done and concrete pours planned for the superstructures next week.
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Tula
W.S. Peters
Mr. Peters
Thomaston
Wakefield
Ramsay
George Cavel
Coroner rules Altonen death a self-inflicted gunshot
The coroner's inquest found Isaac Altonen died by a personal safety related gunshot wound, concluding his death was self-inflicted. He was found dead in his Tobin's Siding area cabin last week, after being dead for hours, with rumors of neighbor disputes and threats that initially suggested murder.
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Isaac Altonen
Altonen
Tobin’s Siding
City rat bounty total and closing date announced
About 480 rat bounties have been paid in the city with 72 dollars disbursed since the bounty resolution took effect weeks ago. The bounty period will close Saturday, June 21.
Johnson Pezzetti Wedding Quietly United at Parsonage
Miss Anna Johnson and James Pezzetti were quietly married at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage in Bessemer on Monday evening. The bride was supported by her sister Elvira and Mrs G W Blom while the groom was aided by his brothers Otto and Elmer Johnson. After the ceremony the couple left for a central Wisconsin honeymoon and will reside in the Kerkes Building. Mrs Pezzetti is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John A Johnson of the Wisconsin location. She previously worked for Olson Bros grocery. James Pezzetti is a co owner of the Palace Recreation Rooms.
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Anna Johnson
James Pezzetti
Bessemer
Elvira
G. W. Blom
Otto
Elmer Johnson
John A. Johnson
Wis
Olson Bros. Grocery
Palace Recreation Rooms
Death claims Mrs. Walter Anderson of Kenton
Mrs. Gertrude Pender Anderson, born in Cornwall and long a Wakefield resident, died at the family home near Kenton Michigan after a brief illness. She leaves husband Walter Anderson and son Leslie, plus her mother, sisters, and brothers in Michigan and England. Funeral Sunday at Union Church with local pallbearers named.
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Walter Anderson
Wakefield
Kenton
Mich
Land's End
Cornwall
England
Gertrude Pender
Leslie
Willi Pender
Grand Rapids
Union Church
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Roberts
Bessemer
A. F. Olson
John Avery
J. W.bedell
William Harvey
W. J. Davies
EF. R. Hillis
Mayor Gedda and aide arrested for speeding near Ramsay
Mayor Michael Gedda of Bessemer and George Koronski assistant county road engineer were arrested Thursday by motorcycle officer W T Hornibrook for violating the state speed law. Gedda was stopped between Ramsay and Bessemer traveling 40 mph and Koronski was cited on Ramsay hill for speeding within the school district. The city approved a new Mack bus, built in commission by the city Friday morning, with the old bus to become a reserve vehicle for repairs and rush periods.
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Gedda
Michael Gedda
Bessemer
George Koronski
W. T. Hornibrook
Ramsay
Koronski
Ramsay Hill
Mack
Voter Registration Drive Amid City Election Countdown
About 98 voters have registered in the city since clerk William Jacobson began accepting re registrations two weeks ago. All eligible residents must register by August 23 to vote in the August city election, September primary, and November county state and national elections.
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William Jacobson
Ore Discovery Near Marenisco Prompts Bond Vote
Robert B. Whiteside of Duluth halted drilling for iron ore near Marenisco. A small body of commercial ore, about 1,500,000 tons, was disclosed, averaging 55 percent iron. Whiteside had explored the area for years and also located substantial low grade ore stock unmerchantable in current form.
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Robert B. Whiteside
Duluth
Marenisco
Mr. Whiteside
Sunday Lake Mine Cuts 16 Jobs This Week
Sixteen men were laid off at the Sunday Lake mine as curtailment continues. The firm cites overstaffing relative to ore production and notes shipments and dairy production are expected to proceed this season. The mine payroll currently lists about 220 workers.
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Sunday Lake
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