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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1917

Page

8

Red Cross Formed in Gogebic County Michigan

A Gogebic County Michigan chapter of the American Red Cross is formed with officers and directors elected at Elk's Hall Ironwood. Membership drives call for all residents to join across classes from annual to patron, urging support for relief work and war service.

Goschicic American Red Cross Michigan J. H. Urquhart Ironwood Elk’s Hall Resdex D. Es Sutherland J.C. Thomas Ironwood Commercial Cink and Mice Sierid Woodward Woman's Club C. D. Caliins J. B. Patrick C. Mo Humphey H.‘Kearne Corkins Walter Truettner J. Davies P. S. Williams Andrew Byrne Chas. D. Collins J. Urquhart Frank H. Kearney John B. Patrick United States Red Cross Gogebic

Lost cow with calf reported near Wakefield town

Local notice reports a cow with calf missing and offers a $10 reward for information to Wakefield based Diemo. Township board sets monthly claim pickup times at 4 to 6 o clock p.m. on the first Friday. School election slated July 9 may be run by township board due to absent Education Board notice. Election details will be published next week.

Diemo Wakefield Board of Education

Willie Correlli Obituary Quietly Passes After Illness

Willie Correlli died last Sunday after a brief illness. The death followed an accidental premature haircut and sunstroke. He was a local figure known in the community and leaves behind surviving relatives.

Willie Correlli

Wakefield To Get Spring Water By June 19

E R Hillis, supervisor of the water mains project from the springs north of town, reports the line is complete and the large pumps and boilers are nearly finished. Water will be furnished to the public not later than Tuesday June 19.

Wakefield E. R. Hillis

Family Moving Service Offered in Ramsay Michigan

Tam offers household moving of all kinds with very reasonable rates. Contact James Conterio in Ramsay Michigan by phone 7 F 4 for arrangements.

Tam James Conterio Ramsay Mich

Sealed Bids Wanted for Two Miles of Highway Grading

The Township Board of Wakefield Gogebic County Michigan invites sealed bids by 7:30 p m on June 26 1917 for grading two miles of highway from the Thomaston Road to quarter line corners along sections 33 32 and 31 in townships 45 and 48 north west of range 45 west. Vi ked June 15 1917. Highway Commissioner Vike Olejniczak.

Wakefield Township Gogebic County Michigan Town 45 Thomaston Road Town 48 Vaied Vike Olejniczak

Court Order in Robinson v Robinson Chancery Suit

In Gogebic County Circuit Court Chancery Frances Robinson sues Alvin Robinson. An order requires the defendant to file an appearance within three months or the bill will be confessed. A copy of the order must be published in Wakefield Advocate weekly for six weeks, first within twenty days. R. Y. Fryberger, Circuit Court Commissioner. Curtis Buck, attorney for plaintiff. Ironwood, Mich.

Wakefield Advocate Gogebic R. YH. Fryberger Gogebic County Michigan Curtis Buck Ironwood Mich

Morning internal bath promises health and vigor

A persuasive advertisement extols daily morning hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims improved digestion appetite and overall vitality, urging readers to buy a quarter pound of limestone phosphate to become a proponent of internal sanitation.

Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Bowel and Blood Purity

An old advertisement claims women with heavy meat consumption and coffee use have coarse skin and poorer complexions. It urges weekly use of Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to cleanse the bowels and purify the blood, attributed to Wakefield Pharmacy.

Hollister Wakefeld Pharmacy

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