Palace Store Proprietor Proposes City Hotel Plan
Joseph Kerkes of Ironwood offers to build a hotel north of his Palace Store in Wakefield if the city or citizens secure a responsible ten year tenant. He told Police Chief Bedell and presented the plan to the city commission, which invited him to a future meeting. He stated he would proceed only with a ten year lease backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Joseph Kerkes
Ironwood
Kerkes
J. W. Bedell
Bedell
Commission
Wakefield
Palace Store
WANTS BRIDGE REBUILT NEAR QUEBEC PLACE
The Poque Isle camp goers and Quebec Place visitors face summer inconvenience due to a dangerous Jackson Creek bridge on the road to Camp 18. The landowning company pays heavy taxes and past accidents have occurred, prompting hope the bridge will soon be rebuilt. Despite limits to car travel, Sunday picnics continue with outings to the gardens and pansy souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Po Ue Isle
Quebec Place
Jackson Creek
Camp 18
Agtoes
Wakefield High School official tours Midwest and Chicago
Fforyce Probpik head of the mercial department at Wakefield High School left Thursday for a visit to Green Bay and Algoma Wisconsin. He will then go to Chicago to continue his instruction with the American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fforyce Probpik
Wakefield High School
Green Bay
Algoma
Wis
Chicago
Bloise Shaw
City clinic to open at Community Building
A state health department supervised infant care clinic sponsored by the Woman's Club under Mrs. A. bh. Stannard opens Monday at the Community Building from 9:00 to 5:00 with thorough baby examinations. After 4:00 priority goes to ex service men. Dr. Florence A. Browne leads the infant clinic and tuberculosis exams by Dr. John Pinkney are featured.
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State Depart
Woman's Club
A. Bh. Stannard
Florence A. Browne
Pr. Browne
John Hopkins’ University
State Health Department
John Pinkney
Advo cate delays and plans for Wakefield paper
The Advocate explains rush printing delays and reduced staff. It seeks reader submissions by Thursday noon to avoid missing this week’s issue and notes new casting box equipment, plans to keep the comic supplement, and added features. It lists a for sale notice for a house and lot at Sunday Lake and Harrison streets with contact details.
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Advocate
Endeavor's
City of
Wakefield
Unday Lake
Harrison Streets
Local Happenings Spotlight Busy Summer Plans
Bon Miss Jess Turner to spend summer at Hebron and Miss Estelle Mason at Manston. Several local residents announce summer trips from Eljdig Ohio to Milwaukee to Covington Michigan and Marquette. Community clubs plan a June 26 net roast at Lake Superior, with many residents traveling to Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana for the season.
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Jess Turner
Hebron
Estelle Mason
Manston, Wis
Anna Hutala
Covington, Mich
Wakefield Citizens Embrace Rapid Growth and Pride
A bystander notes Wakefield's rapid growth including new streets and a memorial building. The writer praises the relics, denominations, and the unity of citizens, foreseeing a bright, prosperous future for the thriving city.
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Tleman
Wakefield
Wakefield Township High School Commencement Held at Theatre
Commencement exercises were held Thursday evening at the Community theatre for Wakefield Township High School. Twenty five senior class members received diplomas as Surp. A W Clevenger delivered a comprehensive report on the school district progress since becoming superintendent, including district plans and finances. His full address will be published next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield Township High School
A. W. Clevenger
Business optimism echoed by Duluth railroad president
W A McGonagle, president of the Duluth Missabe and Northern Railway, notes Skillings Mining Review citing Samuel M Vauclain of Baldwin Locomotive Works as saying orders are being sped up rather than canceled. He argues the U S steel industry runs near capacity and asserts that America should boost industry to quiet pessimists and sustain growth amid postwar demand.
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W. A. McGonagle
Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway
Mr. McGonagle
Skillings’ Mining Review
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Record May Steel Output Passes 4 Million Tons
May steel production reached 4,200,000 tons nationwide based on data from 30 companies. May output rose from April and ran at about 135,600 tons per day. The five month total nears 16.5 million tons, implying annualized output near 19.5 million tons. 1922 figures show the county contributing 4.13 percent of the total.
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American Iron & Steel Institute
Wakefield Charter Discussion Invites City Commission
Invitations have been issued to the Wakefield city commission and the commission that drafted the present charter to attend a dinner and general discussion at the Community Building next Thursday evening at 6:00. The mayor issues the invitations.
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Wakefeld
Wayor
City Charter Discussion Promoted For Better Government
The city contemplates amending the present charter and seeks suggestions to improve governmental structure. About 60 men are employed at the Morgan mine with the first night shift started and ore hoisting to begin for both shifts soon as work proceeds.
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Cnt
Morgan
Go gebic county janitorium nearing completion
P. J. Ickel contractor has about finished work on the Go gebic county janitorium. A crew of five or six men remain to complete odds and ends. Building expected to be complete and turned over to trustees next week. Hospital opening prizes not announced. general invitation expected to inspect the structure before patients arrive.
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P. J. Ickel
Gogebic County
Prisns
Prblic
Mrs Neidhold and daughter to visit Chicago
Mrs Neidhold and daughter Wadys are expected to visit Chicago for two weeks, according to a family notice.
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W. Neidhold
Daugh Wadys
Chicago
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State Clinic
J .Kerkes
Jom
Américan Legion
Crown Point Park
Beautiful Sunday Lake
Frst National Bank
Wakefield, Michigan
Wey
Bon
Oscar Benson
Fawn Bowyer
Eljdig
Ohio
Joseph Chamberlain
Bloomfiea
Ind
Luly Mae Blair
Fairmount
Elizabeth Gorman
Marquette
R. G. Weihe
Milwaukee
Anna Brand
New Duluth, Minn
Harrie D. Chapel
The
Trades School
Long Beach
Cal
Elmer Utte
Highbridge
Emil Ahola
Louis Sacks
Bobby
Dubulth
Evelyn Meilstrom
Iron River
Rebecca Laideman
New York City
Columbia University
U. S. Hospital
Maywood
Ill
A. M. Gilbert
Irom Olson
Northwestern University
Evanston
Hazel Olson
Manistique
A. F. Olson
L. C., McDonald
Union Church
Des Moines
Simpson College
Emma Wellers
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Platteville, Wis
Lake Superior
Olsey’s
Candy Land
L. A. Cluley
Gwinn and
Rosebush
Mich
Florence Bamford
Gladys Sandstrom
Ishpeming
Peter Mortenson
Violet
Hibbing
A. Phylip
Michigan
Morgan Mine
Dave Gagnon
Quebec
Canada
Daly
T. B. Samterhim
Ter, Tod
Wakefield, Mich
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