Wakefield City Commission Keeps Budget and Approves Loan
Regular Wakefield city meeting on February 28 1924 approved minutes and bills from Marshall Wells G Q Electric and others. The budget for 1924 was adopted and a bond loan of 100 000 dollars authorized to be repaid from the general tax levy, with warrants of repayment to be issued by the mayor and city clerk.
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City Commission of
Wakefield
Teummel
Hook. Mart
Strough
Hornibrook
Hart
Marshall-Wells Company
G-Q Electric Company
Eses Bekland Brothers Company
Peyton Paper Companys
Goodyear Rubber Company
Idico Corporation
Cities Service Oil Company
iLake Superior District Power Company
Ccu Vee Eeue Standard OL Company
Ceee Ee Ee
Erwin E. Foltz
Henry Ahola
First National Bank of Wakefield
Hook
Plymouth Mining Company
Verona
Department of Engineering
Hart and
Strongh
Rummel
Genebic County
Michigan
City Commission
Wakefeld
Gogehie County
Streugh
WM. Jacobson
Fragmentary caption hints at contest and campaign clashes
A garbled excerpt mentions a writer's contempt for a public figure and a recent eating contest victory with 48 bananas. It references a beauty show and a political campaign involving Johnson, a father, and financial concerns, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear details.
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Texas Ey
Drowned miner Patrick O Leary in Chicago trip incident
A June 30 1887 report notes Patrick O Leary a miner crossing Lake Michigan on the opposite side to Chicago with two companions was drowned after falling from a rocking boat. One companion saved himself but could not assist O Leary. the other rescuer also perished later. Additional column items describe mineral prospects Gogebic range and local mining activity including new towns Bond's Falls and Raymond, and fortunes from copper iron with rail extension.
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Patrick O'Leary
Chicago
O'Leary
Gogebic Lake
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Westfern
Watersmeet
Bond
Raymond
Gogebic Range
Fire debris and theft disrupts after Moore, McFerran & Co blaze
Report describes loot during salvage as merchandise was moved to safety. Banks beside the railroad in the burned district were crowded with thieves changing their old rags for new. Citizens including Hurley received praise for heroic fire containment as excitement cooled and saloons closed. Street crowds argued over the fire's incidents, a scene likened to Chicago.
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Hurley
Chicago
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Hasbrook & Trezise, Publishers
Tutankhamen
Pabst
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Pabst Tron Mining Co
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Gogebie Lake
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Moore, McFerran & Co
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