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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1924
Page
9
TERSE TALES ABOUT TOWN reports visits births and moves in Ashland Wakefield and nearby areas. Folks include Mrs Mauritz Bye visiting her mother in Ashland Eunice Evelyn born March 8 to Mr and Mrs Andy Lake and a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Henry Ahola last Saturday.
William Tyler Page, a clerk in the House of Representatives, uncovered a dusty package in the summer that revealed seven letters written by George Washington and additional writings from Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Jay, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Col. Robert Hanson Harrison, Washington’s longtime secretary. The discovery sheds new light on Revolutionary era correspondence and the roles of these key figures.
Historians will prize a Detroit News report noting a Mary land man’s letter that reframes Col. Robert Hanson Harrison’s career. It claims he was pressed to serve again as an early Supreme Court judge, but illness halted his journey to New York, leading to his death at home.
A country lad travels to New York to join the police, passes physicals but stumbles on a written test. He faces a puzzle about buying for 12.25 and selling for 9.75. He answers that he gains on the cents but loses on the dollars, a witty distinction.
Complete Logging Operations Hill and Manley broke their logging camps Tuesday night for the season. The company has cut about 4,500,000 feet of timber this winter and nearly all of this footage is now decked on the north side of Sunday Lake awaiting shipment to the mills of the Mason-Donaldson Company near Rhinelander. Most of the Hill and Manley operations this winter were along the Tula road. Two tractors worked day and night hauling the timber from the landings to the railroad spur.
William Grose of Ironwood Michigan testifies twice about Doan's Pills curing kidney issues and back pain. He recalls illness in 1916 and confirms his kidney function and strength improvement by 1920. Foster Milburn Co endorsements note price 60 cents at dealers in Buffalo New York.
The state highway commission authorized about a mile of concrete highway on M-12 in Gogebic county for this season in addition to 15 miles of gravel work already allotted. The concrete stretch runs from Lake street and the newer portion of the highway east to McLeod Avenue on Lake Street. The decision followed a governor visit by CC P Winkler county road engineer and W F Truttner state senator from the district.
The purchasing agent of the city is asked to call for bids and quotations on dishes and silverware for the Memorial Community Building. Specifications will be issued. He is also ordered to call for pipe and fittings for water department extensions and for wire and electrical supplies for the Light and Power department. Bids on culverts and sewer pipe for construction work and quotations on tarine X and B or its equivalent are requested.
Willys-Overland cuts price on two enclosed models amid record early year demand. Overland Champion drops from 695 to 655 dollars and Willys-Knight standard sedan falls 100 to 169 dollars, Toledo factory prices. President John N. Willys cites January February production surging far beyond expectations with 22,048 cars built in January and 22,126 shipped in February.
The statements note lower production costs per car as a result of ramped up output. The Overland Champion remains the lowest priced enclosed car due to strong demand since its debut last fall. Willys-Knight Sedan prices cut as demand for closed cars outpaces expectations, with winter orders flooding plants and raising production while costs fall.
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