Wakefield City Commission Meets to Review 1923 Budget and Bills
Wakefield city officials meet May 3 1923 to inspect road and sewer projects under the 1923 budget. Bills presented include charges from American Railway Express Myers Anton Ringsmuth Frederickson Garage and others totaling about 1 1 161.38 with payments to suppliers and service providers approved for payment after proper authorization.
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American Railway Express Company
Myers Company
Albinson Construction Company
Havin E. Foliz
Albinson Construction Company Accoudl
Anton Ringsmuth
Victor BL Aho
Frederickson Garage
March River Bridge & Culvert Company
Upper Peninsula Development Bureau
United States Electrical Tool Compuny
Express
Ana Tema Ees
West
Oviginaves Glove Publishing Company
Lake Superior District Power Company
Hook
Hornibro
Shoters
Sehen
Ee Ee
Wakefield City Commission Approves Fire Warden and Bids
The commission moves to appoint a fire warden under charter authority with the mayor as ex officio Fire Warden. It authorizes purchasing calcium chloride for streets per the 1923 budget and calls for bids on sewer work and street building per plans on file with the City Engineer. The meeting adjourned.
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Straigh
Wakefield
Wakefield Michigan bids bid for sewer streets and sidewalks
City Commission of Wakefield Michigan will meet at city hall on Thursday May 17 1923 at 4 pm to open bids for sewer construction rebuilding streets a concrete culvert and sidewalk construction. Bid topics include multiple 12 inch sewers on Olson and Ahola avenues and grading and sidewalks on Ashland Anderson Hancock Bedell Brotherton Neidhold Fifth and Putnam streets plus a concrete culvert near the C N W railway. Each bidder must submit separate proposals for each job.
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City of
Wakefield
Michigan
Olson Avenue
Hill
Mancuc
Ahola Avenue
Pierce Street
Bedell Avenue
Ashland Avenue
Pierce
Lewis Streets
Anderson Avenue
First
Third Avenues
Smith Street
Harrison Street
Hancock Street
Ascherman
Sunday Lake Streets
Sunday Lake Street
Harrison
Putnam Streets
Ascherman Street
Second
Brotherton Street
Nunnemacher
Pierce Streets
Neidhold Avenue
Hancock Streets
Fifth Avenue
Putnam
Kuivnen Streets
Putnam Street
Wakefield city bids require 10 percent certified check
Plans and specifications on file at the office of the City Engineer. A certified check in the amount of 10 percent of the total bid must accompany each proposal. Dated at Wakefield Michigan, this 4th day of May, 1923. A. L. RUMMEL, Mayor. WM. JACOBSON, Clerk.
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Wakefield Michigan
A. L. Rummel
WM. Jacobson
Biggest Air Post at Le Bourget Tops World Airports
Le Bourget near Paris is hailed as the world’s largest airport. In 1922 it handled 4,812 passenger and freight flights, with passenger totals rising from 10,215 in 1920 to 19,974 in 1922. Daily air express passengers averaged 65, and express cargo reached 463 tons, up 385 percent since 1920 and 2,200 percent since 1919. Postal packets grew 143 percent. Paris routes serve London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Strasbourg, Prague, Warsaw, Vienna, Budapest, Morocco, Spain, Nice, Bucharest, Trieste, Sofia, with new express links to Constan tinople promised. two-day trips anticipated.
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le Bourget
Paris
Europe
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Berlin
Strasbourg
Prague
Warsaw
Vienna
Budapest
Morocco
Spain
Nice
Bucharest
Trieste
Sofia
Swedish Surgeon Praises US Brain and Nerve Work
Einar Key head physician at Mario hospital Stockholm declares America ahead of Europe in brain and nerve surgery after a three month visit. He lectured at the American College of Surgeons congress in Boston and toured major clinics in New York Chicago Philadelphia Buffalo Cleveland Baltimore Syracuse and others. He notes American hospitals have better lab facilities while Swedish hospitals are brighter and cheerier.
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America
Europe
Einar Key
Mario Hospital
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Walle
Key
American College of Surgeons
Boston
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cleveland
Baltimore
Syracuse
The Eternal Feminine Phyllis Tells A Party Tale
Phyllis seven returns from a party and, when asked if she enjoyed herself, replies in childlike slang that she “frightfully flirted.” She hesitates to explain but offers to show her mother if Bobby Bell is sent for, revealing playful mischief.
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Phyllis
Autmie
Mummie
Bobby Bell
Olympic Games of Hercules and Greek tradition
The Olympic Games of Greece began in early times as a national festival in 776 B C. Held every four years on the Olympic plain in Elis, they featured chariot races foot races boxing wrestling and later drama and art. Victors wore olive garlands and returned home in triumph. Abolished around 804 A D by Theodosius I, they were revived in the present era as an international contest.
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Greece
Hercules
Zeus
Olympic Plain
Elis
Theodosius I
England Swatting the Fly and Infant Mortality Decline
The medical assessor of the ministry of pensions reports that sanitation drives in England reduced nuisance house files from many to few across the British Isles. He notes rural pockets still harbor grubs but emphasizes a broad decline in infant mortality since 1911, attributing the improvement to the reduced filth.
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England
Ministry of Pensions
British Isles
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Gogebic Range
Hoffman Machinery
P. O. Building
the City Commission
Hook and Strough
Hornibrook and
Hatt
Rummel
Mook
Hornibrook
Strough
Hart
Beeen Eweee
Mornibrook
Noble Electric Company
Memorial
Woman’s Club
Girl's Club
American Legion
Olson
Ely
Ronwood, Mich
Albert E. Johnson
Glassner Annex
Aurora St. Ironwood
Chicago and North Western System
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Railroads
Advocate
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