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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1923

Page

5

Probate of Will in Gogebic County Michigan

Publication notice in the Wakefield Advocate announces hearing on the estate of Gust Sippy with Sophia Sippola petitioning for admission of will and appointment of administrator. hearing set for May 21, 1923 at 10 AM at the Probate Office in Bessember. The notice also covers Mary Novakoski estate creditors claims due by August 23, 1923 and hearing on August 27, 1923 at 10 AM.

State OF Michigan Gogebie Besemer William S. Baird Profaate Gust Sippy Sophia Sippola Wakefield Advocate Baid County Michigan Gogebic Mary Novakoski Bessemer

The Vanishing Farm to Suburban Real Estate Shift

In a voice by Palmer Corn tessel the townspeople learn the big town is forty miles away and farm products face a market shift as the scene shifts from farming to suburban real estate with mentions of Proteau's Barber Shop and the Bessemer Steam Laundry agency.

Palmer Corntessel Proteau’s Barber Shop Bessemer Steam Laundry

Protean Barbers Aide Laundry Exchange

A quirky dialogue describes leaving laundry at Protean's barbershop for Bessemer Laundry. A woman asks if the man is engaged. he clarifies not yet, she says she can arrange one soon if he sees it. The exchange underscores accommodating service and social nuance.

Lena

Witness Quips Fare Payment Amid Ilford Joke

A London Tit-Bits item notes a witness being asked about a rider who fell from a car and was badly injured. The witness quips Confound It and declares he has paid his fare right on to Ilford, delivering a sharp, humorous line in a public context.

Ilford London

Order for Publication Determination of Heirs

In Wakefield Nebraska 1923 Probate court before Judge William S. Baird determines heirs of Mayme Lahti. Emma Korpi petitions to adjudicate legal heirs and inheritance of real estate. Hearing set for June 11, 1923 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the probate office and will be published in the Wakefield Advocate.

State OF Michigan Gogebic Bessemer William 8. Baird Mayme Lahti Emma’ Korpi Wakefield Advocate William Baird Irene Buchanan

Gogebic County Probate Hearing Sets Account

In Gogebic County on May 14 1923 Judge William S Baird and Rose Zavaski preside as Alvin L Rummel administrator files his account and petition for allowance. The court fixes June 11 1923 at 10 o clock for examination and allowance as Register Irene B Buchanan notes.

State OF Michigan Gogebic Bessemer Said William 8. Baird Rose Zavaski Alvin L. Rummel Wakefield Advocate

The Shadchan's Deal Ends In Fraud And Broken Dreams

In 1923 a Jewish marriage broker schemes to marry Aaron Epstein to Bessie Greenburg to secure college funding. Epstein quits his boot factory job as the Greenbergs plot a marriage contract. The Greenbergs are exposed for fraud. Epstein confronts Bessie amid a ruined future and a scam unraveling.

Shadchan Bessie Greenburg Isaacs & Cohen Mr. Epstein Aaronstamm Russia Epstein Greenberg East Sixty Fourth Street Bessie Ipstein Hessie Kessie Meyerbeer

Inalienable Right Caved-in-Man and Friend Wife Exchange

A humorous domestic exchange features a Caved-in-Man boasting of authority at home as a friend wife enters unexpectedly. The meek reply claims freedom to say anything to the goldfish, reflecting comic weather in a light column.

Natonal

PULLED COMRADE TO SAFETY BY DETERMINED AIREDALE

Airedale dog saves his setter mate from a B and O train near Cincinnati by snatching him off the tracks just as the locomotive whistle sounded. The smaller dog dragged the paralyzed setter to a safe decline, reviving him with a lick. The rescue sparks debate on instinct versus reason in dogs.

Cincinnati Wun

Wisdom of Laziness Inspires Efficient Work

Fred C. Kelly cites Frank B. Gilbreth showing that the best workers are lazy, using minimal motions to avoid waste. Energetic workers exhaust energy with little gain, while true efficiency comes from quiet, disciplined effort and not loud hustling.

Fred C. Kelly Frank B. Gilbreth Human Nations Mr. Kelly

Prime Swordfishing Becomes Summer Sport Off U S Coast

The Monitor arrived in Seattle after a South Seas cruise with a swordfish attack on its hull. A six inch plank was pierced by the fish’s sword, revealing the weapon in the damaged timber. Swordfishing, done from behind waist-high protection, is described as a prime summer sport along the northern U S coast. The fish, native to the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, stalks spawning schools and can grow as large as a shark with a mackerel-like body.

Barkentine Monitor Seattle South Seas United States Pacific North Atlantic Mediterranean Sea Antilles

Dadaist Catherine Wendell to Wed Lord Porches ter

New York socialite Catherine Wendell, soon to marry Lord Porches ter, heir to the Carnarvon earldom, entertains at a studio tea with a witty remark on modern art. She recalls a painter jokingly showing a work upside down, then right side up, with amused reactions.

Catherine Wendell New York Lord Porchester Earl of Carnarvon

Saving Wild Life Ambitious Bison Recovery Cited

The Atlanta Journal notes bison numbers have risen by 3000 over twenty years, showing how conservation efforts can prevent extinction. It urges states and citizens to match federal success for birds and game to rewrite a chapter of history in brighter terms.

America Atlanta Journal

Trapping the Flu Germ and the Invisible Menace

The passage describes isolating the influenza germ for microscopy and warns of invisible threats in the microscopic world. It likens the germ to a demon dragon, expressing fear and a harsh urge to curb its danger while noting the age of unseen biological predators.

St. George

Had Money Enough. A Darky Boy Grows Up

A Kansas City man meets a grown former child who once refused to carry a grip for a traveling salesman. The man offers no fear as the youth says he has as much money as the passerby. The encounter unfolds on a dark street with no one else nearby.

Darky Kansas City

Senator Sorghum Speech Excerpt Leaks in Mail Mix-Up

Senator Sorghum recalls delaying a speech extract printing until a letter to another person was misaddressed and forwarded, unintentionally enabling publication. The scene highlights wartime press leverage as an opposition editor receives the text through a misaddressed envelope.

Sorghum

Oversight on Evening Gown Causes Fashion Snafu

In a humorous domestic moment a daughter asks how to wear her new evening gown. The father scolds the dressmaker for failing to cut the back correctly, leaving the dress half unfinished and prompting a lighthearted blame assignment.

Making Him Happy in Boston Transcript

A humorous exchange recalls wedding vows as a wife asks for a new gown to make herself happy, asserting her belief her husband would share that happiness. The brief item reflects light social humor from a Boston Evening Transcript column.

Jack Boston Evening ‘Transcript

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Into Novak Men’s Shop Irene B. Buchanan Register of Probate Albert F. Johnson Glassner Annex Aurora St. Ironwood Protean Bessemer Laundry Shadchan’s Morris Schultz Western Newspaper Union Act Airedale Hanson Bros Wakefield, Mich G. Sauter Iron King Qualiy Ronwood, Mich Fisk R. Cloon Prop Wakefield, Michigan I Moetebe S ‘Hrtis Sop Coan Heep Bodoh & Jacobson, Painters and Decorators Wakefield
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