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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1917
Page
5
Fragment shows Tailors Co clothes and si as of t HE, WAKEFIELD ADVO. Readable parts hint at a local advertisement or notice involving the company and its products or services. Further details are unavailable in the readable text.
A historical notice records Wakefield Michigan post office status as second class matter on November 18 1913 under the Act of March 3 1879. The text notes the postal designation and date in a period-typical administrative line.
Version Field Marshall Doc McPhail leads a force of sixteen husky singles against Commander in Chief Hillis of the Benedicts in a tense high school baseball game on Sunday. Strong defenses repulse most charges though Capt Mullen and his men briefly advance in the seventh inning before Hulls and Bill Fritz rally the defense.
In a vivid 1917 backcourt battle description Socks Bedell and Capt. Mullen clash with General Hillis. The final score reads 10 to 8 as Benedicts triumph amid rough field conditions. A public notice declares male conscription registration dates per President Wilson proclamation.
Local notes list Matt Maki becoming a bartender for Nels Niem, Billy Matz installing new bowling alleys, Wim Hokenson resigning as Castite mine mechanic and planning to move to town, John M. Bonina leading a forest fire patrol, Ernest Carlson and Ch on of Bessemer taking possession of Olson department store, Jack Osbornenn busy chasing chickens, and Ashland visitors the Blasdel couple purchasing lath mill machinery for Alquist's saw mill. Also notes a film at the Strand and J G R Baner opening an insurance and real estate office Wakefield with a poetry booklet praised by several figures.
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