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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1915
Page
1
Motor car owners face a 1916 license based on weight and horsepower. Each car pays 25 cents per 100 pounds net weight and 25 cents per horsepower, with a maximum of 45 HP. Ford owners see about 9.25 dollars. larger cars average 16 dollars. Rebuilt bodies are taxed as trucks.
NEW ENTERPRISE Wakefield Cigar Factory opens Monday morning under Frank J. Mertig proprietor and its product already on sale with dealers in the trade. Mertig comes from Ashland Wisconsin after years in cigar making and is praised as a skilled tradesman. The local brand “The Range Favorite” is promoted as a high grade handmade product bearing the trade mark and “made in Wakefield” on the box.
State Game Warden Oates warns deer hunters to safeguard their numbered deer seals as the law requires each seal to be attached to a deer for shipment. Only one seal per hunter is issued, matching the hunter’s license, with no duplication provision. Loss or misplacement risks legal trouble.
The scene inside a printing room features a heated quip about a Bulgarian king cut and a “before taken” medicine act, sparking a plan to fill page eight. Felix Lawrence from Bessemer and Prof Prunella visit Edelweiss, trading barbs over motor terms as they discuss skips and automobiles.
Joe Scavarda, the portly wrestler from Bessemer who recently lost a fall to Joe Duda, is now seeking another match. Mrs. R. F. Hasbrook spent the weekend in Bessemer.
The Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers promote a five year advertising drive to restore hemlock as a premier building wood. Initial focus will be Michigan Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa to counter misleading advertising and boost framing and rough construction demand. The plan aims to revive an industry near stagnation by leveraging regional timber resources.
Frannis moves to Upson Wisconsin and George Beaudette wires the new town hall. Carl Solberg attends to business in Bessemer. Edna Smith relocates to Kalamazoo from Ramsay via Chicago. Rexall Store aide F A Sergeant travels to Ironwood. A W Earley works on Marenisco telephone line. Ironwood lodge No 679 L C C M to meet at Reid's hall Monday evening Nov 23. Wolverine Club hosts stag party as piano furnishings are delivered and a club dance planned for Thanksgiving Eve with an orchestra.
Local notice states Miss Zella Banfield will be in Wakefield every Thursday and Saturday to provide piano instruction. For information on terms and details contact Ironwood Michigan.
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