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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1923

Page

2

Why banks Facilitate Goods Exchange Says Economist

An economist states banks help facilitate the exchange of goods and services by making transactions easier. They note banks support the flow of food clothing and other necessities as well as comforts and luxuries through efficient payment and credit systems.

Wakefield 10 Years Ago From the Files of 1913

A Nov 15 1913 recap notes Citizens Bank officers elected including A Ringsmuth president and Vic Lepisto cashier. Other items cover a gravel pit move, beaver trapping, Bessemer Ironwood club efforts for phone service, a bereavement, barbershop interior progress, electric light plans and a Dec 1 bond issue, high school clubs, a meat market expansion, land platting near a new mine and property sales by Neidhold and O'Brien.

Citizens’ Bank of A Ringsmuth & Co A. Ringsmuth Victor Lepisto John Michaels Frank Kelly Hl. Goldstein J. W. Bedell

Frontier Courts and the Old Time Justice Sketch

A condensed portrait contrasts frontier Illinois court practice with modern procedure. It recalls Judge John Reynolds and a racy, informal approach in log cabins and taverns, where jurors and lawyers often knew little law, with anecdotes of hanging sentences handled with blunt practicality and humor.

Middle West John Reynolds Illinois John Green Indian Creek Clerk

Deadly snake mailed to Peoria woman pent up danger

In Peoria Illinois Miss Susan Landers opened a mail package and a venomous snake struck the floor. Police investigate a possible black hand plot but have no leads on the sender’s identity.

Peoria Susan Landers

Calgary Leads Continent In Telephones Per Capita

Calgary Alberta with about 65 000 inhabitants is said to have more telephones per person than any other city on the American continent.

Calgary Alta

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