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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
1
The steel and ore industries surge as railroads and lake carriers push to maximum capacity to meet wartime demand. Mines hire more workers, boosting output, while local hope rests on favorable weather to move record tonnage. The boost is tied to European wars, with most ore shipped for munitions to foreign governments. After the war, foreign demand may vanish, underscoring the need to preserve domestic markets.
Halloween, observed on October 31, will be celebrated in its usual manner this year. The Saturday prior is commonly chosen for festivities. Authorities warn that those who break the law will be punished, though harmless pranks are generally tolerated.
Reports indicate a new mine near Wakefield will open by spring and rank among the range’s leading shippers. Coates & Tweed, owners of eighty acres west of the Wakefield mine known as the Hancusek property, plan immediate development. Victor Rock, an Italian miner at the Eureka mine in Ramsay, was killed when a drill struck his head on Tuesday.
The speaker argues Michigan’s greatness lies in its students. From Keweenaw to Lenawee six hundred miles, boys and girls become the line that forms the empire of grain lakes and mines. A girl studying Virgil, a boy pursuing science, and a diligent student marching toward college embody a future shaped by public schools and personal resolve.
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