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Newspaper
Wakefield Advocate
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1924
Page
5
Visitors watched as a 1914 exhibition mummy case of Senbi the scribe was opened. The bandages were unwound revealing only a skeleton, beads, and a balsam scent, with bones disjointed by time. Senbi dated to Egypt’s Twelfth Dynasty, about four thousand years ago, and died around age thirty five.
The World’s Work notes annuities predate life insurance and likely arose from early banking in Assyria and Babylonia. The first definite mention is 40 B C in Rome, with medieval kingdoms and bankers selling life and term annuities. England’s survival during William of Orange’s era reportedly hinged on funds raised via annuities, though early values were set without scientific calculation.
A magistrate dismissed the assault case after a witness described a heated exchange between the plaintiff and the defendant. The witness said both parties argued, struck each other, and knocked each other down, noting the altercation appeared roughly equal.
State of Michigan Probate Court for Gogebic County issues an order for publication appointing an administrator. The session was held in the Gogebic County courthouse to oversee estate administration and related duties.
Probate court in Bes semer County on August 26 1924 ordered that September 22 1924 at 10 in the forenoon be fixed for hearing petition by Jacob Hongisto seeking administration of the estate of Isaac Aaltonen. Public notice to be published weekly for three weeks in Wakefield Advocate.
The Gogebic County Probate Court sets September 15 at ten o’clock for hearing on Ole Alquist’s petition to sell the estate’s real estate in the matter of Plot Johnson deceased. A copy of this order will run for three weeks in the Wakefield Advocate prior to the hearing.
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