...Were there any other newspapers on the island? I see from the Library of Michigan's catalogue there was a Northern Islander in the 1850's, but that's way off for the information I want. Anything in the 1940's?
Thanks!
Before 1955 and the "Beaver Beacon"...
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The sort of now-obscure social briefs that used to be a staple of small town newspapers of yore. (i.e. "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith are entertaining friends from Anytown, USA.") Gossip, basically.
My great-great grandparents (Arthur & Ethel Miller) lived on the island for a while. If there was a Beaver Island paper that published social news, I thought it might be interesting to try to read about some of their comings and goings.
I have looked more carefully through all the Beaver Island subject listings in the Library of Michigan catalogue now, and I assume there wasn't a Beaver Island newspaper at the time. (And if there was, archived issues would most likely not be easily accessible for me, anyway.)
My great-great grandparents (Arthur & Ethel Miller) lived on the island for a while. If there was a Beaver Island paper that published social news, I thought it might be interesting to try to read about some of their comings and goings.
I have looked more carefully through all the Beaver Island subject listings in the Library of Michigan catalogue now, and I assume there wasn't a Beaver Island newspaper at the time. (And if there was, archived issues would most likely not be easily accessible for me, anyway.)
Nevermind!
Well, nevermind that. The answer to my question was plainly imprinted in the header of most of the issues of The Beaver Beacon I browsed in the archives in Lansing today.
Thanks, anyway!
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Loved the report about the first robin in February, 1971... very droll.
"Last month a report was received from Archie, at the Shamrock, that a robin was perched on the window box at the tavern. Occasionally, objects viewed through the windows of the Shamrock, from the inside, are somewhat distorted, so we held off reporting it until we had more varification..."
Thanks, anyway!
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Loved the report about the first robin in February, 1971... very droll.
"Last month a report was received from Archie, at the Shamrock, that a robin was perched on the window box at the tavern. Occasionally, objects viewed through the windows of the Shamrock, from the inside, are somewhat distorted, so we held off reporting it until we had more varification..."