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The McAnn House announces its Beaver Island bed-and-breakfast opening, 1986

Also McCann House · McAnn House bed and breakfast

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TypeEvent
Date1986-05-23
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1986-05-23
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Opening
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

John and Joyce Runberg announced the McAnn House bed-and-breakfast opening for May 23, 1986, over Memorial Day weekend.

Evidence limits

This is an advance business announcement, not a license, ownership record, room inventory, or operating report.

Sources

  1. Announces the McAnn House bed-and-breakfast opening Friday, May 23, over Memorial Day weekend, with John and Joyce Runberg as proprietors and a reservation telephone number. It is an advance business announcement, not a license, ownership record, room inventory, or operating report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seventeen-page April issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the McAnn House announcement.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-04_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The June issue still carries the announced May 23 opening and identifies John and Joyce Runberg as proprietors. It corroborates the advance notice but does not establish a license, ownership record, room inventory, or continuing operation. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and corroborates the McAnn House opening notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “The McAnn House announces its Beaver Island bed-and-breakfast opening, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mcann-house-opening-1986/, accessed [date], citing The McAnn House, Beaver Beacon, April 1986. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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