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Beaver Island news from July 1903 is reprinted in the 2003 Beacon

Also One Hundred Years Ago July 1903 · Beaver Island July 1903 historical reprint

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TypeEvent
Date1903-07
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1903-07
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Publication
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The July 2003 Beaver Beacon reprinted July 2 and July 16, 1903 Charlevoix Sentinel items about Beaver Island’s crops, fishing, church and school life, lumber and railroad activity, commerce, visitors, illness, and shipping.

Evidence limits

This is a later newspaper reprint. It preserves the 1903 reports as published but is not the complete Charlevoix Sentinel or an independent verification of every item.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.”
    Reprints July 2 and July 16, 1903 Charlevoix Sentinel items about Island agriculture, fishing, church and school life, lumbering, commerce, visitors, illness, and the Beaver Island Lumber Company. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the July 2003 historical reprint.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island news from July 1903 is reprinted in the 2003 Beacon”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-july-1903/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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