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The November 2003 historical column reprints October 1903 Island births, construction, and lumbering notices

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TypeEvent
Dates1903-10-21 – 1903-10-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1903-10-21 – 1903-10-29
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Where
Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The November 2003 Beaver Beacon reprinted October 1903 notices concerning a Beaver Island birth, Ancient Order of Hibernians organization, parish-house heating, railroad and lumber recruitment, schoolhouse construction, and a proposed planing mill and sash-and-door factory.

Evidence limits

This is a later newspaper reprint of historical notices, not an independent contemporary survey.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago”.
    Reprints October 1903 Charlevoix Sentinel notices about a birth, A.O.H. organization, a heating plant, Beaver Island Lumber Company railroad labor, the new schoolhouse, and a proposed planing mill. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the November 2003 report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2003-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The November 2003 historical column reprints October 1903 Island births, construction, and lumbering notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-october-1903-notices/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2003, “One Hundred Years Ago”. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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