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The Beaver Beacon publishes its September 1914 historical column

Also Beaver Island one hundred years ago September 1914 column · Beaver Island one hundred years ago August-September 1914 column

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Date2014-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The August-September 2014 Beaver Beacon publishes a “One Hundred Years Ago” column based on F. Protar’s notes and contemporary newspaper reports. It covers 1914 shipping and lumbering, the possible U.S. Life-Saving Service station, local legal and family news, and the Island’s late-summer weather.

Evidence limits

This record documents the 2014 publication and its stated source basis; the reprinted historical items are not treated as independently verified here.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, August-September 2014, "One Hundred Years Ago."
    Reprints September 1914 notes and Charlevoix newspaper items about shipping, lumbering, the U.S. Life-Saving Service, legal proceedings, Island residents, and the season's weather. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held August-September issue scan confirms the historical column and reproduced newspaper items.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon publishes its September 1914 historical column”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-september-1914-publication/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August-September 2014, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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