- Date
- 1912-02
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Early Modern era
- Concepts
- historycommunicationweathermaritimecommunitydeath
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 2012 Beaver Beacon’s “One Hundred Years Ago” column recalls February 1912 conditions and notices, including ice and mail transportation, fishing, church and marriage news, winter weather, and the return of Daniel Green’s body after a Chicago River drowning.
Evidence limits
This is a later newspaper retrospective; it is not a substitute for the 1912 issue or the underlying civil, church, or transportation records.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "One Hundred Years Ago."Summarizes February 1912 mail and ice routes, ice harvesting, fishing, church and marriage notices, winter weather, and the return of Daniel Green's body after his December 1911 drowning in the Chicago River. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held February issue scan confirms the historical retrospective.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2012-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The February 2012 Beacon recalls Beaver Island news from 1912”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-february-1912/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2012, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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