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The Beaver Beacon publishes its March 1914 historical column

Also Beaver Island one hundred years ago March 1914 column

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Date2014-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The March 2014 Beaver Beacon publishes a “One Hundred Years Ago” column based on F. Protar’s notes and contemporary newspaper reports. It covers winter mail and travel, Frank Left’s new tug, the Beaver, trout-egg hatching, and the long-running effort to connect the Beaver Island cable directly to Bell telephone lines.

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, March 2014, "One Hundred Years Ago."
    Reprints March 1914 notes and Charlevoix newspaper items about winter mail, Frank Left's tug, the steamer Beaver, trout-egg hatching, and plans to connect the Beaver Island cable directly with Bell telephone lines. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held March issue scan confirms the historical column and reproduced newspaper items.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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

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