- Dates
- 1909-05-05 – 1909-05-27
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern eraHistorical era
- Concepts
- heritagepublicationmaritimecommunicationweather
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 2009 Beacon reprinted May 1909 notices about the steamer Beaver, travel between Beaver Island and Charlevoix, local saloon closure, a house fire, fishing, seed-pea shipments, and the resumption of daily steamer trips on June 1. F. Protar diary notes supplied weather context.
Evidence limits
This is a 2009 reprint of older newspaper and diary material. It does not independently verify the original notices, quantities, or transcription.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago."Reprints May 1909 reports on the Beaver, local travel, saloon closure, a house fire, fishing and seed peas, the June return to daily steamer service, and F. Protar weather notes. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beaver Beacon reprints May 1909 shipping, fire, fisheries, and travel notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-may-1909/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2009, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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