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Beaver Beacon republishes October 1904 Beaver Island notices

Also One Hundred Years Ago October 1904

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TypeEvent
Date1904-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1904-10
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Summary

The October 2004 Beaver Beacon’s One Hundred Years Ago column reprinted October 1904 notices about Beaver Island death and family news, lumber-company machinery, and the steamer Beaver.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper reprint and summary; the original 1904 newspapers remain the primary sources for the notices and their exact context.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "One Hundred Years Ago."
    Reprints October 1904 reports about Peter Johnston's death, lumber-company machinery shipped on the Beaver, and the steamer's captains from contemporary local newspapers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical reprint.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon republishes October 1904 Beaver Island notices”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-october-1904/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2004, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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