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October 2008 issue reprints Beaver Island notices from 1908

Also One Hundred Years Ago October 1908 Beaver Island

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TypeEvent
Date1908-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1908-10
Kind
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Eras
Modern era
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heritagecommunicationmaritimecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2008 issue’s “One Hundred Years Ago” column reprints October 1908 reports from the Charlevoix Sentinel and Charlevoix Courier. The notices cover Island residents, births and deaths, travel and illness, maritime service, bridges, business, social events, and seasonal activity.

Evidence limits

This is a later newspaper reprint and editorial compilation, not a complete 1908 newspaper run or a substitute for the original issues and civil records.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago."
    Reprints October 1908 notices about storms, the steamers Beaver and Silver Spray, births and funerals, typhoid, travel, bridges, timber and island business, social events, and the Beaver route. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the historical newspaper reprint.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “October 2008 issue reprints Beaver Island notices from 1908”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-one-hundred-years-ago-october-1908/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "One Hundred Years Ago." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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