MARQUETTE — The Marquette Federation of Women’s Clubs are celebrating the 100th anniversary of its clubhouse on Ridge Street at the end of this month. The group was organized in August 1925, consisting of approximately 450 women representing twelve clubs. One of the organization’s first ...

QUESTION: When John Longyear had his Marquette mansion dismantled and moved to the East Coast, where did he have it rebuilt? a. Albany, New York b. Brookline, Massachusetts c. Camden, New Jersey d. Dover, Deleware ANSWER: B, Brookline, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston

MARQUETTE — Stanley Alfred Long was born in August 1918 in Forest Lake, near Munising, to Leonard Long and Sadie Sorensen. He attended John D. Pierce High School, graduating in 1937. He was employed as a clerk at the Fairmont Creamery Company located on West Washington Street. In the late ...

QUESTION: The first peacetime draft in U.S. history was initiated by the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940, with registration taking place on Oct. 16, 1940. How many men between the ages of 21 and 35 registered in the city of Marquette on that day? a. 1,477 b. 1,871 c. 2,249 d. ...