QUESTION: An issue on the Nov. 4, 1924 ballot was sufficiently contentious that an anonymous Ishpeming resident took out a large ad on the one side of the issue, challenging the local ministers who were on the other side. What was that issue?

a. Whether the alcohol ordinances should be amended to specifically prohibit dandelion wine

b. Whether to permit the Rublein brewery to set up a horse racing track on the west side of Marquette

c. Whether to require milk sold in the city to be pasteurized

d. Whether to repeal an Ishpeming ordinance that prevented movies from being shown on Sundays.

Answer: D. The effort to repeal the law lost by 104 votes. In that same election, Calvin Coolidge was elected president and Michigan voters rejected a proposal to implement a state income tax.