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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
4
Local notes report Cranmoor residents and visitors, with cranberries and weather events. Andrew Gissig, Miss Bernice Lester, Miss Cora Grimshaw, and others are mentioned with trips to Grand Rapids and Clay Point. A cold wave affected crops but no damage confirmed. An advertisement cites Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and related remedies.
Port Edwards and nearby communities report social visits and travels this week. Mrs A T R Gurdy hosts campers east of Nekoosa while Mrs H Lapham and daughter Dorothy visit their relatives in town. Callers include Mrs G W Mason and Miss Pearl Harvey from Merrill, with others visiting from Grand Rapids and Waupaca. Local activities include lodge organizing by Mrs Gev Gillett and several residents seen at friends’ homes.
A damaged report recounts a patient named Bucklen’s Arnica Salve used after doctors failed to cure a severe pile case with 24 tumors. The salve reportedly subdued inflammation and aches, claimed as best salve in the world, ending the ordeal.
Mrs 4 Atwood stayed with Fred Horton as her daughter illness drew concern at his home. Mrs Thornton and Mrs Fred Daukert hosted friends for a Sunday afternoon gathering with ice cream cake and coffee. Emil Weisenberg planned an early trip to Minnesota to visit relatives for several weeks. A LaVaque family excursion to La Crosse yielded a good time. Jim Blappa welcomed a girl baby Sunday. Mrs N Andersen of your city visited Mrs John Johnson on Wednesday. Oscar Crotteau and wife spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs La Vaque. Delia Fobart visited Stevens Point. Grant Miller of Stevens Point visited early this week. Miss Mabel Podawiltz visited Mrs A TraVague Saturday.
RUDULPE and LIVERAGALE families visited Star Lane residents the same evening. Several young people and visitors from Merrill Grand Rapids Mosinee Wausau and De Pere were noted guests and travelers over the weekend. A featured health advertisement praises Electric Ditters for stomach liver and kidney relief, claiming broad benefits and a 30 cent price with guarantee by John J. Daly.
SHERRY A large mother of our citizens at tended the marriage of Henry Blen ker to Theresa Brandl at Blenker on Tuesday. All join in wishing the newly wedded couple a long life of joy and happiness. Arthur Qaitley former principal of our school made his frignds here a visit recently. We regret that Mr. Oakley will not teach here this year having accepted a school at Babcock. John Wawberg of Sigel who is a candidate for the noquination of sheriffs made several calls here on Monday. Chairman J J Iverson is erecting a handsome residence on his farm south of the villages Miss Filla Rhode accompanied by Miss Wittie Bever spent Thursday at Marshfield. Mr and Mrs GT Anderton were Marshfield visitors Monday. Miss Katie Jones spent a few days at Marshfield recently Gen Weatherly is entertaining his brother from Merrill. Rev W J Agnew is enjoying a vacation at Portage.
A breezy testimonial claims Dr. King's New Life Pills give a sprightly step and rosy complexion. The ad-style note promotes 33 cents at Jol 1. Daly with promises of active digestion and no headaches and even a cure for blues.
Secretary John H. White of Marshfield orders 1000 carnival buttons selling for about a dollar each. The design features two ladies and a gentleman with edge text Meet me at the Marshfield Street Pair Sept 23 26 27 1902.
Lincoln man Steve Schiling, a bookkeeper, writes of relief from constipation heartburn and headaches after using Re-Gol Tonic Laxative Syrup. He praises its pleasant laxative effect and absence of the typical gaping reaction. Sold by Sam Church, druggist.
Mr and Mrs E W Kingteh plan a Tampa and Havana tour via Cincinnati and Louisville on the Queen and Crescent Route. The journey includes Kentucky Blue Grass scenery, Look Out Mountain, Chickamauga, and a stop in Chattanooga. Local business provides lumberyard deal coverage, with Dexterville notes and a few towns sending residents to study in Evanston, Illinois.
The public is warned that many preparations may harm health. Hart's Honey and Horehound is presented as a safe cough remedy containing no opiates or obvious ingredients, sold by Church druggist.
Forty building lots in first ward offered from 75 to 120 dollars each. Also available are a ten room dwelling and 30 by 12 foot lot. PHCLLKO.
Advertises HromoQuine laxative tablets to cure a cold in one bay with money-back guarantee from all druggists. EW Grove's signature on each box. Also notes library closure until Friday for floor painting.
A long terse notice from the Democratic caucus outlines county delegate assignments for the state convention on September. It lists numerous towns and wards within Grand Rapids and Marshfield areas as sites for caucus meetings and specifies dates and times, with August 4th and August 8th mentioned for several locations. The document designates Adam Paulus as secretary and names a large roster of towns, wards, and meeting places to elect delegates.
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