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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
3
A list of holiday gift novelties including paper owls, jewel cabinet, soap-shot album, and other decorative items. Describes wall paper, bird motifs, colored fabrics, and small keepsake boxes as festive accents. Notable items include a jewel cabinet box with drawers and a soap-shot album made of heavy paper and boards.
A fragment describes ornamental boxes for twine and decorative containers. It mentions circular twine boxes covered in satin or linen, in deep colors, plus elaborately crafted matchbox-like boxes with decorative edges and folded materials.
A famished table awaits turkey as a belligerent cook refuses to serve. The narrator recalls the chaotic Christmas meal at a working-class home, detailing the cook’s stubborn stance, a later tea interlude, and the boarders’ strained tolerance before dinner finally proceeds.
In a faded reminiscence the narrator recalls turmoil at a boarding house driven by the loss of the cook's rival and the kitchen head's defection. The matron's stern stance leads to the departure of that institation's staff as residents improvise and escape with limited provisions.
A trimmed five point star ornament is made from cardboard five inches long with gold or silver rays attached in threes and fastened to a twig using a paper lift. A festive star topper is arranged atop the tree. A new gift wrap idea uses white tissue paper and small edge seals with holly sprays to secure folds. For gift boxes, layer white tissue and add holly or mistletoe sprigs for a festive finish.
State capital brief records campaign expenditures for multiple candidates including Arthur W. Kopp Platteville $2500.82 Evan A. Evans Baraboo $924.48 Harry W. Bolens Port Washington $383.48 F A Partlow Clear Lake $46.30 J G Trewin Wyocena $9. Len Sanborn Ashland reports $130,720 with Chippewa county totals. Jefferson county votes 149000 tax for roads and schools. new building at insane asylum planned. Gov Davidson cites forest conference scheduling conflicts due to Wisconsin legislative prep.
Official returns show Gov. Davidson trailing Taft by 4,586 votes with Taft ahead widely. County results cite Richland Center backing a new 290000 county formal school building. Congressional results give Nelson and Esch clear pluralities. The Scottish Rite Masons wrap a 65-member class and plan a regional gathering. A statewide anti tuberculosis fund drive uses one cent stamps. State work discusses Capitol finishings and minor ornament changes. Expense reports list candidates in Sheboygan Falls Oshkosh Eau Claire and Sheboygan Falls. State aid allocated to free high schools totals 125000 with rules on township village and city supports.
Philadelphia lawyer John G Johnson spoke in a liner smoking room about youth and ambition. He recalled an elderly millionaire asking why one desires to rise and answered that many seek power to shape life to their liking. The millionaire warned true progress comes from doing what we dislike.
Wisconsin Happenings compiles a mosaic of brief items from Appleton Beloit La Crosse Racine and other Wisconsin locales. It reports court petitions political shifts liquor tensions public notices and accidents along with electoral results and a murder case mental health finding.
An观 fragmented Canadian letter discusses reverence for Canadian law and governance, praising the Crown and Governor General while critiquing imperial taxes and trade rules. It mentions wheat harvests, land offers, and low farmland prices, with commentary on rail rates and the Canadian government’s land policies.
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