06 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
1
A catalog of gift items with silk mufflers slippers handkerchiefs blankets robes and more priced from 25¢ to $50.00. It highlights Christmas boxes and gift-ready sets including jewelry neckwear gloves hosiery and fur sets for the season.
The McNamara brothers pleaded guilty to dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building and the Llewellyn Iron Works. John J. McNamara and James B. McNamara faced sentencing, ending their trial as labor union supporters debate the use of donations for defense. The case sparked national interest and raised questions about funding and fair trials.
The Wood County circuit court spent two days granting full citizenship papers amid humorous applicant answers including confusion about the U.S. president and state leaders. The county fair exhibits impressed bankers and farmers with fine corn and apples, while Arthur James Anne and Mattie Waldo of Grand Rapids wed at the Congregational parsonage. A nerve case in Marshfield and a Ladysmith deer trophy with fifty four antlers cap a wide range of notes in the week’s community report.
A northern city residence owned by E C Ketcham suffered heavy damage from a Friday morning fire. The blaze started under the stairway and, aided by neighbors, bucket brigades, smoke and water, the interior and contents were badly damaged. Outcome estimates place losses around two thousand dollars with insurance unsettled.
The city council met with Mayor Wheelan presiding. A $1000 donation to Riverview Hospital was rejected after discussions. Paving is postponed until 1918 while preliminary work proceeds this summer. A Duikel engine representative will visit for water pumping plans. A special election for commission term is planned with 400 signatures presented. Soo Line train schedule changes affect Marshfield and Grand Rapids travel, with adjustments through Greenwood. Brahany-Demitz wedding linked to Madison, praise for bride and groom. Christmas sale by St. Katherine's Guild set for December 7 in MacKinnon Block. Elk Lodge held venison dinner and TB seal fundraiser. Eagles elect officers for the coming year.
An old notice invites congregants to a Sunday evening service at the Congregational church at 7:30 with a sermon titled The Fatal Defect and a 10:00 morning worship. Also announced is a Young Peoples meeting at 6:30. A Jolson and Hill Company ad notes a carload of shelled corn on track at 10 AM priced 26 a ton delivering, plus references to visiting Mra JeS Biringer and city relatives.
Local notice outlines Christmas Seals sale benefiting tuberculosis relief with prizes for school rooms. Donations from Woman's Federation, merchants and banks fund per room honors and a framed Dorothy Takee picture prize, plus a theater promotion and community efforts across Grand Rapids area.
On Christmas morning tell your boy how nearly a century ago in Ruthwell Scotland the Rev Henry Duncan started the first saving bank. An iron box with three rocks and three keys, each held by different trusted men, guarded early deposits averaging about $450. Modern precautions are different yet aim higher security.
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