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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
6
The Rapids Tailoring Co advertises tailor made clothes on installments at 31.00 a week. Customers wear the clothes while paying. The firm claims the largest tailoring trade in the city and recommends asking friends for references. Established 1904.
A local advertisement promotes a brash bed for 15 dollars with a challenge to match price. It invites customers to view items in the window and mentions a 35.98 Morris chin. The notice is signed Rugan and Shaver tf.
The wedding of Mr. Garrett W. Mason of Grand Rapids and Miss Helen Lessleyoung of Marshfield was held at St Johns church on Thanksgiving morning with Rev. Fr. Volz performing the ceremony. A breakfast followed at the bride’s home on North Vine Street with several out of town guests. The newly married couple will remain in Marshfield for now. The item also includes local ad chatter and an anecdote about a venomous snake tale from Yosemite days.
A light exchange between Jones and Smith reveals social climbing at the Goodman mansion. They discuss wealth and genius as the gatekeepers to aristocratic invitation, with Jones boasting recent riches and an invitation to the exclusive gathering. Smith asks to borrow five pounds, highlighting social contrast amid wealth and status.
A condensed survey traces water pump origins from Grecian times under Ptolemies Phiadelphos and Energetes 293 to 221 B C to Hero of Alexandria. It notes later German usage, sixteenth century advances, seventeenth century piston pumps, and notable inventors Morland De Ja Hire and others.
A London News excerpt recalls Walter le Brun, a royal farrier under Edward III. The king granted land for a forge and a quit rent of sixty one horseshoe nails plus yearly horse shoes. Ten nails per shoe imply a surplus for mis-hits. Fore feet shoes suggest knights urged horses to strike.
A collection of notes on the origins of phrases such as to a T and the T square, followed by historical clippings about the first wire nails in the United States in 1873. The items cover early manufacturing, a fireless cooker anecdote, a mathematical riddle, a late hour joke, and a quip on women in law enforcement from period publications.
A compact, era era fragment juxtaposes lines about Sioux Chief Had Had His and a Piute Ohlef remark on marriage. The Buffalo Express style quip questions torture of a paidhead while a Whately aphorism notes overemphasis defeats emphasis.
A short, evocative line underscores the joyful sound of children’s laughter as the unique music of everyday life, capturing a tender moment of innocence and warmth.
A diary excerpt tells of a family renting a haunted Scottish house where a ghostly woman wanders at eight. The owner later removed a partition to create two rooms, and the mistress recalls the place from dreams. The agent reveals the twist: the lady herself is the ghost.
A lively turnout is described with remarks from Eila Bella and Mila. The crowd grew large enough to eject someone from a prominent hotel in town. The scene hints at a few memorable faces and a tone of lasting peace, attributed to Beecher.
Lincoln Building in Grand Rapids Wisconsin hosts a regular school board meeting with commissioners present and many accounts approved for payment. Names of vendors include American Book Co Merriam Co Rand McNally Co Cudahy Packing Co and Wells Marga Co among others.
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