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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
2
A weekly Saturday publication from Rapids in Weed County offering local notices and brief items. The fragile OCR shows a community oriented paper with political alignment and regular weekly schedule.
Interviews with party leaders reveal key provisions of a proposed primary election law. The plan would unify party primaries on a single day, ban cross party voting, and possibly drop a signed voter caller feature. Republicans oppose the measure, arguing it is populist and politically harmful while some leaders warn against delaying reform.
The council convened with mayor and aldermen present as rules suspended for a list of bills including water works, power, and fire department matters. Numerous names appear in garbled OCR, noting motions carried on several issues such as water system ownership and city operations with committees and officials like the town clerk and sutures omitted.
A garbled regional transport notice references reduced fares and routes to Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines with mentions of Texcuraian tickets and New Orleans El Paso, plus an application by Dan Begle to coupon ticket agents.
Fragmented OCR text advertises various ailments and remedies with dubious claims. Mentions City Medical Co and Battle likely, but details are garbled and health topics range widely from weakness to sexual organs.
Late of Chicago, will visit Grand Rapids December 8 and 9, 1900 at the Witter House. Two days only, with further visits every four weeks thereafter. The eminent specialist offers free examinations and promises candid assessment of prognosis. Handles throat, stomach, kidney, liver diseases and general ailments with a uniform $1 monthly charge.
A narrator discusses long years of private practice and a widely advertised treatment claimed to cure many chronic illnesses. He argues genuine progress comes from published cases, tests, and patient outcomes, listing numerous individuals reportedly cured by various doctors and remedies.
Fragmentary notices describe medical cures for chronic illnesses in Minneapolis and Minnesota listings. Mentions Jrd Defenhaugh and Kittie Mason with vague health claims, a local event about a boxing match between Will beat Witter House in Grand Rapids, and a 100-acre farm on the Rudolph road with a dwelling offered by Mrs. P Walsh of Manitowoc River Wis.
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