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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
7
Local notes include births, illnesses, and social visits. Families like Miller and Airey in Biron are mentioned with neighbors Witty and Selidt in Watertown. Andrew Mophet underwent surgery at Riverview Hospital. Some residents move or travel to Chicago, Marshfield, and Mississippi for work, family, or illness.
Ernest Gilmaster fills mail duties after W C McGlynn resigns. John Harrison, ex street commissioner of Centralid, died in St Paul of cancer. left town twenty years ago to live with a son in Jeffersons Minnesota. Henry Peterson of Saratoga visited the office. his son will canvass for American Products Co in Cincinnati Ohio and lease his farm. Neil Crowns of Nekoosa reports son Lieut George Crowns released from German captivity and en route to France. Frank Westphal, Robert Ebbey’s son-in-law, is missing since Nov 8. another son-in-law Lee Randy remains missing. Grand Rapids saw heavy snow earlier, eighteen inches on the ground before a thaw. some snow remains in woods. James M Schoonmaker Jr, son of a railroad VP, flew 228 miles from Dayton to Pittsburg in 1 hour 49 minutes to be by his father’s bedside after a serious operation.
Sidewalk Tourist notes cats are a common fixture in fruiterers shops and hotel halls as pest control. Salesmen describe cats guarding fruit against rats and mice, with kitchens protected by metal sheets and night watch by felines. Training cats for steady shop duty remains challenging in crowded urban settings.
The article notes dentistry attracts few women but offers steady, lucrative work, with dental mechanics seen as a field well suited to women. It explains mechanics stay out of surgical work, while qualified dental surgeons must be expert mechanics, and predicts more such work will be held by competent women. It also lists Moravian church services and a postponement of a December ladies meeting.
The Red Cross announces certificates for workers who reach hours in service. Sewing at Red Cross rooms can add hours toward the 600 hour goal. A questionnaire will verify work by division and a striped badge is issued with each 100 hour tier.
In Epping Forest a caterpillar mimicking a green shoot deceived another larva, blending perfectly with a twig at a 45 degree angle. The scene on a blackthorn bush shows a remarkable triumph of insect mimicry dazzling observers.
A Civil War era captain at a Virginia camp near Washington recalls a humorous incident with an unruly sentry. The man demands to know who goes there and questions the captain’s authority during a night patrol, prompting a stern reply about the right to search the camp. The exchange ends with the sentinel asserting his own caution and the captain affirming control.
In a letter from Lieutenant J Wray Chase of Eugene Oregon a French officer recalls a daring move moving a gun through a flooded trench area Chase swung the brake rope and lifted the gun dry over mud while a trench captain praised the stunt Chase adds a boast about western prowess and a calm refusal to repeat the feat. The note ends with a quip about baseball season and pennant chances.
The new Meat Market at 2nd and Vine lists pork specials including pork roast at .25, pork chops, side pork, fresh ribs, snouts, feet, leaf lard, link sausage, salt pork, plate sausage, pot roast, fresh hamburgers, boneless roast beef, ox tongues, sirloin and porterhouse steaks, lamb stews and shoulders, veal cuts, liver and Bologna sausages, frankfurts, smoked sausage, pressed ham, mince ham, Swift’s Premium bacon, and lard products with various prices. Local printed prices show a broad array of meats and made sausages priced for shoppers.
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