Firm thanks patrons for Christmas and New Year wishes
The firm celebrates a successful year and thanks its loyal patrons. It extends warm Christmas greetings and best wishes for a prosperous New Year to all customers and friends.
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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
7
The firm celebrates a successful year and thanks its loyal patrons. It extends warm Christmas greetings and best wishes for a prosperous New Year to all customers and friends.
A Tribune Christmas message urges hope and generosity despite past harvest setbacks. It notes joy for children, the virtue of giving, and the aim to brighten tomorrow through love and belief, urging readers to share happiness and set aside worries for the season.
Fragments describe bunny tracks in crisp snow, hunting talk, and a lively social at the Ladies Aid. The piece notes timber harvest after last spring’s fire, men and women at diggings, and a sorrowful obituary of Joseph Slonitker, who died from an accidental gunshot while visiting Greenwood.
Last call in the annual Red Cross Christmas Seals sale. Wisconsin aims to lead the national pennant, with towns Ashland Hall Claire Tome hawk Appleton Racine Kenosha Watertown and many more competing. Rural schools reward 25 seals with certificates, cities 50, as health outreach and tuberculosis fight gain momentum.
A bill filed in federal court by J F French minority stockholder asks for a receiver to run L Starks Company through the current season. It cites Oneida county Wisconsin land purchase, Chicago jobbing stores, and alleged mismanagement claims. Leonard Starks defends the ventures as profitable and outstanding net worth about 750000. French claims he is owed 8400 overdraft. other stockholders dispute involvement.
A Wednesday forestiers debate weighed the resolution that the United States should double its army and navy. The affirmative was led by Ward Johnson, George De Bruin, and Harry Kempfer, while Frank Pomainville, J. R. Ragan, and E. N. Pomainville argued the negative. The negative side appeared to oppose preparedness, and the talk was expected to end. Names and places include Weil, Ellis Fan, Nellisville, Nine Capitals, Grand Rapids, John A. Jacobs, Ladysmith, Ursula Selegel, Marshfield, Frank Schneider, Sioux Falls, Johanna Hoaek, Marshfield, Harry Franson, Bertha Mitchell, Henry Wiicot, Anna A. Karbowski, and Babcock. The note ends with shopping and Christmas candy at Wolloch's Restaurant.
Beaver Dam Lake fishermen hauled ten tons of carp to eastern markets last Friday and reduced to 500 pounds Saturday. A notable catch included a massive eighteen and a half pound pike released after weighing, its eyes sunken from age. Nearby reports describe a skyward meteor near West Main Street and a larger meteor sighting near Perkinstown, plus factory rebuilding news in Marshfield and community notices in Stevens Point Journal.
A jumble of Christmas wishes and local notes from the community. Mentions residents visiting relatives, a hospital update, church events, a new baby, and school programs with holidays and gatherings described in brief, informal lines.
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