25 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
1
A brief note urges monthly deposits to the Savings Bank. It argues small, regular sums are safer than spending, highlighting 3 percent compound interest and that one dollar starts an account. The piece emphasizes prudent saving as a practical path to improvement.
Supt Fabey of Wausan reports rising seabby fava in schools, blamed on past drinking fountains. Frank Bampton dies at Dancy, aged 75 years after 35 years there. Jobo VM arrested near Glenwood pled guilty to practicing medicine without a license. fined 50 dollars. Hay Johnson of Clearwater visits family in town for holidays.
The readable fragment urges readers to invest during hard times, claiming wages are earned and rain days come. It hints prices are down and fortunes await by buying now, urging people to act before a looming rise and suggesting what to buy.
Small savers urged to seek bargains in land sales. Promoters advertise 1 acre timber 19 acres meadow and pasture 3 miles from Vesper and 6 miles from a big city, with price 2430 and 500 down. Also offering 100 acres of first-class land in Saratoga area and other plots within striking distance of Grand Rapids.
City property offered for sale with mortgages on solid security. Fire insurance coverage and abstracts of title provided. Details specify reliable security against loss and clear title information available upon inquiry.
A West Virginia relief appeal outlines the Monongah mining disaster impact with approximately 350 deaths and about 3,000 residents. It requests funds to support 230 widows and 1,000 children, estimates total needs near $200,000, and names officials overseeing the relief drive in Fairmont and Monongah. Checks are urged to be made payable to the Monongah Miners Relief Committee and sent to J. E. Sands in Fairmont.
Madero Woodman of Americ patents a grave marker with emblem designs including five stars and a beetle. Manufactured by an expedition in Two Rivers, the initial shipment of 100 markers has arrived. 17 will be erected over graves in Menni City. The marker remains natural silver with black embossed parts.
Violet M Payne was arrested Saturday in Janesville on a warrant issued by Judge Guorea. She appeared in court for examination, was bound over to the Cherry Court, and bonded with bail set at 200. Levin had been sentenced to fifteen years for similar offenses. Mrs Payne had married George Payne while divorce from Levin was pending, and a notice indicates Levin’s release from prison prompted suspicions of Payne’s actions.
Death occurs Sunday after a long illness at age thirty six. A native of Demeresta she came to this country young. She married Tivrarmse Boetcher in 1872 and they lived in the city for twenty years. Survived by her husband and one daughter Mia We Ray mound. Funeral at home at one o'clock Thursday afternoon officiated by Clarke of the Rebekah's she belonged to that order.
Snow Mersitt sued John Shellonborg for 178 dollars plus costs in Wood for a contract to clear a right of way. after hearing evidence, the judge ruled for the plaintiff in SHU50 and costs. Also reports Wood County Medical Society officers including President J W Rockwell and delegates. a 23 inch rainbow trout from Amherst and a Catholic order of foresters office set. wedding of Gash and a Port Edwards groom.
The notice describes Christmas exercises at the Baptist church on Wednesday at 7:80 o clock with a Christmas tree and program led by Ed Ely and family. It also reports Ed Ely and family moving to the Dennitz farm in Senecs Me taking possession, and Mr Dennitz remaining there this winter. Alfred Larson, employed in St Paul, expected to spend holidays with his parents C Larron. The piece ends with a promotional line for Ballister's Rocky Mountain tea.
The notice describes subscription payment obligations starting January 1, with penalties for arrears and terms for continued delivery. It mentions enforcement actions by postal authorities, notices from legal and civil figures, and references to Chicago and California authorities. The text also covers a community exhibit, school work, and an upcoming roller skating event at the Opera House with skating hours and admission details.
Fragments describe a chaotic mix of local notes including statements about ridgway ward, a nuke ta Riksta, prison, and various names such as Mind seearg cn AGM AAT Cork. The text references deliveries, a pastor change, church events, and arrests, but details are obscured by garbled OCR.
A new business, Wallace and Fatt, located in the old Wipperman building on Necand Ke, opens a repair shop. They plan general repairs, pentomebiten and panoline anginen, and farm machinery work, expanding to Werelners and related engines.
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