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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
1
A long OCR fragment lists obituaries and notices from a town paper. It mentions survivors and addresses, a grand arms event at a public hall, local church and theater announcements, and various trustees and officers. The text also covers fire damage, elections, receivership, and upcoming community events with scattered names and locations.
At a sparsely attended annual meeting of Wadd County Telephone Company stockholders held Monday evening in the city, M. H. Jackson John Daly Geo W Davis H B Witch and W A Drum were elected to the board. Manager Smart presented a report detailing new capacity improvements, subscriber growth, and extensive pole and cable repairs completed to avert long distance service limits.
Groves B McMillan writes from a winter trip, recalling travel via the Rocky Island route to California. He details train delays, Grand Canyon views, Los Angeles city scenes, a stagecoach accident, Madame Tivelay’s lecture, Bennington hanging, battleships, and California living costs including fruit prices and real estate prices near outskirts.
Report details cashholdings at the First National Bank gathered Wednesday evening. Individuals such as Conway Bilis Lyndli and Witter oversee transfers. auditors confirm investments examined and approved. The session included endorsements from directors and notes of social hospitality after the meeting.
An advertiser promotes property sales including a cheap newly built house near Dixon Hotel and Ward School plus farmland in Auratoga. Forty acres of city soil in High Good, with 16 cultivated acres, 19 timber and pasture acres, near Weaper and Grand Rapids, priced at 2450 dollars with flexible payment terms and potential trade. Public sale terms invite inquiries and contact.
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