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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1902
Page
4
Residents and guests from Chicago Thrope Merrill Rudolph and Tomahawk are listed as visiting LaVaque home and attending a circus. Other notes report saloon fixtures arrival, funeral attendance Appleton, Grand Rapids shopping and social visits, a summer illness and a remedy, plus circus attendance by many locals.
A mock testimonial claims a local salve outperforms Buckien's Arnica Salve after thirty years of cures for piles burns veils and skin eruptions. The pitch notes it sells for 25 cents at John FH Daly's drug store.
A July Bel and his sister Alma hosted a Saturday evening event at Sheriuvas House for guests from Chicago Grand Rapids Wausau and Milwaukee. Attendees included Misses Anna Clara Schwartze Bertha Pergandy Stella Lutz and others. Jacob Patuska and Lena Bourgard married Tuesday July 2 Feldtman officiating. A reception followed and many guests attended.
Mrs. George Honer and son Eddie visit with Mr. and Mrs. Logan depart for Dundas with Eddie to return and help this summer. Ferdinand Phillips builds a 40 by 80 barn with stone stable. Jacob Bord oversees. Rev Van Sever oversees church school and rectory. PAu inquiries at his house. Frances Slattery hosts surprise birthday party. Annie Fritz of Grand Rapids visits Miss Orellia Airey and attends the dance. Ellen and Jennie Thorson return to Chicago after weeks at home. Martha Daly of Grand Rapids visits Slattery family. Mrs. Fred Phillips of Milwaukee visits Keyzers family.
Mr. F. H. Wells of Deer Park Long Island advocates Chamberlain's Pain Ball as the best liniment for strains. He used it last winter for a severe soreness in the side from a strain and reports quick relief and cure. Sold by Johnson Hill Co. and Wood County Drug Co.
Community events in Sherry include an ice cream social on Frank Park's lawn and a church sermon by Rev. Postlethwait in Sherry. Local marriages, visits, travel for medical care, and social announcements appear among the community notes.
Mrs Humphrey and her son Grif visit, Miss Kitty Bevers of Grand Rapids I visits her aunt and friends, Miss Ella Rhode attends the teachers institute in Grand Rapids, Eddie Edwards buys cattle, Hughes of Wild Rose visits Thos Williams, Hugh G Jones expected home. Over taxed digestion and dyspepsia relief urged with Dr King s New Life Pills 25¢ at Daly s drug store.
J A Vesper Zerks and Chas Summers shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago this week. Mrs Sunderland and Mrs Truetel attended the circus at the Rap ids Tuesday. Mr Otto sold his creamery to the Hansen creamery partners. Louis Johnson and Harry Cole left Tuesday for the Dakota harvest fields.
Plumbers and doctors claim the bowels are the great sewer of the body and stopping drainage poisons the system. They assert nine-tenths of humanity’s diseases can be cured by constipation. The one sure cure offered is Re-Go Tonic Laxative Syrup for twenty-five cents, sold by Sam Church.
Mr and Mrs Chas Scott, once with C J Lester and Co marsh, severed relations and moved Friday to Mosinee. Harriet Whittlesey visited Nellie Young at Ne koosa Thursday and Friday. C E Lester returned from Madison pleased with convention results. Secretary W H Fitch handled official business at the county seat Wednesday and Friday. J B Arpin returned Friday to attend to local interests. Martha Taylor was a passenger on the morning train Wednesday.
A New York lawyer’s wife buys lace at auction after a misread telegram. The husband’s punishing reply “No price too high” leads to a spree adding $8,000 more. Also notes a 1901 tale of Hart’s Honey and Horehound curing a cough, and a Turkish excavation anecdote about Mrs Haynes. An ad promises Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a quick cure.
Robert H. Wilcox, who represents the Hawaiian Islands in congress, states that general sentiment among Hawaiians favors settlement of as many people from the United States as the islands can accommodate. The note contrasts Madison Medicine Co’s Rocky Mountain Tea with Johnson & Hill Co.’s price.
The Chicago Chronicle laments male ingenuity in garment accessories as countless devices aim to improve shirtwaists from necklines to cuffs. It notes women ignore these schemes, deeming shirtwaists a serious topic and suggesting men invent to keep their minds busy, while streetcar ads gain variety.
Red snapper fishing sustains minor Florida industry. Industry firms profit from harvests, especially off Honduras. Pensacola handles large loads with up to 5,000 fish in a single shipment. Most boats now equip chest storage rather than traditional preserved wells.
Mme Calve states she continues hard study to perfect her art and refuses any role until she has achieved perfection. She owns an extensive estate near her native town in southern France and remains committed to ongoing improvement.
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