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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
30
A Tribune appeal urges readers to favor local merchants over mail order houses. It argues home businesses keep dollars in the community, undersell on large quantities, and support town projects, schools, streets, and local enterprises, contrasting with distant printers and outside firms.
Menzel is the oldest photographer in the city, established nineteen years ago, a popular and reliable artist known for high grade work with fine portraits. His studio above Steib’s drug store houses portraits, cabinets, and enlargements of prominent business and society people, reflecting a long standing local patronage and upright character.
An indispensable local business, Twin City Dyeing and Cleaning Plant operated by B. J. Hager, recently renewed under new ownership. The shop on Second Street S offers French process cleaning, pressing, dyeing, and repair of dresses, silks, velvets, laces, and other garments, serving a broad patronage with a strong community reputation.
George T. Rowland and Sons operates a well-appointed department store at First Baker and Second Streets. The firm occupies two floors with surplus storage, owns the building, and offers groceries dry goods flour feed general gents furnishings and shoes. R. G. and W. A. Rowland are partners. The business is known for integrity and affable service to patrons.
A. J. Anderson started Anderson's Bakery and Lunch Room at 313 Grand Avenue two years ago. He runs a wholesale and retail bakery fed by many local families and retailers. The business ships large quantities to nearby towns and upholds strict sanitary rules with dairy lunches served in the lunch room. Anderson bakes all products himself, ensuring quality, and is described as a progressive, hardworking entrepreneur. Legal blanks for sale at this office.
The article highlights M Philipp of Wausau and its Grand Rapids branch near First Street, praising Mrs K d Pepin as manager. It details nine greenhouses in Wisconsin, a four year old local store, and the firm’s fine potted plants, cut flowers, and floral services valued for courteous service and quality products.
Eight weeks after opening at Vine and Second Streets the Mandarin Cafe attracts many locals with American and Chinese dishes. Regular meals cost twenty five cents, short orders available day and night, and chop suey is a specialty. The sanitary kitchen, oriental decor, and attentive service promise a comfortable dining experience with late evening suppers for groups and auto parties.
A description of Wood County drives praises shaded routes and rolling hills, offering entrancing scenery for a day’s outing. The piece notes the region’s beauty and the joy of a leisure drive among scenic landscapes and pleasant surroundings.
Grand Rapids Plumbing Heating Co. promotes high grade plumbing and heating services. William Rogers, manager, is a master plumber with Chicago and Illinois certificates, operating from 6 North First Street with a skilled crew and a broad line of fixtures. The note highlights reliability and local business leadership.
J W Natwick at 342 Grand Avenue runs a large 1886 established business selling furniture bedding sewing machines and New Home and Free sewing machines on cash and easy payments He is a longtime public servant including city clerk treasurer assistant postmaster and postmaster The Tribune asks readers to subscribe and offers sample copies and a line to request items or information.
Lewis J Wren on Third Avenue South near Grand Avenue runs a well equipped plumbing shop offering complete plumbing and steam fitting services, sewerage and ventilating work with modern tools. He is a licensed master contractor who furnishes estimates and guarantees satisfaction. advertising is urged to reach Tribune readers.
Located in his own building at 124 First Street North, H. A. Herschleb runs a strictly sanitary bakery with all goods baked on site. The shop offers confectionery and a line of fancy groceries, all of the best quality and kept under hygienic conditions. Established in 1887, he is known as a courteous, affable, and accommodating merchant.
William F Hess announces seven years in business as a contractor in sanitary plumbing heating and steam and water heating. He provides cheerful estimates with plans and specifications for big or small jobs and guarantees high quality at low prices. He carries a complete line of plumbing and heating goods and can tackle old repairs or new installations.
The Paint Shop at 104 First Street North, owned by R C Getts, offers wall paper paints oils glass and related items. Established one year, Getts has built a strong local patronage in painting and paper hanging with a reputation for first class goods and honest workmanship at low prices.
He advertises a sanitary shop where he measures cuts and fits suits personally. Prices start at $25 with guaranteed quality and personal supervision ensuring proper drape and fit. The shop handles purchasing, high grade fabrics, cleaning, pressing, and repairs.
The article lauds Dr. V P Norton D V S M graduate veterinarian working from Market Square and head of Grand Rapids Veterinary Infirmary central Wisconsin. It highlights eighteen years of practice, surgical specialization, anaesthetics in operations, and endorsements from I A Weigen D V M and E L Quitman with credentials and locations.
The article extols the local newspaper as the town’s bulwark and home institution. It argues it defends citizens, supports industrial growth, hires locals, and circulates money within the community, noting publishers run a sound business and seek a square deal.
Officials praise A. J. Cowell as sheriff for steadfast duty since 1912. The community lauds his honor, coolness, and determination, noting he will administer justice impartially and protect the weak, earning esteem as a conscientious and capable official.
Grand Rapids firm Johnson & Hill Co operates a 132 foot square three story building employing 90 to 100 people. It runs wholesale and retail dry goods groceries drugs apparel hardware and farm machinery with a rear three story building for flour feed and an extensive horse feed barn. They publish a pig mail order catalog thrice yearly and offer an up to date lunch room with automatic fire sprinklers. Management includes G M Hill president Mrs N Johnson treasurer Co F Kruger secretary and A M Wilson general manager. An odd local aside promotes Barker's Antiseptic sold by Wohnson & Hill Co.
The Tribune commends Wood County Register of Deeds E. E. Ames for his third term in office. It notes his qualifications, courteous manner, business training, and strong civic dedication aimed at the greatest good for all citizens. The piece asserts the office has never been more competently filled.
For sale 401 acre farm with 130 acres tilled 169 acres timber and balance pasture. Rolling land with no waste land, subdividable into 2 or 3 farms. Cheese butter factory within a mile, house 3 miles from Sherry station Soo Railway. Also large tract known as cut over land in Wood and Marathon counties. Apply John Farrish 106 Third St South Grand Rapids WI.
Good churches of many denominations and recreation facilities unexcelled in Grand Rapids showcase the city as a community focused on youth education and shared amenities.
The unanimous verdict of observers praises A. B. Bever as clerk of courts, elected in 1912. He preserves records dating to the state’s incorporation, including judgments and divorce decrees, and Wood County proudly notes the office’s capable management.
In Wood County the County Clerk position is vital and F H Joberhardt, serving a third term, is highly qualified. He is commended for diligent, upright work, urbane demeanor, and broad public service, earning praise from the community and many friends across the county.
A palace memory from Two Years in the Forbidden City recounts an empress punishing a servant girl for a socks error. The empress orders a second girl to slap the first ten times on each cheek, then has the previously slapped girl return the blow. The narrator recalls finding it almost funny but dares not laugh.
The passage describes a cruel household where an elderly man known as Old Mr Egyptian used a stick to strike women for disobedience. It notes mummies with forearm fractures, implying repeated abuse. The tone resembles a sensational translated reminiscence from the era. Tribune Ads and Results are twin brothers.
Nate Anderson, elected county treasurer in November 1912, earns widespread satisfaction in Wood County. A public-spirited, efficient and affable official, he earns the confidence of moneyed interests and handles duties with progressiveness and courteous care.
A humorous look at newspaper truth urging readers to avoid paying or telling editors how to run the paper. It notes editors pay bills, expose unpopular causes, and can lose track of subscribers who skip address changes to dodge long term dues.
Andrews and Bodette run the Empire Buffet at 167 First Street North. The shop is described as one of the busiest and most popular buffets in the city with inviting furnishings and a fine selection of wines ales and cigars. Patrons are said to be the better class of men seeking quality service and surroundings.
Printed stationery helps farmers with fifty acres or more display their name farm post office address and crops or livestock. The Tribune offers specialty stationery printing with various type and paper styles and guarantees satisfactory work at right prices.
A quotation rails against almshouses and urges society to provide aids, encouragements and culture to uplift men beyond mere bread. It argues that people have a right to opportunities that prevent degradation and help them fulfill their human potential.
Bauxite powder, key to all cutting wheels in cut glass factories, is found only in Russia and Virginia. Russian beds are rapidly depleted. Wheels are manufactured at Niagara Falls and wear out after only a few weeks.
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