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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
5
The Tribune booster edition extols Grand Rapids as a refined municipal center with low taxes, sound finances, and ample civic amenities. It promotes the Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company and invites new residents and manufacturers, portraying a pretty city with continued growth prospects, not a boom town.
The Tribune publishes a booster edition extolling Grand Rapids Wisconsin as a thriving community. It highlights population growth to 6521 in 1910, expansive transport links, four railroads, electric light and hydro systems, banks, schools, mills, and a strong merchant and artisan base. The piece urges residents to act as boosters and attract investment.
The Cranberry Industry in Grand Rapids has shifted from wild harvests to a science driven system. Advancements in cultivation, packing, and distribution have increased yields per acre, reduced crop failures, and improved quality from marsh to consumer. Local firms and manufacturers now support a reliable, nationwide supply network.
A promotional notice touts Grand Rapids as an ideal site for manufacturing with low freight rates multiple rail lines access to raw materials and abundant labor. It lists firms such as Andawagam Furniture Co Badger Box & Lumber Co Badger Cigar Factory Carey Concrete Co Chambers Creamery Co Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co EB W Ellis Lumber Co Grand Rapids Brick Co Grand Rapids Brewing Co Grand Rapids Foundry Co Grand Rapids Milling Co Grand Rapids Electric Co Road Construction Co Road Manufacturing Co and Reiland Packing Co among listed industries and highlights water power climate and housing as advantages.
Grand Rapids claims central location in the state, ideal citizenship, freedom from strikes, abundant cheap electric power, perfect transportation facilities at low freight rates, four sound banks, and an efficient fire department.
A discussion extols the Grand Rapids paper industry, calling it the citys main economic engine. It notes a mill can produce seventy tons of print paper daily and hints at the vast scale of daily output underlying community prosperity.
The Consolidated Water Power and Paper Company runs Grand Rapids and Biron mills under George W.W. Mead. They beautified grounds, built an island park, and created a stone office. Biron town has been remodeled with new worker housing, a club house, and better streets. The eight hour day replaced twelve hours, boosting morale.
A historic summary outlines Grand Rapids public schools, listing Howe, Lowell, Kimbersoo, and other ward schools with grades, rooms, and kindergarten. It notes the 1872 start of Grand Rapids High School, later reorganizations, the Lincoln High School, and the Witter Manual Training Building funded by J. D. Witter. The text details curricula including manual training, domestic science, stenography, and commercial courses, plus enrollment and graduate figures, and mentions proposed new ward school and industrial continuation programs reflecting city population schooling priorities.
Grand Rapids offers exceptional facilities for manufacturers of all kinds. Four rail lines serve the public, with secured reserves not found elsewhere in the city or state. Cheap electric power and readily available clay sites appeal to small manufacturers, and the city promises cooperation with any credible proposition. Don’t be a bystander, become a booster and seek information from the unit organization.
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