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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
4
The Grand Rapids Tribune in Wisconsin lists subscription prices and publishing details. Rates include six months for 4.00 and three months for 1.00 with single copies at 5 cents, plus advertising charges for resolutions, card of thanks, obituary poetry, and display ads per inch.
A column critiques billboard advertising as an urban nuisance while contrasting city beautification with aged buildings. It also discusses a proposed calendar reform with 13 months of 28 days, a perpetual calendar square, and January 1 moving to align to Mondays. Marriage licenses are listed for several couples in Grand Rapids and nearby areas.
Harry Lauder speaks of immortality after the loss of his son Capt John Lauder killed in the great war. He describes a future reunion, the boy’s voice greeting him, and the comfort God has given him amid grief and sorrow.
City unions rent rooms over the Slewert Market to set up a joint headquarters. The building will host meetings and serve as a central office for the unions in the area.
The Union Papermakers announce a dance for Thursday evening in the Armory to revive social life among the mills along the river. In earlier years the mills held dances with visiting teams and public attention, and organizers hope to renew those gatherings once union activity grows.
Joe Grandshaw of Mosinee and Homer Grandshaw of Park Falls joined a large crowd at Park Hall for a returnees celebration dance. Ells Bros supplied music while locals like Dan Bilis and Bill Barton worked on mill projects. Various residents visited relatives, attended theater, and all aboard the community’s postwar relaxation.
A clipped market listing shows prices for poultry, meats, and grains. Entries include spring roosters, geese, pork, veal, butter, middlings, rye, buckwheat, wheat flour, oats, and flour prices. Amounts appear per hundredweight or per bushel with several dollar figures and fractions.
Pleasant Hill notes report graduates with Misa Gusta Vandenbergen among them and describe wedding of Hazel Martin to Dewey Parks at the bride’s parents' home. Other items include visits, travel by car, church services, local purchases in Grand Rapids and Manawa, dances, and farm life gossip from West of town and nearby communities.
Louise Tunks underwent surgery for a chin abscess in Grand Rapids. Reports from Altendorf cover visits, overseas service histories, weddings, graduation plans, and local social events. Rudolph notes include an EPU meeting, staffing changes, and residents returning from Camp Grant and overseas assignments.
Mrs Otto Middlesteadt of Grand Rapids visited her parents. Chas Sprofka returns from France. Fr W Jones attended Bee school in Grand Rapids. Prof Sprise and Prof Wilson inspected apparatus at Seneca Corners. Gladys Merriam returns from Blackburn College. County Agent study meeting criticized as a farce. Invitations issued for Ella Merriam and Robt Willan marriage on June 18. Tony Walczak resigns from Ellis factory. $3450 piano now $185 at Matthews Bros Music Shop.
Mr and Mrs Hammes of Chicago visited relatives including W W Strope family. Pleasant Hill church hosted Rev Caldwell of Arpin. PleasAnt Hill pupils Edna Dawes Ruth Erdman Florence Gabel Goldie Strope and Karl Hanson earned diplomas and will go to Grand Rapids Thursday for graduation.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Connor on Thursday June 5. Mrs. J. Taucher of Stetsonville visiting at the Lawrie home returned home Monday. Grobe Berg Louis Fuercher and Charles Robl returned from overseas last week. Mrs. John Manlick and children visited relatives at Manitowoc and returned home Saturday. Auburndale 8th grade graduates are Margaret Sehluenz Arvilla Franz and Robert O'Brien. Mrs. J. Fell of Stevens Point and Mrs. P. Cramer of Hewitt visited Auburndale Friday. Miss Mamie Gotz left for Park Falls Monday. Miss Margaret Kundinger and Mr. Iafonday to Stratford for a wedding. Rev. A. Ristow left for Eau Claire on business Monday. Miss Louise Grube left Monday for a teachers institute at Grand Rapids. Rev. A. Ristow confirmed Helen Berdan Martha Gotz Ruby Hafer Adelia Budtke Arvilla Franz Norma Ris tow and Margaret Schluenz at St Johns Lutheran. Miss Esther Schultz visited Stratford Sunday. Joseph Koller and bride were married Tuesday at St Marys Catholic church with Marie Koller and George Kundinger Jr attending. Best wishes of the community.
The Speltz Bros. orchestra will perform at Vesper for a big dance on Saturday night, June 14. Local residents report multiple farm purchases including tractors and a mature spreader, while community updates note illness recoveries and eighth grade diplomas slated for June 12. social visits and home projects color the week.
John F. Deitz, defender of Cameron Dam, again seeks a pardon. His children travel Wisconsin collecting names for a petition to be filed with the Governor, aiming for one million names. Deitz, imprisoned at Waupun since 1910, once had a prior pardon denied in 1916, later commuted.
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