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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
7
A young Red Cross worker in France and England recalls vivid memories from three years of war service. She describes caring for dying soldiers, witnessing a man’s ruined face and an unsettled grin, and the challenge of maintaining composure amid grief. Her father, a famed surgeon, frames the personal cost of science and sacrifice.
Miss Ning C Christenson of this city and Wm A Patefield formerly of New Rome will marry at 3 PM at the Scandinavian Moravian parsonage with Rev Theo Reinke officiating. Attendants include Mrs Peter Stone as bridesmaid and Arthur Patefield as best man. The couple will honeymoon in southern Wisconsin and plan Milwaukee as their home.
A card of thanks expresses gratitude to the Hastero Star Ellis Lodge and friends for tributes during illness and after the passing of the speaker’s wife. W. C. Weisel extends sincere appreciation for loving kindness and moral offerings.
Mrs Nettie Booth Wegge held two student musical sessions at Ure Palace on Wednesday to benefit her class. A large gathering enjoyed the recital praised for youthful city talent. A bulletin on community singing will soon be issued by UW Extension for readjustment institutes in Wisconsin cities late March.
A postal notice lists advertised mail including A Schwall Miss Dillon Miter Bliss Kate Gray and R L Nash with Postmaster credit. For wedding pictures the Moore Studio offers thirty years of experience, quickest service, and quality one door north of Cohen's store.
Local items list residents in and near Merrill visiting friends, attending events, and handling business. Atty. Wheelan and Atty. Goggins are noted in Wausau Green Lake trips. Purchases include Nash touring car and Reo truck. Several residents undergo surgeries or hospital stays, with family updates and travel to Milwaukee Chicago and Prairie du Chien for events and leisure.
Numerous notices detail births, relocations, and service, including a fourteenth daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jackson of Seneca, retirements, business trips to Milwaukee and Chicago, sales and resignations at local firms, and visits by relatives and friends across Wisconsin and nearby states. Names include Jackson, Seger, Hagen, Brooks, Schmeling, Laramie, Westfahl, Gaulke, Pomainville, Baldwin, Canning, Kissinger, Patterson, and Foley, with locations Seneca, Milwaukee, Chicago, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Wausau, Appleton, Marshfield, Elkton, Arlington, and more.
A readable listing of various meat cuts and groceries including pot roast sirloin steak porter house steak ham pork roast veal cuts lamb stew chops bacon oleomargarine lard and prices per pound or package. The fragment resembles a midcentury butcher or grocery ad with item names and unit prices. It references Salt Park products and a range of pork beef and veal items.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm Haskin of Milwaukee spent a week in the city visiting relatives. Mr. Haskin was superintendent of the county poor farm before moving to Milwaukee. Mrs. W B Raymond and daughters left for Tomahawk where they will make their future home, Mr. Raymond directing the government employment office there.
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