21 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
1
A roundup of local happenings across Grand Rapids, Plover, and nearby towns includes movers of household goods, family visits, births, and relocations. Garden and farm notes mix with graduations, repairs, and shifts in residence as residents share news from June through midsummer.
The text portrays Mrs Greene as unhealthy and dependent on her husband, who endures unpaid labor while her claimed invalidism worsens. It links prosperity to altered gender roles, noting her shift from active work to passive confinement. It questions the authenticity of her illness and urges readers to pity but avoid being fooled.
Mr and Mrs Schroeder hosted relatives from Milwaukee. Kurt Zellmer and Jered Griffin visited Seneca Corners. W G Spoor entertained Adans county friends. Miss Anna Simonson returned Thursday from Grand Rapids after graduation. Mr and Mrs Ernest Dawes and Mr and Mrs P H Likes attended a temperance speech by Hon Stewart of the Fighting Squadron. A larger crowd at Pleasant Hill January 9 heard Mr Barthol than at Congressional church in Grand Rapids to hear Mr Stewart. Peter Hansen entertained Lewis Mitchell of Kaukauna and Will Mitchell and two daughters from Maple Hill Kansas. Wilt Mitchell visits Wisconsin first time in forty years since leaving for Kansas during the buffalo era. hides then priced at $1.50. Pleasant Hill church program Wednesday evening featured vocal and instrumental music, recitations, readings and a din- ner. the evening closed with refreshments.
The notes mention Lourge Brosto vn Emily Brosto and Anna Kaminski from Stanley socializing with friends this week. Bushmaker hosted a barn dance at Big Father’s place last Sunday with good attendance and a fine time. Maria Jagodzinski travels to Wausau Saturday for the Kanake Moscinski wedding on June 26.
The LaSalle Opera House Chicago touring company presents September Morn at Daly's Theatre Thursday night June 28. William Moore leads a troupe of about fifty with Ruth Wilkins J J Patton Waud K Williams James Baker and more. Tangoes Hesitation waltzs and elaborate scenic effects highlight the fizzy musical revue with a chorus and lively dances. Seats available at Italy's Drug Store.
A dialogue-like fragment features a rich uncle described as a sensitive plant. Joe asks why and Fred notes the uncle shrinks when touched. Then a quote from Birange via Leach muses on perception, likening a fallow's eye to a peach and inviting reflection.
A French journalist at the front reportedly wrote a grimly humorous philosophy of military life that has spread through trenches. It outlines a never ending chain of binary conditions from mobilization to injury and recovery, ending with a cynical question about the point of worrying.
Local postoffice officials issue a notice urging patrons to use the highest denomination stamps required for postage. Mail will be delivered to Daytona as addressed unless a written order specifies otherwise to a single address. Patrons who request varied delivery addresses or residences should file clear written orders. carriers will deliver to the location of the order.
The German gunboat renamed for Carl Schurz, a Prussian-born Civil War major general and Missouri senator, famed for opposing oppression and promoting popular government, with a legacy in American politics and Hayes’ cabinet.
A husky man asks for help with the phrase youse kin see dat I’m in need. A kind lady replies and hands him a cake of soap, saying here is what you need.
A father explains lunch and luncheon to his son with a pun centered on a dog named Willie Say. The quip ends with a warning to distrust a man who treats his dog better than his wife.
In a wartime appeal Johnson & Nill Co. asks customers to concentrate all buying at the Popular Big Store. They campaign against “fair weather” shopping and urge sane saving by purchasing everything there, presenting the store as a reliable friend to the masses in hard times.
A wife asks for the epitaph There is Peace and quiet in heaven. The husband counters with There was peace and quiet in heaven. The exchange centers on tone and tense for a future versus past peaceful afterlife statement.
A quoted dialogue reflects a change from ridiculing modern women’s clothes to appreciating past fashion queens after reviewing fifty-year-old photographs. The exchange highlights evolving attitudes toward trends and gendered attire across decades.
Asphodelia Twobble states she intends to write two pieces, while observers note her seriousness. She concentrates on a plot and will not answer more than fourteen or fifteen telephone calls daily to focus her mind.
A Trussian statesman and an American debate governance and marriage practices. The American asserts the United States does not elect its wives, while the Trussian insists on a bellof style election for rulers, revealing cultural contrasts in political power and domestic life.
In insects in flight the wings share a common motion pattern. When flight starts the first wing beat is smaller than later ones, while the period stays nearly constant. The insect adjusts flight speed by wing inclination, not beat rate, though fatigue and cold can alter the beat period.
A recently enacted law requires district attorneys to post paroled drunks during parole. Any person who furnishes liquor to a paroled offender faces a jail sentence on conviction, with no option for a fine. The measure aims to curb liquor sales to parolees and increases penalties for violators.
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