27 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1907
Page
1
The article details bequests paid following a death, funding a new traveling library service and related Moravian church activities. It notes specific donations, anticipated actions for a penny-press era newspaper project, and mentions the connection to local community leaders and institutions.
Schumacher's Department Store announces a last removal sale in Grand Rapids beginning Tuesday April 2 and running to April 13 at the Wood County Bank Building the following week. The event promises deeply cut prices across all departments, including groceries and dry goods, to clear remnants and odd lots.
The millinery department showcases fresh spring ideas with datelier trimmings and lovelier hats. The shop invites thorough viewing of the new collection and promises price reductions up to 60 percent compared with other stores.
An elderly fashion advertisement lists silk petticoats and various prices with misplaced characters. Items include silk petticoats and heather bloom fabrics, with prices around 1.25 and 2.50 dollars and references to discounted rates. The period style and readable words suggest a department or dry goods ad from an old newspaper.
Special Hosiery Department offers final chance for first class stockings at low prices. Children’s hose regular 16c now 9 pairs. 25c fleeced hose reduced to 17c. Boys Buster Brown hose 25c reg, 15c sale. Ladies wool or fleeced hose 40c, 25c sale, 50c wool hose also offered.
Bargains sweep umbrella stock with prices starting at 33 cents per item. Clearance event offers three for one at a fraction of original cost with many parasols and umbrellas reduced to less than half price.
A brief sales notice highlights practical ladies hand bags at 25 percent discount and a selection of table linens with assorted prices. Items include white bleached cloths at 27 cents per yard, silver bleached linen at 49 cents, and various table linens priced around one dollar per yard.
New spring curtains arrive gradually as modest robin signs. Swiss curtains go at sale prices 0e per yard 25¢ per yard. Madras cloth and Silkoline offered, with Madras cloth around 69c to 75c per yard and Silkotine at 10¢ to 15¢ per yard. GST
Printed lawns at 6¢ per yard and ginghams at 15¢ values now offered. Plain colored dimity lawn and Batiste 28¢ per yard. Additional lots include 180 Henley Serge 18c Melange Taffety and 124¢ lawns per yard. Strong emphasis on spring fabrics and money value for shoppers.
Notions sale touts deep discounts on yarns in COlOTS and Clark's black spool cotton 8 to 36. Prices list per spool two for 1c to 2c, fancy baby ribbon by yard, safety pins, pins, talcum powder and hair brushes, 15c hosery, 50 to 65c belts, perfume and handkerchiefs.
A listing describes mills producing Pillsbury's Best Flour with a capacity of thirty thousand barrels per day and then catalogs various grocery items including granulated sugar, apple jelly, apple butter, malt, wash tubs, and tobacco products. It reads as a historical advertisement fragment with disparate product names and prices.
An old newspaper ad promotes bargains on shoes and rubbers for both ladies and men. It lists price points like ladies patent or kid shoes at 3.50, 2.50, and 1.50, with men’s shoes and accessories discounted. The copy is fragmented with stray letters and unclear quantities.
A wary report from Clintonville Tribune describes a two‑man con: one man visits farms to learn if families are sick, the second poses as a doctor, prescribes mock medicines, and later the paper note becomes a bank slip for repayment. The notice warns residents to beware such pay schemes and protect themselves.
Obscure fragment reports a German native named Jon e living in Kalmar district dying aged about fifty. It mentions a memorial service at a German church, a local alderman candidate John Barsberg, and a muddled call for a private home search and political allegiance. The text is garbled with many errors and missing details.
Fragmented classified style notice offers over 40 valuable platted lots with buildings and land for sale by April 1, 1907. Includes city block with two bogser on west side, a modern home, and nearby land. seeks bonafide buyers with modest cash, varied prices, and quick responses.
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