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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
4
A garbled newspaper fragment describes advertising rates and column layout. It mentions per-sine charges, renewals, and a note that certain content will not be published. It includes odd spellings and stray phrases about correspondents and page sides.
The piece argues the Wisconsin Democratic Press Association meeting in Milwaukee was invitation only and the Milwaukee editors should not attend. It claims editors failed to join the event and urges decorum, noting future meetings should be open and publicly listed.
Tharan D. Ryu of Wauset was offered the warden position at Leavenworth federal prison but declined the appointment, citing it not aligning with his career path.
Washington May 1 4 Phe report the Ways and Means Committee the Underwood tariff plan has been published For the benefit of those who tariff with their neighbors will give briefly some salient facts In the report Since 1897 the wholesale price of all commodities used by the American people has advanced an average 47 percent farm products 53 percent tool products 47 percent clothing 36 percent house furnishings 24 percent The report cites 224 industrial combinations with nearly one billion dollars capitalization It argues tariffs waste national resources and harm competition proposing gradual revision to aid inefficient plants and protect workers.
The document outlines a health oriented scout plan dividing cities into sections. Troops subdivide into patrols each assigned a district for oversight with specific safety and cleanliness tasks. It mentions swatting flies and preserving elder welfare as aims, though details are fragmented and unclear.
Miss Sallie Webb leads a distinctive school savings bank in Cincinnati where over 2 thousand children save small change previously spent on sweets and trinkets. Deposits form long lines after school with first week totaling over $150. After reaching a threshold, funds transfer to a regular savings bank at 3 percent interest, with Hazel Baldwin, six, as the youngest depositor.
Felix Wolosek attended a stock fair in Plainfield last Saturday while Fox sentenced to spring term court at Stevens Point as juror. Rudolph resident Stanley Pascavis visited friends here Sunday. Mrs G Butterfield of Linwood helps care for aged grandmother Mrs Wells who remains seriously ill. A heavy rainstorm Saturday night and Sunday ends a drought. Grain and seeding look good. Last week fires caused damage from dry winds. Slater acres nearly felled. Steinke district school closed last Wednesday. a program was held by Miss Alpha Brandt. John Clauster mourns infant daughter buried Friday May 2 at the local cemetery. Ralph Parsons in poor health, hopes to recover. School closed after a successful term. Miss Nellie Gustin departs for a job in Amherst.
Karl Kronholm from Sigel and Miss Signa Hedi visiting City Point relatives spend a few days in Grand Rapids. Gust Anderson injures himself in a fall from a ladder at the new cheese factory. Eric Jacobson, Port Edwards employee, hosts a pleasant surprise gathering at his home. Axel Anderson and wife welcome a baby girl at home on Sunday. Local shoppers and clerks exchange small talk and stray references to beans and Spain.
The fragmentary text mentions Johnson and a Sunday event with unclear details. Names and places are incomplete, making a definite news item hard to determine.
Prof. R A Moore of the University of Wisconsin cautions farmers to ready fields before seeding alfalfa. He advises discing early, fine-tooth harrow, selecting high well drained land, and lime or marl to condition acid soils. Inoculate soil with alfalfa earth, use proper seeding depth, and consider nurse crops like barley with reduced grain.
Real estate bargains listed include a five room house in Sampson's Addition with 165 by 200 foot lot for 750 dollars and a sewered one story house on Washington Ave East Side near town for 1600 dollars. An 140 acre farm four miles from the city offers good buildings and wood. Also an 80 acre clay soil farm near town and city with cattle and machinery valued around 8500 dollars.
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