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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text describes a proposed property purchase and riverbank development near Penny, with references to a company, trustees, and a vote. It mentions improvements, an option on the property, and potential building use, but specific names, dates, places, and outcomes are largely unreadable.
A Friday fair at Marsh Field drew a good crowd for a warm day of races a broncho event novelty acts and a Grand Rapids Band concert. An excursion train carried attendees both ways with reports of large attendance and a lively evening parade ending with a street fire set and promptly extinguished.
Disjointed notes report labor needs in the West for harvest, estimating 16,000 to 20,000 men with 3,000 finding work. Laborer projections worry municipalities about unemployment and regional strain. Also mentions Lambert sale, Federated Meeting, charity work, violin and choir events, and the Grand Rapids Business College opening.
The Consolidated crew advances on island work, building a small dam to back the lagoon water, repairing riverbank and bridge abutments, and preparing an office site on the island. Fire destroys Charles Brahmstedh farm buildings east of the city with an estimated loss around 7000. cause unknown as engines debated. A birth, a big chicken supper with baseball games featuring Consolidated and South Side, Foley's Colts, and Baudelin teams, and discussion of street paving quality and brick pavement use in Kingston Jamaica and Toronto.
Voter turnout low in the city’s primary with about one third of eligible electors voting. Ward tallies show mixed support for Senator Brown Hoyt Cook Hatton and others across eighth seventh sixth fifth third first and fourth wards with candidate results for governor and lieutenant governor also listed.
A garbled report details a wheat promotion claim from Idaho and a wary stance on agricultural hype. The paper also notes the marriage of Mrs. Margaret Skeal to Charles J. Fisher in Bridgeport, with details on attendees and roles and mentions a September ballot to raise a local license limit.
A fragmentary report on a Tuesday stock fair at the Fork market with buyers seeking dairy cattle and draft horns. Vendors include Chan Daly Goo Mreobotts offering meat and dairy items. heavy draft horns expected to be traded at the event.
A large drainage contract linked to Arnin and Anwelton cites about 46 000 acres to be drained. Mr Arpin plans to begin work as soon as the project is ready, with ongoing drawing and modeling work noted over the past years.
Francis Thatcher an 18 year old daughter of Mrk agra Thatcher died in Iridew from Spinalweninuciia Myre. The funeral was held Monday at the M. J. church with Rev Evann officiating and the remains interred in Foroub Hill Cemetery.
A fragmented notice shows a list of names and partial identifiers such as Mia, Springer, Sparks, Wagner, and others, likely from an advertised letters section. The OCR reads scattered surnames and initials with stray tokens, suggesting incomplete delivery information and multiple card references.
The church announces the evening sermon next Sunday focusing on the Bible Work's theme A Barred Hero with the speaker set to discuss moral courage and faith.
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