Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-25

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Store.
Mrs. Ed. Bloom received telegram
from Grand Rapids last evening saying
that her sister, Miss Ella Smiley, had
died that afternoon. This makes five
sisters Mrs Bloom has lost during the
past two years. She is not we'll enough
to be able to 60 down to the funeral
Merrill News.
Having received the Grand Agency
for Steamship Lines, parties desiring to
go to the old Country or send for their
call upon me and secure terms etc. +.
w. CRAPsEY, Agent C. NJ. & St. P. R'y.
IT,
The first bicycle parade of the season
took place Monday night in which
sevent y-one wheels were in line.
Twenty of them were ridden by ladies.
The parade was formed IN Grand
Rapids at the city hall and passed
through the main streets of both cities.
They made fine appearance.
Buy fireworks of DAILY the Druggist.
Bald Heads, Falling Hair, Dandruff,
Itching and Irritable Scalps cured at
once by use of Deitz's Hair tonic and
Scapoline. Prices $1.00 Druggists and
BARRIERS. BARRIERS give treatments
price Is cents.
Oscar Bandelin and Milton Miller
went up to Marshfield Saturday last and
took partin base ball between Marsh
field and Medford. Bandelin pitched
for Marshfield and Miller twirled the
sphere for Medford. The game ended
Is to- for Marshfeld. That town has
really won ball game but it took
twin city boy to do it for them.
Chicago Chronicle:-A quaint chame-
leon flower has been found in the
isthmus of Tehuantepec and will short
ly be brought to Europe. The blossoms
change color thrice daily, becoming
white in the morning, led at noon and
blue in the evening.-What's the
matter with importing this plant to the
U. S. to be adopted as national flower
the red, white and blue?
Messrs. Moses Mezerow, Emil
Galarneau, Geo. Warren, Dominick
and n Reiland were among those from
our town who took advantage of the
excursion rates to Wausau Sunday and
spent the day in that lively city among
the German singers. They report
pleasant time on the last day Of the
Saengerfest.
Frank Gray, station agent at Indinola,
Nebraska, on the Burlington & Missouri
railroad with his wife and daughter
spent week at home in this city with
his parents. They returned home the
fore part of this week accompanied by
Mrs. Orrin Gray who will be absent
several weeks. This office acknowl-
edges pleasant call.
The remaining roots of stump are
in the center of the highway opposite
the residence of Peter Christman in
the second ward. The street commits
soner's attention is hereby called to
this obstruction. 1t either ought to be
removed or the street at this point
turn-piked and the roots covered.
Such distractions are unbeCOmlng a
metropolitan city of this size.
Mr.. Martin Kaia, brother of John
Kaja, died at his home in the town Of
Sigel Sunday after an illness of seven
months with cancer. Deceased was SO
years of age and leaves a family con-
sisting of wife and two children to
mourn the irreparable loss. Funeral
services were held at the SigeI church
on Tuesday.
Miss Celia Compton, who has very
successfully directed school at Hewitt,
Wis, for the past year, arrived at her
home Saturday to rest during the warm
days. Miss Compton has given excel
lent satisfaction in her school work and
has been engaged for next year at
Hewitt with ten month term.
Mr.. James Perdue, an old soldier
residing at Monroe. Mich, was severely
afflicted with rheumatism but received
prompt relief from pain by using
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He says:
AT times my back would ache so badly
that l could hardly raise up. If had
not gotten relief would not be here to
write these few lines. Chamberlain
Pain Balm has done me a great deal of
good and | feel very thankful for it.
For sale by T. L. Steib & Co. June.
Ernest Knuppel, of the town of
| Grant, Portage county, has a new brick
| veneered house under way upon his
farm. The upright is 1Sx30 feet with
two wings, each 1SxlS feet, all two
stories high nearing completion. The
veneering was done by Mr.. Brahmer
and the carpenter work by Knute
done and the inside will be finished in
the near future.
Mr.. Will Scott, of Seattle, Washing
ton, is in the city to make an extended
visit with his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Scott This is the first visit to
the old home in eight years, three of
which were spent al Oakland, California,
and the other five in Seattle. He has
followed his trade, that of jeweler,
during these years. Mr.. Scott likes the
Western climate but is not IN love
particularly with the people and their
ways of living. We took it from his
conversation that he might decide to
return to Wisconsin. His wife is still
on the coast.
For the past few years the attendance
from Wisconsin at the meetings of the
National Educational Association has
not been so large as it should have
been. Wisconsin has not had a repre-
sentative on the program for the past
three years, although she has teachers
eminently qualified to inspire and to
instruct. 1t is hoped that this year will
witness great revival of interest in the
National Educational Association
President Dougherty has chosen three
of W1sconsln's prominent school men
for the program at the Buffalo meeting
Pres. L. D. Harvey will speak at the
General Meeting, Pres. Albert Salisbury
will speak before the Normal School
section, and Prof. Free will discus:
Brander Mathews paper on Literature