Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-04-09

returned to her home in Milwaukee.
Mrs. D. Z. Nilsson is preparing for
summer at her new business place in
the DAILY Block, Centralia. \ large new
awning was hung at the front of the
store this week by Mr.. Lucian Berard.
Miss Alice King reached the city
Thursday last from her Normal studies
at Stevens Point and is making a ten
day visit at the home of Mrs. B. R.
Goggins in Centrala
Mr.. and Mrs f. j. Wood and son
Guy, and Mrs. w. L. Wood and son
Walter, attended the Easter services at
Stevens Point conducted by the
knights Templar. The party drove
across the country.
Business success is won only by
constant Wooing-you cannot WOO it
yesterday and today only, and expect
to win tomorrow and thereafter. He
who wooes yesterday, today, tomorrow,
and thereafter is winner from the
beginning.
Advertising is the only successful
rpetual-motion machine the world
knows today. Start and guide it with
skill and judgment, and it will not only
maintain the initial motion, but gain in
velocity, turning at the same time the
wheels Of your business.
w. A. Harrison, Of the town of New
Rome, Adams county, was in the city
Monday and renewed his subscription
for the REPORTER another year while
here. Mr.. Harrison is we'll preserved
for man of his years and is we'll
known among all the old settlers Of
these parts.
Cards were received at this Office
announcing the marriage of Mr.. Mart
P. Weaver and Miss Charlotte Powers
Thursday April @nd 1896, in Algona,
Iowa. Mrs. Weaver has MANY friends
in the Twin Cities WHO Join US in
extending congratulations to herself
and husband for future success and
happiness.
The Handbook for the Home-Seeker,
. book Of two hundred pages with
nearly one hundred half-tone illustra-
tons, prepared by Dean Henry, of the
University of Wisconsin, and his
assistants, is now on the press Of the
state printer. The book will show that
northern Wisconsin has great agricul-
tural possibilities and will some day be
thickly populated by prosperous class
of land owners. The Handbook will
be distributed by the Bureau of Immi-
grafton, G. w Bishop, Rhinelander,
Wis, secretary.
The Short Course for farmers and the
Dairy Course for creamery and cheese
factory operators, at the University Of
Wisconsin, have just closed their terms
after period of twelve weeks of most
profitable instruction to the classes.
There have been ninety men at the
University this winter studying to be-
come farmers, while ninety-fiye were
taking the Dairy Course. In these
classes were students from many states.
About eighty per cent. of the students
in attendance were from Wisconsin;
the remaining number represented
many states far and near.
nv A1pI-orrInY, t,oy polI nf
Boston, in his lecture delivered at the
University of Wisconsin on March 2Sth,
urged the necessity of establishing day
schools for deaf-mutes, throughout the
state. The reluctance of parents to
send their small children to distant
institutions leads to the result that the
years of early childhood, the most
valuable for effective training of deaf
mutes, are lost. OF 10000 deaf-mute
children in this state only 5000 attend
schools, while the few day schools
established already are working with
great success, because home life and
companionship aid the progress of the
children.
DR.. 0. I. Hougen is not decided upon
leaving this city and may never do so.
He has intended for a long time to
arrange his practice and affairs so that
he might go to Germany for year to
take post graduate course in medicine
and he may yet decide to do so f his
health will permit and he can make the
proper arrangements. However he
does not contemplate this move until
Fall-if he goes at all. He sold his
residence simply because it was the
first opportunity he had since he had |
contemplated this change. The Doctor
has had a good practice ever since
locating here, has formed many warm
friendships and likes the cities and |
people and never expects to better his
social relations. Professionally he
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