Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-09-22
TWIN CITY LOCALS.
What Occurred During the Past Week as
Seen by Ye Scribe,

What Occurred During the Past Week as
Seen by Ye Scribe.
The football season is fairly on and
candidates for the Howe High school
eleven may be seen in practice almost
any evening at the fair grounds. Coach
Pease is getting the bows down to the
fine points rapidly and is much enCOur-
aged by their fast execution of plays.
A dispatch from Stevens Point in Mon
days Sentinel reads as follows: Football
games for Stevens Point Normal eleven
have been arranged with Oshkosh
Normal, one to be played in SteVeps
Point Oct. Z, and the second at Oshkosh
Nov. u. Games are also under COnSid-
Grafton with Lawrence university and
Whitewater Normal. A game will also
doubtless be arranged with Grand Rap
ids High school, which won every game
played last year and holds the chainpi-
onship Of the High schools of the
northern part of the state.
\ J. f. Mealey, representing the Chi
cage Times Herald Century Club, is in
town this week organizing an auxiliary
branch of the HeraId's we'll known
"Century Club" The forming of this
tldD Il't7 bC1ii NCl oitNCCNolu III anu Ild5
brought the Times Herald" into close
touch with many of the best citizens in
Wisconsin. The offer made by the Her
aid on the great Century Dictionary an d
CyClOpedia is the most liberal ever Sc
cured by a newspaper for its patrons.
The plan Of distribution is to place the
dictionary for two weeks trial use with
persons selected in the different towns
by a staff representative of the Herald.
The person thus favored may then. by
critical and lesurely examination. de-
termine the essential value of the work
to them, and whether or not they
would desire to keep it.
w. c. Baldwin of Centraia brought
three nice stalks of popcorn into the
editors office this week, claiming that
said corn was something more than
nice. 1t is peculiar in its growth. One
stalk held four ears, two Of these ears
contained twelve rows of kernels on
each cob and two of them had ten rows
each. The other stalks had two ears
each, and the rows Of kernels were
divided eight and ten respectively on
two cobs of each stalk. The varied
pointed out by Mr.. Baldwin as being of
popcorn drys it win look still more
peculiar. There won't be single row
Of kernels on all the Cobs.
An afternoon whist was given last Fri
day afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
d. j. Arpin in this city. 1t was an elite
social event with decorations Of the
home profuse and tasty. LADIES pres
ent We're Mesdames n. Johnson, John
j.. DAILY, Edward Lynch, Walter Wood,
VIM. Scott, A. NJ Muir, 0. T. Hougen,
D. Is. Philleo, T. J. Cameron, f. b.
Brundage, q. s. BirOn, Geo. II. Corri-
veau, w. II. Reeves, j. 4. Gaynor, T. 4.
Taylor, Geo. p. Hambrecht, Geo. l..
Williams, f. 7. Harmon, I. 4. Lipke,
w. ID. Haryie, J W. Cochran, George II.
smith, J. d. Witter, Fred Page Tibbits,
w. +. kellogg, +. NJ. Reed, f. n. Smell,
+. I. Arp!n and John Arpin; Miss Helen
Kroner and Miss Kethroe
Marshfield Times: Ralph Coon, son
OF y. K. Coon of Auburndale who came
so!near losing his life at LarimOre, II. D.,
last June by a railroad engine tipp.n on
him, was Il caller at this office Tuesday.
Ralph is q conductor and his experiences
of the day he got hurt will never be
forgotten. He lay under the engine 50
minutes, with hot steam driving in his
face and his right leg broken three times
between the knee and hip. HE'S fast
recovering and when we'll will take his
run again.
\ letter was received this week from
Prof. Dana of the Third regiment band
who is in Porto Rico. Two of his mu-
sicians are Carl Bandein of Centralia
and Chas. Parker of Grand Rapids
Mr. Dana says his band played for five
funerals last week near CoamO. He
reports that great quantities of lumb Der
are being hauled into the camp of the
Third to be used as flooring in the tents
About - per cent. of the Third is sick
The Amigo Republican mentions the
fact of a request being sent to the
paper to urge people to trade with home
merchants and the letterhead on which
the request was printed was the work
of an outside office. Newspapers are
always expected to stand up for home
industries, but let some outside concern
come In for advertising or Job work and
business men fall over themselves in the
rush to extend patronage.
Harry RabIln is at New London today
to try his muscle III mile open bicycle
race ut the Waupaca county fair He
will enter a twO-mile handicap contest
FRIDAY at the same place. These two
races are the only ones on the speed
program and will be conducted under L.
A. w. rules. There must be some live
j. material at New London this week il
they would have our Wood county boy
bite the dust.
One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take it in large quantities without
the least danggea> 1t has won for itself
the best reputation of any preparation
used TODAY for colds. Group, tickling in
the throat or obstinate coughs. Wood
County Drug Co. aug.
One Of fhe noteworthy features OF
Uncle Sans war department exhibit at
the Trans Mississippi Exposition is the
large captive balloon which was used by
the American forces in the advance
upon FL Caney and San Juan hill. 1t is