Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-01
aking his headquarters at Grand

Tomah Wednesday morning. She had
been visiting with her sister, Mrs. Dr.
Simonson, since Thanksgiving day.
The family of DR.. Sweetman, wife
and child. arrived last Thursday from
Little Chute, Outagamie county, and
are now nicely settled in the D. b
| PhIlleo residence on Milwaukee street.
Mrs. John r. Brundage and little son
of Eureka. S. D., are in the city TO re-
main through the holidays. They will
| be joined in their visit here by Mr..
Brundage the fore part of the new ear
Miss Grace Daley of Sun Prairie, a
teacher in the Wausau high schools,
was the guest of Miss Mabel Gardner
the past week, returning to Wausau
| Mondav morning Miss DALEY and
| Miss Gardner were student friends at
Wisconsin University.
Henry Richards of Alexandria, Min
| nesota, has been guest of his sister
Mrs Addie Dougherty during the past
| week. Brother and sister had not seen
one another for thirty-eight years,
hence the visit of the last few days has
been most happy one.
Will Lyon, son of our old townsman
r. w. Lyon, has entered school of
| telegraphy at Millston in jackson
| county for course of three months
Will intends to stay by this new work
until he is able to hold down a good job.
He is guaranteed a position by the Mill
s ton school as soon as he is qualified
Young Captain Whitney, as he is
titled by the lumber dealers along the
Mississippi river, spent Mondav and
Tuesday at Tomahawk, Merrill and
| Wausau. Edward J. sells carload or
two of Christmas trees in Iowa every
holiday season as little side business
deal, and he was up north to attend to
| his annual Shipment.
F. S. Woodwork and Miss Lucy
Woodwork of Pittsville were guests at
the M. S, Pratt home last Thursday and
| were interested spectators at the foot
ball game IN the afternoon. Miss Lucy
extended her visit in Grand Rapids
several days. She attended the per-
Torrance of Farmer Hopkins" at the
| Opera House Saturday evening.
John Schnabel, Jr., of Centralia spent
Sunday last among friends at Neenah
John tucked little hand satchel under
his arm Saturday afternoon and quietly
hied away, putting in an appearance
again Monday noon. John went on
business, of course, but there must be
some other potent, sunny attraction
Sundays.
Mrs. Emile G. Rossier, Centralia, is
again confined to her bed With sickness,
Mrs. Rossier had so far recovered from
her recent illness as to feel strong
enough to accompany her husband to
Wausau last Thursday TO take Thanks
giving dinner at the Edmonde Rossier
home. But the effort proved TOO much.
Mrs. Rossier was taken sick in Wausau
Friday afternoon, came home that
evening, and is now slowly recovering.
Paul Mcneil started on the road Mon
day morning as agent for a patent win
dow cleaner that is said to be ready
selling article. He made his first stop
at Marshield and has been given terri
tory including the northern sections of
Wisconsin and Minnesota. Mr. Mcneil
is deserving young gentleman whom
We shall be pleased to see win in his
venture. If he disposes of as many
window cleaners in every town visited
as did the agent who recently canvassed
Grand Rapids with the same article,
Paul will be all right.
Carl Bandelin came home Saturday
evening from Marinette where he had
been filling engagements for two or
three weeks with Danas musical orga-
nization. Mr.. Bandelin says that Dana
and his musicians have been SO busy
since they returned from the war that
they scarcely were given time for any
rest. To use an old smile, the boys 60
ing home from an all night fiddle gener
ally met themselves coming back in the
morning to sit for an all day fiddle. Carl
is in the best of health and will stay at
home in Centralia for while.
Norval Emmons of Washington. Kan
sas, one of the genuine, whole-souled
products of the Garden of the West"
arrived in Grand Rapids Friday to
spend the holidays with his cousins at
the home of Mrs. N. E. Emmons, Mr..
Emmons was member of the hospital
corps of the 22nd Kansas Volunteers,
having been mustered out of service
with his company on Nov. 3. The light
snow fall of the last few days in Grand
Rapids has been quite treat for Mr..
Emmons as be states it to be the big
gest snow storm he has experienced in
his life Evidently Kansas is not much
of white flake state.