Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-27

chased an interest in the Frank Kern
dTay line and will hereafter have per-
SOnal charge as drayman, attending
to all freight hauling for Kern &
Collier. Mr.. Kern has taken partner
into the business SO as to enable him
to accept the position Of bOOkkeeper
for the Jackson Milling Co. He will
take a vacation from the hustling
arena for few days and will begin his
duties at the mill office on August 10.
The -four plant of the Jackson Mill
| ing company in Stevens Point, as now
being rebuilt, will be twenty feet
higher than at present and will have
| five floors. All of the important
machinery will be replaced by new.
! The capacity will be increased from
| 125 to 2G0 barrels Of wheat flour per
| day and the improvement is estimated
to cost about $4,000. The mill in
| CentraIa will doubtless come in for
some such nice treatment sooner or
| later.
Mrs. Josephine Raynor, aged %
years, sister of jeff Berry, whose
parents formerly resided on farm
near NeSpeT, died at her home in
WaukeSha last week of tuberculosis.
| The body was brought to Centralia
| Saturday afternoon and was kept in
state at the residence Of E. n.
| Meunier until Sunday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, when funeral services were
| held at the Catholic church with in
| terment in the Grand Rapids cemetery.
The United States and American
express offices have withdrawn from
! their consolidated business contract in
Green Bay and have again established
separate and indepent office quarters
there. 1t is said that this return to
the Old system will gradually occur all
over the state, the recent scheme Of
! business combination in one office
proving unsatisfactory in most in
stances. The Grand Rapids offices are
still controlled by one agent
/ William /. Schultz, youngest son of
( Mrs Ella Schultz Of this city, who has
been learning telegraphy at Hustler
on the Omaha railway, passed the
necessary examination this week
which entities him to an operators
diploma and the young man has been
given a station at Clayton, Polk
county, this state.
! Don't be buldozed by our envious
competitor into believing that it re-
ouires a special dye for wool and a
special dye for cotton. They want to
sell you two packages when one would
do. that is if that one was Putnam
| FadelesS Dyes. loo per package. Sold
by +. L. Steib & Co.
Stevens Point Journal: Chas
Teickert is under the treatment OF
DIR. Bird. He has had bad case OF
catarrh. Three pieces Of bone were
} removed from his nasal passages. He
is improving rapidly since the
operation.
Chas. f DAILY has disposed of eight
cen western horses out Of the forty
) eight head which he brought here
from Dakota ten days ago and the
animals are bringing good prices
The sale is still on.
Miss Mabel Gardner and Harry
| Gardner entertained company O
J sixteen young people at the Higl
, street home Tuesday evening for thei
; guests from Elgin, Ill. 1t was an in
: formal function greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Carl Dog of the town of Yes
per died at her home Tuesday after
1 noon with cancer of the stomach. Sh
G was 66 years Of age. Funeral service
were held at the Lutheran church il
e Seneca today, Thursday.
= The Womans Foreign Missionar
q society of the Congregational churcl
: will meet Tuesday afternoon wit
+ Mrs. w. Z. Little. \ very intereStin
\ program has been arranged for tina
: afternoon.
: W. II. Fitch. secretary of the Wis
: cOnSin Cranberry Growers aSsOciatiO
of Cranmoor, Wis, was in the cit
, Monday on business connected wit
;. his office.
j Maud-Last night Jack told me tina
d he wouldn't marry the best girl Twin
{ unless what-unleSS she took Rock
/ Mountain Tea. Bright fellow. job
=, Z. DAILY.
;. The Pittsyille Pilot says that D.
J. c. Commit of Centralia now make
r regular trips to that city for til
q performance OF dental work.
r John Schnabel sold house and l.
d adjoining his sons residence propert
n in Centralia Tuesday, to Wn
le WhitrOck for $500 cash.
A. 3. Crawford. dentist. Gran
is Rapids. Rooms 100 Center stree
S Office hours, 5 a. m. to L H.: 1:15
III. to $50 p. m.
Id The Maripoza is a cigar having bot
s quality and size for &c. At DAILY
Drug Store. 4w
er DR.. Q. Z. Hongen, N. D. Off
over Days drug store. Telephone /