Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-08

The crowd that appeared in the
Opera House Thursday night to hear
Theo. W. Brazeau of this CITY and
Geo. B. Nelson of Amherst. a classmate
OF Mr.. Brazeau in the State University.
was a very supplementary recognition
of the young men especially so of Mr..
Brazeau. The elite of the city were
present and the hall was filled with
people who stayed throughout the
/ meeting. heartily applauding the
telling points in the two speecnes
There was no disappointment in the
speeches either. as the diSpassiOnate
and intelligent review of the political
situation by Mr.. Brazeau and the
ford oratory of Mr.. Nelson were alike
interesting and entertaining to the
audience.
John Steele had been about the
worst sufferer with asthma that one
can imagine. So long had the SPAS
mOdic breathing contracted his chest.
that he was round as d barrel. He
suffered night and day and was thin
and weak. He had tried remedies of
all kinds but never got any relief until
he started to take DR.. McElwee' S
treatment. upon somebody's advice.
Strange as it may seem. he has never
had an hours distress since, he sleeps
like babe and his body is gradually
getting into natural shane. In all
chronic diseases, DR.. McElwee is said
to have a line of remedies that rarely
fail to cure.
Considerable excitement was created
on the streets Tuesday morning by the
report that the body Of young Knut-
son. who was drowned at Biron
nearly two week ago, had been seen
floating down the river near Ed.
Ketchum's place. Many people
assembled on the bridge and some
took boats and went up the river to
look for it but no further trace of the
corpse could be discovered. -.
While out hunting near Sherry
Sunday Ed. Hanke, who works for
John Lindahl, run across the track of
bear. He pursued the animal and
after an exciting hunt succeeded in
killing it. 1t weighed about 200
pounds. He S0ldit to J. l.. Levin who
shipped it to Chicago. Hanke was
hunting deer but the bear was a
much more profitable capture.
John O'Day who lives just east of
town, returned Saturday from the
northern part of the state where he
has been spending the summer in the
employ of DAILY & O'Day. Mr.. O'Day's
wife died about year ago and he
became dissatisfied with the farm, so
he has rented it to one of the Gets
loft boys, and will spend the winter
with friends in this city.
Rev. Shaw's subject next Sunday
morning at First Congregational
church will be THE Church-A
Necessity to Life" In the evening
he will give his second lecture in the
series on Immortality. Subject, 1.-The
Value Of Faith in Immortality"
An earnest invitation is given to all
who feel an interest in what endures
for ever. Special music.
Miss Mary Johnson, teacher of the
public schools in district number 3
town of Sherry, is giving excellent
satisfaction and is very popular with
the pupils and the school board. Miss
johnson halls from Stevens Point
where they turn out good material
for teachers. The State Normal is
probably responsible for this fact.
For the past two weeks six teams
have been making two trips a day,
hawking square timber down High
street from the Grand Rapids Lumber
Co.'S yards to be used in repairing
"Clints" dam opposite Port Edwards.
1t will take about 100 feet of new dam
to repair the bank washed out by
recent high water.
DR.. McElwee, the well known
specialist, will be at the Witter House
on next Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 10
and II, offering persons suffering with
chronic diseases an. opportunity to
consult, free of charge, a physician
whose success in treating this line of
cases has been remarkably successful
Our first snow storm occurred on
Wednesday morning the 18th day of
November just after election as if to
emphasize the fact that Bryan and
our Democratic friends had been
badly showed under. Wonder if
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