Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-24

John Parrish is having his old store
building on Center street put in good
repair to be rented as a business
house. Center street is close in and
sure to become a good business street
as the city enlargPS Already a large
number of inquiries have been made
about property on this street to be
used for commercial purposes.
The home talent dramatic company,
who played in The Battle of
Santiago" in this city week or more
ago, have made arrangements to
repeat the play at Merrill and will go
there next Saturday. October %. We
believe the people of Merrill will
enjoy the show and it is certainly
worthy of liberal patronage.
John Krutzer's nine-year-old boy
met with a painful and most unfortu-
nate accident last Thursday He was
playing with his little five-year-Old
brother. with bows and arrows. who
accidentally shot him in the left eye
with an arrow. He will lose the eye.
They live about two miles east of
town on the Plalnfield road.
The marriage of Mr.. Ulrich Schenk
and Miss Amelia FOurbart of Biron
was SOlemniZed at the S. S. Peter and
Paul'S church in this city Tuesday
morning at 10 O'Clock, after which
reception in their honor was held at
the Schenk home at Biron, which was
largely attended by friends and
neighbOrS.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Boyce of the
west side were called to Waupaca
Friday by telegram announcing the
sudden death of Mrs. Boyce's brother,
Charles Guldiger. He was a young
married man whose home was at
Dubuque, Ia. and at the time Of his
death was visiting relatives at
Waupaca.
Oliver Trudel of the west side, an
employe of the Grand Rapids Lumber
Co.. met with d. most unfortunate
accident last Friday. While unload
ing cars near the mill he was struck
by a piece of timber and his jaw
broken. He is getting along nicely,
but will be laid up about six weeks.
Glad to notice the MarShfield Times
does not take seriously every little
pleasantly the REPORTER may see tit
to indulge in. There is probably
more virtue in being able to take a
joke good-naturedly than there is in
many more solemn and mighty pre-
tentiOnS to excellence.
t. E. Nash's elegant new house is
rapidly approaching completion. The
brick and stone work is all done, the
plaStering is completed and the finish
ing will be pushed to early &C npletion.
Mr.. Nash is hopeful that they will be
able to eat their Thanksgiving dinner
in their new home.
Claud GRANGE and Miss Flora Sparks,
both of this city, were married by
Justice W. II. Gets at his Office on
the east side, last Saturday. The
happy pair took a trip north on the
G. NJ. & ST. P. road, but will soon
return to make their home here.
The Second Ward school building
was closed this morning and will be
thoroughly fumigated before school is
resumed again. There are no con-
tagiOuS diseases prevalent among the
school children, but this acJion is
taken as precautionary measure.
johnson & Hill Go. had very sue
cessful cloak sale Wednesday. Every
body who came looking for cioaks were
fitted and sold and among the sales
were two or three elegant garments
at S75 each. They were much pleased
with the days sales.
The rooms in The rear Of the Wood
County National bank, formerly used
by Miss Laura Scbmitt as d millinery
shop, are being repaired and re-
modelled and will be occupied this
winter by Mr.. and Mrs. Edw. Lynch
as dwelling place.
Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind:
"DeWitt's Little Early Rsers never
bend me double like other pills but do
their work thoroughly and make me
feel like boy" Certain thorough,
gentle. Wood County Drug Co. or
johnson & Hill Co.
Alta Jenkins, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Jenkins, who resides in
the second ward, was quarantined for
smallpox Wednesday morning by DR..
Harvie, their physician 1t is the
light form, long prevalent in the
state.
The friends of Mrs. Kirk and
daughter Marjorie, who spent some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Gitchell,
the past summer, will be glad to learn
that they are much pleased with their
new home IN Montana.
can Enemy To The Queen" is a
play tull Of dramatic incident, strong
having also rich ven of
1t is filled with sympathetic
and humorous philosophy, as we'll as
intense patriotism.
DR.. Morse of Babcock was here on
Tuesday to get the fumegating appa-
ratuS belonging to the health depart
three cases and eleven families
quarantined.
W. L. Lane has purchased the old
office building of DR.. w. D. Harvey
OH Center street and leased the lot on
which Il stands for five years. He
will soon move his cabinet-makers
shop there.
Water and Front street from the
Witter House corner TO the old |
Pioneer Pulp mill is torn up and a big
gang of working men are preparing it
for the reception of water mains.
johnson & Hill Co. have recently |
adopted d rule of paying cash for all
kinds OF country produce. Both |
DartieS to these transactions seem tO !