Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-08-07

Paper and sulphite plant located here and tits
thriving institution and q promising village
Public schools open on Monday
September l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fail are delight
ed over the arrival of a son born
Wednesday, July 30.
Mrs. j. A. Johnston has been in
feeble health for several years and is
reported quite sick this week.
Mrs. A. G. Stuart, of st. Paul,
Minnesota, was the guest of her sister,
Mrs. G. G. Hyde over Sunday.
VIM. Myers, of Chicago, has been
engaged as Nekoosa base ball pitcher.
He isa cracker jack in the box.
Miss Sadie Vinegar and Miss Nora
Lapham are visiting relatives and
friends in Westtield this week.
Misses Florence and Nellie Stuart,
of st. Paul, Minnesota, were guests Of
Mrs. G.. e. Hyde the past week.
James Smell, of Utica, N. Y, and
Mrs. Carmady, of Batavia, H., are
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Smell, this
week.
DR.. r. F. Erler, the new dentist, is
now pleasantly located in his new
office rooms in G.. 2. Thompson's
store building.
The addition to the school house is
approaching completion and will add
greatly to the convenience of that
edltice when done.
Remember the dance to be given by
the Mystic workers Saturday night
August 8, in Brooks hall You are
cordially Invited to attend.
Miss Minnie Helms, of Kiel, Mani
toWoc county, and Miss Gertie Witt
man, of Merrill, are guests OF Mrs. l..
Gutheil and family this week.
The ladies of the Catholic church
| will hold lawn sOciable at the home
Of RobJ. Villas on Wednesday, August
ID. Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
John Buchanan departed Tuesday
| for FELTON,, Minnesota, to join his wife
and family. He expects to be absent
| two weeks when he will return with
his family.
Our usually quiet village was dis
turbed Tuesday by the advent of
Marietta show or circus. 1t required
| two cars to transport them. The
attendance was fair. The parade
| was immense.
A social dance party was given in
Brooks hall Friday evening il honor
, OF Misses Edith Mccormick and Alice
| Long, who are visiting here. About
| fifteen couple were present and a
most enjoyable time is reported.
Mrs. II. Bleiler and daughters,
Edith and Milly and baby returned
home after three weeks visit with
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. II. Schmidt.
| Miss Z. KrOeber, of Chicago, was also
d guest of Mrs. Geo. IL. Schmidt the
past week.
Prof. N. B. Wagner, Of Menasha,
was here on Tuesday comforting with
the School Board on matters pertain
| ing school work. 1t is expected that
| the public schools will open on the
| first Monday in September in Case the
school building is ready for occupancy.
| ID. M. Mccormick is packing up
his stock of goods and will move back
to his home in Mcmillan. He expects
to leave on the 18th inst. While
here Mr.. Mccormick has made many
warm friends who are sorry to see
him leave, but in going he takes with
| him the best wishes of hosts OF friends.
The second nine or 'NekOoSa Rivals
won hotly contested game of base
ball Sunday from Port Edwards best
nine at the River Side Park in NekooSa.
At close OF game the score stood 9 to
in favor of the Rivals. The winning
| nine was to have the gate receipts
which in this case only amounted to
one dollar.
| A raSpberry-Strawb is the latest
in the fruit line grown by Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Morgan. Its a beautiful
article, large in size, dark red in color,
and the size of butternut. 1t looks
like large strawberry in form but has
| the outward appearance of a raspberry.
1t was the first sample of this fruit
we had ever seen and quite a curiosity
to us. We understand Mr.. Morgan
has raised about two quarts this sea-
son.
Messrs. Andrew Zurfluh, L. L.
Langlois, Ed. Footit, E. Brennan,
Arthur MahOney, and Herman Eur
| fiuh will be members OF a party who
expect to leave on the 18th for trip
by boat down the Wisconsin river.
They expect to be gone two weeks.
and will have three boats. tent, and
paraphernalia enough to camp out all
summer. One boat 5Xl6 feet will be
covered with canopy top and is expect
ed to carry Is cases of beer.
| The Nekoosa Papermakers base ball
team report one of the finest games
of the season at Plaintield last Sunday.
At the close of the first half of the 9th
inning the score stood 3 and 2 in favor
| of NekOOSa. In the last half after
two men were out Fox made a safe
hit and brought in two men that were
on bases and added scores and won
the game for Plainfeld. The game
was close and excellent throughout.
A return game will be played ia Ne.
| lynnSo in, no fI,t