Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-07-24
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Miss Alice Nash, of Grand Rapids,
visited in the city last Friday, the
guest Of Miss Zastrow.
Waushara Argus.
Will Boyce, Of Grand Rapids, has
been spending week with friends at
WautOma and vicinity.-MrS. A. Nc
MILAN and daughter, Mary, of Grand
Rapids are visiting at Pine River.
Plainfeld Sun.
Mrs e. L. Bassett, of Grand Rapids,
has been a guest efMrS. f. 0. Gibbs
in this city the past week.-Mr. and
Mrs a. j. Aplin returned from their
wedding trip Wednesday and drove TO
Nekoosa for a few days visit. Mrs.
Aplin is a relative Of w. L. and W.
g. Scott of Grand Rapids.
Waupaca Post
Mrs. Archie Mcmillan and daughter,
Mary, Of Grand Rapids, are at Pine
River, visiting the families of FrisbieS
and CourtneyS.-Frank Baxter, of
Grand Rapids, our former townSman,
is in Pine River. He has a butter
factory four miles above Grand
RapidS.-Mrs. O. D. Billings and
children, Of NekOosa, are visiting
relatives at Scandinavia.-N Cohen,
in company with his brother J. A.
Cohen, of Grand Rapids. went to
Chicago after new goods on Sunday
afternoon.
Marshfeld News
County Clerk e. S. Renne, Register
of Deeds Upham and Clerk Of Court
Chas. POdaWiltZ, were among those
from Grand Rapids who visited here
last Sunday.-In the county court on
Tuesday VIM. NOll was appointed by
Judge Conway as administrator OF the
estate Of ChaS. Noll, deceased. Misses
Belle Harding and Ellie GogginS, of
Grand Rapids, visited friends here
Sunday. Misses Gertie and Rosa
Kuntz, of Grand Rapids, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. F'leckenStein a few
days--MrS. e. A. Upham, Of Grand
Rapids, passed through here the first
OF the week on her way TO Greenwood
to visit relatives.
Marshfeld Times
Chas. Laramie, of Grand Rapids
was a visitor in the city Sunday.-Miss
ldele Borgia, Of Grand Rapids, is a
guest Of her brother, Jesse Borgia.-
Emil Cady was up from Grand Rapids
10 visit his young friends the latter
part OF last Week.-Mrs. Ethel YOut,
of Grand Rapids, visited her mother
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. Nc
Givern last Sunday.-C. e. Lester, of
the town of Port Edwards, candidate
for the nomination of sheriff, was in
the city Sunday greeting his many
friends-Charley Dixon, manager of
the Dixon House at Grand Rapids,
came up from the county seat last
Saturday and spent Sunday in the
city with friends. -Tuesday' storm
struck PittSville with great force
badly damaging the buildings at e.
w. Rings mill and scattering lumber
in all directions. while several dwell
ing houses were badly shaken up. The
loss is estimated at $1,000.
Northwestern Mail.
North of Necedah | find a new
industry that has built the new town
of NekCOSa, This is but a few miles |
south of Grand Rapids, that is
destined to be a large manufacturing
city when the projected dam across
the river just above the falls shall be |
completed. Three railroads are COM
peting for the products of both |
Nekoosa and Grand Rapids 1t is but |
a few years since Mr.. A. w. Patton, of |
Neenah, built a large pulp mill at-I
NekOoSa, which, with other kinds of |
business, has built up a busy town.
Mr.. Patton is sharp business man, |
knowing the value of a church in the |
building Of town, erected an attrac-
tive house Of worship at his own |
expense and offered it to any denOmi- |
nation that would take and occupy it, |
The COngregatiOnaliStS accepted the |
offer. Pastor McCelland now of Mil |
ton, was the first preacher. He was
succeeded by pastor Ray, who is at |
present doing good service.
At Grand Rapids the people are
becoming conscious of their superior |
facilities as manufacturing town. A
water power second to none in the
state, with competing railway lines
and population of 5000, with good |
country round about gives the assur-
ance of large inland city. A new
high school is about to be erected that |
will equal any in the state, having |
appliances for Kindergarten and |
manual training with all the modern
improvements. A fine public library
and travelling libraries that go out
into other towns, a gift Of the late J.
ID. Witter, are TO be found here.
me congregational anu NJ. h.
churches, one on each side of the |
river, gather large audiences, much |
larger than a few years ago.
There is Il land boom on of farming
lands in central and northern Wiscon-
sin, such as eclipseS the boom of pine
lands in former years. 1t is resulting
in filling up the country with d rural |
population. 1t reminds one of the |
emigration to the prairie lands of the
south in early days. 1t has been dis
covered that central and northern
Wisconsin is specially adapted to
grazing and dairying purposes. And |
50 while the numbering and mining
fever has not subsidized, another has
seized upon the people that bids fair
to turn the wilderness into the pro-
ductive fields which shall help feed |
the millions of city dwellers.