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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
n. E. Church Social.

The ladies of the M. E. church will
serve ice cream, cake and lemonade at
church parlors Tuesday afternoon
and evening, July %. There will also
be quantity Of useful articles for
sale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
Application for Letters OF Administration.

STATE OF Wise NsIN. COUNTY In Probate,
COURT For WOOD COUNTY.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GivrN. That at the regu-
lar term Of the county court, to be held in and
for said county at the court house in the city of
Grand Rapids. in said county, on the first Tues
day tbeing the LIST day. of September. A D. 1908.
at ten O'Clock, r M, the following matter will
be heard and considered:
The application of Anna Frisch for the ap-
polntment of an administrator of the estate of
Maria Schwartz late ofthe town of Milladore, In
said county, deceased,
Dated July, z3 1903.
BY order of the court W. j. CONWAY
NJuly-ow County Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
WOOD COUNTY WEATHER.
New Tailor ShOp.

M. j. Slattery will open up new
tailor shop in the Hoskinson building
directly over Gross & Lyons company
store. Mr.. Slattery will be ready for
business Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24

B. b. Porter, representing n. F..
Coble & company, of Chicago. is in
the city today interviewing the Gran
berry growers and forming an estimate
Of the probable cranberry crop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
Notice to Water Consumers.

On account Of making Improvements
in the water supply, river will be
turned Oh from time to time. The
people will have to use their judgment
as to the advisability of using it for
drinking purposes.
FRED PETER,
Superintendent. {
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
The Resurrection Tonight.

The Winninger Brothers, who have
given some splendid enter tainments
at the opera house this week, will put
on their best play, the Resurrection,
this evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24

mt the city of Grand Rapids in said county, the
hrst publication to be within fifteen days from
the date OF the order.
Dated June so. 1908.
By the court, w J. CONWAY
SJuly-5w County Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
TOficial Publications.

[OfIicial Publications.
STATEMENT of the condition of the
NORTH BRITISH AND MER-
CAMILLE Insurance Company. of
London and Edinburgh, for the year
ending December 81, 1902, made
to the Commissioner of Insurance
Of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant
to the laws of said state.
Second-Assets,
Market value of stock and bonds .$4, $50, COS 90
Cash on hand ana deposit in bank. 322, 430 81
Interest due and accrued on mort
gage and collateral loans............ 81, 1862 SO
Gross premiums in due course of
collection ....... 61s.714 "a
All other assets ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4,S0l 10
Total TO COZ q
Deduct assets not admitted .......... 500 10
Total admitted assets. S. 75s, 2o6 II
Third-Liabiities
Net amount of unpaid losses. ......$ 1913, 1897 43
Amount of unearned premiums....... 2 $40, l 40 35
All other demands against the
company 14f525 vi
Total liabilities, except CAPT
tai stock and net surplus. SIS, 4S6 052 70
Surplus beyond capjtal-........ 272 243 81
Total liabilities. So, 75s, 2s6 IL
Net cash received for premiums "a ,567,123 10
Interest and dividends received. 163,430 90
Income received from all other
sources ..... -. ....................... $500 90
Total receipts "a 734 153 81
Fifh-Disbursements
Net amount paid for Losses. ,944 ,654 Do
Paid for commission or brokerage S25.302 OF
Salaries and other charges of
officers clerks, ETC.. POI, Jas so
Taxes and insurance department
............... "a 043 90
Kemitted TO home Office. ......... $50. S99 03
Miscellaneous 205 OBJ So
Total disbursements ........S So, 793.O64 SO
Observation-Disclosures Business.
Risks written 427 049 90
Premiums ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ITO 1858 %
Losses pdlQ......... o9,ooI 81
Losses incurred .. .................... 1886 Al
Insurance Department. Madison, Wis.
/ hereby certify that the foregoing is an alb
stract of the sworn statement of the North
British and Mercantile Insurance Company,
filed with the Insurance Department Of Wiscon-
sin this 3lst day OF January, 1908.
ZENo M. Host.
19june-6w Commissioner of Insurance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
DEFENSE in HUNT CASE
WAS BEGUN YESTERDAY
Three Experts on Typewriters Have Thus
Far Testified.

The attorneys for the Peshtigo
Lumber company completed the
testimony in the circuit court yester-
day afternoon. The following wit
neSSes have testified for the defense
thus far: w. j. Buckley, fl. NJ. Pierce
S. FL. Farnham, typewriter experts,
and Peter II. Essen.
Some OF the testimony offered by
the typewriter experts, for the plain
tiffs, was contradicted. MIR. Essen
testified that he had read the records,
relating to the case, in 1872, and that
they agreed with what the defendant
now maintains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
In Honor Of Miss Lane.

Miss Isabel Marshall entertained the
following young people at her home
last evening in honor of her guest,
Phoebe Lane, of Cashton: The Misses
Viola Garrison, Ethel Kelly, Della
Menier and Meyers, OF Milwaukee;
Messrs. Lee Love, Of Merrill, Will Con-
way, Theo. Brazeau. A. G. Dewey,
Guy Wood, Roy Taft, DR.. j. Bellan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
A Fine Oldsmobile.

Geo. w. Davis and Geo. N. Wood
came up Tuesday from Grand Rapids
in a fine new Oldsmoble, and returned
that evening. The machine is neat
little road wagon Of pleasing shape
and design and is used as delivery and
advertising wagon by Mr.. Davis in
his confectionery business in Grand
Rapids. Stevens Point Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
A Guarantee Care
For al roisons q tie
81 GOD f!
or the treatment costs nothing.

imperio1s master: It needs not the cry
for mercy or the voice Of prayer. You
may have just recently contracted Blood
have had for years. Il is safe to say
that you are not cured. The old symp-
toms and troubles return every now and
world today for Blood Poison in any
stage, and that is MEDERINE. It
searches out the impurities. cleanses and
vigorates the whole constitution. clears
and beauties the complexion. and rem
ders the skin soft and velvety.
Write MEDERINH REMEDY CO.. Duluth. MINI. fos
their system Of treatment answered. illustrated
booklet containing cures mailed free.
Price 81 90 per Bottls-6 Bottles $S.ee.
Sent express paid your druggist dsss net carry MED
ERNIE IN stock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-07-24
UNITED STATES POST
OFFICE INSPECTOR HERE
F. P. Maher on Special Business Connected
With His Office.

f. P. Maher, United States post
office inspector, was in the city Thurs
day on special business connected
with his Office. Mr.. Maher is a per-
feet gentleman, thorough in the
discharge Of his duties, and a man
whom pOStmaSterS are always glad to
see, for he imparLs a great fund Of
postal information to those who need
and want it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
DOCTOR ENSOR sOs s4.i sey Hs1f fsfs;,sA
Endorses the Catarrhal Tonic Pe-ru-na---
A Congressman's Letter.

ID: ]: +. Ensor, Postmaster of Celum-
GA os1a, 8. o. late Superintendent and Ply
sicisn in Charge Of State Insane Asylum
at Columbia, S. c., writes:
/ "After using your Peruna myself
Tor short period. and my family hav-
tng used and are now using the same
VITA good results, and upon the In.
FORMATION of others who have been
bensf4fed BY It as Z cure for catarrh
end "a inNgoratfng tonic, can cheer
1HLy recommend II to all persons re.
Qnt59E1Q effective q remedy. ''...Dr.
!. S~Sdsor.
xress from North Dakota. in letter
1rYm Warrington, ID. c., says:
T. Anat feruna is not only a vigorous,
~ Well as an effective tonic, but also a
cure Of catarrh is, beyond controversy.
the thousands who have been benefited
oy 1t. ! cannot too highly express my
appr0:iation of its excelence."-C. w.
~. R. Robbins, Muskogee, I. T.,
sPeruna is the best medicine 1 know
OF for coughs and to strengthen weak
prescribing it for catarrh, have ordered
~ Tor weak and deblitated people, and
have NOT had patient but said it helped
nm nm: 1t Is an excellent medicine and it
dttSo many cases.
) IT have large practice, and have a
chance to prescribe your Peruna. I
nope you may live long to do good to the
sick and suffering
!, Only the weak need tonic. People
are never weak except from some good
cause. One of the obscure causes Of
weakness and the one oftenest over
locked il catarrh.
=. Catarrh inflames the mucous mem
bran6 and causes the blood plasma to
escape through the mucous membrane
In the form of mucous. This DISCHARGE
Of mucus is the same as the loss of blood.
1t producer weakness.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
STRIKERS NEATLY
TURN THE TABLES
Omaha Walters Enjoin Bust
ness Men from interfering
and AIIege Conspiracy.
INJUNCTION is SWEEPING
Strikers AiIese That Business Mems
Association Is an Organization
Formed for the Destruction
of Labor Unions.

Omaha, May 14.-Judge Dickinson
In the district court, at I o'clock last
night. on the application of John o..
Yeiser, an attorney representing the
labor unions whose members are on a
strike, issued an injunction against the
business men and proprietors even
more sweeping than that issued by the
federal court against the unions last
week.
The order restraints the business men
from refusing to sell goods to dealers
who employ union labor, prevents them
from boycotting union labor, requires
the business mems association to cease
holding meetings or conspiring against
the unions, or in any way interfering
with the unions in the management of
their affairs
The injunction was granted on petit
lion of the Matters union, Omaha local.
No. %, by its officers. and is directed
against the Business Mems association
and against fifty others individually,
the list being made UP of restaurant
proprietors, coal and lumber dealers
and number OF iobbers.
Purpose to Destroy Unions.
The walters union alleges that the
Business Mems association is national
organization, organized for the purpose
Of destroying labor unions, and that its
purpose in Omaha is to enter into Il
conspiracy to force certain merchants
to join the association by threats of
injury to business by boycotting and
Threatening to refuse to sell them sup
plies; and that, having forced said mer-
chants and others into the association.
the association conspires to force fines
and penalties ON its members who shall
IN any way recognize any request of
labor unions, complaints or any other
abor union. 1t also alleges that said
association has threatened its menu
oers with injury by boycott and other
wise should they recognize the unions,
and that all such threats have been
executed and are being executed, and
will continue to be executed unless re-
strained by the court.
The petition alleges further con-
spiracy by the Omaha Builders ex-
change and other agents of said asso-
,iation
Judge Dickinson signed the order
without comment. and it is being served
On the persons against whom 1T is di-
,ected to lay. While 1t concerns direct
Y only the walters union, 1T is really
Intended to serve as a guide to the flu
:ure action of all the other unions
whose members are on strike.
None of the members of the Business
Mems association could be seen, and
any plan they may formulate VIII be
taken up later.
The situation is now considered a
most serious one. What with nearly
5000 men on strike or locked out and a
arge number of business establish
nents, including eighteen laundries
closed, it has brought the business OF
| he city almost to standstill.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
A LAST RESORT.
Pure Food Should he the First.

Pure Food Should BE the First.
When the human machine goes wrong
IT'S ten to one that the trouble began
with the stomach and can therefore be
removed by the use of proper food. A
lady we'll known in Bristol, Ontario
County, N. Y, tells of the experience she
lad curing her only child by the use of
scientific food: "My little daughter, the
only child and for that reason doubly
lear, inherited nervous dyspepsia. We
:ried all kinds of remedies and soft foods.
At last, when patience was about ex-
aausted and the child's condition had
grown so bad the whole family was
aroused, we tried Grape-Nuts.
"A friend recommended the food a.
NE which her own delicate children had
,rown strong upon, SO l purchased a
eoX-as last resort. In a very short
line marked change In both health
md disposition was seen. What made
'lr case easy was that she liked 1t at
'nce and its crisp, nutty flavor has made
I an immediate favorito with the most
'astidious in our family.
Its use seems to be thoroughly estab.
ished in western New York, where many
friends use it regularly. I hdve noticed
T. fine effects upon the intellects as well
Is the bodies of those who use it. We
I'VE it much" Name given by Postum
20, Battle Greek. Mich.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
A Tight Squeeze.

Brazils, Ark, May 11.-To be
snatched from the very brink of the
grave is q somewhat thrilling expert
ence and one which Mrs. NJ. o. Garrett
Of this place has just passed through
Mrs. Garrett suffered with Cere-
blo-Spinal affection, and had been
treated by the best physicians, but
without the slightest Improvement.
For the last twelve months two doc
tors We're In constant attendance, but
she only grew worse and worse, till
she could not walk, and did not have
any power to move at all.
She was so low that for the greater
part of the time she was perfectly I'M
conscious of what was going on about
her, and her heart-broken husband and
friends were hourly expecting her
DEATH
The doctors had given up all hope
and no one thought she could possibly
live.
In this extremity Mr.. Garrett sent
for q box of Dodd's Kidney Pills. 1t
was last hope, but happily 1t did not
fail
Mrs. Garrett used in all six boxes of
the remedy, and is completely cured.
She says:
II am doing my own work now and
feel MS we'll as ever I did. Dodd's
Kidney Pills certainly saved me from
DEATH"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
THE TORRENTS OF A BIG CITY.
New York Had So Many This Man

view IoTk TAO % Wany inns Man
Wanted to Go Back to Oshkosh.
New York Press: New York." com
planned tine baldheadcd man. us very
inferno Of draughts. In half the public
places go to, such as restaurants. the
aters and libraries, the air seems full OF
Lemons. and the way they swoop down on
ne i, T. caution. For sheer draughty GUS
seGNess the Aston library takes the palm.
have caught as many as six heavy colds
thcre in as many INSISTS. Another seat of
drauglltinessi is the elevated train. If a
person goes into n car somewhat heated
and IS obliged % remain near the door.
he will begin TO snecze a few hours after
ward. Between breathing a little bad afr
md catching cold every other day ii Is
TO MY mind a tossup as to which is the
better. And speaking of bad air, reminds
me of what a few persons appear to OBJ
serve. That is the vileness of the atmos-
phere in some of the II stations Ordi-
narily you pass through too quickly to
pay attention to 1T, but as surely as oxy-
gen means life, just SO surely does the
breathing of that air mean a shortening
Of life To the man cooped up in the little
ticket office.
Sometimes l fancy l was doomed fool
ever to leave Oshkosh, for pom my day.
lights, he big, oversrown, ramshackle
town has more tortures of one kind and
another than the states of Arizona and
Michigan combined. My frame of mind is
fouchetone: 'Ay, now am In Arden; the
more fool T. when was Mt home l was
n better place; but travellers must be
rOuteut ~
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
THE MACHINERY DOCTOR.
Ready, Like the curer Of Human Ills,
to Be Called at Any Hour.


to Be Called at Any Hour.
New York Sun: On the windows Of
New York machine shop appears this
sign: Lathe work, day or night" 1t
means that the shop is ready for any
sort of work at any hour-ready to
make repairs in case of emergency.
There are now perhaps half dozen
such concerns in the city that hold
themselves in readiness to make ma
chinery repairs at any hour In the
twenty four.
There are in the city many manufac-
turing establishments, great and small,
running night as we'll as day. Some of
these establishments employ their own
machinists and make their own repairs,
and some do not. If machinery breaks
down in the latter they send to the
emergency repair shop, and in these
days they can get the work done at
once. The night work costs double but
1T might be a greater loss to let the
machines lie idle.
These repair shops have not only
power and equipment, so that they can
do any sort of shop work at any hour,
but they keep on hand all sorts of parts
that might be required in any of the
repairs they are likely to be called upon
10 MAKE. lnelr CHenIS nave lnelr tele-
phone numbers and in case of need, at
any hour, they call UP the shop or the
home of the boss. AT either place there
is kept a roster of the men belonging
to the shop who can be called upon and
quickly reached, and In very short or
der the men required for the job are on
their way to answer to the call.
The physician has, at all times, been
ready to answer calls. The drug store
,--ti %1.-<
there are many drug stores that are
open day and night. A modern night
bell is that of the plumber, who keeps
a man in his shop to answer night calls,
or posts his night address there. In one
place in this city, down on the water
front, you will find the night bell of a
wrecking company, where relieving
outfit can be summoned into prompt ac-
tion.
Newest among these emergency work.
ers who may be summoned at any hour
is the machinery doctor, who. like the
curer of human Ills, can be called up at
any hour, night or day, to cure ailing
machinery,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
VIOLENCE in NEW YORK.
Brooklyn Labor Conditions Ar
Nearing Critical STAGE.

New York May 14.-strike Violence
was resumed in Brooklyn early today
Peter NoedZker, aforeman of iron
works who refused to go on strike was
pounded by three men while ON his
way to work. He was badly cut about
the head and rendered unconscious.
A carpenter who had been warned
to quit in peril of his life was knocked
down with a hammer while on his way
to work. One contractor had 400 men
at work in places of strikers on the sub
way in Manhattan today.
There are more policemen than la
borers guarding the subway. Most of
them carried night sticks. They had
one clash with Italian strikers and
quickly routed them
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
LOVES THE PRAlRIEs.
Miss Anna Gray IL Delighted with Her
Western Canada Home.

Western Canada Home.
Anna O. Gray is a young lady, for
merly of Michigan. She Is now res
ident of Western Canada, and the fol-
lowing, published in the Brown City
(Mich.) Banner, are extracts from n
friendship letter written about March
10 to one of her lady friends in that
vicinity. In this letter is given some
and religious conditions of Alberta, the
beautiful land of sunshine and happy
homes. Over one hundred thousand
Americans have made Western Canada
their home within the past five years,
and In this year upwards of 10000 will
take UP homes there.
Miss Gray took her leave for Dds
bury. Alberta, the home of her sister
and other relatives and friends on Jan.
10 last. and after a two months so
iourn in her Western prairie homo she
writes of 1T as follows: 81 know
shall grow to love the prairies. We
have n beautiful view of the noun
tains, and 1T seems wonderful to me to
see home after home for miles. and it
Is being tlIickly settled all around us.
With the exception of the last few
days, which have been cold and
stormy, we have had beautiful spring
weather ever since l came. The days
are beautiful. | call this the land of
the sum- as 1T seems to be always
shining; the nights are cold and frosty.
On arriving here | was so greatly sur
prised in every way. Didsbury is quite
a business little town. All the peo-
pie l meet are SO pleasant and hos
pitable. They have four churches in
Didsbury- the Baptist, Presbyterian,
Evangelical and Mennonite The Evan
gelicals have just completed hand
some church. very large and finely fur
nished, costing $4,000. They have a
nice literary society here, meets every
two weeks. They have fine musical
talent here. Your friend,
ANNA q. GRAY"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
HIRING GREEN HANDS.
Believed at st. Paul the Great Northern
is Preparinu for Strike,

Is Preparing for Strike.
st. Paul, Mimi, May 14.-Since the
vote of the Great Northern trainmen
on the proposition not to recede has
become known-it was 1,199 in favor of
A strike and Is opposing-the Great
Northern management has been seek
ing a loophole by which Il compromise
Fan be effected.
Last night the train1nen gave the
company their ultimatum. and General
Manager Ward replied that he might
have d communication to make this
forenoon. Chief Grand Conductor Car
retson said he did not think the COM
pany would make any compromise that
the men would accept.
The position of both sides has been
known for three days. Each has stated
that it could make no concessions, and
1T is the growing belief that the COM
pany is seeking time in which to get
new men.
1t is reported that 100 new men have
been concentrated at Omaha, and as
ut has required a week to gather this
small number of green hands the train
men have hopes that the Great North
ern management will capitulate and
abolish the doubleheader trains.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14
swannlna IDEAS

Chicago Tribune: Instead Of spend
ing all their time grabbing territory
from each other, the nations of the
present day devote themselves largely
to grabbing ideas. The Japanese, of
course, are the photographers. Wherever
there is anything of material value or
of sentimental interest there also is a
Japanese commission, with stenograph-
ers and note books. But representa-
tives of other nationalities are also nu-
merous Americans go to Germany to
study universities. Germans come to
America to study steel processes. Every
nation has its eye glued to every other
nations keyhole. The delightful thing
is that the other nation doesn't often
ohjnct
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-05-14


Peruna stops the catarrh and prevents
the discharge of mucus. This is why
Peruna is called tonic Peruna does
not give strength by stimulating the
nervous system little.
1t gives strength by preserving the
mucous membranes against leakage.
1t gives strength by converting the
blood fluids and preventing their drain
ing away in mucous discharges.
Constant splitting, and blowing the
nose will finally produce extreme weak
ness from the loss of mucous.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of .Peruna
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving d
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj.
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus. O.