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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

Husband-"That youngest child of
Blanks talks all the time" Wife-"In-
deed! Is it a boy or grip" Husband
"Oh, fudge!-Didn't l just say it talks
all the timer"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

"Shall l administer gas before extract.
ing your tooth?" asked the dentist.
"Well," answered the fair patient from
the back township, "if it doesn't cost
any more I'd rather you'd give me cleo
trio light"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
FOW SALE.

Express Wagon, one light and one
heavy Harness
G.. G. CURTIS,
South Paris.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from disordered kidneys
or bladder. F. A. Shurtleff & Co.,
South Paris. Grin Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

A scientist has discovered that hens
lay eggs in the day time because at
night they are ROSTERS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE.

Will cure Bright's Disease.
Will cure Diabetes.
Will cure Stone in Bladder.
Will cure Kidney and Bladder
Diseases. F. A. Shurtleff & Co., South
Paris. Grin Stevens, Oxford.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
DEWITT Is THE NAME.

Once there was girl who wouldn't
believe men when they told her she was
pretty, but she was in book.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

The fool takes things as they come,
but the wise man lets good many OF
them pass on.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

Ida-"That parrot is always saying
sit close" May-"Yes. It's hard to
say whether his former owner was
street car conductor or young lady
keeping regular company"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

STOPS THE COUGH
AND WORKS OFF THE COLD.
Laxative Bromo-Q uinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No Cure, no Pay.
Pricc 25 cents.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
Nh. 24A-Predxes.


Prefix a vegetable to tardy and &c
q dish.
Prefix q cloth measure to a knot o
ribbon and get joint.
Prefix q vowel to the bottom OF
thing and get to humble.
Prefix a consonant to competent ant
get piece of furniture.
Prefix vowel to late blooming
flower and get spring festival.
The five prefxes spell the answer o
the first.
No. 245.-Charade.
Ny FIRST each animal possessed
That to the ark did walk or run.
And Noah. who was surely blessed.
Could find 1t. too. among his sons.
Nv SECOND, with the odor sweet,
Now fragrant as in times OF yore.
In far Arabia's burning heat
The beautiful mimosa bore
To artisans, indeed to all.
Ny WHOLE most useful often proves.
In war and peace. when need doth call.
1t strikes whene'er the spirit moves.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

Elsie-"Mamma, are marriages made
in heaven?" Mrs. Dimpleton-"Yes,
dear" "Have l got to wait that long?"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
Nm. 245.-Charade,
Nh. eas-omit,ed Word.

Insert the same word in all the
blanks.
The little - boy was so - that to
- him would be worse than to -
the ocean with - current. He
simply would not - the letter which
one should always -, and instead he
drew a picture Of - on the clean
page of his copy book, which made his
teacher -.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25


No. 2i9.-Primal Acrostic.
Primals spell tie name of poet be-
loved by children.
l. One of the smaller planets.
2. One of the larger planets.
3. A noted American general.
4. A noted American engineer.
8. A noted English admiral.
6. A noted American writer.
Z. 4 great American printer.
S. The greatest of the queens OF
Spain.
8. A great queen Of England.
10. An African explorer.
IL A great Italian poet.
No. 25O.-GeOErnphical AnaErams.
/. Lag. seen-A river in Africa.
2. Eater, push-A river in Turkey In
Asia.
3. Ray, tart-A country In Asia.
4. Nod, hus-A river in America.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

"NJHlLE in your city soms time ssoi
bought several bottles Of the True
IF Atwood's Bi;,ers at your store and
found tia, I, greatly benefited mo. ]
wish 10 get some more. ! send you my
route and several addressed stamped en-
vslopes. Please tell me where can pro-
cure the medicine when reach New
YORK. ! am anxious in the matter. for II
did mo moro good than anything ! have
ever taken and mus. have several bot
ties right away" MARY CHURCHILL
EMMETT. Of Sowing the Wind Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
RECOVERED SPEECH AND HEAR
mo

Messrs. Ely Bros.-I commenced using
your Cream Balm about two years ago
for catarrh. My voice was somewhat
thick and my hearing was dull. My
hearing has been fully restored and my
speech has become quite clear. am a
teacher in our town.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
IVeTs / Pond Pianos.
The Conservatory Expands.

AM0 SOuSCHN8sOhy nAPSs
The New England Conservatory of
Music Is about to move into its beautiful
new buildings on the Back Fay. This
Is. the largest school of music in the
word, and its pre-eminence among
American institutions has been conceded
ever sir CO 1t was founded in 1858 by DR..
Eben Tourjee.
Twenty years ago, when the depart
mept of pianoforte instruction was being
developed, few Ivers & Pond pianos
wee pc-chased. Since then, as the con-
servatory has expanded, there have
gradually been acquired 26S lvers &
Pond pianos. With the expansion in
cidental to moving into the new build
ing, the board of directors of the con-
servatory have placed their order for 81
additional Ivers & Pond pianos, making
q total of 299.
Higher tribute to this famous Boston
art product would be hardly possible
than 20 years. continued patronage by
this most critical of musical institutions.
{ From the Boston Herald, the leading
newspaper of New England, in its issue
of July -, 1902.
w. j. WHEELER, Agent,
South Paris, Oxford County, Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25
No. 2sO.-GeogrnphicaI Anagrams.
Conundrums Answered.

3. Ray, tart-A country in Asia.
4. Nod, hus-A river in America.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

The weariness-Di Distressing urln-
arv disorders-All yield quickly to
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-25

A person consulted by many credu
lous people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
MRS. HARROUN HELD OVER
BuENA VISTA POISONING CASE HEARD
Trial at Stevens Point Attract Large Crowd
Prof. Daniels Said He Found StrychniEe
in Stomach OF Deceased.

The preliminary examination of
| Mrs. Walter HarrOun. vino is charged
/ with the murder of her husband. was
commenced before Judge Murat at
| Stevens Point Friday forenoon.
| District Attorney Dahl appeared for
the state and F. B. lamoreux for the
| accused.
The first witness called was WilmOt
| Pierce, Pl0ver druggist. He testified
that on March 25. the day of Fl Harroun's
death, he sold Mrs. Harroun, among
other things, a bottle of milk of mag
nesia and twenty-five cents worth of
Strychnine.
Henry Simons, the sixteen-year-old
boy who was working for Harroun at
the time of his death. testified to the
| fact that Mrs. HarrOun went to Plovcr
| in, the forenoon. returning in time to
get dinner. When she went awav
Mr.. Harroun hitched the horse for
her and when she came back the boy
put it in the barn. Mr.. Harroun
worked in the field all the forenoon.
All ate dinner together, Mr.. Harroun
returning to the field in the afternoon.
Towards night he got bag of rye to
grind, but the mill broke down. At
supper time Mrs. Harroun gave him
something in teacup, taking the cup
from the table. After he drank the
contents of the cup he said it smarted
and ''made up kind of little face. -
Mrs. Horace Hazen, the next wit
ness, was the first person to reach the
Harroun home When she arrived at
fIarroun's he was on the bed and Mrs.
HarrOun said he WIS trOuhlad vii h
his heart. Mrs. Hazen suggested that
he be given a heart tablet and Mrs.
Harroun said she had already given
him one.
When told that he was dead Mrs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

Harreun put her hands to her face.
commenced to weep and exclaimed,
"My God. will my troubles never end?"
Mrs. Harroun told the witness her
husband had got about half through
his supper when he complained of his
heart and she assisted him to the bed.
Prof. Daniels said he had made a
partial examination Of the stomach
received from Stevens Point and had
found in il 2 aud 21-100 grains of
strychnine. All of the strychnine in
the stomach, however. had not been
weighed and when asked for an eSti-
mate as to how much it contained, he
said from 3 to grains. The strych-
nine found would not cause death:
the part that would cause death had
been absorbed in the system. He
injected about half Of grain of the
Strychnine taken from the stomach
into a rat and it died in about thirty
seconds: before he put down the
syringe and got his watch out.
DR.. Murry. whose name has been
associated with that Of Mrs Harroun,
testified that he had treated Mr.. Har-
rOun for low form of typhoid fever
during the month Of February, his
treatment including heart tablets
containing Strychnine.
Mrs. HarrOun in her testimony
before the coroner'S jury testified that
the Strychnine that she bought at
PlOver On March 25, the day of her
husbands death, was placed on the
carcass of dead sheep in the field.
Mr.. Harroun's father testified
Saturday that he had examined the
sheep carcass immediately after his
sons death. but could find no evidence
of strychnine
At the conclusion of the eXamina-
tion Judge Murat decided to bind the
defendant over for trial in the Circuit
court in November. An application
for bail will be made to the Circuit
court this week and there is little
doubt that it will be secured.
Mrs. Walter Harroun was taken to
Grand Rapids Monday where appIica-
tion was made to Judge Webb by F.
b. LamoreuX to have the amount of
her bail bond fixed. 1t was informally
decided that the amount should be
placed at S., 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

has the largest orange beltin southern
California they ship about 5000 car
loads annually about one-fourth of all
the oranges raised in southern Cali
fOrnia.
The new Glenwood Hotel at River
side covers nearly whole block and
cost S250,000. 1t is built on the old
mission site and is one of the finest
hotels in the city. They have a very
fine high school building built on the
mission site that covers nearly a block
and cost $4,000. Riverside has a
population of about 10000 and is a
very pleasant town surrounded by
mountains some of them covered with
snow when 1 was there. Hoping to
see you next month [ will say good
bye. NoRMAN'GERARD.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
WlTTER HOUSE LEASED
BY Oscar Hathaway and E. J. Whitney-Take
Possession April 80.


A deal has been pending for several
weeks between MessrS. Oscar Hath
away and E. j. Whitney on one hand
and Messrs John Nj. and Harry
SanderSOn on the other, for the lease
and personal property in the Witter
House, was finally closed this week.
All the furniture, dishes, linen. sup
| plies, etc, were purchased by MeSsrs.
Hathaway and Whitney, including
| the horses, buses and harnesses.
Possession will be given on Thursday,
April 30. The leases for the hotel and
the barn have been assigned over to
the new prOprietorS. Harry Sander
son has rented 1.-THE Durdall" a 67
room hotel in Algona. Iowa, where
he will go and take possession on June
l, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. John NJ. Sander
son for the present will return to
Portage City for short visit among
their old neighbors and friends. Just
what the Senior Sanderson will engage
in has not yet been decided. The
SanderSon family have been in this
city for the past four years where they
have operated the Witter House
successfully and made money. They
have formed many new acquaintances
here who arc sorry to see them leave
the city. We join with their many
friends in expressions of good will and
we'll wishes for their future success
and happiness where ever they may
go. ~.
The new proprietors Messrs Hath
away & Whitney are both thoroughly
well known in Grand Rapids. The
former Oscar Hathaway, was as
sociated with his father for many
years in running the Witter House
ahd helped establish it's favorable
reputation among the travelling men.
e. J..Whitney was born and educated
in Grand RapidS0where he is well and
fayorably known and has had more or
less experience in hotel life. The new
fra have elements Of strength and
will make many changes that they
believe will be necessary. New car
pets, furniture, ETC., will be added rs
well as other articles. The Witter
House will continue to be run first
class in every respect and the best
service will be given. The REPORTER
joins with other friends in wishing
the new management success in every
particular.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmOthers' never thought of using
anything else for Indigestion or Bill
iOusneSS. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard Of Appendicitis,
Nervous PrOStratiOns or Heart fail
ure, etc. They used August Flower
to clean out the system and stop
fermentation of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system. and that is all they took when
feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a few
doses of Green's August Flower, in
liquid form, to make you satisfied
there is nothing serious the matter
with you. You can get this reliable
remedy at all drug stores. Price 25
and 75c. G. G. Green, Woodbury.. n. J.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

o'clock, first discovered the fire. To
use his own words, in part: Il went
to the hotel at about 4:30 Monday
morning to perform my usual duty.
In opening the door which leads to
the furnace room, | was struck back
by a volume of smoke and flames
which seemed to be carried along at a
tremendous rate by strong force of
hot air"
Mr.. Kellogg Immediately shut the
basement door and FASTENED through
the halls TO warn the guests He
turned in the alarm from the hotel to
the east side fire department and then
ran to the city hall where he awakened
the teamSter. Through these efforts
the two fire companies and large
number of citizens were soon at the
scene Of the fire.
Very few guests found it possible to
escape from the upper stories by the
Railways, as the building was filled
with smoke and the stairway was
quickly being consumed by the flames.
Consequently large portion had to
leave their rooms by jumping from
the windows. With the exception of
Joseph Whitney, all reached the
ground without any injury. Blankets
were held by tiremen and citizens to
receive the guests who left the build
ing in this manner. Those holding
the blanket for Mr.. Whitney could
not sustain the great force of his
weight and this resulted in his falling
against the curbing and breaking one
rib.
A quantity of hotel furniture and
baggage belonging TO the guests were
saved by being thrown from the win
dows and also carried through the
flames by the tiremen, but nothing
escaped the destructive effects of the
fire and water. The greater portion
of the personal property was destroyed
Only three rooms OF the hotel now
stand intact-thc parlOr, a bedroom
and the dining room. These rooms
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

Evening Wisconsin representative,
VIM. COrrigan and DR.. Waters worked
their way through smoke and fire to
the fire escape and descended in safety.
A. W. Tuttle leape0 from second
story window about the same time
that p. II. Davis jumped from lower
window and Ross Wasser escaped over
the kitchen roof to the ground.
In the meantime Geo. n. Wood,
Joseph Whitney and Architect Chand-
Ter were making their way down on
the side facing Cranberry street. The
former and latter escaped without
injury but Mr.. Whitney unfortunately
struck on his side, breaking a rib and
sustaining other injuries. Mr.. Chand-
Ter was the only one to leap from a
third story window and his escape
from injury was little short OF
miraculous. VIM. Ule, contractor
on the Consolidated Water Power Co.'S
new paper mill, had the most difficult
room in the house to get out Of. a
back room on the third. floor, but
nevertheless was among the first tt
escape He grOped his way through
the binding smoke in the hallway
and managed to reach the fire escape
in safety.
Personal interviews with Guests.
Below are the personal expressions
of the guests, clerk, etc, as related tC
a REPORTER representative:
GEORGE n. WOOD
II was awakened by the alarm OF
fire and Immediately opened my door,
| found the smoke SO thick that the
! hallway was imDaSSable 50 / closed the
door and the transom. Being, as !
had always supposed, a man Of rather
nervous temperament, was surprised
to find myself as cool as possible. /
turned on the electric light and noting
that the smoke was coming in under
the door | moistened towel, placed
it under the door and opened my
window. Then realizing that there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
DIXON HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE
Guests Make Their Escapes From
the Windows OF Their rooms by
Jumping into Blankets held by
Citi<ens-Joseph Whitney Hurt.
n Damage OF sis, ,ooo-lnsurance $1,000
be
Stories Of Their Escapes.

AS a result Of the fire which broke
out in the Dixon House early Monday
morning that beautiful structure now
stands almost a complete mass of ruins.
Before the arrival Of the fire depart
ment and other aid the flames had
made such a headWay that very little
furniture could be saved. The efforts
of all. therefore, were confined to saw
ing the lives of the guests and pre-
venting the spreading Of the fire to
neighboring buildings.
The complete loss is estimated at
$4,000: the insurance carried is 81 900.
The hotel will be rebuilt as soon
as the proper insurance adjust
ments nave been made.
Herb. Kellogg, night policeman of
the west side, who is also employed
BY the Dixon House TO build fire in
the furnace every morning at or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
Due Notice is Served.

Due notice is hereby served on the
public generally that DeWitt's Hazel
Salve is the only salve on the market
that is made from the pure, unadulter-
ated witch hazel DeWitt'S Witch
Hazel Salve has cured thousands of
cases of piles that would,noty yield to any
other treatment, and this fact has
brought out many worthless counter
fcits. Those persons who get the
genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve are never disappointed, be-
cause it cures. Wood County Drug
Co. or Johnson & Hill Go.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP
Cured by One Bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.


when [ had an attack of the grip
last winter (the second One) l actually
cured myself with one bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" says
Frank W. Perry. Editor Of the Enter
prise, Shortsville, n. Y. ''This is the
honest truth. I at times kept from
coughing myself to pieces by taking
a teaspoonful of this remedy. and
when the coughing spell would come
on at night l would take a dose and
it seemed that in the briefest inter-
val the cough would pass off and l
would go to sleep perfectly free from
cough and its accompanying pains.
To say that the remedy acted as a
most agreeable surprise is putting it
very mildly. had no idea that it
would or could knock out the grip,
simply because l had never tried it
for such purpose, but it did, and it
seemed with the second attack of
coughing the remedy caused it to not
only be of less duration, but the pains
were far less severe, and | had not
used the contents of one bottle be
fore Mr.. Grip had bid me adieu" For
Fsaie by John q. Daily or Sam Church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
A Sweet Breath.

Is never failing sign of healthy
stomach. When the breath is bad
the stomach is out of order. There is
no remedy in the world.equal to Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure for curing indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Mrs. Mary S. Crick, Of White Plains.
KY, writes: 81 have been dyspeptic
for yearS-tried all kinds of remedies
but continued to grow worse. BY the
use of Kodol l began to improve at
once, and after taking a few bottles
am fully restored in weight, health
and strength and can eat whatever /
like. Kodol digests what you eat and
makes the stomach sweet. Wood
County Drug Co. OF Johnson s. Hill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

must be rcmodeled when the rest OF
the building is rebuilt.
How the Guests Escaped.
The first person to escape from the
building after the alarm was sounded
was Douglas Simpson, passenger
engineer on the Northwestern. MI.
Simpson followed night-watchman
Kellogg down the stairs. The next
was D. G.. Eggleston, Il Princeton
hotel man. Nh. Egglest0n'S room was
on the second floor on the east side of
the building. Smashing the glass in
the window Of his room he hung by
his hands from the sill and not know
ing how far he was from the ground
he cIung there until his hold loosened
from exhaustion when he dropped to
the ground uninjured. About the
same time e. f. Curtis, Of Madison,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
Good for Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless
One Minute Cough Cure gives immed-
late relief in all cases of Cough, Group
and LaGrippe because it does not pass
Immediately into the stomach, but
takes effect right at the seat of the
trouble. 1t draws out the inflam-
nation, heals and soothes and cures
permanently by enabling the lungs to
contribute pure life-sustaining oxygen
to the blood and tissues. Wood Co.
Drug Co. and johnson & Hill Go.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
Bows 10 Make Money.

The Milwaukee Journal is about to
make an offer to boys in every part of
the state whereby they can make from
Sl.5O to $500 per week by working
only after school hours and SATURDAYS.
Write to The Journal, Milwaukee.
Wis, before some other boy gets
started.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23
WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS.
Will Probably Pool Their Dates for Post.
masters Conventions.
The American Postmaster.

The American Postmaster.
A movement has been started tC
get the conventions of the Wisconsin
and Illinois pOStmasters within the
same week, one commencing two DAYS
after the close of the other, the OBJ.
ject being to secure the attendance of
as many representatives. of the De-
partment as possible, who would thus
be enabled to attend both meetings
on the same trip. Minnesota and
Iowa might join the league, and thus
make a week of it. This being an
off year in politics, it will be a good
time for pOstmasters to get together
for the good of the service, without
being wrongfully accused of political
motives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-23

We have the Oldest, Larg-
est and Best advertising me-
dunn in Wood County Use
the "R EPOE ETER' col
umnS and you will reach more
subscribers and readers than
by any other newspaper in
Southern Wood County.