Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-26

P. P. Mullian, of Barron, Wis. is
in the city on business this week.
Martin Edwards. of Stevens Point,
spent Wednesday and Thursday in
the city.
Blanche Cleveland who has been
visiting at Kilbourne returned home
Thursday.
Mrs. E. T. Ridgman and daughter,
Edna returned home from Oshkosh
Thursday.
Mesdames Edwards and sherwood,
of Plover, are guests at the Henry
Edwards home for few days.
L. M. Addleman and family returned
from their cottage at Clear Lake
where they spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steven Slattery and
children departed Wednesday for
Chicago where they will visit relatives
for three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bennett, of
DeFuniak Spring, Florida, are the
guests of their son, E. C. Bennett
and family on their cranberry
marsh.
WANTED-A girl for general house
work, good wages paid. Inquire of
Mrs. Elizabeth Conney of Oak street.
Adam Paulus, e. L. Reese aud
attorney E. G. Pors. of Marshield,
were in our city Wednesday trans
acting business and doing some
visiting.
Mrs. J. w. Cochran and sons, Orson
and William expect to take in the
Worlds Fair at ST. Louis next week
and visit with friends and relatives at
White Hall, Ill.
Mrs. Faux left on the morning
train today for Park Falls, and other
points in the western part of the
state where she will visit friends and
relatives for week Or more.
Miss Abigail Kueck who, with her
parents has been spending her
vacation of two weeks at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. John Liebe departed
Wednesday for her home at James
Vile.
If you enroll at the Stevens Point
Business College you will have the
pleasure of reading the WOOD COUNTY
each week.
The Catholic church west side will
hold conservation services at their |
church on the west side Sunday
afternoon at p. m. Father Van
Rosmalen assisted by three other
priests will be in charge of the
services. All are INVITED.
Game Worden Brown states that
little or no illegal shooting has been
lone in his district so far this season.
Game especially prairie chickens are
lncommonly plentiful so the hunters
are quite sure of good shooting this
fall
IOl. duu tulS. l'd. ". huOUdIU,
who have been spending their summer
vacation at Westfield arrived in the
city Monday night. They will go to
housekeeping in the house recently
purchased of Prof. M. Jackson in the
second ward.
LosT-Fraternity pin set with
pearls and name on back. Finder will
receive reward by leaving same at
this office. tt
Prof Ira A. Hubbard, assistant
Supt. of our city schools has returned
from his summer vacation. He and
his wife report having splendid
time through their summer vacation
and are glad to get back to their
school work again.
Mr.. Bissig, of City Point is one of
the fortunate cranberry growers in
this part of the state, he has just,
been to Stevens Point to engage so
pickers and states that his crop
escaped with very little injury and
will be fully up to the average.
Miss Gertrude Harris who is en-
ployed in Menzels photo studio as
returned today after a
pleasant vacation of two weeks. which
she spent at her home in New
Lisbon and in Bloomingdale, where
she was the guest of Miss Clara
Morterud.
Miss Helen M. Gilkey wishes to
announce to the pupils who have
engaged piano, mandolin and guitar
lessons for the coming school year
that if they wish cho ice of hours it
would be we'll to register early.
The dense clouds of smoke coming
from the paper mill will soon be a
thing of the past as the company are
making changes in their furnace that
they expect to do away with the
smoke. A force d draugh is used in
these furnaces and when perfect
arrangements are completed with
this process 1t will do away with the
smoker uiSance.
Misses Emily and Adelina Buss, of
Cleveland, Ohio, arrived in the city
Saturday for an extended visit with
their mother and friends in the city
of Grand Rapids. They have been
away over two years and are delighted
with their residence in Cleveland.
They speak of the many favorable