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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04
Can You Eat7

J. B. Taylor. a prominent merchant
OF Chriesman, Tex, says: II could
not eat because OF a weak stomach.
lost all strength and ran down in
weight All that money could do was
done. but all hope of recovery van
ished. Hearing Of some wonderful
cures effected by use of Kodol DySpep-
STA Cure, | concluded to try it. The
first bottle benefited me, and after
taking four bottles, am fully restored
to my usual strength, weight and
health. !" Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and cures. Sold
by the Wood County Drug Company
or johnson & Hill Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04
DATES TO REMEMBER


Wednesday. Oct. s.
The west side ladies' aid society
OF the NJ. E. church will meet
with Mrs. z. ]. Cooper. All mem
bers are requested to be present as
there will be election OF officers.
The east side ladies' aid society
of the Nj. E. church will meet in
the church parlorS.
The west side ladies aid society
OF the Congregational church will
meet with Mrs. e. B. Rossier.
Thursday. Oct. s.
The ladies' aid society of the
Norwegian Moravian church will
meet with Mrs. Ingerbretson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

With much pleasure we announce
our return visit to your city on Satur-
day, October 8 at Witter house.
Expert in dentistry, painless extract
ing OF teeth; and doctors, treat
chronic diseases of men and women,
the eye, ear, nose and throat, and
surgical operations by the new
Vienna system Of bloodlesS surgery, no
cutting and no detention from
business. You can do your friends
and acquaintance a great favor by
recommending them to our care,
especially those who have been long
suffering with bad teeth, and those
invalidS who have not received
benefit from home treatment. Free
medical and dental services from to
9 p. m. to 2 a. M. j. III. Little, NJ. ID.
in charge Minneapolis Medical
Dental Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

All students entering the Wiscon-
sin Business University On or before
Oct. 4. will be allowed two months
free tuition and free books and blanks
Positions for all who excel. For
beautiful catalogue containing the
portraits of an army OF T0laDd's gradu-
atss, address Wisconsin Business.
University, La Crosse, Wis. 16-3w
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04
New Way to
Polish a Stove.
No Waste dor-or Dirt.

By sprinkling Sitter Stove Polish on the stove
and then rubbing with damp rag and gently
brushing with dry cloth, . brilliant, jet black
lustre Is obtained. Sitter Stove Polish comes
In q largo box with a perforated top, through
which the polish is sifted just like peppering q
beefsteak. Sitter Stove Polish is made of pure
powdered graphite, which Is not affected by lire.
produces the most brilliant polish, and when
applied, won't rub of. It Is odorless. It never
dries up. It does not require soaking In water
before using. A 10 cent box of Sitter Stove
Polish Will polish moro stoves than three times
its cost In any other polish. Get Sitter Stove
Polish Of any dealer at cents box, 10 cent
box contains more than twice as much. Insist
ON the yellow label with the hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04
Candidate for County Treasurer.

l take this method Of presenting
my name for the Office of County
Treasurer to be considered by the
members of the Republican county
convention to be held this fall. If
nominated and elected will perform
the duties of said office to the best of
my ability.
Dated Aug. 26, town of Hansen.
tt PHILLIP BEAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

In letter just received from Louis
Halverson one of the party from
Marinette who expects to locate a
shop close to the Green Bay depot, we
are Informed that their plans have
not yet been completed, but they are
planning to erect a shop here as soon
as their plans and organization have
become complete.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

q. A. Tisdale, of Summerton, s. c.,
suffered for twenty years with the
piles. Specialists were employed and
many remedies used but relief and
permanent good was found only ia
the use of DeWitt'S Witch Hazel
Salve. This is only one of the many,
many cures that have been effected
by this wonderful remedy. In buying
Witch Hazel Salve it is only necessary
to see that you get the genuine De-
Witt & Co., in Chicago, and cure is
certain. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cures all kinds of piles, cuts, burns,
bruises, eczema, letter, ring worm,
skin diseases, etc. Sold by the Wood
County Drug Company and johnson
& Hill Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

l wish to announce myself as a
candidate for the office of clerksof the
district court, subject Of the action OF
the Republican County Convention.
A. B. BEyER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04
STORM HIT AT REDLAND.
Desert Cyclene Jumps Out of Its
Territory To Inflicf Damage
On q Town.

Rediand, Cal.-The outer edge of
the storm struck here last night.
The business section was flooded and
many houses wrecked. Several orange
groves were uprooted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-10-04

Subscribe for the Reporter. $3.50.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
Fj0HT ON WILDCAT INSURANCE.

Everybody will commend and In
dorse the crusade now being started
Ivy the Federal authorities on the
wildcat" insurance companies.
These institutions are an injustice
and an imposition to the public and
are. besides. Il menace To the business
interests Of any community in which
they are located.
Col. James +. stuart. who has tho
matter In charge. says In discussing 1t:
This wildcat insurance business IL
one of the most gigantic swindlcs Of
recent years aud hundreds of people
have been victimized. The people who
place their insurance with these com.
panies are usually people of small
means and the alluring inducements
offered them are the means of winning
their patronage. In order TO reach
these people the mails are rcsorted 10.
and 1t Is upon these grounds that the
government will be able to prosecute
them"
According to a recent issue Of the
Western Underwater. the organ Of the
underwriters In Chicago and vicinity,
there are ut present almost 100 wild
eat insurance companies located N
the country. of which thirty-six have
| their home offices In Chicago. All Of
| them will come under Colonel Stuart's
order of determination.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
MACHINE SMASHING.

The Democrats of Illinois. including
those of Cook County. are evidently in
mood for smashing machines nova.
days.
The City Hall machine went up
against a very solid stone wall ut
Springfield the other day and came
Off badly damaged. 1t may lose sew.
eral other cogs and wheels II It be not
entirely demolished ut the coming
county convention.
There Is nothing surprising about
this. however. The political highways
In this county and State are strewp
with the wrecks of political machines,
which ut the time Of their construc.
ton looked as II they had been built
to last forever.
Final demolition Is the inevitable
end Of all machines, and those who
make the best of the opportunity to
make hay while the sun shines, In
other words while the machine gear IL
In good running order, net wisely and
well.
That the present City Hall machine
has been very rapidly travelling along
the road which others have passed
over has long been apparent to any
one who noticed the trend Of political
| events.
Flushed with numerous victories
some Of its chief benefciaries ant
some OF Its leaders came to the con
clusiOn that defeat for this Orgnniza
ton was impossible ana that 1t cOult
afford to do without the services or thu
aid Of many men who for years hat
organized Its campaigns and helped
win its victories. A Democratic ma
chine which could afford not alone Il
ignore but to openly antagonize sucl
men as John T.. Hopkins, Robert Z
Burke. Roger c. Sullivan, Sheriff Bar
rett, John McGillen, and other old
time and influential members Of til
party too numerous to mention here
could not last very long.
That there will have to be new
alignment Of the party organization. II
fact a complete reorganization Of tn
working machinery Of the party, !
now evident. and that this necessit,
will be met and supplied In the nea
future Ia equally certain.
One Of the self-evident proposition
In this connection II that the State an
Cook County organizations must wOr
In harmony II there IL ever to be part
success In Illinois. In order that TIL
shall be so both organizations must b
composed of harmonious elements.
| This Is the situation ana the propt
sition now confronting the local Den
Ocracy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE PLATFORM

A was predicted by The Eagle some
time ago, the Democratic State Plat
form. adopted at the convention held At
Springfield last Tuesday, has elimina'
ted or ignored some OF the most cX'
IRENE and radical declarations upon
which the two Bryan campaigns We're
formed and conducted.
1t Is a comparatively conservative
platform, while at the same time it is
fully abreast Of the ordinary aims and
claims OF the party upon present and
former paramount issues.
The silver question. of course, is IN.
noticed, but upon other issues, such as
that of trusts and m0nOpOlies, munich
pal ownership of public utilities, wom
an suffrage, etc, the platform takes
what must be acknowledged to be Il
practical and reasonable stand.
ON the matter Of municipal owner
ship. for instance 1t has this 10 say:
I'VE pledge the Democratic party Of
Illinois to use all its power 10 enact
a law ve.ting the proper authorities
with the power Of justly and reason.
ably regulating the service ana rate of
charge of all street railroads, electric
light, telephone and mechanical pow.
er companies
This seems a rational and reasonable
declaration upon a subject in regard
10 which there has been In the past
much buncombe and little perform
ance.
Nobody can quarrel with the follow.
ing declarations regarding labor and
the individual interests which those of
trusts. monopolies and capltallstlc
combinations come in conflict:
1.-THE fruit Of labor must 20 10 the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

the innocent parties to scrip:ural iii.
vorces. The committee Of the Metno
dist General Conference to which the
matter was referred has discussed and
rejected all grounds for divorce except
the scripturai ground. Bishop McLaren
In his opening address to the Illinois
Diocesan Convention made feeling
allusion to the divorce evil. and the
subject forced itself In meeting Of
the peace and arbitration committee OF
the W. G. +. y. with the same effect.
The most noteworthy action Of all.
however, was taken by the Federation
Of WOmen's Clubs. The bylaws Of
this organization make all of the WON.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

the two agencies that have more pow
er to purify the marital relation than
the law itself. are now fairly awake
TO the necessity of declaring them
selves in the most unmistakable terms
and OF exertlng all the disciplinary
power they possess over their own
members to extirpnte the social cancer
Of the present day. In both of these
movements 1t will he observed woman
Ii the handspring. for the church IL
almost rs much a wOman's institution
rs the woman's clubs. and who should
originate this reaction II woman
should not? Woman Is the almost In.
variable victim Of divorce. and never
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

diligent and not as favor to the
slothful."
"The newsboy on the railroad train
may become the president Of the road"
Free labor is the basis of life. lib
erty and property"
"The compensation of labor must be
just and fair"
The formation of the platform adopt
ed at this convention was evidently in
the hands of men who believe In bring.
ing principles and theories into the re-
gion of practlcability.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

en- who have served two years rs pres.
ident hOpary presidents. 1t hap.
pened that one Of these honorary
presidents was recently married to
man who had been divorced only two
weeks before. In order to express It's
disapproval Of her course the fedora.
ton changed the bylaw and made uil
who had served as presidents merely
"eligible" as honorary presidents. the
intention being to elect all Of them en-
cept this obnoxious woman. From
these almost simultaneous incidents 1t
appears that the church and society,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

more so than when she Is bribed or
abused into seeking divorce. Woman,
home and childhood are what II
crushed In the modern divorce mill,
and 1t IL no wonder that wOman'S
voice should be first lifted for deliver.
ance. IL all this parliamentary activity
mere "sound and fury, signifying moth.
ing" or IL It to bear fruit In deter.
mined onslaught on the evil? II any.
thing il to be accomplished 1t will DO
through these religious and social or
CARNATIONS. That they are almost ON.
niHOtent in this field Is unquestionable.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

Prophets are the great spectators In
futures and in that sort of gam
hllu" the "bcars," who see calamities
ahead. are usually losers. Nothing has
been the subject of more pesslmistlc
forebcdlngs during the last few years
than tie bicycle. yet this season the
wheel comes out again, almost as nu-
nerous and as popular as ever. Auto
mobiles. II Is true, have greatly in
creased III numbers, and they have
b"ra looked upon as the supplanter
and successor of the bicycle. "Ameri-
cnnS like to travel fast" said man,
NY. hut they don't want to work
for 1t. That Is why the automobile
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
11Se0A

at does not follow" obser"-' the
New York Evening Mail, that ancient
Etruria was highly civilized because a
comet has been found In an old ruin
there" You wrote 1t ''cornet." didn't
you. esteemed contemporary!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
sSA

In 1850 the county Deyond the Mis-
slsslppi was a waiting wilderness
To-day, with Alaska. it Is ilrce-quar
tiers of the area Jf the c0untgy, II
has more than qgartcr Of the people.
One-third the number OF farms, half
the improved farm area and nearly
half the farm value. The population
has grown go per cent In fifty years
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18
eAeLETs.

It IL easier to touch the average
mans heart than 1t Is to touch MS
pocket book.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

The ease with which scientists. en-
glneers, naval and military experts
have been produced In Japan proves
that often the most abstract training Is
the best preparation for practical eff
ficicncy. The cherry-stOne carvers
have been preparing 10 hold the lever
and the trigger; the pundits have found
the plotting of Il campaign upon Port
Arthur already accomplished in their
ancestors churtiug of the COSMOS and
the soul of man. The Japanese have
not been taught TO dcsplse anything ns
too small or too great. No Illusion Of
racial superiority has fosto""d II faith
that they can blundcr luckily through
all emergencies, No supclstltlouS re-
spcct for machinery has betrayed tArm
into scorninc the finest of all instru'
mcnts-thc mind itself.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18


Why should Il woman want to hold
more offices than she already holds?
Why should she desire to engage In
other business than that of woman?
The woman who IL q true wife holds
more offices and transacts more busi-
ness than any dozen men. She Is a
tinancier. No statesman studies his
budget closer than she. She knows to
cent the revenues ana the eXpendi-
lures of her household. When she
brings in bill for an appropriation,
it usually passes the house. Her on
penditures require no auditing. She
Is a ruler and wise one. She Is Il
Judge who sits impartlally and whose
findings are seldom reversed. She Is
sometimes judge and jury, and Is
Judge of both the law and the facts.
And she Is her own officer OF court to
carry out her DEGREES. She Is n capable
designer. Given fashion plate and
few suggestions from neighbor
woman. she designs Il indeed she does
not build. her own clothes and those
OF her children, keeping an eye be-
times to the architecture of the hus-
bands garments. Viewed commercials
ly, the average wife IL credit wOm-
an, correspondent, buyer, bookkeeper
and clerk. In some instances she o.
caslonally does the work Of porter or
roustabout. In a parliamentary sense,
she Is chairman OF the Ways and
Means Committee. Her committee
sits constantly, and frequently cOnsti'
tutes itself n committee of the whole
to carry out its own report. She Ia
doctor, lawyer, preacher apd-what Ia
more impOrtant-teacher OF her brood
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

There are some indications that the
good old charivarl--Or ''shiveree"-of
the fathers Is going out of use. Now
and then you hear of mobs assembling
during the night and making pande-
monium for the newly married, but
as a rule this relic OF early barbarlsm,
and frontier humOr Is considered passe.
One modified form of the charivari
that seems to be growing in popularity
and that has points of responsibility
that the "shivcree" lacks Is the bur-
lesque screnadc. This occurs early In
the evening, the midnight hour being
left for rcpose. All kinds of instru-
ments are permitted in this band, and
facility In tone production Is all that
is necessary to the performer. Mailing
ribbons and shoes to the baggage IL
no longer au fait, nor is 1t absolutely
necessary to waste Il half barrel Of
rice on the depot floor. To tip over the
house, knock the steeple off the church
end pry UP rail so as to wreck the
train are no longer practlced. The
burleslue serenade Is really not so bad,
and 1t serves to show the appreciation
ia which the bridegroom is held by his
fellows.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

Students charged with brutality In
college cane PUSHES will be justified In
pleading that they are but equipp!ng
themselves for delegates to political
conventions after they leave college.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

from 1.JOO.OCW to 22.OOO,OOO. Mis-
souri,. Iowa and Louisiana exceed In
density of population the general av-
eragc. Ten cities beyond the Mis-
sissippi exceed 100000 population. The
mineral products of the West in the
census year were S144.OOO.OOO. Cali.
fornia has yielded one-eighth of the
worlds total gold produced since Co.
lumblls.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

ut never rains but 1t pours," and
the action of the Presbyterian General
Assembly, forbidding the remarriage
of divorced persons by Presbyterian
ministers seems to have been re'echOed
all around the horizon. The Baptist
Home Mission Society has adopted
resolutions cOndemning all divorces ex'
cept for the scriptural cause and all
remarriage of divorced persons except
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

"When am going anywhere I don't
wait for a star; l hitch my cart to
anything going my way" was the en-
PLANTATION which Chicago reformer
once gave for accepting appointment
as civil service commissioner under q
mayor who believed in the spells sys
TEN. This is a pretty good rule fol
rcformers IN other parts OF the ooun
try to follow.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-18

more and more popular. People saw,
with a clearer vision what 1t was to
their interest to see, ana In time the
greater emphasis was placed generally
upon the moral issue because Of the
satisfaction that comes from the pro-
fession of sound morals and the
credit that such profession brings. II
now. rs The World says, war has be-
come u general nuisance, owing to the
completely of the business relations
OF civilized States, the vast cost OF
ornaments. and the terribly dcstruc-
tive character of modern weapons, 1t
will lind less and less favor on prac-
tlcal grounds, the moral condemnation
of it will spread. and apologlsts who
preach peace most of the time, but
throw in an, occasional whOOp with a
sublime disregard Of consistency, will
cease to plead for exceptions. Nor are
we reduced to stating the matter n.y.
pothetcally. For 1t is evident that
both the moral and the practical forces
are working more effectively than they
ever have before. The Hague confer
| ence ana recent arbitration agreements
are highly significant Of the general
disgust that Is felt for war, despite
the efforts that are made to belittle
them, and II the japanese overcome
| the Russians. the check to national
brigandage such as has been practlced
upon the Chinese by several powers
will discourage the game in one quar-
' ter Of the world at least.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1904-11-08
H v to Vote.

That there Is going to be vast amount
Of scratching Of ballots at the coming
election Is apparent from the large NUM-
Der OF inquiries concerning the proper
method Of doing this. even the instruc-
tons with the advertised ballot sheet APP
parently not making this clear to many.
In the first place, tits to be remembered
that the ticket voted cannot be in two
columns on the ballot sheet at once ALL
OF THE TICKETS ON THE SHEET
BUT OMEN BE STRICKEN OUT
by drawing line through them from top
to bottom. Then the names on that ticket
not marked out you don't want to vote
must be stricken out and the names of the
candidates for whom you want to vote
written in the blank space below,
For instance. Republicans desiring to
vote the Republican national ticket with
the Democratic State and Legislative
tickets. must strike out all the tickets on
the sheet but the Democratic or Republic
can. If they leave the latter they must
strike out each name on the Republican
State and Legislative tickets and write in
the names of the Democratic nominees
| for the same office.
It is simple enough. In nutshell,
simply strike out the names you don't
want to vote and write in below them the
names you do want to vote. But re-
member that ALL the names you vote
MUST BE IN ONE COLUMN.