Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-02-24
NEKCOSH

house this week on account of
sickness.
Miss Clasina Lups, of Manltowoc
was the guest of Mrs. L. Guthell the
past week.
r. F. Ellis, instructor on the violin,
now has a class of ten pupils and
more are being added each week.
Henry Eulrich, of Chicago, was here
the first of the week with party OF
men who were looking over some of
his farm lands.
Frank Nash, millwright for the
Nekoosa Paper Company, was confined
to the house the past week from the
results of severe cold.
S. L. Stevens is having his office
rooms in the second story of his bust
ness block, freshly painted, vanished
and the walls calcimined.
Miss Lizzie Wicker, OF Arnott, Wis
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Footit.
Stevens FOotit, of the same place, is
also guest at his brothers home.
Nekoosa is to have another meat
market Chas. Myers has rented the
Will George meat market building in
which he expects TO open a market on
March l.
We are pleased to note that G. p.
Thompson's baby is very much better
from his attack OF bronchial
pneumonia. The child was very sick
for few days.
Nj. and Mrs. Herman j. Ostruske
are rejoicing over the arrival OF a son
born to them on Wednesday at 1910,
February p, weighing 9 pounds.
Mother and child are doing nicely.
j. B. Lucas, the painter and paper
hanger, has rented the rooms on the
second floor over f. X. Grode's barber
shop, of A. e. Gurde, in which he
will conduct paint shop and keep
supply.
The ladies' aid society of the
congregational church will give d
supper at the church parlors, Wednes-
day evening from O'Clock until all
are served. Everybody cordially
invited to attend.
The revival services at the
Congregational church will be
continued all next week under the
leadership OF Rev. Curran. Thus far
the meetings have been we'll attended
and great good has been accomplished.
MIR. and Mrs. Robt, Higgins have
the sympathy of the community in
The loss of their baby on Saturday
morning, February Is, Of bronchial
pneumonia. The baby was only a
month old and sick only few days.
The funeral service took place Monday
afternoon from the house. Rev. W..
q. Pinckney officiating.
Otto Siewert was given pleasant
surprise at his home Tuesday evening,
10y having few of his relatives and
intimate friends coming in and taking
supper with him. 1t appears that his
house-keeper was acquainted with
their intentions and had prepared an
excellent meal. A very enjoyable
evening was spent by those present.
The Grand View hotel is going to
undergo a general inside decoration
the coming week. r. ROhde, the
painter and paper hanger, is going to
have charge of the work. The entire
wood work will be freshly painted and
various rooms will be papered and
calcimined and otherwise decorated.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Buhlgreen
believe in keeping up their property
in good shape.
Mrs. Margaret Lefave, mother of
Mrs. Prue died Sunday February 10,
of dropsy, She was ga years of age
and had been an invalid more or less
for the past twenty years. She came
TO NekooSa from Menominee, Mich,
about year ago and had been very
poorly all the time she was here. The
remains were accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Prue to Menominee, on Monday
where the funeral service was held.
Rock is being hauled on the east
bank of the Wisconsin river, east of
the NekooSa Paper Company's office,
which will be used in the foundation
walls for new modern ten room house,
to be occupied by the company S
superintendent, who at present is Mr..
Cowie. The house will be heated by
hot water, lighted by electricity and
have sewerage to the Wisconsin river.
Work will commence upon the same
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. This is commendable on the
part of the company to supply their
superintendent with an ideal home
The citizens of NekooSa were
awakened Wednesday morning by the
alarm of fire. On inquiry it was
learned that Chris HenSchell'S house,
in the lower part of town, was on fire.
1t caught from the chimney in the
peak of the roof and gradually burned
to the ground. The house being
located in the extreme west Of the
town the fire company were slow in
laying the necessary hose from the
nearest hydrant on account of the
extreme depth of the snow in that
section of the town. When the fire