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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Ice Cream a speciality.
CANDY KITCHEN
W. H. Barnes, Prop, East Side
WORK ON DAM
FINISHED THIS WEEK

The work of putting in the eleven
new revolving gates in the Sluice ways
on the west end of the dam will be
completed this week. The gates are
in one piece, and revolve about an
axis on the down river side. There
was one of this kind put in the west
end of.the dam on trial, and as it
proved complete success, and much
better than the old needle style of
gate, the company decided to equip
this part of the dam with all revolving
gates.
Gus Witte has charge Of the crew of
men who have been doing the work,
and he expects to have completed the
job by the middle of this week. The
old needles will be taken out, and the
new gates used exclusively. There
will be twelve in all, eleven of them
being new ones. A movable truck
on the top of the dam will carry a
hosting apparatus and hooks will be
in place to hold the gates up. The
company is thinking seriously of
trying one large gate of the same
pattern, only made stronger, on the
large SluiceWayS on the east end OF
the dam, but no definite steps in this
direction have been taken as yet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
CHINESE FAN TAN PLAYERS
Tickle Game at Which the Mongo-
ians Win and Lose Large
Sums,

There is just one real gay night each
week in Chinatown. This is Sunday
night, the night when every Celestial
from Chicago Heights to Waukegan
comes to town, states the Chicago In
ter Ocean. In Chicago and it's suburbs
there are about $500 Cinnamon, ac-
cording to the orientals themselves,
and on Sunday the majority of them
come to Chicago.
And when the Cinnamon come to
town every gambling joint on South
Clark street runs full blast, for many of
the Cinnamon are followers of the
tickle fan tan, and often their winnings
are large. There are some Cinnamon
who mortgage themselves in a novel
way to get money with which to gam
BILE. There is one out on the South
side, the proprietor of a chop suey
restaurant, who has recently made a
small fortune playing fan tan. For
awhile he was behind the game:" now
he is away ahead of it. When this
Chinaman lost all the money he still
believed he could beat the game. The
only thing he lacked was the money.
and he found a way to get even that.
He has number of regular patrons.
When one of these would come to his
restaurant the proprietor would go to
him.
you likee chop suey?" he would ask.
If the patron said eyes," the China
man would ask him to advance him
one dollar and take enough checks to
pay for two dollars worth of Chinese
food. In this way he got enough
money to badly sprain if not break the
fan tan bank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Indians at Work.

Lazy has been the white mans IA
vorite adjective for the Indian. At the
beginning of the summer 800 Sioux on
Pine Ridge reservation in South Da-
kota advertised for work in the news
papers of surrounding towns. The con-
tract with the government, by which
the Indians were to receive rations,
was fulfilled two years ago, the work
on the roads which the governm emit af-
terward gave them is done. and the
able bodied must go to work. Many find
employment on the railroads, and
prove good, peaceable workmen. The
son of Sitting Bull has fired locomo-
tive for two years. Other braves"
have helped gather the great crops,
while their sisters find places as cooks
and kitchen girls. Labor is the first
requisite of civilization, and the Indian
who works proves his right to Ameri-
can citizenship.-YOuth's Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12

We will give you absolutely free a
regular size bottle of Sal-Lac. Ii will
cure Rheumatism of any kind, Kid
ney, Bladder, Stomach or Female
Trouble and Catarrh. 1t will purify
your blood, clear the complexion and
cure any disease arising from excess
of Uric Acid Poison in the blood.
Tones the entire system, increases
the appetite and induces restful.
natural sleep. Contains no opfates
Or harmful drugs, no preparation like
it in the world, absolutely harmless
pleasant TO take. Cure starts with
first dose. The most liberal offer ever
made. We can prove that hundreds
have been cured permanently after
other remedies have failed. Write us
today and receive large, free bottle
Of Sal-Lac and our new booklet on
Uric Acid Diseases. Krupp Remedy
Co., 703 Lunt Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,
Otto's Pharmacy, agent. 12-4w
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
SOUVENIR POSTAL CARDS.
There Is a Popular Misrepresentation
That Makes Many of Them
Unavailable.

A law was enacted by congress q
few years ago which provided that
cards of the same size and weight as
the ordinary postal card might be
sent through the mails as ordinary
postal cards provided a one-cent
stamp was affixed.
Many of the printed cards sold as
souvenir postal cards meet these re-
quirements and can be written upon
and sent though the mails with one
cent stamp affixed. The trouble is,
however, that not all, or indeed most,
of the souvenir postal cards do meet
the government requirement. Many
of them are much bigger than the or
binary cards and they are made OF
leather and wood and almost every
thing else.
All of these cards are mailable as
merchandise at the rate of one cent
an ounce, but if anything is written
upon them then they require letter
postage, which is two cents an ounce.
The leather cards, which are so popu,
lar this season, are of about the same
size as the ordinary cards and would
be mailable if not written upon If it
were not for the fact that they are
much thicker than the ordinary postal
cards. This bars them from the mails
except as merchandise, and if written
upon letter postage must be paid.
The wooden souvenirs are generally
much larger and heavier than ordinary
postal cards and generally weigh more
than an ounce. Upon these, if there
is any writing, four cents in stamps
must be affixed.
These facts cover the government
regulations, and if everybody was ia
miliar with them and obeyed them
they would save much trouble and
more souvenirs would reach their des
tination. But the trouble is that to
many people all souvenirs "look alike
and they afix one-cent stamps to big
and little, write their messages on
the back and dump them into the let
ter boxes. The great majority of them
do not reach their destination anC
then there is sorrow and disappoint
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
$500 to the Pacific Coast From Chicafo
Correspondinsly Low Rates From
Other Points.

Via the Chicago, Union Pacific &
Northwestern line daily, Sept. Is to
Oct 81, to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma and
other Pacific Coast points. Very low
rates to Helena. Butte, Spokane,
Ogden and Salt Lake City. Daily
and personally conducted excursions
in Pullman tourist sleeping cars to
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Portland, through without change.
Double berth only $500 from Chicago
and 1915 from Omaha. Choice of
routes. For rates, tickets, etc, apply
to agents Chicago & Northwestern
BY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
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PENSION DECISIONS
By the Assistant Secretary OF
the Department of the In.
foviOr
Perfect In quality.
Moderate In prloe.

Death cauSe.morphine habit-Death
resulting from the morphine habit,
though contracted by using the drug
to relieve pain caused by malady
contracted in the service and line of
duty, not on the advice of physician
but on soldiers own responsibility.
can not be accepted as due to the
service and line of duty.
Commencement of pension-practice-
lost declaration-W Where declaration
was filed, given a number, and a
medical examination hereunder was
had showing the existence, in a
pensionable degree, of the disability
alleged, and such declaration was lost,
new one called for and furnished,
the pension, when granted, should
commence from the date of filing the
original declaration.
Practlce-appeal-A decision that
medical evidence filed in accordance
with the requirements of the Bureau
under Order No. IA does not warrant
medical examination of the claim
ant is final action" from which an
appeal will lie.
Such action should have the sane
tion and be vouched for by the medical
referee and should be formally re-
corded upon the ''brief face !"
Line Of NATURALIZATION of orders
Where soldier was shot by his superior
officer for refusing to obey his order
he can not be penSioned for disability
due to said gunshoJ wound for the
reason that said wound was not in
Cured in line of duty.
A soldier is not deemed in line OF
duty, within the meaning of the
pension laws, when engaged in the
violation of law, or of any rule, order
regulation of the military service
Minors-dates of birth-When it i.
apparent that the children of &
soldier are entitled to pension the
] fact that the exact dates of birth car
| not be proven is not sufficient ground
for rejecting their claim. If upor
evidence, the dates of birth can bt
approximately fixed with reasonable
degree of certainty, this should bt
done and the claim allow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Always Successful.

When Indigestion becomes chronic
it is dangerous. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure will cure Indigestion and all
troubles resulting therefrom, thus
preventing Catarrh of the Stomach.
DR.. Newbrough, of League, w. Va,
says: sTo those suffering from in
digestion or sour stomach l would say
there is no better remedy than KodOl
Dyspepsia Cure. have prescribed it
for number Of my patients with
good success" Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests what you eat and makes the
stomach sweet. Sold by j. E. DAILY
Drug Co., and F. L. Steib and Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Grand Rapids Markets.
SEPTEMBER II. 1905.

SEPTEMBER IL, lSU0.
The following are the market prices
of produce in the city of Grand Rap
ids corrected on the day of publication:
New Potatoes-25c to 2Sc.
Rye-5Sc to 64c.
OatS-26c.
Hay-marsh, $500; timothy, $3.50
EggS-16c
Butter-14c to 1Sc
BeanS-Sl.25 to $3.50.
PeaS-75c.
Beehive. &c to &c., dressed, &c to
4tc per 10.
Pork-live, &c, dressed sc to sic
Veal--live, 4c to 4tc dressed &c.
Chlcken-live, C; dressed. 1Oc.
Iurkey-live, 13c; dressed 15c to 16c
Flour-bbl., $50 to $50
Feed-ton, $3.50.
Middlings ton, $3.50
Bran-ton, $3.50
Bolted Corn Meal-bbl., $3.50.
Corn, shelled, per ton $3.50
Lald-10c to lie.
Ham-whole, lac to lie
Mess Pork-bbl. s16.5G,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Progress.

s'How are you coming on with your
new system Of weather prediction?
Well" answered the prophet, cheer.
lily; Il can always get the kind of
weather all right, but haven't quite
succeeded in hitting the dates sxaatly.S
.1Washju1tou Star. - !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Very Low Excursion Rates TO Philadelphia
PENNSYLVANIA.

Via the Northwestern Line. Excur~
sion tickets will be sold Sept. IA, Is
and 16, with favorable return limits,
on account of Sovereign Grand Lodge
l. o. o. f. Apply to agents Chicago
& Northwestern railroad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12

IICKets Oabgdgt pHTIB
of the Omitted States and Canada.
]. C. WILLARD. Agent.
Commencing June IS the C. & N. w. Ry. will
run Sunday train between Grand Rapids and
Chicago on the following schedule:
Ly Chicagosk m Lv Grand Rapids g SIS p m
Lv Milwaukee So m Ar Fond du Lac-l 40 q IN
Lv Fond du Lac 50 a IN Ar Milwaukee ok a nj
Ar Grand Rapids l 10 m Ar Chicago. ~ . ID
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Contents Of Chart.

Map of the world; new map OF
Wisconsin, the United States and up.
to-date map Of Alaska, the Philip
pines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Panama
and the canal,
Portraits of all the Presidents, from
Washington to Roosevelt, are also
shown.
The flag of all nations. Many
valuable statistics are given of all
principal countries of the world
showing their area in square miles,
population, commerce with q. S.
national debt. revenue information
pertaining to the farm and mineral
production of the u. S.
The chart retailS for S1.00 but can
be had free of any expense by sub
scribing for the Daily Milwaukee
Free Press, for four months at the
rate of rs cents month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
MAGNIFICENT SET
OF NEW WALL CHARTS

The most attractive premium offer
of recent years is contained in the
proposition made by The Milwaukee
Free Press
To every person who sends Sl.0O to
pay for four months subscription to
the Daily Free Press, the Free Press
will mail postage prepaid and securely
packed, new accurate and complete
wall chart, containing two great
sheets, each 2Sx36 inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Green Bay & Western Ry.

Refrigerator cars for dairy shipments for all
points east or south ON train No 10 Tuesdays and
Fridays. Tickets for Sunday trains sold at
reduced rates. Regular tickets on sale for all
points in United States and Canada. Baggage
checked through. For any information apply
to the local agent Telephone 1863. Residence
phone 134,
A. d. HILL, Local Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Excursion Tickets TO Central Wisconsin
State Fair at MarshfieId.

Via the Northwestern line, will be
sold at reduced rates Sept. 16 to ri,
inclusive, limited to return until Sept
o, inclusive. Apply to agents
Chicago s. Northwestern BY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12

Subscribe for the REPORTER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
Wisconsin Central Line.
NEKOOSA TRAINS

NEKOOSA TRAINS
North South
Grand Rapids 9:35 m 505 M $50 m 32O m
)600pm
South Centralia $50 m 5 Is pm 80 m rs m
)500pm
Port Edwards 25 a m 10 p IN 40 a m 80 m
)455pm 340pm
Nekoosa Is a Ill.,. 50Op m SO IN $40 m
"a pm )4OOpm
JW HANCOCK, Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12

are so numerous here and every one
so delicious that it is difficult 10 select
any particular kind as being worthy
of special mention. There's an embar-
raSsment of riches. Every kind of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-12
CONFECTIONERY

known to the maker and some which
are our own invention is here to de-
light the lovers of dainty, pure and
wholesome candies. The list of differ
ent flayors is almost as long as ones
arm.
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
CURTIS WILL LECTURE
ON THE FAIRGROUNDS

DR.. Henry S. Curtis, supervisor of
the city's Fairgrounds for the coming
summer. will give lecture on PLAY
ir the Formation of Character in the
assembly hall of the Central High
review the playground movement in
England, Germany, and the United
States. and will talk especially of the
work he has outlined for Washington
This lecture is the second one IN the
course prepared by the committee on
supervision for the training of volun
teer workers. and is open to everyone
interested in the welfare of our boys
and girls.
The remaining lectures in the course
are:
May s.. at $3.50 p. m, Neighborhood
House, 456 n street southwest. What
to Do With the Boys" by Mrs. f. S.
Gilfillan. of Noel House. What to Do
With the Girls by Miss Clara j. Van
May 20. at 10 a. m., Y. NJ. c. A.. 1872
g street northwest: problems That Are
Met by Workers With Boys. Their
Cause and Solution, by A NJ. Chesley.
Team Games for Boys. by NJ. b. Ride
out. Demonstration led by Mr.. Chesley.
House. ass N street southwest: Care
of Children and First Aid to the In
jured = = DR.. D. Percy Hickling.
The future of the Washington play
grounds rests with the volunteers. 1t
is hoped tina. the response TO this call
for civic service will be cordial
Full particulars of the needs of the
Fairgrounds will be given by any mem
Der of the committee. Names for volun-
teers should be sent to Miss Elizabeth
supervision, 1857 Roanoke street north
west
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Edwin c. Thornton, %, and L. Maude
Holman, q, both of Richmond, Va.
Thomas 3. Cleveland. 80, and Mazza
Shields 80.
Oden Parker, jr.. q, Baltimore. Md,
and Martha E. Williams. 26
Wilford NJ Thompson 2S. District of
Columbia, and Ida G. Finnicum, 10, Fair
fax county, Va
William J. sDobson. A, Chicago. Ill,
and Eta 3. Martin, %, Parkersburg, W.
Va.
Thomas r. Hadley 2S. Philadelphia.
Pa, and Laura L. Thompson, q, Cam
den. N ].
Vista R. Thompson, 90, and Alice E.
Cooley. %.
George l. Day, 29, and Mamie b.
Raines, 20, both of Takoma Park. Md.
Ezekiel Cunningham, 80, and Martha
Ellis, q.
Albert EIsea. %: and Olive Lloyd, 81
both of Bluemont, Va.
Orin Z. Mitcham, 30, Dover. N J.. and
Bessie e. Sturges, 80, District of Column
bia.
Charles o. Stevens. Al, and May A.
Parks, 35.
George c. Heard, 81, and May B. Whit
well, 43.
Charles Z. Johnson. "a. and Bessie L.
knouff, q, both of Richmond, Va.
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
CAME NEAR DYING
From an Awful Skin Humour,
Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Wasted to Skeleton.
cUREDRY cUTlcURA
One Application Soothed Him
to Sleep. Cure Speedy
and Permanent.

"When my little boy was three
months old his head broke out with a
rash, which was very itchy and ran
considerable watery fluid. We tried
everything we could, but he got worse
all the time till it spread to his arms,
legs, and then to his entire body, and
he came near dying. It itched so he
would scratch till the blood ran, and a
thin yellowish stuff would be all over
his pillow in the morning. had to put
mittens on his hands to keep him from
tearing his skin. He got SO weak
he took fainting spells and we would
think him dying. He was almost
skeleton and his little hands were
thin like claws.
He was bad about eight months
when we tried Cuticura- 1 had not
laid him down in his cradle in the
daytime for a long time. He had got
so that he just slept in our arms all
the time
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
WOMAN ESCAPES
FR|GHTFUL PERIL
Caught OH Trestle She Leaps
Between Ties.
HOLDS ON AS TRAIN GOES BY
Head Is Badly Cut and She Will
Garry Scars for All Her
Life.

WATERBURY, Conn, April 19.-Miss
Annie Brady, of Lafayette street. beat
out a railroad train in a terrible race
for life, but she will carry the marks
OF her adventure till death.
She was walking on the double
tracked trestle over the Naugatuck
river on rhe line of the Consolidated
road when she heard the rumble of a
train behind. She made a dash to get
across, taking three ties at every lump.
Just as the train reached the other
end of the trestle, about thiry yards
from her. Miss Brady looked back, and.
seeing that she was in the path of the
engine, sprang to the other track She
fell between the ties, and but for grasp
ing hold of the iron rail would have
gone down to the jagged rocks below.
Patrolman John Brickel ran out and
pulled her up. Her head was badly
cut and her wounds will leave scars.
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
BOARD OF TRADE PLANS &c
ITS ANNUAL EXCURSION

May 10th at River View is the time
and place selected by the committee ap-
pointed by the Washington Board of
Trade to make arrangements for the
annual river excursion and shad bake.
The committee held it's first meeting
yesterday in the board rooms. which
was well attended e II. Neumeyer,
chairman of the committee, presided,
and Howard Fisk. by appointment, act
ed as secretary.
The committee of arrangements. which
will meet again on Friday, consists of
Major E. FL. Neumeyer. chairman. and
GunoH I'll. Rudolph, Thomas P. Morgan.
j. Whit Heron. Walter II. KIopfer.
Howard Fisk, 8. w. Stinemetz, Edward
Bates, Edward II. Droop. and E. G..
Shafer. The various subcommittee. i'll
Guiding the reception committee, will be
announced later
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA, April 19.-Police JUS
tice Cation this morning held for the
grand jury the colored man, William Nc
Kee, who created a disturbance at Fish
town, yesterday afternoon.
Mckee, who it is said had been drink
ing, became engaged in a quarrel with
other colored men. Drawing a pistol he
fred four times at John Toliver, colored
None Of the shots hit Toliver, but
one ball struck Robert Harris, colored,
in the leg, inf1icting slight injury
Mckee ran and was chased by a
crowd.
Closely pursued by George Griffin, the
man turned and fired. Griffin fell to the
ground with bullet in his leg.
Mckee was finally captured. Police
man Young took him to the station
house
The injured men were taken to the
Alexandria Hospital and Harris was able
to be out this morning. Griffin is not in
danger.
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
INSTANT RELIEF

ttI washed him with cuticura Soap
and put on one application of Cuti-
cura Ointment and be was so soothed
that pu. him in the cradle. YOU don't
know how glad felt when he felt bet
ter. It took one box of Cuticura Oint-
ment, pretty near one cake of Cudcura
Soap, and about half a bottle of Cuti-
cura Resoivent, to cure. 1 think
he would have died only for the
Cuticura.
MRS. NJ. c. MAITLAND, Jasper, Ont.
Noreturn in II years: Mrs. Maitland
writes. under date of Feb. a, 1903: 1t
affords me pleasure TO inform you
that it is fourteen years since my boy
was cured of the terrible skin disease.
He has been permanently cured and
is hearty and strong"
Sold throughout the world. Cutieura Resoivenf, SOC.
lin form Chocolate Cosed Pills psy vial Of CO.,
Ointment, Soc. Soar, &c Depots London Charter
house So Paris Rue de 10 Psx Boston, 81 Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp Sole Propriesors.
~ Send for "Hou to Cure Every Huno1z.
The Washington times., 1905-04-19
HOTEL BURNS DOWN.

Shortly after $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon the hotel in New Alexandria
which was erected in 1894 by the Land
and River Improvement Company and
cost $4,000, was discovered af1re.
The flames rapidly gained headway.
In short time the building was al
af1ame, and was soon consumed.
The flames set fire to some adjoining
houses, but these were saved Some
trolley poles on the Washington. Alex
andria. and Mt. Vernon railroad also
burned and fell, tying UP traffic on the
Mt. Vernon branch of the line for a
short time.
j. f. Rlaekford, with his family, who
lived in the hotel, escaped from the
building without injury.