Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-03-10
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Menzels studio. Grand Rapids, Wis.
S. L. Stevens was in Chicago the
fore part of the week on real estate
business.
Mrs. FL. Fl. Voss, of Grand Rapids,
spent the day in Nekoosa visiting
relatives.
T. E. Tilley, of Chicago, was the
guest of his cousin, Miss Sue Boston
over Sunday.
Mr. Rhode and son are busy this
week painting the. interior of the
Grand View hotel.
Geo. n. Wood the real estate agent,
was in Nekoosa on Tuesday looking
after business interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. e. Fitch returned
Wednesday from visit in Milwaukee
the fore part Of the week.
Mrs. Hannah Walker and daughter
Lola, Of Friendship, were the guests
of Miss Sue Boston tue fore part of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oaks who were the
guests Of their son, Louis and family
for week returned to their home in
Necedah, Monday.
James Nash in charge of the
Nekoosa paper company plant during
his fathers absence was called to
Milwaukee the past week ON business
Messrs. f. Mazur and Geo. G. Kaye,
both tailorS in the city of Grand
Rapids, were here Wednesday looking
after business interests for Hugh
Corbett.
Gilbert Bovee aud his mother
departed Saturday afternoon, to
attend the funeral of Mr.. Mondour of
Marinette, Wis. who died there that
morning.
Mrs, L. E. Lybarger and son, of
Philadelphia, were registered at the
Herrick house this week waiting for
her husband who will give an enter
tainment at Brooks hall Saturday
night of this week.
A. VI. Muir, the shoe man Of Grand
Rapids, was here Tuesday looking
over the gao light plant in this village
Mr.. Muir is figuring on putting In a
gas light plant of his own for the
purpose of tightening his store build
ing.
Ule Bros. and w. l. Playman have
secured the contract for making the
extensive improvements in the
Nekoosa paper plant this summer.
We understand that they Will COM
mence the work about the middle of
April or as soon as the frost is out of
the ground.
Mrs. Allen Carmody, an old lady
eighty-one years of age, who has been
living for the past two years with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clowns, died Tuesday
afternoon, March 7, of old age. She
had been in feeble health for some
time. Mrs, Crowns and her son
George departed Thursday for
Stevens Point with the remains where
the funeral services will be held.
F. X. erode the cigar manufacturer.
sent five boxes of his best make of
cigars by gentleman who was driving
from Nekoosa to Grand Rapids
Tuesday afternoon and some how they
were lost out of the rig unnoticed by
the driver The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the same
with Mr.. erode. Two haulters in
the same rig were lost at the same
time.
DR.. Waters had an exciting ex-
perience the other night on making
professional call in the town of
Armenia. His horse ran away twice,
broke lose from the cutter and finally
got stalled in snow drift where the
doctor found the horse. He made the
second attempt to hitch the horse to
the cutter but had another runaway
before he landed where he could wait
upon his patient. AS result he was
all night making one call a distance
OF tep miles from Nekoosa.
Ole Berger, chemist in the sulphite
mill and an expert in the use of skis.
set pace for some of the Nekoosa
boys recently In jumping from the
Swallow Rock bluff distance of
about thirty-eight feet landing on
the ice on the Wisconsin river. 1t
will be remembered that this bluff is
fully fifty feet high. He went to the
top and slid about one-half way down,
jumping off into space distance of
thirty-eieht feet landing on the ice
below. Some of the Nekoosa boys
tried it and the best they could do
was twenty seven feet. This is high
sport and those who take part in it
consider it great pleasure.
Letter to The Brazeau Mercantile Co.,
NEKOOsA, WIS.
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