Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-06-02
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Memorial Day Observed..Other

Mrs. BuIgrin was in Grand Rapids
shopping Wednesday.
Gross & Lyons are paying the
highest market price for WOOL TT
Eugene G. Taylor, Of Grand Rapids,
was in Nekoesa Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Sweat and her daughter,
Louisa, left Nekoosa Wednesday at
noon, on their way to Washington.
Mrs w. Wilson, of Westteld, Is 10
this village this week visiting with
her daughter, Mrs. David Buchanan.
Henry Fitch, Richard Scheibe,
Gotlieb Almbruster, and Fred Giese
were in Grand Rapids Wednesday
forenoon.
Valentine Siewert, who has been
very i'll for the past week, is out and
around again. His illness was
tonsilitis.
A number of Nekoosa men went to
Grand Rapids Wednesday evening to
attend the meeting of the Masonic
lodge in that city.
Mrs. A. e. Lapham has as guest
this week. Mrs. j. A. Thomas, OF
Appleton, who is in Nekoosa visiting
with her many friends here.
Frank erode, who has been visiting
in the Fox River valley for the past
week, is home again. Mr.. erode was
IN Neenah and Menasha while he was
gone.
Phillip Beppler has had the barn
building near his home torn down
and built over into house with eight
rooms. A barn was also built on the
same lot.
The ladies of the Catholic church
held an ice cream social in the vacant
building belonging to Frank erode
Monday night, and despite the cold
weather disposed of quite a quantity
of ice cream.
Howard Richmond left Wednesday
afternoon for an extended trip
through the west. He will visit his
uncle In Los Angeles, Cal. and will,
before returning, attend the Lewis
and Clarke exposition at Portland,
Oregon.
Among those from this village who
attended Memorial exercises in Grand
Rapids Tuesday were: Messrs. and
Mesdames A. f. Boles, G. z. Thomp-
son, William Lawrence, William
Daniels, Miss Kruger and the Misses
May and Laura Femling.
Last week we regretted having to
publish an item TO the effect that
some one was removing flowers and
shrubbery from the graves in the
cemetery here, but we are pleased to
be able to report that this has stopped
ana will probably cease altogether
Two sturgeon were caught by boys
here Tuesday morning, below the dam
One weighed twenty pounds, and was
caught by Thos. Barton, Jr., and the
other was caught by Gottlieb Brown
and weighed eighteen pounds. Bott
were captured with an ordinary hook
and line.
Charles Houseworth, former
teacher in the New London schools
was in Nekoosa this week looking aftel
a position as principal in the village
schools. An invitation has beer
extended by the school board to teacf
in the same departments next year
and two teachers have signitied thei
willingness not to come back mex
year. None of the teachers have beer
hired definitely for the coming year
Memorial day was taken advantage
of by large number of people living
in Nekoosa and in the country nea
by TO go to the cemetery and repai
and decorate the graves there. NJ
definite plan Of exercises were followed
but after the large crowd had gathered
an impromptu address was made b.
Rev. Pinkney, pastor of the Congre
gational church. In his talk h.
touched on the purposes of the day
and the good deeds done by the oil
soldiers for whom the day wa
primarily designed, and urged that
further effort be made to observe tn,
day after fixed programme hereafter
which will be done. A few songs wer,
sung by all assembled, prayer wa
read, and the day was over.