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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
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Mrs. Louisa Smith, the oldest gypsy in
America, died in a camp near Freehold,
n. j., aged 101.
Sealing vessels reported at Victoria as
having arrived or en- route from the north
are said to have on board 3,141 skins.
George Neff and Henry Miller were
killed and two other men were seriously
injured in a freight wreck in the Big
Four yards at kenton, Ohio.
Seven men are reported to have been
killed and eighteen entombed by a gas
explosion in the mine of the Cambria
Steel Company at Johnstown, Pa.
Edward Mason, 50 years old, of Can
ton, Ohio. was drowned in Silver Lake,
near Rochester, y. Y. Mason and two
companions were in boat which cap
sized.
Several Dominican generals in the re-
cent rebel army have fed across the Dor
der into Hayti They will embark for a
foreign country, as they are barred from
Hayti.
Major Dreyf1s, who was detailed for
duty with one of the artillery regiments
at Vincennes, France, has been given an
independent artillery command at st.
Denis.
Judge Richard s. Tuthill of Chicago,
in speaking at Winona, Mimi. before the
State Federation Of Women's Clubs, said
radical action mus be taken TO prevent
juvenile crime.
Midshipman Asahi Kitigaki. the only
remaining japanese student at the naval
academy at Annapolis, has rendered his
resignation at the request OF the japanese
embassy at Washington.
Thomas E. Digman has been appointed
receiver of the Hartford, Conn, Tele-
gram Company, publishers of the Morn
ing Telegram He has authority to carry
on the business and collect all debts due.
The catch of seals on Pribilof Islands
for the year ended July 81 was 14.4l6,
according to the report of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, just made pub
lie In 1903 there wre 14.36S sealsklns
shipped from the islands.
While the second torpedo boat fotilla
was in Newport, Z. l., waters recently
its record for torpedo target practice is
reported to have excelled any previous
craftsmanship by a torpedo boat fotilla
o. the navy.
By direction the President, Victor
n. Metcalf, Secretary of Commerce and
Labor. has been sent to San Francisco
to investigate the causes for the exclu-
sion Of japanese children from the public
schools Of that city. This action in
dicated the profound interest and concern
OF the President over this threatened i'm
pairment of our relations with Japan.
Secretary Metcaifs mission has been
communicated to the japanese govern
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
THE RED BARN DOOR.

CLOSE Struggled down IN furry robes, mio
soapstenes kindly heat
We cleft the drifts to grandpas house, our
mothers kin to greet.
ALI day cur jingling sleigh bells tune smote
keenly the air,
But long ere noon some small voice pped,
PA, aren't we almost thereE
Then tn beguile our restIessness our ia'ner
How we should know the place afar; the
sign, a red barn door.
Ger hill and dale we gaily sped, past farm
steads dull and gray,
And hailed each snowy hamlet as q mile
stone on our way.
No homely roadside object but our eyes
were quick TO see,
And muined voices chartered fast in child
ish jubilee.
We We'd In sighting landmarks which ia
miliar aspect bore,
And Iongingly we looked ahead for grand
pas red barn door.
Our mother, from the seat In front, held US
in heedful thought,
And stayed our rising hunger with the
cookies she had brought.
Twas she who chose the friendly house
where we should stop to rest,
And saw us tucked, all warm again, within
our slelghbox nest.
She talked of names once common In her
girlhood's rustic lore,
And knew each twist and turn that came
before the red barn door.
The reins held laxly In his hand, our father
sat serene
And hummed quaint melodies that kept his
old world memories green
The long miles stretched away, and when
the heightened shadows fell
No thought of cold cramping limbs our
eagerness could quell
We scanned each distant looming crest that
reared itself before,
TIL all at once somebody cried, Il see the
red barn door,
Now sometimes when the sleigh bells ring
and roadways CLEAN with snow
I feel that flooding joyousness that thrilled
me long ago.
/ see the shining faces in the palins win
ter light,
The arms that wait in welcome there, to
clasp and hold me tight.
And then | pray that heavens gate such
gladness may restore
AS when we came to grandpa's house, be-
side the red barn door.
Alice Crittenden Derby, In Youths Com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
How to Cook a Turkey.

4 chef who has for many years presided
over the cuisine of one of New York
Citv's best hotels gives this recipe for pre-
pairing and cooking the Thanksgiving tur-
key
"Slit the neck of the turkey from the
back of the head down its whole length
and with the fingers separate the skin
from it. Cut the skin little above the
middle and pull apart, then cut the neck
off at the base That w,ii leave the skin
intact for further use.
Take the intestines out through an in
cision in the abdomen, but first take out
the crop by inserting the finger where you
have cut the neck off: Loosen the strings,
or pipes, inside and pull them easily. then
the whole crop will come out intact. Wash
well. and the turkey will be ready for
stuffing.
For the stuffing soak a small stale loaf
of bread in cold water and when soft
squeeze all the water out; place in bowl
add salt. pepper, thyme or sage or both
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
Jour Boy"

Yes, me and ma had turkey in the old
Thanksgiyin' way,
With ali the fxin's proper fer TO celebrate
the day.
And / kin taste that turkey yet-'twas sure
a slick old bird;
ate so much ii was an hour afore / hard
" stirred
We had some neIghbors to the spread.
which added TO the joy,
But let me tell ye, Hiram, me and ma we
missed our boy.
Ye see, he alters jined with Us in our
Thanksgivin' feast
Until he took that city job a-sellin' goods
down East.
Ma wrote him bout two weeks ago, and /
stuck line;
/ guess he couldn't jes' make out that
shaky hand O mine.
Leastwise, he didn't jine US, as in other
years he did;
l wanter tell We. Hiram, me and ma we
missed that kid.
I reckon folks that's CROWN old is apt to
fgger back
We sat thar eatin' turkey, but eur thoughts
was all O. Jack.
Ma had a chair pulled up fer him, and
plate. and forks and all,
And on his plate his picter, she had taken
from the wall.
Ye see, Jack was the only one God gave
US to enjoy;
We cried little, Hiram. Me and ma We
missed our boy.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
Uncle Sans ThankSgiying.

1t must be remembered that the Presi-
dents proclamation appointing a day of
thank offering and praise to the Most
High goes not only to the forty-five States
and territories, but also to the new island
dependencies of the republic-Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines. The natives
of these tropical climes take quite kindly
to any sort of a holiday, especially a Holt
day that involves q feast, so that Thanks
giving is already popular among them.
Uncle Sans national bird, the gobbler
is not well known to them yet, but it is
quite probable that they will appreciate
his Succulent qualities. There are enough
native Americans in the various islands.
including soldiers, merchants, officials
school teachers and the like. to see that
the Introduction is properly brought about.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
PROFITS OF STATE FAIR.
Secretary True Says Board Has
S16,13o on Hand.

According to Secretary John NJ. True
the net profits made on the last State
fair were S16,135. The gross receipts
were $S9,475 and the gross expenses S13.
$40. The board had S19.S4G.l2 in lis
treasury on Nov. l and had $4,000 due
fIDu the State and 500 from outstanding
claims, making a total of $50 39G.12 with
which to begin preparations lor the fair
next year. The board spent a little over
$4,000, in addition to special State ap-
Preparations, in permanent improvements
on the grounds this year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
AL Over the State

James McLindon, for nearly forty years
an engineer on the Milwaukee road, is
dead at La Crosse.
John Phillips, a native Of Wales, and
for the past fifty years resident of
Rosendale, is dead, aged 81 years.
The Northwestern railway has rented
rooms in Shawano and will move the di-
vision engineers Office there from Green
Bay.
Additional machinery to the amount of
$4,000 is being installed in the Ashland
division shops of the Northwestern rail
way i'll Kaukauna.
Kicked in the stomach hy a horse
George Miller, ST., rural mail carrier
at GAINESVILLE, fell under the feet of the
animal and was saved by his wife.
About 200 acres near Badger Mills,
between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls,
and including Lake Halle, formerly
summer resort, has been bought by Rob-
ert A. LANCE from DR.. Wallace of Chi
cago for about $1,000.
Conductor NJ D. Wedrell of the Ash
land division of the Chicago and North
western railway is critically i'll from
blood poisoning. An Indian. whom he
tried to remove from train, bit the con-
ductor and Wedrell may die.
AT a meeting milk drivers in Milwau-
kee organized and will at once attempt to
enforce rule against making deliveries
on Sundays and holidays. \ milk fam
inc is imminent, as the owners of the
routes state that they will refuse to ac-
cede to the demands of their employees.
BY stepping on a match Il. w. Clifton
of Beloit lighted basin of gasoline be
was pouring into the stove Mrs. Edward
Merritt was probably fatally burned and
her son Garrett. aged years. was burn
ed so badly that he died. The victims
are neighbors and were guests for Sunday
Inner.
Alva Tracey Of Freeport, who is ac-
cused of shooting at boys who took his
boat last summer. causing one of them
to jump into the river and to drown
from fright. has been held for trial.
J. C. Trumprowe, who was secretly
brought to GAINESVILLE from Belvidere, H.,
on the charge of attacking n 4-year-old
girl. was sentenced to serve twenty years
at Waupun after he pleaded guilty.
1t is expected that the State of Wis
consin will collect 100000 Inheritance
taxes this year. For four months, from
July to Nov. ]. the State has collected
S163.9S6. an amount larger than for any
full year previously.
Lorenzo Burroughs. % years old. and
one of the Oldest citizens Of Lone Rock,
was seriously hurt in fall from a sea-
told built OF two high wooden horses.
William Feed was accidentally shot by
Elmer Young. while hunting in marsh
north of Fond du Lac. Reed received
twelve shots in his body, two of which
penetrated his eyes. He viii recover.
DR.. Griffin. United States government
physician. who has returned from the
Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation. re-
ported murder there. In n quarrel
over a squaw, Lawrence Meginis was
stabbed through the heart and died in
stantly. Jim Bell is charged with the
murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

Officers Battle with Mob of 800 at
Spring Green.

Officers of the village of Spring Green
had to fight an Infatuated mob of 300
men to prevent them from lynching
Thomas BALI, young farmer, charged
with having attacked the wife of Frank
Fronk living near the village. The mob
had secured a rope and fixed up tempo
rary gallows while BALI was being ex-
amined in the village hall before the po-
lice justice, and just as the leaders were
preparing for a rush to secure the pris-
oner a train arrived opportunely. The
officers seeing their chance, hustled BALI
through the crowd. fighting their way to
the train about 200 yards away. The en-
gineer Immediately started at full speed,
and before the mob had recovered its
wits Bali was safe. Bali was taken to
BarabOo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
How the Army at Valley Forge Gel,
hrafed Ruruoyr,e,S Snrrender

How the Army at Valley Forge Cele-
brated Burgoyne's Surrender.
The first national Thanksgiving day
was authorized by Congress for Thurs
day, Dec. 16, 1777, in view of the sur
render of Gen. Burgoyne. The manner
in which the day was observed, aside
from religious exercises, by the army at
Valley Forge is thus described by an
officer of Washington's army:
Last Wednesday was set apart as a
day of general rejoicing, when we had a
feu de joie, conducted with the greatest
order and regularity. The army made a
most brilliant appearance, after which
his eXcellency dined in public with all
the officers of the army, attended by a
band of music. l never was present
where there was such unfeigned and per-
feet joy as was discovered in every coun-
tenance.
THE entertainment was concluded
with a number of patriotic toasts attend
ed with huzzas. When the general took
his leave there was a universal clap.
with loud huzzas, which continued till
he had proceeded a quarter of a mile,
during which time there were a thousand
hats tossed in the air. His eXcellency
turned around with his retinue and huz-
Zaed several times"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
CLAIMS BOY WAS KIDNAPPED.
Brother of Wisconsin Woman, How
ever. IntimaIes Lack of sympathy.

Police of Chicago and La Crosse are
investigating the alleged kidnapping of
Gordon Wayne Mollette, the 12-year-old
son of Mrs. Gordon Mollette, who is re-
ported by the mother to have been seized
by two men while playing on the streets
of La Crosse. Mrs. Mollette claims to
have received a message from the kidnan-
ers that unless $4,000 in gold was forth
coming within four days the boy would
be put to death. Mrs. Mollette at once
FASTENED to Chicago and secured the CO.
operation of the police. Mrs. Mollettes
brother. Leonard Haynes, and reputed
TO be wealthy, said that he was not af
fected by the alleged disappearance of
his nephew. Il have nothing to say he
said. The matter does not concern me
and my sister cannot look TO me for
Sympathy."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

throws the turkey through the window he
or she must pay a forfeit.
OF course this game, which is funny
and one in which both young and old may
join, must not be played longer than half
an hour before the time set for the din
ner, for the turkey must be taken back
to the oven and allowed to finish cooking
before being carried to the table. 1t is
not fair 20 take bites out of the turkey
when it is found and it is also against the
rules of the game to kick the turkey
around the room. 1t must be held in the
hands, right side up, so that the stuffing
will not fall out.-New York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
COUNTS IN STANDARD
OIL INDICTMENT

Illegal crushing of competition and IN
fair manipulation of the prices of oils.
Organization of bogus independent"
companies TO cut prices to customers of
real independents
Division OF the whole territory of the
United States into districts so that sub
sidiary companies within assigned limits
have a monopoly
Illegal agreements with railroads by
which independent oil companies are COM
PEELED to pay from two to six times the
Standards freight RES.
Monopolizing the business of pipe lines
and failing in the duty of common carrier.
Establishing system of rate discrimi-
nation IN its favor through influence
with and ownership of railroads by the
individual defendants.
Using its monopoly of the railroad
market for lubricating oils as a club to
obtain unfair traffic favors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
A Thanksgiving Game.

One of the funniest of the funny games
peculiar to Thanksgiving time is called
hunt the turkey"
Go out to the kitchen and take the tur-
key out of the oven and bring it in and
hide it somewhere in the parlor. Under
the lace curtains in the windows is a good
place or you might shove it down inside
of the piano. Then let the guests come
in and hunt for it. The person who finds
it must hit some one with it before the
person can get it back to the other room,
which is home base. 1t is not fair to
throw the turkey, as it must be swung
by the hands. If a person accidentally
knocks over a lamp or breaks picture or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

Several People Near Marinette Are
Attacked by Them.

Buck deer near Marinette are becoming
so ferocious that homesteadCrs threaten
to kill them in spite of the law which
prescribes closed season until the mid
die of November. Philip Sucher was at
tackled while on his way through the
woods near Faithorn, Mich. and terribly
lacerated. He was found unconscious,
but will probably recover. Hugh Nichol,
a woodsman. was attacked near Wausau-
kee. but was saveG, by the timely arrival
OF two other men. Two ribs were broken
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

In the postoffice department building
1T Washington the largest American
lag in the world has just been unfurl-
id. When it was suspended from ca
Die at the seventh floor across the in
Ter courts $500 employees Joined in
singing, 1.-The Star Spangled Banner"
The flag is 30 feet long by 80 feet
vide.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

city by surprise.
There were five counts IN each indict-
ment and all were for money extorted
from French restaurant proprietors. Two
were for extorting money from Antonio
B. Blanco, proprietor of the new Poodle
Dog restaurant, which before the fire
was a blaze of light every night in the
center of the Tenderloin at Eddy and
Mason streets.
The indicted men are alleged to have
secured SLID from Blanco in January,
1905, and 81 900 in February, 1906. The
third and fourth counts were for obtain
ing the same amounts from Joseph NAL
fanti, proprietor of Delmonico's restau-
rant in O'FarrelI street, and from his
partners, Charles Kelb and William La
FrenZ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
What TnrLxeYS Enf

Turkeys are the greatest grasshopper
exterminators in the world. When very
young they must be fed bran. but after
that they pick up their own food For
the starchy elements they eat waste
wheat from stubble fields; for the vege-
ia BILE part of their diet they devour sew
eral varieties Of weed and grass seeds
and for meat substance they consume
grasshoppers and bugs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
state Gains in Cheese.

According to the University of Wiscon-
sin bulletin. 100000 pounds of cheese
we're made last year, compared with co.
100000 in 1900 An addition of is new
factories is also shown. The amount OF
butter made in the creameries increased
60 per cent in the past five years and
that on farms 80 per cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
Wisconsin
State News
Farmer Convicted of Assault and
Agrees to Pay Fine Over Wire.


John Hendricks, a Chippewa Falls
farmer, was arrested tried and sentenced,
and arranged the payment of his fine over
the telephone. Hendricks went to Tar
rant and got into quarrel with the vii
lage marshal. He knocked the marshal
down and pounded him severely. Then
he drove home. Later in the day he was
called to the telephone and informed that
a warrant had been issued for him on
charge of assault. Hendricks asked the
justice who gave him the information to
hold the trial over the telephone, as he
was too busy digging potatoes to come to
town. The justice agreed to the PROPOSE
ton and the trial proceeded. At its con-
clusion the fine. was imposed. and Hen
bricks told the justice he would send the
money by the rural mail carrier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

Big Toll of Human Life Precedes
Opening of Deer Season.

Big Toll of Human Life Precedes
Opening of Deer Season.
Although the open season for deer did
not begin until Nov 10, thirteen persons
are dead and twenty-one injured as
result of hunting in Wisconsin and upper
Michigan since Sept. l. Last year, dur
ing the hunting season i'll Wisconsin,
twenty-six persons lost their lives and
fifty-one were injured. In Michigan
hunter is guilty of manslaughter if he
kills any one, even by accident. This law
has had the effect to greatly lessen hunt
ing accidents in the peninsula. although
it has operated to cause hunters who have
accidentally shot some one 10 desert the
wounded party for fear of prosecution.
Several corpses found in the woods are
undoubtedly of those who were accident
ally shot and left to die by cowardly
hunters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
A Thanksgiving Dinner.

A pretty way to decorate the table is
to scatter sumac, maple and other bright
colored leaves over the white cloth.
(These may be preserved when gathered
in their glory by passing waxed fat
iron over them.)
Or arrange a border clear around the
tablecloth. If that arrangement is not
liked, a centerpiece of white, encircled
with the leaves, is pretty; in the middle
set a clear glass rose bowl filled with
more leaves or green ferns.
Still another appropriate center orna-
ment is a fair-sized pumpkin scraped in
side until quite thin, the stem end cut
off about one-third down, and then the
edge cut in pretty notches, filed with
fruit; apples, pears and grapes. 1t can
be made to look very pretty, and then,
you see, its contents can be eaten also.
Turkey with cranberry sauce and
pumpkin pie always seem especially ap-
propriate for Thanksgiving, but if one
cannot have turkey, we all know chick
en- and spareribs are neither of them to
be despised l will send two plain
menus, which we have enjoyed. and l
hope the other sisters will think of
something still better. so We can have
a variety to choose from:
MENU NO. l.
Roast Turkey Bread Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
White Bread Brown Bread
Baked SQUASH Mashed Potatoes
Cucumber Pickles Cabbage Salad
Pumpkin Pie Doug hnuts
Preserved Pumpkin Tarts
Coffee and Fruit
MENU NO. >.
Roast Spareribs Apple Sauce
Baked Potatoes Mashed Turnips
Celery Cheese
Rolls Coffee
Baked Indian Pudding. with Butter Sauce
Apple Fruit Cake
Coffee Cider Syilabub
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
CHARLES SAGER TO JAIL.
Madison Man, Who Admits Having

Madison Man, Who Admits Having
Two Wives, Sentenced for Assault.
Charles Sager, who came into the lime
light when he admitted that he had two
wives and that they We're living together
under the same roof, was sentenced in
Madison to six months in the county
jail for assaulting a bartender. 1t was
during the trial that he made an admis-
sion of bigamy. 1t is probable that he
will be arrested on that charge upon his
release from Jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22
A Tha nlSsSiving Fable.

A gay young Gobbler, seeing how
Melancholy the Turkeys were, PROFOUND
ed A Conundrum.
''Why are Turkeys the Drum Corps of
the Fowl Creation? Give it up? Be
cause they all carry Drumsticks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-11-22

For the year 1906, according to the
Department, receipts from the consular
service have exceeded expenditures
$40, I'D. This is the first time in six
teen years that this service has been on
a self-supporting basis. Under the new
law consuls receive more pay, but are
required to turn all fees into the treas
Try.