Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-21

cashier for the ST. Paul Railway A
| letter.reeeived in this CITY Wednesday
announces the fact that they are en-
| joying their new home very much.
Previous to going to Yankton they
spent couple of months visiting
with the formers parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Thos. Love-.
j. III. Shortt. who has conducted a
livery stable in Nekoosa successfully
! for several years past, has sold out to
VIM. Wilson who took possession of
the business on Saturday of last week.
Mr.. Shortt becomes the owner of
Mr.. Wilson's fine farm about a mile
west of the city and intends to move
on the place with his family and 60
TO farming.
President George A. Whiting and
Sec relaFs5G. D. Jones, of the Wiscon-
sin VaTlesG, Improvement Company,
have writtenan article for the Mil
waukees Free Press, in rebuttal of the
arguments used against the Water
Power bill now before the legislature,
and citing the advantages of its i'm
mediate passage.
Carl Donaldson, of the firm Of
MasOn-DOnaldsOn Lumber Company
of Rhinelander was in the city Tuesday
fn atfnnA tho animal nf ha
Wisconsin Hardwood Lumber Associa-
EtiQn. While here he called upon many
of his old time friends all of whom
were glad to see him. Since his last
visit here be has been married and is
very happy and prosperous. This
office acknowledges social CALL
Fred Brown, of the firm of Fred
Brown & Co., of Nekoosa, dealers in
Real Estate, Loan, Renting, Fire.
Life and accident Insurance, was in
this city Tuesday on business. While
here he placed some advertising with
this office to appear in the weekly RE-
PORTER. Mr.. Brown has been operat-
ing in Nekoosa for the past eighteen
months and reports excellent business,
| but wants to increase it if possible.
How quickly Can you tell a live town
from a dead one by simply looking
over newspaper. A poor skim milk
| sort of a newspaper with a. few small
advertisements, and those looking as
though they were run at half price,
betokenS dead town just as sure as
corpse indicates funeral, while a
good, lively, well-printed newspaper,
filled with good, fresh ads, and dis
| played locals, shows that the town is
prospecting and thriving. 1t never
| fails
News has been received from Bishop
Weller of the, Fond du Lac diocese of.
the Episcopal church who has MANY
friends aDd admirers here, having
visited here frequently. He has been
staying at Tacrmina, Sicily. He
leaves March 20 from Naples on the
steamer "Celtic" and expects to arrive
at Fond du Lac Easter Monday. He
writes that he is now in perfect health
and has much enjoyed bis rest.
W. FL. Barnes has completed the re-
noval of his White Front Candy Kit
chento the building on First Street
| formerly occupied by AL. HOBART as
billiard parlor. The interior of this
building has been entirely re-painted,
handsomely decorated, and is very
convenient and attractive. The To-
cation is. a go"dgone, and Mr. Barnes
Ifeels very n. ach at home in the new
quarters.
s'Here is a puzzle that puzzles every
body: Take the number of your living
brothers, double the amount, add to it
three, multiply by five, add to it the
number of your living sisters, multiply
the result by ten, add the number of
deaths of, brothers and subtract $50
from the result. The right figure will
be the number of deaths. the middle
will be the number of living sisters
and the left will show the number of
living brothers. Try it and see.
II.
Will Lyon has made extensive plans
for improvements on the Lyon home
stead on Vine Street, which have been
commenced. Interior decoration will
be the first finished and this will be
followed by the building of new cement
walks, the grading of the lawn, the
removal of trees from the front yard,
and the painting of the entire house.
The Smuggling has already been finish