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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
ALMOST a SOLID SORE.

skin Disease from Birth-Forfune
Spent ON Her without benefit
Doctor Cured Her with Cuticura.
Il have cousin in Rockingham
County, who once had a skin disease
from her birth until she was six years
of age Her father had spent for
tune on her to get her cured and none
OF the treatments did her any good.
Old Or. c. suggested that he try
the Cuticura Remedies, which he did.
When he commenced to use it the child
was almost a solid scab. He had used
1t about two months and the child
was well. / was there when they COM
menced to use your Cuticura Rene
dies. | stayed that week and then re-
turned home and stayed two weeks
and then went back and stayed with
them two weeks longer, and when L
went home / could hardly believe she
was the same child Her skin was as
soft as a baby's without a scar on it, L
have not seen her in seventeen years,
but | have heard from her and the last
tine | heard from her she was well.
Mrs. w. z. Ingle, Burlington, n. q,
June Lii, 1909"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
DeIfcncy of French.nen

Undoubtedly Frenchmen have tile
most delicate way of expressing them
selves" said a New York young woman
to a group of friends at tea. Il have
just had the oldest little encounter
with a man who looked as if he had
just arrived here. his clothes were so
Enthusiastically Partisan. | was walk
ing in Broadway when | saw him cont
ing. To my surprise, as he was stran-
ger to me, he stopped. put his heels to-
gether and taking off his hat, matte
low bow. Pardon, mademoiselle' said
he. your beneath skirt descends.' Max
ing again the same elaborate bow. he
passed on. | looked down and saw
that my silk petticoat was showing just
little below the outside skirt Had
an American man noticed it. he would
have felt embarrassment about men
tioning it; or, if he had the coura re,
he never would have been able to
think of such a delicate way of MAX
ing that bit Of a misfit k own to me-
New York Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10


Colorado and Nebraska the legis-
lators were stirred by vigorous APP
peals for laws to end ring rule,
throttle trusts and make the people at
the polls supreme. Railroad rate laws,
primary legislation. anti-lobbying meas
ures, municipal ownership, child labor
laws, low fares and antitrust and anti
gambling measures were some of the
topics touched upon.
Gov Folk of Missouri asks that pro-
fessiOnal lobbyists be sent to Jail, that
corporations which do not behave them
selves be put out of existence, that rail-
roads, insurance companies, employers,
liquor men, and political parties tie gov
erned by rigid laws. He favors direct
nomination of United States Senators
at the polls, and action by the Legisla-
ture to help along the movement for
the constitutional amendment to pro-
vide for direct election of Senators and
fer the initiative and referendum. The
reforms he recommends are many and
radical.
In Michigan Gov. Warner urged Sc
we're regulation of railroad and other
corporations. measures to end stock
Juggling. elimination of professional
lobbyists, lower railroad rates, State
control of private banks, and a new
pure food law.
Gov ShoIdov Of Nehra Slra demanded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
What iSPe=ru=na?
Is it a Catarrh Remedy, or a Tonic,
or is it Both?

Some Peruna Others refer
great
Which these people right Is Peruna
catarrh remedy than to call it tonic?
Our that Puna both tonic catarrh remedy Indeed
there efecual remedy that
In thoroughly relieve remedy
specific affected
tonic
CatarTh who otherwise weakened cond
of membrane. There something strengthen
circulation the arteries and the vital forces
Perhaps vegetable world has attracted much at
wonderful efficacy this herb has been recognized and
hold medical profession When joined with
CUBEBS COPAIBA trio of medical formed Peruna
which constitutes specific remedy arrh that state
medical be improved This action reinforced by
tones COLLINSON CANADENSS CORYDALS
CDRON SEED make this compound ideal
its stages and locations in the body
standpoint therefore, Puna beyond criticism
opinion. Numbe testimonials from
furnish ample evidence this judgment
When practical experience confirms
S truth that cannot be shaken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Nucicnt Collins.

The collins of the ancient Egyp-
tians were made of marble and stone.
The Romans used similar receptacles
for their dead, and Alexander the Great
is said to have been buried in coffin
of solid gold. In parts of England glass
cotlins have been found.
The A1henian heroes were buried in
collins made Of cedar, owing to its arc
matte and incorruptible qualities, while
the first record Of wooden collins in En-
gland dates back to the days of King
Arthur This monarch was supposed
to have been buried in the followed
trunk Of Il gigantic oak. Patent coffins
We're invented in 1896, and metallic air
tight collins were advertised at Bir-
mingham in 1861.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Safe. Sure and speedy.

No external remedy ever yet devised
has SC fully and unquestionably met these
three prime conditions as successfully as
Allcock's Plasters. They are safe because
they contain no deleterious drags and are
manufactured upon scientific principles of
medicine. They are sure because nothing
goes into them except ingredients which
are exactly adapted 70 the purposes for
which a plaster is required. They are
speedy in their action because their medi-
cinaI qualities go right TO their work Of
relieving pain and restoring the natural
and healthy performance of the functions
of muscles, nerves and skin.
Allcock's Plasters are the original and
genuine porous plasters and ike most
meritorious articles have been extensively
initiated. therefore always make sure and
get the genuine Allcock's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
DEARTH OF MEN FOR THE ARMY
Government Making Extraordinary
Efforts to Enlist Recruits.

Efforts to Enlist Recruits.
Not in recent years except in war times
has the army been so badly in need of
men as at present. \ recent circular ad-
dressed 10 all officers of the recruiting
service, made public at the War Depart
ment. calls attention to the fact that
recruits are needed in large numbers for
the coast artillery, the field artillery the
white infantry and the white cavalry. Re-
cruiting officers are enjoined to "edouble
their efforts to secure recruits qualified
for the military service.
Officers on duty at the War Depart
ment admit that the situation is one cali
ing for the most extraordinary efforts to
get more men. not only to fill the vacan-
cies that now exist, but also those which
will occur during the present year among
the three-vear men who enlisted in 1904
Particular emphasis is given in the circu-
lar to the necessity for developing to the
utmost recruiting in the large cities. and
recruiting euicers have been asked if more
officers should be sent them to assist in
the work.
1t is declared at the War Department
that the present prosperity and the labor
famine of the country are more or less re-
sponsible for the inability to get new men
and it also was stated on account OF the
lack of the canteen a great maLy men
were refusing to re-enlist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10


railroads for their conduct and declar-
ed for new deal and just one. He
said the people of Nebraska have awak-
ened and determined to govern them
selves
Gov. Mcdonald Of Colorado urged
antitrust legislation, State law to
regulate banks and laws for the con-
troll of insurance companies by means
of a State department. He urged the
lawmakers to use caution in drafting
reform legislation, that injustice be
done to no one, but that the people be
protected.
Gov. Hughes in his message to the
New York Legislature espoused the
cause of William r. Hearst by recon-
mending that provision be made for a
recount of the ballots cast at the last
mayoralty election in New York City.
Railroad control, strict laws to govern
political parties and other important
reforms are recommended by the Gov
ernor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
WEALTH OF COUNTRY
ESTIMATED TOTAL or THE MA
TON is s11s,742, 3os,775.
Americans the Richest PeopIe-Last
Few Years Bring Phenomenal Ad-
vances, Surprising Other Periods
-Amo1nt per Capita S1,4O0.

The census officials discovered that
the fetal wealth of the people of the
United States on the Both of June, 1900,
was SSs,517, 306, 10, an average of ST.
164. 10 for every man. woman and child
IN this great and glorious republic.
During the last six years the people
of this country have enjoyed unprece-
dented prosperity. The growth Of pop
ulation, the increase of wealth ard de-
velopment of our national commerce
and industries have been more rapid
than for any previous period. We have
gained more in six years than we have
previously gained in any ten years. The
totals at the bottom of every column
of statistics are rolling up in a marvel
Gus manner. The country is so big that
it takes a long time to find out what
We are doing, but our statistics are
published more promptly and are more
complete than those of any other ma
ton, unless it be Sweden. We are far
ahead of France and Germany. Their
statistics are usually several years be-
hind the times. England does better.
Her statisticians keep up pretty close
to date, but are not so prompt in their
publications as those of the United
States.
The returns for 1904 have been COM
piled and show that on June 80 of that
year the total wealth of our people was
$1O7, 104 ,917, an increase Of SIS
592, 800, 142 in four years.
During those four years the popula-
ton of the country increased from TO-
994,575 to 81 ,256.000. or at the rate of
1,315,356 souls per year.
There is every reason to believe that
our increase in wealth has been even
more rapid since the Both Of June, 1904,
than it was in the four years previous
to that date. and at the same ratio of
gain the increase during the six years
and six months from June 30, 1900 to
Dec 81. 1906, ought to be lot less than
$50. 225 100000. That would make the
total wealth of this country to-day
Sis. 742 ,306,775.
Thus. since the beginning Of the cen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
NEVER TIRES
OF the Food that Restored Her to
Health.


Health.
MY food was killing me and l didn't
know the cause" writes a Colo. young
lady: For two years l was thin and
sickly, suffering from indigestion and
inhammatory rheumatism.
Il had tried different kinds Of diet,
plain living, and many of the remedies
recommended, but got no better.
Finally, about five years ago, moth
err suggested that l try GrapeNuts,
and l began at once, eating it with a
little cream or milk. A change for the
better began at once.
To-day l am well and am gaining
weight and strength all the time. I've
gained 10 pounds in the last five weeks
and do not suffer any more from indi-
gestion and the rheumatism is all gone.
Il know if is to GrapeNuts alone
that L owe my restored health. l still
eat the food twice Il day and never tire
of it" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
The flavor of Grape-Nuts is peculiar
TO itself. 1t is neutral, not too sweet
and has an agreeable, healthful quail
ty that never grows tiresome
One of the sources OF rheumatism is
from overlooking the system with acid
material. the result of imperfect diges-
ton and assimilation.
As soon as improper food is abandon
ed and Grape-NutS is taken regularly,
digestion is made strong, the organs do
their work of building UP good red
blood cells and of carrying away the
excess of disease-making material from
the system.
The result is a certain and steady re-
turn to normal health and mental ac-
tivity. There's a reason" Read the
little book, The Road to Melville" in
phgs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
AN IMPORTANT CASE
Patient Cured OF Ataxia Gives TIA
Entire Credit to Or. Williams
Pink Pills,


Mrs. S. C. Wellock. of ia Cleveland
Avenue, Everett, Mass, the wife OF
an employe in the government works
at Chelsea, says:
I had been troubled with nervous
ness for ten years and the disease
kept growing OF me. Then learned
that | was suffering from locomotor
ataxia. I had terrible tremblings In
my right leg which would get rigid
and when this happened in the street
/ uad to stand still until It passed
away to keep from falling. Ny right
arm felt as il thousand needles were
pricking it. The sheet touching my
knee in bed would nearly cause me
to scream out with pain and both
knees were so weak / could hardly
stand.
81 had to use a cane and be helped
about by nv son. Then the pain be
gan to settle in the calves of my legs
and the muscles became numb and
ouivered constantly. The cords IN
der nv knees seemed to be drawn up
tight and the terrible shooting pains
in my legs would nearly drive me in
sane. My toes became numb and at
liHiSs WOuIu p1lChfC do ii uSSuIeS eIc
being thrust into them. My eyes be
came dull and black spots fioated be-
fore them. Ny heart was very weak
MY attention was called to DR..
Williams Pink Pills and l bought sew
eral boxes right away and soon felt
relief. | was so pleased that l kept
on taking them until they cured me
entirely, and / have had no symptoms
of the trouble for over year"
Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Med.
icine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
A booklet, entitled Nervous Dis
orders" sent free on request.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
S1S,5S6. 905,142

trust or combination between dealers in
coal which fixed prices in the Northwest
and refused to sell to Outsiders and cir
regulars" the report says:
The commission has gained indisputa-
bic proof of an agreement between coal
dealers to maintain prices and to boy
colt all who do not so agree but there
is no evidence at all justifying the CON
tention that this combination is chargea-
bic with the coal shortage prevailing
nor that the railroads were party in such
way to such conspiracy
Short News Notes.
J. NJ. Boutwell,, at present assistant
geologist, will take charge on Jan. / of
the collection OF statistics on lead. zinc,
and quicksilver for the United States geo
logical survey.
Four stores in the heart of the bust
ness district of Hartford Conn, were
Quilted by fire and the loss will be large
in view of the stock of furs and silver
ware that is destroyed. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
John d. Spreckels and associates have
decided to build a railway from San
Diego to Yuma. Articles of incorporation
of the San Diego and Arizona Railway
Company have been fled. The company
is capitalized at 100000.
TRANSACTIONS from German religious
papers for the Literary Digest say that
another great religious controversy over
the apostles creed is in progress. The
new agitation began with the refusal of
the pastors of Breslau to confirm a young
-
could not subscribe to those portions of
the creed referring to the miraculous
birth The radical papers are now in
full cry, saying that the creed has out
lived its usefulness and that half the the
illogical professors in the German uni
versities deny this doctrine of Christ's
birth The conservative papers. in reply.
say that the great bulk of the church
membership still believe in the creed and
that the theology of the universities does
not represent the church. Nevertheless.
he reformers refuse TO leave the church.
claiming. as they do. that their teachings
are within the rights of private judg-
menr, which constitutes the magma
charta of Professionalism.
\ B. & o. order that commission men
pay in advance all freight rates on per-
ishable goods has started a fight which
may involve the whole Central Freight
Traffic Association.
-Four hundred persons have typhoid
fever in Pittsburg. Doctors have been
forced to send patients to the municipal
hospital because of the crowded condition
of other hospitals.
Bishop ". B. Derrick of the -.frican
Methodist Episcopal church, whose home
is in Flushing L. l., says he does not be-
lieve that color or the race question en-
tered into the Presidents decision to have
the Twenty fifth regiment colored troops
DISCHARGED.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Medal to Peary.

During a banquet of the National So
ciety at Washington. attended by more
than 200 scientists. explorers. statesmen
and diplomats. President Hubbard pre-
scented to Commander Robert E. Peary
the Hubbard medal for having reached the
farthast north point on his recent polar
expedition. The president compared
Peary's exploit. with its lonesome perils
and hardships. unsustained by associates,
to the conditions prevailing in war, where
men must have the sense of divided re-
sponsibility. and said that Pearyss deed
counted for all mankind. rejecting c-adit
on his country as well as himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
The First Dancers.

People have danced for thousands or
years and will probably continue to do
so for ages to come. This custom is
of ancient origin. The first people to
dance were the Curetes, who adopted
dancing as a mark of rejoicing in 1913
B. C.
In early times the Greeks combined
dancing with the drama, and in % B.
C.. pantomimic dances were introduced
on the Roman stage. At the discovery
of America, the American Indians were
holding their religious, martial and So
cial dances.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
BARRIERS Ages Ago.

The Erst BARRIERS of whom there IL
any record piled their trade in Greece
in the fifth century B. c. In Rome the
first BARRIERS operated in the third CEN
fury 3. c. In olden times in England
the barber and the physician were iden-
teal. Thus, a kings barber was also
his chief medical adviser.
In the time of Henry VIII. of En-
gland, laws were made concerning bar
bers, of which the following is an ex-
tract: NO person occupying a shaw
ing or barbery in London shall use any
surgery, letting of blood or other mat
ter, except the drawing Of teeth"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Taken at the Flood.

Noah was experimenting the slowing
away OF the animals in the ark.
i don't want to get into trouble with
the humane society," he said, but this
live stock has got TO stand little closer
together that's all there is about that"
Kcenly realizing, besides, that an ark
shortage was worse than a car shortage,
he thanked heaven that there was no in
,erstate commerce commission to NEEDLE
with his transportation business and pro-
ceeded to turn one of the two CRATES end
for end TO economic space.-Chicago
Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering 1t through the mu-
cous surfaces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from reputa-
BILE physicians las the damage they will do
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by T. J. Cheney & Co, To-
ledo, o., contains no mercury. and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. In buy
Ing Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by f. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Ssx;,v Soy in Brain Power.

The Columbia university department of
psychology, in a series of tests on the
male and female students, has found
that the women surpass the men in visual
memory. rate of perception and sensi-
tiveness to pain. while in auditory mem
orv and speed of movement the man was
superior As TO fatigue, perception of
weight and logical memory the men and
women were found to be about equal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
with an Eye TO the Future.

Sheridan was about to start on his
twenty-mile ride to Winchester.
Il could do it quicker in an automo-
bile, of course" he said, but that would
knock the poem into the middle of the
next war"
Pausing just long enough to permit the
young man with the camera to take a
snapshot of him, he dashed the rowels
into his steed and was off like an arrow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

that "conspirators
against the COM
mon good" be pros
ecuted and sup
pressed. He advo-
Gated strict laws
against lobbying, a
primary law, legis-
latiOn that will end
ring rule in Ne
braska, regulation
of railroads by
means of a State
commission a n d
lower railro a d
rates He taxed the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
GIVES CAUSE OF CAR SHORTAGE.
Lime Thinks Roads Accepted Most
Profitable Traffic.

In a report submitted to President
Roosevelt Interstate Commerce Commls-
sioner Franklin X. Lane defined the cause
of the car shortage in the Northwest ana
the resulting coal famine in North pa
kota.
1T is a fair inference" the report says,
from all the testimony that the real
cause of the coal scarcity in North Da-
kota was such an abundance of west
bound traffic at the head OF the lakes that
cars were not available in the corgeSted
State of that terminal for the carrying
of coal to North Dakota-a comparative
ly short haul for lowclass commodity.
In his letter of transmission to the
President, Mr.. Lane says that the report
will be followed in due course by the spe-
ciaI recommendations of the commission
as a whole to whatever legislation, If any,
may be deemed advisable.
Referring to the report that the coal
shortage was due to the presence OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10

along without worrying much until
dropsy set in. My feet and ankles
swelled up, my hands pulled and be-
came so tense l could hardly close
them. | had great difficulty in breath
ing, and my heart would fiutter with
the least exertion. | could not walk
far without stopping again and again
to rest. Since using four boxes Of
Doan's Kidney Pills the bloating has
gone down and the feelings of dis
tress have disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster ilburn Co.. Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-10
Nx-:~oJaSS TeIenhOne Test.

The German Society of Wireless Teleg-
ranbv announces that it has recently sue
ceeded in holding telephone communion
ton without wires between Berlin and
Nauen. a distance of twenty-four miles.
Prof. Slaby says that the problem of
wireless telephony is now solved. and
that the time is coming when man will
he able to speak wirelessly with a friend
in any part of the woris.