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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
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A movement has been inaugurated for
the holding Of a big shooting tournament
in Sioux Falls.
Spanish Queen captured the $4,000
Burdick hotel purse at Kalamazoo in OPP
position to eight other entries.
Charley Griffin, the feather-weight
champion of Australia, is still trying to
arrange a match with Abe Attell.
The defeat of Jack Leyburn by Ster-
ling Mckinney in the 2 90 trot was the
feature of the opening day of Kalamazoo
first meeting as a member of the Grand
circuit.
After about one minute and a half of
fighting in the second round Stanley
Ketchel of Grand Rapids, Mich, knocked
out Joe Thomas of San Francisco with a
shower of punches to the jaw and body.
The cleverest FLY owned by James r.
Keene was uncovered at Saratoga when
Maskette carried the blue spotted jacket
of the veteran horseman to victory in
the most sensational finish of this meeting.
Racing magnates in New York are de-
termined to keep up the gambling e2d of
that can be invented to circumvent the
authorities, but handbooks are the favor
tie because they enable the bettors to
place their bets early and quietly.
At the Empire City track Jack Atkin,
carving 49, pounds, won the Mount Yer
non handicap, one mile. after hard drive.
He was under a strong pull to the stretch.
where Notter gave him his head. but he
had to be ridden out to win. The time
was very slow, for the mile was run in
l 40 40.
Hamburg Belle defeated Spanish Queen
in the Oakland Baron , 10 trotting stake
at the Hudson River Driving Park,
Poughkeepsie, y. Y. and established 4
new trotting race record for the track
when she stepped the first heat in :0JA.
This also equals her own record.
Freddie Welsh. the English lightweight,
posted a forfeit of 81 900 in Los Angeles
to bind a match with Battling Nelson for
a side bet of 5000 in a 25-round bout,
or for a 45-round battle, but Nelson de-
clined to accept the def, stating that
after his coming Aground go with Joe
Cans he would most likely retire from the
ring forever.
Rumors that three persons, David Nc
Clifford. Herbert LambaIne and Edith
Turnock were drowned, near Winnipeg,
was confirmed when the missing sailboat
was recovered by searching party in
the marshes of Lake Winnipeg.
Seven members of the American Olym-
pic team competed IN the games of the
Dublin police at Balls Bridge. The fea-
ture of the contest was the throwing of
the hammer by John Flanagan, who
made 17S feet 10 inches, beating his own
Olympic record. Ralph Rose, the Cali
fornian, put the shot 40 feet 3 inches,
breaking the British record of 48 feet .
inches, made by Denis Morgan at Queens
town in 1897.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
A Musical Spider.

The extraordinary musical sensitive
ness uf spiders has several times been
proved. Every one has heard of Pei
lisson's spider. CONSIDER of the unior-
tunate prisoner, it persisted because 1t
listened too closely to the captives VIC
lin. The jailer saw it and crushed 1t
brutalIy. Gretry. the composer, speaks
of a favorita spider which descended
along its thread upon his piano as soon
as he played it. When giving recitais
at Brussels Rubinstein saw large
spider issue from the floor Of the plat
form and listen to the music. He gave
three concerts at the same hall, and
on each occasion the spider appeared.
Paris Revue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
NiOht SWeatS 6 Couch.

E. w. Walton, Condr. s. P. Ry., TIT
Van Ness ST., San Antonio, Tex,
writes: During the summer and fall
Of 1902. my annoyance from catarrh
reached that stage where it was actual
misery and developed alarming symp-
toms, such as very deep-seated cough,
night sweats, and pains in the head and
chest. experimental with several So
called remedies before I finally decided
to take thorough course of Peruna.
1.-TWO of my friends had gone so far as
to inform me that the thing for me to do
was to resign my position and seek a
higher, more congenial climate. Every
one thought 1 had consumption and /
was not expected to live very long.
"Having procured some Peruna, de-
cided to give it a thorough test and ap-
piled myself assiduously to the task OF
taking it, as per instructions, in the
meantime.
"The effects were soon apparent, all
alarming symptoms disappeared ana
my general health became fully as gooo
as it had ever been in my life.
81 have resorted to the use OF Peruna
on two or three occasions since thas
time to cure myself of bad colds"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

1t is probable that the star Arcturus
is one Of the six greatest Of all the
stars in the sky. Notwithstanding its
brightness. it is 50 far away from US
that it is not displaced in position in
the slightest measurable degree, as we
change our position 1SGO0O,000 miles in
our annual journey around the sun.
Could we be placed midway between
Arcturus and orr sun we would receive
thousands of times more light and heat
from the star than from our sun, and
this notwithstanding that the stars
radiation is smothcred by a dense blan-
ket of metallic vapors. In spite OF its
immense distance the star is drifting
slowly in Il Southwestward direction
over the face Of the sky, its motion
changing its apparent position by an
amount equal to the diameter of the
moon in the course Of about 1000 years.
So great an apparent motion must indi-
cate an enormous velocity in space
New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
"THE PALE GIRL"
Did Not Know Coffee Was The Caus

Did Not Know Coffee Was The Cause.
In cold weather some people think
cup of hot coffee good to help keep
warm. So it is-for n short time but
the ug-caffeine-acts on the heart
to weaken the circulation and the re-
action is to cause more chilliness.
There is a hot, wholesome drink
makes the blood warm and the heart
strong.
She says:
Having lived for five years in n.
Oak, l have used considerable coffee
owing to the cold climate AS a result
l had a dull headache regularly, suf-
fered from indigestion, and had no
life in me.
Il was known as the pale girl and
people thought l was just weakly.
After a time l had heart trouble and
became very nervous, never knew what
it was to be real well. Took medicine
but it never seemed to do any good.
''Since being married my husband
anu bOlA udNe luOueul COlItc was
harming us and we would quit, only to
begin again, although we felt it was
the same as poison to US.
Then we got some Postum. Well,
the effect was really wonderful. My
complexion is clear now, headache
gone, and have a great deal Of energy
1 had never known while drinking cof-
fee.
II haven't been troubled with indi-
gestion since using Postum, am not
nervous, and need no medicine. We
have a little girl and boy who both
love Postum and thrive on it and
Grape-Nuts''
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read The Road TO Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
A Common Error.


May I examine the children little
as to their knowledge of the language|
asked the visitor at the grammar
school, an old gentleman with benevo-
lent aspect of countenance but a shrewd
twinkle in his eye.
Certainly you may" smilingly an
swered the teacher.
The old gentleman stepped to the
blackboard and wrote this sentence
upon it:
"Pennsylvapia abounds in anthracite
COAL
Now" he said. Il should like to
have some child point out the mistake
in that sentence
One of the older girls came forward
picked up the chalk, and rewrote the
statement thus:
"Anthracite coal abounds in Pennsyl-
vania."
Not so bad" said the visitor, but
you haven't found it."
Another changed it as follows:
Pennsylvania abounds with anthra-
cite coal"
Still Incorrect" was the comment.
"Anthracite coal is abundant in
Pennsylvania" wrote a third.
That will not do, either" said Mr.
Baxter.
One of the big boys tried his hand
with this result:
Pennsylvania is abundantly supplied
with anthracite coal"
NO, that is not so good
Then a little boy stepped forward,
and with his finger erased the word
coal"
THAT word isn't needed" he said.
Anthracite means hard coal"
Right" said the visitor. You have
one bright pupil, anyhow, Miss Adair.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
TRICKY JAIL BIRDS.
Many Ways the COnvfcfs Have of


Many Ways the Convicts Have of
FeiGning Sickness.
Hear the song of the dear little Jail
BIRDS said the jailer as a burst of
ribald melody came down the gray cor
ridor The dear little Jail birds!' He
shook his head and sighed.
They are all playing sick in that
ward" he resumed. There's nobody
can maligner like a Jail bird His
tricks are amazing.
ITO fake a fever he will whiten his
tongue with chalk, flush his cheeks with
a red flannel undershirt and disorder
his stomach by swallowing a quid of
tobacco.
ITO fake consumption he will cut his
gums so as to spit blood and 90 through
a terrific kind of Swedish movement in
bed so as to produce night sweats.
"Some Jail birds have brought on
nettle rash by temporarily poisoning
themselves with Struggled crab or lob
ster. Some chew soap so as to froth
at the mouth in fake fits. Some even
thrust needles down to the lids of the
eye to bring on cataracts. "-Minneap-
oils Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

American shippers in Mukden have
made formal complaint to their consul OF
the fact that the japanese railroad in
Manchuria is discriminating against them.
This discrimination is carried on by
means of a rebate system in which for
eign shippers are excluded from using the
lines under the minimum cargo regulation,
and that they are not allowed to combine
their cargoes as are the japanese.
In London the business session of the
seventeenth universal peace conference
was inaugurated with a speech by Lord
Courtney, who emphasized the close con-
nection between justice and peace. He
declared that there would be no more
wars if injustice were driven out of the
world and that the first step in this di-
rection was to develop the strength, scope
and purity of international law.
The conviction of Tilak, leader of the
anti-British forces in India, by the high
court at Bombay, on the charge of sedi-
ton, and his sentence to six years BAN
ishment and a heavy fine, has brought on
a fresh crisis As a demonstration of
sympathy, 10000 mill hands in Bombay
went on a strike. Rioting ensued, and
Europeans were stoned and jeered, mag
istrate's house attacked and a mail train
held up. The troops were called out and
had to fire solid shots into the crowd
with fatal effect, before order was re-
stored.
The heirs of Antoine Siger, the Mayor
of Fort de France, Martinique, who was
assassinated April % during political
encounter, have entered a civil suit for
damages in Paris against the government
Of Martinique, NJ. Lepreux.
The new patent law, which allows any
foreign patents to be revoked unless the
article so protected is MANUFACTURED or
the process operated in England, went
into effect the other day. and in conse-
uuence the government estimates a rush
of industrial establishments from foreign
concerns to the amount of 12j,G00,O00
capital the first of the year.
Vice President Fairbanks and Ameri-
can army and naval officers were guests
at state dinner given by the Prince Of
Wales on board the warship Exmouth the
evening the prince sailed from Quebec for
home.
other step ahead of its rivals by securing
rights to the aerial torpedo invented by
Col. Unge of the Swedish army. The
purchase is made nominally by the Krupp
gun works. 1t is said that this torpedo
can be fired with great accuracy and
without noise, so as to be dropped inside
a fort or on the deck of a ship with ex-
plosive power enough to destroy either.
A company is in process of organiza-
ton at Berlin with preliminary capital
of S125OOO to establish a line of passen-
ger airships between the capitals of Eu-
rope. based upon the recent success Of
Count Zeppelin's airship. Prof. Schie-
man, in an article for the Kreuz Zeitung
halls the event as one of political as we'll
rs scientific Importance. Other papers
now are demanding the creation of su-
preme aerial war feet.
Reports from Tabriz continue to tell of
victories won by the revolutionary forces
fSrer those of the Persian Shah, a strong
body of the latter having been ambuscaded
near Tabriz. The Shah still rules Te-
heran without regard to the constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

There is Il new belfry covering for
the up-to-date man. 1t arrived from
Paris and is called the King Edward
hat. This masculine headgear is built
on the lines of the feminine flower pot
lid and is blocked to resemble the he'll
met that the man who pounds the pave
wears. The hats are made of the same
material as the ordinary black derby.
Instead of Il ribbon bow on the band
a buckle clasps it. Several people who
arrived from Paris recently wore the
new lid. They say the King Edward
hat was introduced to France on the
kings recent visit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
Public Baths of Large Cities.

Our present national movement to
get the denizens of our cOngested cities
next to godliness is now progressing
rapidly, according to reports being re
ceived by the Federal bureau Of Ia
Dor, which show that about 20 of our
big urban centers now provide public
baths. Among these Boston takes the
lead with 10 public bathing beaches, Y
public floating baths and one public
pool. Next to this record of % public
baths ranks that of Greater New York
with 20. and then that Of Philadelphia
with -.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
EYEsIGHT WAS IN DANGER
From Terrible Eczema-Baby's Head
n Mass of Itching Rash and Sores


IL Oh
Disease Cured by Cuticura.
"Our little girl was two months old
when she got rash ON her face and
within five days her face and head
were all one sore. We used different
remedies but it got worse instead of
better and we thought she would turn
blind and that her ears would fall off.
She suffered terribly, and would scratch
until the blood came This went on
until she was five months old, then |
had her under our family doctors care,
but she continued to grow worse. He
said it was eczema. When she was
seven months old l started to use the
Cuticura Remedies and in two months
our baby was a different girl. You
could not see sign of a sore and she
was as fair as a newborn baby. She
has not had a sign of the eczema since.
Mrs II. T. Budke, LeSueur, Mimi, Apr.
Is and May ,, 'O7."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
GOSSin.

$50 there is GOODNESS between
Count Fucarh and lis wife's rela-
tions?'
Yes. They say his conduct was
atrOcious.'
Surely he didn't beat his wife,
''No. But he beat his father-in-law
out of several hundred thousand. =
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
yneafionS, HardshiDs.

Gwilliams-Have a good rest at that
summer resort up northt
Stint did, but it was pretty hard on
the girls. They had to walk nearly a
mile TO mail their picture postcards
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

pain l was deSpairing of ever being
cured when Doan's Kidney Pills came
to my notice and their use brought
quick relief and a permanent cure.
am very grateful"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-AIil1urn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

ten years | was in mis-
cry with hackache. The
sim p lie s t homework
completely exhausted
me. ! had no strength
or ambition, was nerv-
Gus and suffered head
ache and dizzy spells.
After these YearS of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
Record Broken Nearly in Two.

By his wonderful flight at Fort
Myer Wednesday morning Orville
Wright almost broke in two the best
official record ever before made by 6
heavier-than-air machine. 1t was only
the previous Sunday that Leon Della
grange, president Of the Aviation Clut
of France, established a new WORLD
record by remaining in the air % min.
utes and "a seconds. tie circled the
field at Issy, near Paris, fifteen and Q
half times and covered fifteen and 6
quarter miles. Monday Delagrange
after installing a fuel tank of increased
capacity on his machine, made a flight
of thirty-one minutes, but the record
was rot allowed to stand, three min.
utes being deducted because the aero
plane touched the ground while max.
ing its first round of the field.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

4 country paper lays down these rules
of etiquette: when a lady and gentle
man are walking in the street the lady
should walk inside of the gentleman"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
DOUBLES RECORD FOR
FLIGHT IN AEROPihAE
OrviIle Wright Stays in Air at Fort
Meyer 81 Minutes and 81
Seconds.
HIGH SPEED IS MAINTAINED.
Aviator Has Perfect Control Of His
Machine and Says He Could
Have Continued Flying.

a new world record in aeroplane
flights was established at Fort Myer,
Va, early Wednesday, when Orville
Wright circled above the broad parade
grounds there ffty-three times and re
manned in the air ffty-seven minutes
and thirty-one seconds, official time.
Mr.. Wright's smashing Of all pre-
vious records carried out his promises,
after his two remarkable ascents, when,
at the maximum height Of sixty feet.
going ten and three-quarter miles in
all and averaging thirty-siX miles an
hour, he spent eleven minutes in one
fight and eight minutes in the other.
The achievement was accomplished
under ideal weather conditions and in
the presence Of about twenty-five spec
tators aside from the soldiers. The
ascent was made at s:10 O'Clock in the
morning. It was an easy ride in the
air, the machine was under perfect
control and the aviator Travelled at a
speed approximating thirty-six to thir.
ty-eight miles an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

It's the judgment OF many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder &c cigar
equals in quality the best 10c cigar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
Wright Is Highly Pleased.

Mr.. Wright expressed himself as
highly pleased over what had beer
accomplished by his machine, and de
clared that had he known he was sc
close TO being in the air an hour he
would have remained q little longer
He said that he came down because
his motor slipped once or twice, an6
that he thought he had been in the air
only half an hour.
Except for the slipping of the mctoI
no trouble was experienced in the
working of the aeroplane Everything
went as smoothly as the most perfectly
adjusted clock, and the man who es.
sayed to beat all records in this branch
of aeronautics handled his invention
with as perfect ease as a trained en-.
gineer would handle the throttle of his
locomotive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
Quick as Wink.

If your eyes ache with a smarting,
burning sensation and dizziness use PET
TITS EYE SALNE. All druggists or
Howard Bros RnffalO. Y. y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

FITS St Yitus Dance and Nervous Disease, per-
q Z - mancntty cured by DR.. Klnes Great Nerve
Resorer. Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
DR. r. H. KLINE Id, 93l Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

In some oriental countries, vaccination
has been practiced for over a thousand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

Mrs. winslow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething softens the gums reduces Inflammation, al
lays pain. cures wind collie. Is cents a bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

Red-headed persons are not apt to be-
come bald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17
TEN YEARS OF BACKACHE.

Thousands of Women Suffer in the
Same Way.
Mrs. ThOs. Dunn, 1913 Vine St,
Columbus. Ohio. says: For more than
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-17

More proof that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegeta able Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
Il was great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sperling, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave, Chicago, Ill, writes:
Il suffered from female troubles, a
tumor and much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
my lie. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
an operation."