Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-09

tits doing things that count. Tt
know how to do things may or may
not be valuable according to the use
that is made of the knowledge.
According to the rain guage at the
Court House the actual rain fall dur.
ing the past three days at Grand
Rapids amounted to 2.56 inches.
Geo. and Guy Wood sold three acres
of land on the hill below River View
hospital TO Frank Patterson the
cranberry man.
AT the Baptist church Sunday July
18th, DR.. d. w. Hulburt, State Mis-
sionary, will preach morning and
Ievening. All are cordially welcome.
A full attendance of both branches OF
the united congregations is desired.
S. R. Titus representative of the
Wood Co. Industrial Advertising Co..
is in the southern part of the state
this week showing stereoptican views
of Grand Rapids and Wood County.
Laird Warner has accepted a posi-
tion as travelling salesman for the X.
| K. K. Tool Co., Of Pen sylyannia. The
territory assigned to Mr.. Warner con
Sists OF Mars htield and the northern
half Of Portage Co.
County Clerk Geo. w. Davis has
issued only one marriage license since
the 4th OF July and that was on Mon
day to ChaS. Greenberg, of Mcmillan,
Marathon county, and Miss Alma Doll
Of Auburndale
Merrill Advocate Mr.. and Mrs. John
O'Day, Ethel and Guy and Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Shea will spend a few
months visiting and sight seeing out
west. They will stop at Yellowstone
National Park and expect to be
gone until September.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Havenor
formerly OF this city now of Belvidere,
ILL.,, are visiting in the city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Havenor through their local
agent T. J. Cooper, disposed of their
| property on 4tE avenue near the Con-
gregational church consisting of a
| house and two lots, to John ChriSten-
son and came up to close the deal.
Equity NeWS-What a wonderful
power we farmers have if we will only
get wise to the fact that we have it.
We have the power to be a great deal
meaner to the other fellow than he
has ever been to u.s. May God help us
when we shall come to know our
power that we shall not over step the
principles we are now so strongly con-
tending for.
Ice Cream Social.
| On the 18th of July an ice cream
| social will be held in the mission tent
"Haabet" on the corner of Baker and
| Seventh ST.
The social will be in the interest of
the Gospel Home Missionary
| Society,"" Ice cream. Ice cream cones,
coffee and sandwiches will be served
| in the tent.
Ice cream 10c, Ice cream cones sc.
coffee and sandwiches 10c, Lemonade
&c. All are cordially invited.
MRS. LUND,
MRS ALEXANDER
Geo. Moulton and his assistants are
putting on the finishing coats
plaster in the d. +. Carey house on
Baker street. The contractor, A. f.
Billmyer, has promised Mr.. Carey
that he will be able to move into his
new home on August first. The erec-
tion of this new house has been very
rapid and attended with very few
delays for material.
During the raging storm on Sunday
noon Henry Knobs barn was
struck by lightning passing down
through to the ground just back of
a team Of horses. No damage was
done to speak of except frightning the
horses and splintering the boards
where it entered. The crash and
noise was heavy, but tunately no
| fire was set and no great damage done
to the barn.
Miss Bessie Wilson died June 20, at
Grand Rapids in the hospital where
she had underwent an operation for
appendicitis. She was IL years, 9
months, 20 days old and daughter of
Will Wilson. of Nekoosa, formerly of
this place. 7, Mrs. Charlotte Wilson
and Mrs. Florence Leavitt attended
the funeral Tuesday returning to
Plainfeld Observation-Disclosures Sun.
Earl Hayward, of Grand Rapids,
was a Hancock visitor again this
week. Earl's vacation is rather short
this season as he opens summer
session of his Business College Mon
day. This is something he has never
done before and does it now simply to
accommodate young people who de-
sire to spend their summer vacation
in profitable manner Hancock
News.
The Smart Bros, owners of the
Olympic theatre on the west side had
a novel electric arrangement on the
4th in front of their business place
They had a magaphone suspended in
the air i'm front of their business
place and it was operated by cleo
tricity through a connecting wire. 1t
was kept going on the street while
the slides were being presented on the
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