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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

The explosion of a stove in the brush
factory of Louis Clute in Oshkosh caused
damage of about $4,000. The proprie-
tor was severely burned in trying to put
ont ths blaze
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
Killed on Crossing.

Melcher Warner was killed and Henry
Nelson was injured by a Wisconsin Cen
trail passenger train at the crossing in
the town of Delmar. The men were in
rig and tried to cross the track in front
of the train. One horse was killed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
BsOyys OFF Head with Shotgun.

John Fritz generally known as the
''iceman'' and well known character i'll
the city of Peshtigo. took his life with a
shotgun The mans head was half torn
away by the shot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
A Keen Business Man.

Noah landed on Ararat.
Fine" he cried-''a mountain and
seashore resort in one!"
Herewith he started to build a sum-
mer hotel.-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
WHAT IS MANI THE HINDUs ANSWER.
By line. Jean DeIaire,

In one pithy line an Indian writer has
expressed the essence of his faith Brahman
is real the word Is tllusory; mans soul is
Brahman and nothing else. Thus, for the
Indian sages, man as well as nature is an
incarnation Of the divine. an inyolution of
God; and they conceived evolution as the
slow, patient return of all things to their
divine source. InvOlutiOn and evolution We're
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
FOLLOWS TRACKS TO SEED.
Sheriff Finds Grain Which Granger
Claims Was Stolen.

Claims Was Stolen.
For some months past farmers in the
towns of Muskegon and New Berlin have
suffered from frequent thefts. The gran
airy at the farm of Theodore Pobrig
Muskego, was broken into and a member
of bushels of clover and timothy seed
stolen. Posbrig followed the wagon tracks
GnG subsequently, swOre out a search war
rant. Under Sheriff Gibson and Deputy
Clancy went to the home of Clarence
Killops New Berlin, where they found
line bags of seed hidden under a bed.
Killops was arrested on a burglary charge.
lie is a well known farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

word duty The fault is not in system of educa-
ton but Is the result of false loose Interpretation
the Gospel and the attitude Of society towards those
who have been divorced. divorce is to checked
should frown upon all divorced parties and
should also have uniform strict laws the subject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
THE BLIGHT OF DIVORCE.
BY Cardinal Gibbons.

Government figures show divorces are null
tipying about three times as fast as the
population. They disclose that one marriage
In twelve ends in divorce. Men and women
enler the marriage state without regard for
the sacred nature Of the bond they are under
taking They look too much upon life with
regard only to what they can get out of it,
and with too little regard for that solemn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
know" she said.
A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
God-MakinE is One of midas Most
Immense Industries.

Immense Industries.
Few of us realize that into the vast
triangle of Hindustan is packed one
fifth of the entire human race-more
than 200o0O,000 HinduS, 100000
Mohammedans. 100000 aborigines
and we'll over 100000 Of other mis-
cellaneous peoples. making up pop
ulation of over 30O,0O0,OO0, speaking
scores of different tongues and divided
into hundreds of separate states.
The most important industry Of In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
GETS 21 YEARS AT WAUPUN.

Judge Burncu Imposes Heavy Pen
atty on Amberg Murderer.
Dell Oborn. convicted of the murder in
the second degree of Louis Toboltz at
Amberg last May. was sentenced at Osh-
kosh to twenty-one years in States prls-
Oh. Attorneys for the defense will sue
out a writ of error in an effort to bring
the case before the Supreme Court. Judge
G. W. Burnell pronounced sentence after
DENYING a motion for a new trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
Milwaukee Man Elected.

Clarence l. Zimmerman of Milwaukee
has been elected secretary of the Wis
consin section of the American Electro
Chemical Society.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

!, THE MYSTERY OF Ida


Mrs. Dilpeck paused with her hand
In the air over her daughters dresser,
paralyzed for the moment. She had
wandered in as usual to Danish the
disorder which Ida always left be-
hind her and for the first time that
her mother could remember there was
nothing to straighten up. The top of
the dresser was in precise array, not
showing even collar bow or Il hair
pin thrown down carelessly. The mir
ror surface itself was busted.
Well. breathed Mrs, Dillpeck
"Wellw
The phenomenon came back TO her
mind several times that day, but Ida
was downtown shopping. so Mrs. Dill
peck said nothing. In fact, all her
life Mrs. Dillpeck had said nothing.
For one reason, Ida was so very
pretty that the sterneSt resolutions
melted 20 treacle at her smile and il
was easier to follow around doing
the things Ida should have done than
to scold her about the omission. And
then. to her mother. Ida was still Il
mere child, who doubtless would re-
form when she grew up.
Asking in a rather hopeless way
that afternoon whether Ida remem-
bered TO get the silk she wanted and
receiving an affirmative answer from
that young person, Mrs. Dlllpeck was
actually alarmed
Does your head ache, Lida?' she
inquired You are sure you aren't
feyerish or anything"
Good gracious, no." her daughter
told her. II never felt better! Why?'
Nothing" said her mother
There's so much sickness around. I
Just hope you aren't going to be
sickv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
DIES NEAR WIFE'S BIER.

William Bailey. Omaha Road Con-
ductor. Victim of Heart Failure.
William NJ. Bailey. aged SO. of Spooner,
conductor on the Omaha railroad, died of
heart failure while sitting in rocking
chair at the home of his brother-in-law,
Carl Hanselman of Eau Claire. In the
same house. at the time. was the body
of Mr. Bailey's wife. who had died at
Spooner. He had brought the remains of
his wife to Eau Claire and her funeral
was to be held the next day. Mr.. Bailey
was a member of the Knights of Pythias
and the Modern Woodmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
HYGIENE OF EMOTIONS IMPORTANT.
By T. S. CIousfon.

Whistling to keep up courage is no mere
figure Of speech. On the other hand, sit all
day in a moping posture, sigh and reply to
everything in a dismal voice, and your mel
ancholy fingers
There is no more valuable precept in moral
education than this: If we wish to cure unde-
sirable emotional tendency in ourselves we
must assiduously and in the first instance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

one of the most in
teresting fl e ure S
thrown strongly in
to the limelight by
the recent interna-
tional imbroglio in
Europe, wherein the
Sultan's realm has
been the center. By
50 III e ira n g e
chance in this day
of many newspaper
and magazine pOr-
tpoitc and pOSSin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

About one-third of the land in the
Mexican State of Durango is held by
ffty-five men. One estate covers 1000
GOO acres.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

been chief of the department of com
merce, Industries and agriculture. Pre-
viously he had served three terms as
President of Switzerland.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
~~~~~

Frank HI. Hitchcock. who. it is an
nounced. is to be Postmaster General
in Mr.. Taft's cabinet, was born in Ohio
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

$4,000, but the commercial POSSIBLE
ties of the invention are so great that
no difficulty was experienced in finding
capital to finance the experiment. Sir
Oliver claims that he is able to dispel
banks of fog by electrical discharges,
the currents acting directly on the con-
stituents of the fog and dissolving it
into millions of minute particles. He
declares that even if the invention does
sense, it will still be able to dissipate
the fog in limited areas. for instance,
along lines of railway, thereby enOr-
mously decreasing the danger OF acct
dents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

Stand in front of mirror when look.
ing for your worst enemy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

least known among the prominent men
in prominent positions in Europe. His
picture is very rarely published and
his very name strikes the average
American reader strangely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
SHE LOOKS WELL AND HAPPY"

well and happy to me. She's all
right"
You haven't got the eyes of a moth
err" said Mrs. Dillpeck. ITO crown it
all, found her trying to cut out a shirt
waist this morning, and she has always
loathed sewing. And she was singing
actually singing. over it. Then you try
TO tell mel"
How do you make mince pies, moth
ers?" Ida asked the next night, at
dinner.
Even her father stared. N.Y. he
said. with clumsy playfulness. What's
struck your
Ida blushed. Il just wanted to
know" she said.
1t was the next day that young Flick
worth broke the news to them that he
and Ida wanted to get married. After
the excitement had Gained down Mrs
Dillpeck wiped her eyes and smiled n
watery little smile
Anyhow" she said, I'm glad it's
only matrimony and not typhoid fever
that made Ida act so odd. l knew it
was something r-Chicago Daily News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

Adolf Deucher, who again has been
elected president of the Swiss Republic
has held many important positions in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
SOME WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY.
By Camille Flammarion.


"a The silent solitudes OF the moon, distant as
:. s. !" :
| WI they from us in terms of terrestrial meas
| NJ | urelnent but the suburbs OF our
| I'D | planet compared to the Imtess immensely
W | that lies beyond. Not for from here, not far
II | that is to say. astrOnOmically speaking at an
| VI average distance Of something under fifty mil
IN | lion miles, to most interesting
- world So many resemblance to our own
abode do discover that we would be almost
justified jump to the conclusion that this
world is placed where 1t is in order to enable
adopt juster conception Of the universe, and thus
into more intimate relations with that bountfu
nature in whose exist not only all the worlds
but the beings inhabiting them. To this world
have given the Of Mars
What beings organized like would do on Jupiter
1t is impossible for to guess Since Jupiter
pies more than the equivalent Of twelve terrestrial
years in performing its journey around the sum- the
Jovian year contains less than thousand four
hundred and fftyfive days. In this gigantic world
distinguish neither continents seas; entirely
enveloped in dense mpenetrabe, atmospherical envo
ope What lies beneath these banked up masses Of
clouds? Is there liquid ocean? Is there still burn
Ing kernel? Neptune, than two thousand five hun
dred million miles away is the frontier line of the
solar system we at present understand It. We at
last boldly enter upon the regions of the Infinite
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-06
Kidnapped by His Chum
Boy Then Stripped Naked Chained by Ankle Tree
With Stick

Stripped naked, chained by the ankle
to a tree, with his hands bound, then
beaten by thirteen-year-old boy,
Charles Morgentholer, aged ten years,
of Jamaica, N. Y, rescued by his
father, is in hysterieal condition, and
it is feared his brain has been per-
manently injured.
He was found by his father after
hours of exposure and suffering wan
dering about in the swamp. He had
gnawed away the rope that fastened
his wrists and had managed to unfas
ten the chain with which his ankles
were confined. In his nude condition
he dared not venture out of the swamp.
Mrs. Morgentholer, who lives at 81
Siney street, Jamaica, was asked to
buy a fish by a boy who is slightly
known in the vicinity. He said he had
been fishing and had caught the
first of the season. She declined, and
the boy left the house in anger. About
noon Charlie, who had been to church,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-06
Huge Snake Kills Man
Charles Conn., Travelling Salesman of Lexington KY Bitten by
Reptile While Giving Exhibition Charmer

From the effects of a rattlesnake bite
Charles Conn, twenty-seven years old,
a travelling salesman for the American
Lawbook company and a Mason of
Lexington, KY, died raving maniac
at the Deaeoness hospital, Louisville,
KY. Conn was bitten by a huge rat
tier on exhibition in a local cigar
store.
As he lay writhing in agony on the
floor Conn begged the bystanders to
amputate his arm, exclaiming: 'EBoys,
it is all up with me. Don t be afraid.
1 won t mind the pain" The Mortified
spectators stood as if paralyzed, and
finally in his delirium the man took
out his pocket-knife and began to cut
away the flesh from the tiny wound,
but the knife soon fell from his help
less hand.
Conn, who was a former civil engi-
neer and who had lived in Arizona.
asserted he was a snake charmer and
that no RATHER could best him. At
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Asleep Under Water

AS showing how much at home be today under
relate amusing story Some months while the
bateshp Dreadnougt Malta OF the
down clear her propeller from oar that had be-
entangled and he failed 1t chanced that the
the baesp divers ashore and grave
the roncfad for the missing worker Signals by telephone
lifeline below, without avail In
throb hrob of the cylinders attendants
looked another dsmay fearing Strange tragedy deep
down in those heaving green
The feared when big brushes other
floating the thereupon the navigating
ashore the
board dressed Immediately and below only
come up full OF Indignation
why that fellows asleep said wrath
frly 1t The had just had his lunch finding
the work much less than he had thought he finished
few and then comfortably giant
the Dreadnought propeller and Sleep
fishes warming around him. by the dazzling searchet
his breast The officers the
no punishment inflicted the lazy oneSt Nicholas
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Seven Days in lcebox
After Spent Refrigerator Car From
Florida to York.

Little hope is held for saving the
life of Chester A. O'Connell, twenty
two years old, who is in Lincoln hos
pital in New York suffering from
typhoid fever as result of being i'm
prisoned for seven days and nights in
the icebox of an empty refrigerator car
which he entered at Jacksonville, Fla.
The young man lives in Bath Beach
He was without food for the entire
week save for two soggy potatoes, and
his only drink was foul water remain
ing from the dripping of the last ice
which had been in the cars icebox.
He was not released until the ear
reached New York.
O'Connell is a master machinist and
until eight months. ago lived with his
father, Thomas, chief buyer for man
ufacturing concern. Owing to slight
misunderstanding with the family
while he was temporarily out of work
he left home last October and went
south, riding on freight trains and
often pausing in search of employment.
In May he reached Jacksonville, where
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the small public plaza opposite the rail
road station, and took a seat on one of
the benches. Being tired, she fell
asleep.
She was spied by the Dera-
siano boy, who, according to Richard
Thatcher, watched the slumbering wo.
man for a few minutes, then gathered
up a bundle of old newspapers and
stealthily approached her.
The boy paused near the bench to
see if the woman was awake and, find
ing she did not stir, slyly stopped, plac-
ed the papers directly under her and
then set fire to the pile.
In an instant the papers were ablaze,
and the flames had communicated to
the light summer clothing of the sleep
ing woman. She awoke with a scream
and, leaping to her feet, sought fran
tically to beat out the flames, which by
this time had enveloped her entire fig
ure. =
Principal James Harvey of the pub
lie school at Webster avenue and One
Hundred and Eighty-ninth street was
in a restaurant facing the park with
three of his teachers. They dashed
across the lawn, tore off part of Miss
Mccormick s blazing clothing and
rolled her on the grass. She was just
able to whisper her name and address
to Dr. Stewart of Fordham hospital,
and then she tainted
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-06

An act of cruelty scarcely equaled,
the police say, in their experience was
perpetrated in New York a few days
ago when a boy of sixteen, scarce a
month in this country, stole up to a
sleeping woman in Rose Hill park and
deliberately lit a bonfire under her.
His victim was burned so badly that
she died later at Fordham hospital.
The woman was Miss Catherine Ne
tCormick, thirty-eight years old, of
Mount Vernon. The boy who was ae-
eused of the crime by persons who de-
elared they saw his act was Francisco
Derasiano. He is said by his neigh
bors to be somewhat dull witted, and
ne was shipped here from Italy month
ago by his parents, who still live
abroad.
He was taken to the rooms of the
Children S society, where he was said
to exhibit some of the characteristics
extensively commented on by Professor
Lombroso, the great Italian -eriminol-
ogist, who recently warned Americans
that the chief factors in the recent
great increase in crime in America were
related to the rush of foreign immigra
ton
Miss Mccormick went to the Bronx
10 visit friends and, having some time
So wait for a train at the Fordham sta
zion, walked over into Rose Hill park,
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he stayed four weeks, loading fruit.
On May 81, hearing that machinists
were wanted at Atlanta, Ca, he board
ed train north, planning to get off at
Charlottestown, N. G. Concealed in
the refrigerator car, O'Connell found
that preparations were being made to
load it and hurriedly retreated into the
icebox.
Attempting to release himself after
the train had started, he discovered
that the stuff had been piled against
the icebox in such a way that, with
the utmost exertion, he was able to
open the door only about a quarter of
an inch, barely sufficient to afford him
air.
81 soon lost all count of time, - he
says. "Days and nights were alike for
me. On Sunday, a week after start
ed, the car stopped longer than usual,
and toward night I heard men IS voices.
had heard them before and had
shouted myself hoarse, but this time
they heard me. They directed me to
the hospital, mile away, and some.
how I managed to make the distance.
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~ e" - ~ ~ 1v ~ ~ ~ e" ~ ~ ~ 90 ~ q -
Anthony Dexter, a member of the
crew of the fishing schooner Eva and
Mildred, and a 50o-pound swordfish
engaged in battle for life in a twelve
foot dory, and Dexter was the victor,
although the swordfsh gave good ae-
count of itself.
The Eva and Mildred arrived at Bos-
ton recently with sixty-eight swordfish
to show for a three weeks cruise. The
big fish were easy victims, with the
exception of the monster that fell to
the lot of Dexter.
The Eva and Mildred fell in with
the big fellow three days ago, and he
was neatly harpooned from the pulpit.
Dexter then leaped into a dory and fol
lowed the fish until it lay quiet upon
the surface. Then he rowed up along
side and, putting the hooks into the
fish, swung it into the dory. The
swordfish occupied nearly the entire
bottom of the dory, and as soon as he
was out of the water he began to thrash
about. Dexter prepared to give the
fish the finishing stroke and failed to
notice that the creatures tail was I'M
der his seat. The fish suddenly struck
the seat tremendous blow with its
tail, and the seat and its occupant went
sailing through the air and dropped
into the water.
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arrived home attired in his best clothes.
He met the boy who had tried to sell
the fish and .F7as asked to 60 fishing.
The younger boy demurred at first, but
finally consented.
His companion then led him to a
swamp near the Merrick road some dis
tance from his home. There he or
dered Charlie to take his clothes off.
Afraid he was about to lose his Sunday
suit, Charlie refused. Then his com
panion, he says, struck him in the face,
knocking him down, and disrobed him.
Then he beat him with a stick and
after tying his hands with rope fast
ened him to tree with dog chain.
When Charlie was found he seemed
dazed. His father wrapped him in his
own coat and took him home.
The boy told a disconnected story as
he was led home. After he had been
rubbed well and put to bed his condi-
ton improved, but he is still in high
Nv nervous condition
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Strains Neck at Dance
Fair Maiden Was Trying Avoid Kiss Unique Affair Held in
New York Rural District

pieces of clothesline, and the twostep
was symbolized by short halts, during
which the dancers wrung pieces of
linen cloth. The best liked dance Ia
german-was styled the Rubbing
Board The favor given during this
dance proved very popular. During a
pause each man tried to kiss his fair
partner, the latter drawing her head
back quickly so that his lips pressed
her cheek instead of her lips. One
young woman jerked her head so sud
denly that her neck muscles were
strained.
The floor manager then advised the
girls that it would be better to lean
a little forward and not dislocate the
joints. After that the lips were kissed
every time. The sound of kissing in
spired the musicians to play 'Pop
Goes the Weasel -
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Willing to Die for Science
Man Who tuberculosis to Be
Watched Carefully and Every Effort Made
Cure Him.

that he first announced his willingness
to die if his death might aid in any
way in combating the spread of tuber-
culosis.
body and soul together he said, 'fand
death has no terrors for me.
For several days after Merritt's an
nouneement he waited for reply, but
no one appeared to take advantage of
his offer. Finally DIR. c. C. Carroll of
2102 Broadway found Merritt and in
oeulated the man with a germ of tu-
bereulosis. A statement from the doc
tors Office says that the disease has
now thoroughly entered into Merritt s
system, and it is expected the case viii
be under way in the next few days.
"My action was voluntary" said
Merritt. t'Of course / am not anxious
to die, but felt like doing what / have
done in the interest of humanity and
science -