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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
The Fourth East River Bridge.

The harbor channel known as the East
River which separates New York City
from Long Island, was spanned by a
fourth bridge June u, when the towers
of the new Manhattan Bridge were con-
nected with two cables to support foot
bridge, on which the cable weavers may
work. This is near the old Brooklyn
Bridge, or between it and the newer Will
liamsburg Bridge. At the same time the
new Blackwell's Island bridge is ready to
turn over to the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
ITCHING HUMOR ON BOY.
His Hands Were a Solid Mass, and
Disease Spread All Over Body
Cured In 4 Days by CUticura.

Cured In 4 Days by CUticura.
"One day we noticed that our little
boy was all broken out with itching
sores We first noticed it Oh his little
hands His hands were not as bad
then, and we didn't think anything
serious would result. But the next day
we heard of the Cuticura Remedies
being so good for itching sores. By
this time the disease had spread all
over his body, and his hands were
nothing but Il solid mass of this itch
ing disease. | purchased a box of Cuti-
cura Soap and one box of Cuticura
Ointment, and that night l took the
Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water
and washed him well. Then 1 dried
him and took the Cuticura Ointment
and anointed him with it. l did this
every evening and in four nights he
was entirely cured. Mrs. Frank Dom
ahue, 2oS Fremont St, Kokomo, Ind,
Sept. Is, 1907
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Morse Again in the Game.

Charles W. Morse has. given formal no
tice that depositors in the suspended
Bank of North America may have full
payment of their deposits, and this is
taken to mean that the speculative banker
had managed to make good his losses and
had again entered ''the street" Morse
had to make good deposits to the amount
of S1,350,O00. Morse refuses to explain
how he raised the funds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Before and After.

Impatient Husband (at foot of stair
way)-For heavens sake, Maria, how
much longer is it going to take you tc
get ready? I've been waiting forty min
utes for you
His Wife (upstairs) -Before we were
married, John, you used to say you would
be willing to wait forty years for me il
necessary.
Impatient husband mutters something
under his breath to the effect that he has
more sense now than he had then, but
makes no audible rejoinder.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
4 So. 100000 Lumber Merger

At st. Louis the owners of 5000 acres
of yellow pine lands in Arkansas Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama met
and appointed a permanent committee,
headed by f. e. Weyerhauser. son of the
st. Paul lumber trust magnate, to work
out the details of a holding company to
be capitalized at $3,OOO,OOO This is to
absorb not only the lumber owners, but
the principal manufacturers as well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
SUCCESS and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy Of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
BARGAINS in Brains.

Recent circulars issued by II. J. Hap
good. head of the employment bureau
known as Hapgoods throw curious
light on the industrial situation. Re
ferring to the effect of the recent panic,
the circular says that employers have
been curtailing their pay rolls, and now
offers to supply better men for various
places at bargain prices. 1t says that
these men are now willing to work for
from a third to a quarter less salary
than they were receiving during prosper
ouS times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Side Lights ON History,

Scott was writing the Lay of the Las
Minstrel"
After which," he muttered, with
grim smile, with your kind permission
ladies and gentlemen, the gifted vocalist
Herr Spuytentuyfel. will sing the patheti
ballad, entitled Mamma, Your Littl
Darling Is Too Full to Eat Any More y
For. well he knew that there would b
still later Ministries with other LAYS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

ord in the all-round excellence and
character and conduct for which the
association stands The eyes of the
brotherhood were upon him and their
sympathies and appreciation accompa1-
led him. Part of his endeavor and
struggle was for this approval
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Bride (tenderly)-We have fully
twenty minutes before the train comes
when we must BID one another farewell
isn't that nice?
Bridegroom-Capital-we can &c
into the station restaurant and eat
something observation-disclosures Salon
WitZblatt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
c.r,, Car Wins Grand Prix

Iautenschlager, in Mercedes car, fin
ished first in the grand prize information
al automobile race over the 1I-kllometer
course at Dieppe, France, his time being
6 So AZ. or at the rate of over sixty
nine miles an hour. German cars were
also second and third. The driver and
mechanism of the French Panhard car
we're killed when their machine turned
turtle. The driver of the English car
was also badly injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
silk for Gas Mantles-

The Literary Digest quotes an author
ity in Cosmos to the effect that at last a
method has been found to make much
stronger and more durable gas mantle by
using an artificial silk as the fabric on
which the oxides are deposited. This silk
is made by the dissolution of cellulose in
ammoniate of copper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Mrs. Highmus-I Suppose at some time
in your life you struggled with the Nibe-
lungenlied?
Mrs. Gaswell-O, yes; had an awful
siege of that in 80. l had to take all
kinds of nasty medicines before 1 got it
out OF my system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

For years | was
weak and run down,
could not sleep, my
limbs swelled and
the Secretions were
troublesome; pain S
were intense. l was
fast in bed for four
months. Three doc
tors said there was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Mrs CleyelnnI's Gratitude,

Through the press, the widow of the
late ex-President Cleveland has issued a
statement expressing her grateful az
acknowledgement of the thousands of mes
sages of coincidence received
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
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
womenWho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, hatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervousp rostration.
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, 1908-07-23
The Wise Men.

"After all, it's the wise man who can
change his opinion
But the wisest men simply can't do
it."
"Why not?'
Because they've been dead for
years''-Catholic Standard and Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

A great extension of the Siberian rail
road is proposed along the River Anlur,
and as it has met with hearty approval on
the part of the present ministry. it is like
ly to be constructed. 1t will open up 40,-
100000. acres of corn land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

was given up to die. Being urged, ]
used Doan's Kidney Pills. Soon l was
better and in a few weeks was about
the louise, well and strong again
Sold by all dealers. 90 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy
Y. Y, for a FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes
1t cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach-
ing feet. 1t makes new tight shoes easy.
A certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it. 25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Necessary Formally.

Mrs. Ferguson-George, what do you
have to do when you want to draw some
money out of bank?
Mr.. Ferguson-You have to put some
money in the bank beforehand. That's
ALWAYS been nv experience
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Save the Babies.

INFANT MORTALITY something fght We hardly realize
all the children born civilized countries twenty-five per cent? nearly
onequart5r die before they reach year, Ven per
than ond before they fV and nehalf before they fifteen!
We do not hesitate say that timely Casoa would
o these precious lives Neither do hesitate say that many of these
nne deaths occasoned by the ofnc preparations Drops
and soothing yps sold for den complaints contain OPIUM
morphine They considerable quantities deadly psona In quantity
they supe retard circulation and lead congon Sickness DEATH Cas
operates exactly the reverse but you signature
Cas Fletcher Castoa the blood properly opens
pores Of the skin and alays fever
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
A Solemn Thought.

How often fate the right assumes
To crush what seems the strongest!
The loudest presidential booms
Don't always last the longest.
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
For Prudential Reasons.

Customer Cat lunch counter)-Your
eggs are fresh, aren't they?
Waiter Girl-Y-yes, sir; but 1 think
you'll like them better in the form of an
omelet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

It's the judgment OF many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder &c cigar
equals in quality the best Zoe cigar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Four English girls have been arrested
near Manchester for poking fun at an
aged spinster's curls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

The outward robe of the Pope is red
and made from the wool of the lambs of
the convent of st. Agnes, near the Porto
Pia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Yes. Indeed.

Eyes, he is worth million, and he
made every penny of it honestly"
How old-fashioned Houston Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

In some of the English towns striking
a match on lamppost means a fine if a
policeman sees you.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Mail matter for the Tonga group OF
islands in the Pacific is delivered by
means of rockets from passing vessels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

en- q St Ytus- Dance s Nervous Diseases
- Permanently Cured by Dr. Kline 5Tezt
Nerve Send Free Sc trial bottle and tEs4ss
DR. r. III. KLINE, Id. ssl Arch Street Philadelphia 7,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER E. SMITH, Room
1sl 218, Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo-,
writes: "Peruna is the best friend
sick man can have.
"a few months ago I came here in
wretched condition. Exposure and
dampness had ruined my once robust
health. I had catarrhal affections of
the bronchial tubes, and for tine there
was doubt as to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and in
a short time my health began to i'm
prove very rapidly, the bronchial
trouble. gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
accept grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-ru-na for His Patients.
A. w. Perrin, NJ. D. s., $50 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, n. Y, says:
81 am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending it to my patients in
all cases Of cstarrh, and find 1t to be
more than yo: represent. Peruna can
be had now of all druggists in this Sec
ton. At the time began using it, it
was unknown"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Mrs. winsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
tssthng; 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, 1908-07-23

More than 1900 persons die Of measles
in London every year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
BED-BoUND FOR MONTHS.

Hope Abandoned after Physicians
Consultation.
Mrs. Enos Shearer, Yew and Wash
ington streets, Centralia, Wash, says:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

Lightning express-electric train.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23
Letters from Prominent Physicians
addressed to ChaS, H. Fletcher.

Dr. F. Peeler OF St Louis Il prescribed Casoa
and efficient speedy
Dr. Down. OF Philadelphia Pa have prescribed Cas-
benefit to patients"
DR. Edward Parrish of Brooklyn, 81" Cas-
household
Dr. j. Elliott of New York City, Having during the six
prescribed Castora for nte stomach disorders most
heartily
to the delicate children"
C. e. Spragu Omaha ideal
medicine for children and frequently
cate the ndcminae medicines Casora
exception conditions which children"
Dr. J. A Parker of Kansas City,
of the medical held
reliable medicine chill
In fact is the household infane ailments
Dr. H Merrill of Augusta Me- "Caoa is Of the
remarkable remedies for children
opinion Castoria saved thousands
hundreds testimonials from this locality its efficiency
and merits"
Dr. Norman NJ Geer of Cleveland Ohio During the last twelve
have frequently best
preparations the kind hands
fectve relieving chdns disorders while the with which
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-27

er Ttme?" whispered Grace Van Horn
TO Marie Temple. Look at his walk.
his gait. ! should say It resembles
the limp Of dray horse.
Marie Temple laughed SOFTLY. whIs-
perIng back: Some poor, old rela-
tive. probably. whom they did not
know when they knew better days.
but who is good enough to visit them
in their boarding house"
Wonder who is his taiIor?" whis-
.pered Grace Van Horn. nGuess he
must have lived during the early
ages, He is an antique"
Yes. should think they would set
him on the mantel. or put him IN the
cabinet" whispered Marie. Just
note the whlskers, will YOU"
Needs shave" snickered Grace.
Then the stern eye OF lady sitting
In the same pew with them caused
them to become silent.
A few days afterwards Pauline was
helping the old man down town to a
shop where he wished to make some
purchases. and passed Grace Van
Horn on the street The latter pre-
tended not to sec her former acduaint
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school friend enough respect to come
and Offer her consolation. The other
girls of her acquaintance We're very
/ kind to her during the first weeks Of
grief and worldly loss: but even they
soon colled In their manner toward
/ Pauline, their mothers setting the eS-
ample by striking the name of Mrs.
Rogers from their visiting lists.
n 'ofrourse. inc poor thing 41eans
ing Ms. Robots, can't expect 10 go
in society now. 70 not only Is she In
mourning. but financially ruined.
They say Ben Rogers didn't have
hardly anything for his wife and
child. So. under the circumstances.
she can't possibly expect 10 continue
in our set" So spoke Mrs. Van
Horn, mother OF Grace.
And - Mrs. Rogers opened her
beautiful house to strangers, taking
bnarders to help defray expenses
Among the boarders installed in Mrs.
Rogers house. was an old man, a
stranger in the town. He had heard
of Mrs. Rogers house upon his arrival
In town ana had gone there directly.
Although he brought with him no
references as TO character Mrs. Rog-
ers declared that his kind old face
and low. sympathetic voice were
quite enough to warrant her in admit
ting him as guest in her home.
why, the poor old man is Grip
pied" exclaimed Pauline when she
came in from school on the day Of the
strange boarder's arrival. "see how
he limps. mama. And his hands
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-27
LESSON no. HOW To DRAW A RAW.


indebted. to her for. You shall be
one Of the family sir, and MANN and
shall do all thar poor people can do
TO make you comfortable.
"Butsuppose the other boarders
should make an objection to your
keeping me-a nnmeless beggar, one
might say--in your house?'' asked
the old man.
sBut nobody except mama and I
VIII ever know your circumstances"
said Pauline. "Igs very hard TO be
poor. sir, and as mama and / have
had taste OF poverty we know all
the more how to sympathlze with am
other fellow creature In distress.
You shall have all the attention that
we have been in the habit of showing
you sir, Somehow. think of my
own dear old grandpa. who died sew
eral years ago, when look at you.
Ut would have been very hard 10
bear had any one been unkind to him
because he couldn't pay his way.
Dear old grandpa, he was very poor,
too. fofshe gave all his wealth to his
sons-my papa being one OF them.
And papa gave him a home tn he
died. Then dear papa made some
unwise investments and lost all he
had gotten from grandpa SO, you
see. know that 1t is very hard to
be poor. But let us not talk about II
any more. for the day Us so warm
and you need a nap under the trees
Come"
yes the day ii warm" said the
old man. and I've decided to go into
the country for the remainder Of the
summer" Pauline looked at him in
establishment, and saw him smiling a
most generous and glorious smile.
."Ah. my little treasure. with heart
OF gold, I'm not a poor old man at all:
I'm your old grandpa's brother. and
have more money than ] need for
myself, Sos hearing Of your poor
mothers dilemma. decided to come
here incogntto and study. her worth
and yours I have relatives In the
west who are after my money--but I
know their plans. Were ! poor to-
day they would turn their backs on
me tomorrow. This morning l. had
the same conversation with Nour
mother that ] have Just had with
you, and she assured me OF her love
and protection just as you have done
-andynu both thought me a Same
less old tramp"
mo. no." cried Pauline. 1--WE both
knew YOU to be good and noble. and
pItied you because you were friend1ess
and poor"
"Ah, but l have the truest friends
In the world. my little one. and now
we are all three going to enjoy the
good that the money have been
pillng up these many years can bring
TO us. Your mother does not know
my secret: wnntedto tell IT to You
first Pauline
"Ah. then you are Great Uncle Dan.
and not poor and frendless al all2'
whispered Pauline. tears OF emotion
and happiness in her eyes.
Yes. I'm the old chap. and have
come TO take care Of your brave ma
ma and yourself And now just let
these UPSTAIRS in town try to snub
You. my little one"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-04-27
LITTLE PAULINE ROGERS

Pauline Roberts was 4 quiet, sweet
tempered girl Of IA. Her mother
was widow, and kept a few boarders
TO help out with living expenses 6f
her little daughter and herself. Az
ter the death Of Pauline's father
which occurred year before this
story opens-many OF the little girls
former friends became rather cool
in their manner toward her. feeling
that the daughter OF a boarding
house keeper was not their social
equal PaulIne's father had failed in
business just before his death, his
financial loss probably being the cause
Of his sudden illness, which ended so
sad1y for htswife and daughte.
At first the changed attitude of her
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friends caused Pauline many very
unhappy hours. but her mothers con-
ISOLATION ana council helped her to get
over the loss Of friendship at such
girls who looked more at the social
position and financial standing Of the
parents Of their ASSOCIATES than at
the little comrades themselves. One
girl especially that Pauline had been
very fond OF. Grace Van Horn, had
openly cut Pauline soon after the
news OF her fathers failure in bnsi-
ness had been spread abroad And
even after the poor mans death, and
when a kind word was so much app
preciated by his widow and orphan
daughter, the vain little Miss Grace
Van Horn did not show her old