Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-03
RUDOLPH

Miss Gertrude Akey returned to your city
Sunday evening after spending her Thanks
giving vacation at home.
Miss Della Casberg of Grand Rapids spent
her Thanksgiving vacation with her cousin.
Clara Hassel.
Mr..and Mrs. Rollin Clark, OF CoIoma,
spent Saturday and Sunday as guests OF the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Clark.
Miss Norma Babe has very bad cold and
was unable to return to your city to attend
school for a few days.
1t is rumored that our section boss, Her
man Redlick, has given up this part of the
country after nine years of steady work and
will soon move away.
Tuf1eld Akey departed last Tuesday noon
to resume his work as night watch for
Montgomery Ward &c Co. in Chicago.
Selmer Hassel came down from Wausau
Wednesday evening and took in the dance
and spent Thanksgiving day with his par
ents.
The Thanksgiving ball given by Nick
| Marceau was well attended in spite OF the
muddy weather.
Dave Sharkey came home from Stratford
| ford a very good place to spend his winter
in.
DR.. and Mrs. V. P. Norton, OF your city,
were up to John Joosten's home Sunday.
DR.. was called to attend a horse of Mr.. Joos-
! tens that has blood poison in its foot.
| The cyclone which struck the western
! part of this town one and one-half mile
west of the station Wednesday evening,
| Nov. 25, completely wrecked the house of
Martin Joosten's and fortunately none OF
! the family were injured. 1t blew the barn
over, killing one COW, breaking the back of
another and timber fell across the neck OF
a cali severing the head. the granary was
completely blown away, small pig house
and wood shed was left standing. 1t then
Jumped IA mile, without doing any damage,
| to Jonn VanErt's wrecking his barn and a
shed, and the top part of a barn of Henry
VanHoovel's was blown over, one COW was
killed, the barn and wood shed of Joe Van
de Loops was blown away and window
lights broken in back part of his house.
The barns of Cornelius Van Asten were on
an foot basement, the west side of the stone
wall was cracked, but did not break, but the
hay barn above was blown away leaving the
hay exposed, a shed 16x60 feet has one-haIf
the roof blown away which landed in the
field one-half mile away. The grapary and
wagon shed were blown away and his farm
machinery was badly damaged. The walls
OF the house was left standing, but the roof
is gone and all partitions and doors are
down on the inside and the house is a per-
feet wreck. Mr.. van sAsten was sitting by
the window at the time the crash came and
was very badly cut in the left breast by the
glass and the left side of his face is badly
bruised.
Arthur Johnson, who teaches school in
district No. 4, has moved his headquarters
to the station and will hereafter be found at
| the home OF DR.. Jackson.
Miss May Johnson was shopping in your
| city last week Wednesday.
Last Tuesday evening Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Elliott entertained about thirty oftheir reIa-
tives and friends at a card party. About
midnight very nice lunch was served. All
report having fine time.
The friends of Martin Joosten have helped
! him to move his stock and hauled his hav
onto his farm, one mile west of the station.
He is very fortunate in having two farms.
the one he has moved onto has good house
and new barn.
The ladies aid society OF the NJ. E. church
will hold chicken pie supper and annual
sale at the store of Mr.. Babe. The supper
will be served in their dining room. All are
cordially invited to attend
Dr. Jackson was business caller in your
city Tuesday.
Miss Clara Jacoby went to Grand RAPIDS
Monday where she will work.
three months ago returned home last Sun
day