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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
DANGER IS APART
OF THE AUTO GAME

Robert Burman, the clever Westerner
who drove the Jackson car for nine
teen out Of twenty-foU- hours at Morris
Park last year, says, referring 10 the
mishap at Baltimore May o. where
CedrlnO met his death: Some men be-
heve track racing the safest; another
styles road racing safer; another looks
upon beach racing as the only form OF
sport, and others believe hill climbing
alone nOnhazaTdOuS, In every form OF
tie SPORT including touring. lives are
sacrificed, and At is not evident which Is
safest.
we shall have road, track, beach,
hin, and other forms OF racing, and also
touring, and without a doubt men viii
continue TO pass TO the hereafter, all
ia their proper time, in the future, as
in the past. When airship contests
come In vogue, we shall continue TO see
contests In which lives will be lost IN
the days of the cycle men lost their
lives.
In cycling the howl went up against
every form Of the sport at the time Of
an accident, but every accident slipped
from mind, As did also the p-obabis
chances Of death, when another con-
test came arOunG- II IS SO in automO-
bling. and il VIII be so III aIrshlD
sport II Is SO IN every form OF sport
and in life itself. for men are killed
walking, running, street car riding, and
Ia carriages, but go on living and pro
crossing just the same"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
STEARNS WINNERS
ALL STOCK CARS
Remarkable Record of One
Day Victories Made
Without Racers.

A most unusual. if not a worlds
record for automobile triumphs. was
rounded out by the Stearns roadster
when ii won In its class in The Times
reliability run. on June g.
p The record was made on May 90 1905
when. In the one day the Stearns won
the s. 10 and 10O-mile events at PimlicO
near Baltimore. the hill climb at
Bridgeport. Conn; the hill climb at
Cincinnati, Ohio: the hill climb at New
Haven, Conn; and the 100-mile race al
Seattle, Wash.
That was certainly a wonderful show
ing, and II was well topped of June g.
when II finished the 10 miles OF The
Times run with only two dement's
against II. Those were for a slight lOOs-
entng Of the exhaust pipe from the
mufner which was no serious defect at
all. and the machine has been in daily
use since without the necessity for
making the repair. The pipe was loos-
eued IN going over a rough stretch OF
road Apart from that there was not
minute particular under the unusual
" strict rules which could be used as
a means Of increasing the number OF
black marks.
A feature OF the stearns in competi-
tons IS that the company will not per-
init the use Of any but absolutely stock
cars. IN fact IL has never built racing
autos. Every machine sent INTO a race,
reliability run, endurance contest, hill
climb, or other affair Of the sort Is
one which was made for he general
market. Not infrequentIy, IN order TO
impress this point. the company or its
agents will enter q car already solo
and IN use.
The advantages claimed for this
policy are that when the prospective
purchaser reads about the Stearns' ac-
complishments he knows it is a car ex-
aCtly Ike that he IS going TO get ana
not a freak machine Mt only for exit
billion purposes and special events.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
SCORE
NEARLY PERFECT
Car Made Run on Tuesday
With But One
MiShap.

The S. A. Luttreu Company is nat
urally one Of the happiest automobile
organizations in Washington just now
because OF the remarkably good show
ing it's $500 fOuT-cylinder Buick made
in The Times reliability run on June 8.
This splendid little car went the l64
miles absolutely without a flaw, and
would have had a perfect score had
not Sam LuttTel. who was driving.
taken too many chances In slowing
down 10 avoid mudhOle Ills motor
stopped on him, and for that he was
dOcked points. Had he not been FAR
ahead of his schedule and dawdling
along to keep from having TO wait too
long with his engines going at the next
control he would not have had That
slight mishap and would have been
perfect, for his car stood the exhaustive
examination al the end OF the run
without losing a point, although the
committee was more than anxious 20
find anything wrong In order the break
the tie that resulted in that class.
So enthus6d was Mr.. LuttreN over
the work of his car that he promptly
offered to go over the course again un-
der the same grueling conditions. and
got the trophy because his competitor
failed TO accept the Ouer.
The Bucks performance was another
triumph for the light cars and dem
onstr-t ton beyond all cavn that they
are not mere toys or cOnveniences FOR
city use, but perfectly capable Of do
ing the most difficult kind Of touring,
and doing It over hills and rough roads
at q rate considerably above the six
teen miles per hour which was required
Of their class IN the reliability run.
Only one tire trouble was experienced
by the Buick. In going over a bit OF
road covered with new, sharp stone the
lCuife-like edge of a particularly vicious
specimen cut clear through the tire
and necessitated a change. The CIR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14

is one thing Baltimore viii not stand
Tor. However, as a Baltimore man who
is prominent IN cycling circles saws.
Every night IS a holiday In Baltimore .
and there is still a possibility OF .. new
track being built. mainly with a view
20 racing under the electrics The chief
hitch IN this program lies ia the fact
that certain parties holding franchise
rights, are alleged to be indisposed 10
take any action on their own OehsIf
or to waive their rights and allow Others
TO go ahead.
cycling cities in the East, II Is 10 ba
hoped that amicabie arrangements win
soon be made, IN order that the citv's
spOrt-loving public may have an early
opportunity 10 enjoy the reJuvenated b.
cycle racing game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14

was so well within its schedule at that
time no special hurry was necessary f.
order 10 make tho next control
Considering that the car arrived AZ
all three controls from three-uuaruers
OF an hour TO an hour and three-quar-
ters TOO previous. Mr. I.uttrel figures
his engines did about 200 miles OF work
as Il was not allowed 10 stop while
waiting From start 20 finish he used
eight gallons Of gssOlene, which made
about twenty-five miles TO the gallon
far less that he figures the larger cars
required for the same performance. HIS
consumption Of oil was five quarts for
the day.
The Buick Is as full Of business as Il
was before Referee BeecrOft gave the
confident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14

owners tour 70 be conducted by the
Automobile Club Of America and stil
other tours by the Bay State and SINH
lar clubs are looming large on the hort-
ZOn- few Of the special events in
GLIDING the Cleveland hin climb and
the interesting MoUrce county festival
which includes tours, parades, two hill
climbs and speed trials yet remain to
be run of.
The rival international races, the Van
derbilt end the Grand Prize, are being
exploited with a Vehclnence unparalleled
IN motor racing hiStOrE. Enprej udlced
observers are Of the opinion that the
promoting organizations behind each
race will have difficulty in getting en-
tries. As 10 whether there IS room for
two big rcad-racers Of this sort remains
10 be nroNed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
INTEREST CENTERS
IN TOURING EVENTS
Spring Schedule of Races Run Of.
Tests and Hill Climbs in
the Foreground.

The bulk Of what might be ,alled tho
Spring Schedule" OF races. hiIl-cIimbs.
speed trials and other meetings having
passed into history. interest now seems
10 center on touring events. The Gid
den Tour and the recentlv announced
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-14
PROJECT FOR TRACK
STILL HANGS FIRE
Baltimore Ideal City for Cycle Rae
ing-Won't Stand for Sun
daY Programs

w 70 8 Nfftas
BALTIMORE. Md, June 13.-At this
writing there seems TO be much doubt
as TO whether Baltimore will have
new, modern bicycle track. such as was
projected recently by Jack Prince.
IL wag the hope Of this weIl-knoWn
track builder that arrangements could
be made for Sunday racing, but that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
VICTORY THAT WAS DESERVED
The Struggle Of One Scottish Youth
for an Education.

Many hardships endured by students
attending university or college in
Scotland have been brought to light
from time to time. A student of An
dersons Medical college some years
ago fulfilled the duties of lamplighter
during his spare hours in a neighbor-
ing burg. He had no other income
than the few shillings he received
weekly for lighting, eXtinguishing and
cleaning the burg lamps, and from this
he paid his college fees and kept him
self fairly respectable. On one occa-
sion he applied for an increase of
wages and was called before the COM
mittee. One of the bailies remarked
that an able-bodied healthy-iooking
young rnan like the applicant might
find some other employment instead
of wasting his time as he was doing.
The application for an increase was
refused One may conceive the
bailie's surprise at subsequent meet
ing when the town clerk read letter
from the lamplighter rendering his
resignation, as he had passed his final
examination as a fully-qualified doctor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
PORT EDWARDS

Mr.. and Mrs. E Eishsteadt. en-
tertained relatives from Wautoma. on
Xmas day.
]. Bradner visited his family al
Menasha over Xmas.
Mrs. n. Christman and children
left Saturday for Withee to join
her husband who is employed there
The A. Newman family, of Sigel
were guests at the A Palm home
on Xmas day.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Youngchild. OF
Nekoosa, and Miss Kate Smith, Of
your city were guests at the L. 4
Smith home Xmas day.
Albert Krenke and Miss Clara
Wendland were guests of relatives
at Watertown over Xmas.
Mrs. Olive Carlson and daughter
Clara. were guests of relatives from
Friday until Sunday.
James Johnson, of your city, was
a guest at the F. Noel home Xmas
day.
Mr. and Mrs Fox and family spent
Xmas with relatives at Mansion
P. Guam and family were Xma:
guests of Mrs. Quam's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thersen, in Rudolph
Mr.. and Mrs. Len Smith were Ne
koosa visitors Friday.
Mrs. Frank Amman is visiting he
daughter, Mrs. E. Davis, in Mime
apolis.
Mr.. and Mrs P Codare, of Rudolph
were the guests of their children
over Xmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Nash Were
Grand Rapids visitors Saturday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
FOUR ECLIPSES IN 1909

Nineteen hundred and nine al
mauacs are being received by drug
gists from the various medicine con-
Germs, and contain much of interest
to the public. Next year there viii
be four cclipSes, two of which will
be visible in the United States
There viii be a total eclipse Of the
moon June Sd, visible to South
America, Europe and southwestern
Asia. 4 tot&l eclipse of the sun will
take place June 18th, visible to
North America as far south as a line
drawn from san Francisco to the
mouth OF the Rio Graude river. and
from the northern and eastern por-
tionS of Asia. On November 10th
and 9TH there will he total eclipse
of the moon, visible to North Amegi-
ca and the Atlantic, and Pacific
oceans and in part to South America
the extreme western portion of Eur
ope and Africa and the eastern por-
tion Of Asia aud Australia. There
vii! be a partial eclipse of the sun
December 10Th and 18th but invisible
TO the United States. 1t will Se
seen from the southeastern tip of
Australia, the southern portion of
New Zealand aud the polar region.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
NUPTlALS
Nels0n.M ittelstaedt

The marriage of Guttom Nelson OF
South Dakota, and Miss Ottillia Nit
telsteadt was solemnized at 3 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon, Dec. %, at the
west side German Lutheran church.
the pastor Rev. Nommenson offfciat-
ing.
The ceremony was performed in the
presence of only a few near relatives
and friends of the contracting parties.
The bridal pair were supported by
Otto NittelStaedt and Sophia Mittel,
staedt, brother and sister of the bride,
and Mabel Zirbel and Paul Alderman.
After the ceremony they all repaired
to the home of the bride to partake
of a sumptuous wedding supper. The
bride is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Adolph Mittelstaedt who resides at
1916 Mckinley street, and is well
known and highly respected young
lady with host of admiring friends
The groom is a young man of good char
acteT who has been engaged in farm
| ing for a number Of years in South
Dakota, recently disposing Of his in
tereststhere.
MIR. and Mrs. Nelson left for
Union, Iowa, that evening on their
wedding trip and will probably make
their future home in that locality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
RECITAL WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS

The recital given by Miss Nellie
Vincent at the Congregational church
Monday evening. was largely attended
by an appreciative audience of her
ftiendS Who greeted her very cordially.
Sac was obliged To respond with an
encore to every number. Miss Vim
cent has been attending the Cumnock
School Of Orllory in Chicago for the
past year AID half and expects to
graduate from that institution this
coming spring. recitations we're
an evidence Of the excellent training
she has bt en- receiving. Her delivery
was free, easy and graceful, and The
cbaracl erS were brought out jndivid-
ually, SO that the audience easily
grasped the situations verbally mic
tured by her. She was ably assisted
by the local talent as represented in
the following program:
PROGRAM
Violin Solo, ''Liebestraum''. .......... List
Mr.. Clarence Jackson
Miss anna Reeves
heautnS. ,.....: ................. MISS vincent
oOlO hUZueeu .Neeunaul
Miss Natwick
Reading. MISS vincent
Part ii.
Violin Solo "Cavatina'. ...................Ra Ran
Miss MacKinnon
READING. ....................Mi Miss Vincent
Piano Duet Peer Gynt Suite ..........G rieg
l. Morning. 2. Anitra's Dance. 3. In
the hall of the Mountain Kings.
Mesdames GUY Nash and |. P. Witter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
R0BT. ENGELkiANN SEN
FENCED TO 3 YEARS

Robt. Eagelmann, the drunken
tramp who stabbed August johnson
two times without provocation, IN his
saloon building on the West Side
Monday afternoon. decided to plead
guilty Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
and went before Judge Webb and re-
ceived bis sentence Of three years in
the State Penitentiary at Waupun,
the first day of said sentence to be
Solitary. The general Impression
among the police officers of this city
is, that this man is noted crook with
a record. His actions in this case GER
tainly bears out this opinion.
1t is reported he was born in Starr
guard, Prussia, Germany, and is 50
years Old. He came to this country
in 1881 and has been working in the
saw-mills Of MOI them Wisconsin in the
summer time and logging q the win
ter time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

of duplicate slugsmay be cast from
standing at the mere cost of type
it automatically. Matter is kept
metal
The matrices each carrying two
characters, are flat strips of hard
metal having the female or intaglio
characters stamped in one edge, and,
like thespacing wedges, are each at
tached to the lower end Of a thin
shank having an eye at the top.
With this machine We expect TO give
the people of Grand Rapids a large
amount of local news matter and do
it more rapidly and better than be-
fore. This two letter Junior type
casting machine is highly recon-
mended by the Mergenthaler Limo
type Co., of New York, who manu-
facture it, as specially adapted fol
small dailies and large weeklies. We
feel encouraged thus far that We
have made an excellent purchase
and that the machine will prove to
accomplish more than We anticipat
ed. This issue of the Daily and
Weekly Reporters is wholly printed
from type cast and made by this
machine You can judge of its
quality and clearness by the i'm
preston made upon this paper. We
expect to set up more type and il
less time than it was ever possible
to do with hand composition.
We will be pleased to have ouI
friends and patrons call and witness
the operation of the machine be
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and p
m if they are interested in its
mechanism and operation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
PLAINFIELD.

John Blair was in Chicago last
week attending a meeting of potato
buyers.
Miss Ethel Martin and brother,
John, are spending the week with
relatives in Ashland.
Dr. and Mrs. SearIe, of this vii
lage, spent Christmas day, guests of
Dr.. Rock and wife in Bancroft.
Rev. Andrews, of Hancock, is
holding a series of special meetings
in the Harris school house with very
good results.
Mrs. w. T. Clark has been spend
ing the past week with relatives in
Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. George RogeI, OF
Leola, are rejoicing over the arrival
OF a boy baby at their home last
week.
Miss Sadie Wood, of Perkins
town, Wis, is here visiting at L.
H. YOungs' and at L. T. Quimby's.
DR.. E. w. Mcintosh has gone to
Milwaukee and other southern Wis
consin points, looking up d new To-
cation. Mrs. Mcintosh will remain
here for some time with her aged
mother who still remains very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louie Garske, of
NekOOsa, former residents of Plain
field arrived Saturday and are
guests at the home of Alvin Wilson.
Otis Robinson, of Wautoma, spent
the first Of the week in town being
called here by the long continued
illness Of his father-in-Iaw, Oliver P.
HarWood.
Tim Smith had the good luck to
shoot a wolf last week and received
the usual bounty. Many of the 9th
er hunters have been on the alert
and have been securing the widest
hunting grounds, but no others have
been secured.
West Plainfield had a fire last
Sabbath afternoon, being the Willis
Wood dwelling house which was not
totally destroyed but was damaged
in the upper story. The house was
fully insured in Bovee's Agency in
the Old National Fire ms. Co., Of
Hartford.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
SECOND BAND CONCERT
ONE. OF THE BEST

The opera house was crowded Tues
day night with an appreciative audi
ence TO listen to the second concert
of the series to be given by The Grand
Rapids Band. This concert VAS the
best ever given by any local band ard
each succeeding concert appear to
excel the proceeding one The city
band is certainly growing stronger
with the people of Grand Rapids
ana they show their good will by
the liberal patronage accorded them.
The members of the Band appear to
realize this fact and give their best
efforts in practice and devotion TO the
betterment of the high class music
they furnish at each public appear
ance. This is as it should be and if
kept up Grand Rapids will have
one OF the best equipped bands in the
State who furnish the highest quality
of music that is known to the pro
feSsiOn. At the last concert the
y uNCHllC DdLu, CUllSiSGlu0 Ol ! 1 men,
bers appeared on the program for The
first time TO the delight of all present.
The music they furnished was excel
lent and a pleasant surprise. The
SaXophone solo, by Carl Bandeline.
was the gem Of the evening, aud the
Saxophone Quartette by MesSrs, Carl
Bandeline, W. a. Drumb, Cleve Akey
and Walter Demeroe, a close second.
The Band was made upof29 memo ers,
all artists with their respective IN
StrutnentS. 1t is our opinion that the
members of the City Band will have
to go some, TO keep up this excellent
pace through the series. We con-
graduate Prof. F. L. Bliss in the ex-
cellent results he is obtaining as
exhibited in the high class concerts
he is rendering to the delight of
Grand Rapids audiences.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31
RUDOLPH

Arthur Johnson had a very nice
entertainment in Marceau's Hall
last Thursday evening, December "a
After the entertainment, Santa Claus
presented the school children and
a few others who took part with
candy and nuts and other presents
After all was over some "tripped
the light fantastic" for a couple OF
hours.
Mrs. Grace Clark and Ida Akey
went to Merrill, Christmas morning
to visit at the home of the latter
They returned home Sunday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Croghan and
children. OF Green Bay, spent Xmas
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nose
Sharkey.
, The E. F. U. party at the home of
Nose Sharkey last Saturday evening
was largely attended and all report
most enjoyable time.
Most all the members of the
school boards of Rudolph, attended
convention in your city last week,
Wednesday.
Iona and Gladys, went to your city
last Saturday to visit at Grandpa
Bakers for a few days, returning
home Wednesday evening.
Mary, Albin and Johnnie Kujawa,
are visiting Grandma Spalenka in
Stevens Point this week.
Mrs. Sweeney of your city, who
has been caring for Mrs. n. G. Ra-
telle for TIC past r6ek. returned
home this W. elk, Thursday.
DR.. Jackson went to Waukesha
Monday evening to attend the funer-
al of his friends little eight year
old girl. who got run into by a
sleigh when she was sliding down a
hill.
Miss Eva Serter is working for
Mrs. N. G. Rattele now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Jacoby depart
ed Wednesday for Fond du Lac, to
visit relatives.
Mrs. Joe Akey and children, went
to your city Sunday evening where
she has rented a house and will
make your city her home. She made
up her mind not to buy the old home
back as at first reported she intend
ed to do.
Emil Pitts little girl has been
quite sick with bowel trouble.
Among the Christmas shoppers in
your city last week, Tuesday, were:
DR.. and Mrs. Jackson, Minnie Scott,
Mrs. Rosie Omaholt, Mrs. Joe Akey,
Beulah Marceau and Frank Gokey.
Frank Gokey has been quite sick
with the measles since last Wednes-
day morning.
Miss Mae Jackson, of Whitewater
Normal and Miss Rachel, of Eagle,
will spend their vacation with their
brother, DR.. Jackson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-31

tonagan. Mich, are visiting friends
and relatives in this city and vicin-
ity.
Miss Alice Mccoy has been on
the sick list for the past two weeks.
Clyde Mccoy and son, Verne, were
visitors at City Point, Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Edmond Hongen and
children, Miss Gwendolyn Kraus and
Mrs. Clara Hockins, spent Christmas
with friends at Grand Rapids.
J. Stein, of Black River Falls,
transacted business in this city re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hojer, of
Babcock, spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Lunde, in this city.
Miss Mildred King, of Doylestown,
is visiting at her home here.
Miss Gwendolyn Kraus, of Allan
ia, is visiting relatives in town.
Miss Cora Dunning, of Alma Cen
ter, is the guest of Miss Ethel Clark.
The exercises at the Congregation
al Sunday School last Thursday eve
ming were attended by a large crowd
and were pronounced good The
/ church was very tastefully decorated.
Miss Alice Marshal, of Beaver
! Dam, is a guest at the Clark home.
The following officers were elect
ed at a recent meeting of the local
H. o. O. F.: Noble Grand, John
Ebbe; Vice Grand, Glen Junkman;
Secretary, J. F. Leidl; Treasurer, AL
eyander Moore; Financial Secretary,
Peter Hansen; Chaplain, Edwin Car
ley; Installment will be held some
time in January.
]. Meyers, of Rock Island, H., is
:. guest OF his brother Harvey.
The members OF the Eighth Guard
enjoyed sleigh ride on Christmas
night.
| The Christmas Dance which was
given in Hougen's Hall by the
Crown Orchestra, was attended by
large crowd and all report a gooG
time. Supper was served at the
Rollins Restaurant.
The following officers we're elect
ed at a recent meeting of the F.
and A. M. Lodge, No. 232: w. NJ, G..
A. Pelon S. W., L. A. Hiles; J. W.,
DR.. Hart Berger; Secretary, Nash
Mitchell; Treasurer, F. S. Wood
worth.