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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-06
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-06
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
married in London"

"All the way to London to be mar
ried," said the engaged girl. THAT is
where we are going. 1t seems long
trip, an expensive trip, an unnecessary
trip, when there are.so many minis
tiers in New York aching for chance
to perform marriage ceremony. Yet
it isn't such a foolish proceeding after
all Every season more and more
American couples marry in London.
Some of them only go over for the
ceremony, then straight home again.
Nothing adds quite as much distinc-
ton to an account of a wedding as that
one phrase, Married in London It
counts for more than the biggest
church in New York, with half a dozen
bridesmaids and a safety deposit vault
full of presents thrown in And it
isn't nearly so expensive. Just to be
married in London, with all fuss and
furry dispensed with, is big enough
social feather to fit anybody's cap. The
trip doesn't cost a fraction of the
money that would be spent on any
New York wedding elaborate enough
to bring it up to the level of the sim
plest marriage celebrated in London. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
EminentIy Practical.

The manager of the combination re
freshment and music hall was grumpy
on Tuesday morning. One of the first
persons he interviewed was the leader
of the new orchestra
What do you mean," he said, "by
such lspieiing as you favored us with
in this place last night?"
The conductor was f1oored by the
unexpected attack
Il don't understand" he said. "My
men played well. I'll bet a ten-dollar
hat that they produced the best music
that was ever heard inside this hall
The applause of the audience proved
that"
That's just what I'm complaining
about" growled the manager. They
PLACED too well. 1t isn't profitable
not to me, at any rate-to play too
well in place of this kind. EXtraor-
dinarily good music cuts down sales.
l want you to furnish good music, of
course, something bright and catchy,
but when the orchestra outdoes itself
people get so interested that they just
listen and forget to order drinks. Gus.
tom fell off ten per cent. last night, in
spite of the record crowd, all on &C
count of your mems expert fiddling.
Hereafter lower your standard to a
level that will not charm away thirst u
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Too Much.

There had been a small bank failure
in an Iowa town, and the bank had
gone into the hands of receiver. The
receiver proved to be dishonest, and
had absconded with what remained of
the funds of the institution. Expert
detectives were, however, on his track,
ana he was run down in neighboring
state and taken back to the scene of
his financial exploits.
1t was about midnight that the de-
tectives arrived with their prisoner,
and a Mr.. Collins, the principal de-
positor in The bank, and, therefore, the
principal loser, was awakened at his
home and informed by telephone of the
capture.
He expressed his qualification and
went back to bed.
Shortly afterward he was aroused
to receive another telephone message
to the same effect, from a different
source.
This sort of thing continued to such
wrathy; SO that, when he answered
the phone bell for the last time, he
was in anything but an amiable frame
of mind.
Hello, Collins" came over the wire.
Eyes. What do you want?"
Collins, this is Deputy Sheriff
Myers. We've caught that runaway
receiver. Is there anything you'd like
to have me do, personally, in the mat
ter?"
"Yes!" roared Collins, hang up the
receiver! illustrated Sunday Maya
zine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
PORT EDWARDS

Mrs. Eichstead has been entertaining
friends from Milwaukee the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Lerous were Grand
Rapids visitors Monday.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs Whitman
was quite sick Tuesday.
j. E. Aucutt and wife were shopping in
your city Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs Ed. Card were Grand Rapids
visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith and daughter
Emma were guests at the Z. Eichstead home
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Helke entertained few ladies
afternoon, an elegant O'Clock lunch was
served and very pleasant after noon spent.
Clara Leverance was pleasantly surprised
Tuesday evening by ten of her girl friends
in honor of her birthday, very pleasant
time was had playing games,
Mrs. Gene whitmore was shopping in your
city Monday.
Ray shelhammer is visiting relatives in
Soldiers Grove.
Messrs and. Mesdames A Palm and o.
Boyer attended the funeral of Carl Hanson
in the Rapids Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Foss of Merrill and
Mrs. Lund of your city were callers at the F,
Noel home Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Topping were Grand
Rapids visitors Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13

Our personal choice for United
States senator is the Hon. w. III.
Hatton, of New London. He is our
near neighbor at New London and
we are personally the best acquainted
with him. We know that he was the
second choice of every senatorial camp
at Madison when the fight was on for
The vacancy, made by the resignation
OF John c. Spooner. We know he is
as well qualified for the place by edu-
cation, legislative and other ex-
perience, as either of his competitors,
and he has never been known to shirk
any of the responsibilities placed up-
on him during the fight for progress
sive legislation that the people of
Wisconsin now enjoy. He can he
trusted to carry out and vote for the
progressive measures that will come
up for action before the National Con-
gress. He is willing, competent and
trustworthy. If he cannot win we
hope it will be f. e. McGovern or S.
A. Cook, either one of these gentlemen
will be acceptable, but Isaac Stephen
son. never. We cannot believe it
possible that the people of Wisconsin
lead will make such q mistaks as to Sc
lect him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Two Horses Stricken Deaf

An unusual incident occurred at
Clark's Corners, two miles north OF
Conesus Lake, when a recent cleo
trical storm passed over the place
The barn on the Bartlett farm was
struck by lightning during the night,
and when Stephen Bartlett went to
the barn in the morning he found
that the post between two of the
horses stalled in the barn was
smashed to kindling. Although the
horses must have been rendered
senseless by the shock, they did not
show any injury until after being
hitched up. When Bartlett began to
gee, haw and cluck to the horses they
paid no attention whatever to him,
but as soon as he touched his whip
to them they responded. An examina-
ton showed the animals had had their
eardrums broken by the crash. Both
horses are now stone deaf-Geneseo
Cor. Rochester Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
The Jolly Eat Man.

When you meet bow-legged man
in the street, do you stop him and
ask how It feels to walk that way?
On being introduced to man with
a face like an inverted comic sup
plement, do you condole with him on
being so homcly? Do you recommend
to the sallow man sitting next you
in car a tonic for his liver? At
luncheon do you hint to the puffy-eyed,
red-ncsed stranger opposite you that
he ought to get on the water wagon?
Of course you don't! You would not
be so impolite You might hurt their
feelings.
But when you meet fat man, it's
different. Everybody recognizes him
as legitimate prey. He is a butt for
jokes, a subject for coincidence, an OBJ
ject for advice. Even the man so
thin that he does not know whether
it is his back or his stomach that
hurts him, takes it for granted that
he is the fat mans ideal, and in
sists on giving him advice on how to
reduce. Everyone imagines that the
fat man must be unhappy because he
weighs more than the average per-
SOn-EXchanSe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
He Was Eiuhtinu.

Two Of the leading attorneys of Mem
phis, who had been warm friends fol-
years, happened to be opposing coun
sci in a case some time ago. The
older Of the two was a man of magnifi
cent physique, almost six feet four
and built in proportion, while the
younger was barely five feet and
weighed not more than 80 pounds.
In the course of his argument the
big man unwittingly made some re-
mark that reused the ire of his small
adversary. A moment later he felt a
great pulling and Juggling at his coat
tails. Looking down, he was greatly
astonished to see his opponent wildly
gesticulating and dancing around him
What on earth are you trying to do
there, Dudley?" he asked.
by Gawd, sub, I'm fightin', subj
Everybody's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
CLEARING 1t Up.

"To which is man most closely
related" said the genealogist, "his
first divorced wifes second husband
or his present wifes first divorced hus-
band?"
$50 far as 1 can-see, one tie is about
as close as the other" said thought
full friend.
$50 l should say" said the genealo-
gist, "but Billy Bowen must have fig
ured out difference. Anyhow, when
his first wife's second husband died
Billy went to ball game, but when
his present wife's first husband died
he went into mourning. l can't under
stand that"
Il can," said the thoughtful friend.
"Billy's present wife was on the point
of divorcing him so she could remarry
her first husband. Now that he is dead
she has decided to stick to Billy"
"Ah," said the genea1ogist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
AT THE GRAVE OF MANSFIELD.
Thousands Visit Last Resting Place Of
the Great Actor.

New London, Conn, has this season
new point of interest for summer
visitors The grave of Richard Mans
field is the lure for many at nearby
resorts In the midst of all the merry
making the dead actor is remembered.
and persons in automobiles, in car
riages, on bicycles and on foot make
a pilgrimage of devotion to the little
cemetery where he is buried. Every
conductor on the Ocean Beach trolley
line can give minute instructions for
finding the Mansfield home and the
Mansfield grave, and very often they
are required to furnish 1t. Having
left the car line and climbed a hill on
Edgewood avenue, there still is a
hot, dusty walk ahead on Ocean ave
nue. before the cemetery Is reached,
but many Mansfield admirer trudges
over it uncomplainingly. In the
lawns of the big estate gardeners are
at work who speak but little Eng
lish, but all know the name Of Mans
field, and all can muster enough of
the language to direct the way to the
MdnSneIQ mouse ana the graveyard
opposite.
The gates of the cemetery never are
locked. He who will may wander
among the few headstones near the
roadside, then back to the far corner
where Mansfield lies There is no
stone there. A double row of dwarf
evergreens marks the boundaries of
the plot. In the center is the grave.
1t lies level with the earth, thick
growing pansies cover It, and at the
head is bowl of cut flowers which
are renewed each day. In that quiet
spot memories of Beau Brummel, of
DR.. Jeckyll, of Peer Gynt live again,
and make the trip, even for the tray
eler on foot, well worth while.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
A ComnIication-

Two Irishmen were telling conun-
drums one day, and when their supply
ran out, Pat suggested that they make
some up.
"All right" said Mike. "Phwhat is
1t thot goes around a barnyard in
feathers and on two legs and bark
ing like a dog?"
MY, thot's hard. 1 give it up" an
swered Pat, after some moments of
thinking. ''Phwhat's the answer?"
"a chicken"
my, thot's foine; but how'd the
barking of dog get in there?' in
quired Pat.
"Oh, 1 just put that in to make it
harder. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Notice 10 Creditors.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY
in County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Ferdinand
Keup, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of
Ferdinand Keup, late of the town of Seneca,
in said County of Wood, deceased, having
been duly granted to Frederick Botcher by
this court:
II is ORDERED, That the time from the date
hereof until and including the 9th day of
February, A. D., 1909, be and the same is.
hereby fixed as the time within which all
creditors of the said Ferdinand Keup, de-
ceased, shall present their claims for exam
inatiOn and allowance.
1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That all claims
and demands of all persons against the said
Ferdinand Keup, deceased, be examined
and adjusted before this court, at its court
room in the Court House in the city of Grand
Raoids, in said county, at the regular term
thereof appointed to be held the first
Tuesday of March, 1909 and all creditors are
herewith notified thereof.
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice OF the
time and place at which said claims and de
mandS viii be examined and adjusted as
aforesaid, and of the time above limited for
said creditors to present their claims and
demands, be given by publishing copy of
this order and notice, for four consecutive
weeks once in each week, in the WOOD
COUNTY REPORTER, newspaper published
in the County of Wood the first publication
to be within fifteen days of the date hereof.
Dated this 4th day of August 1905
By the Court:
GEO. p. HAMBRECHT, w. j. CONWAY,
Atty. for Administrative. County Judge
(First publication Aug 6, expires Aug. 27)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
First publication Aug 49, expi Pen' SS IgG gs
Notice of Application for Proof of will,

WOOD COUNTY CoURT-ln Probate.
State of Wisconsin,I &C
Wood County,
In the matter of the last will and testament
of Lotne Lawrence, deceased.
WHEREAS. An instrument, in writing, pur-
porting TO be the last viii and testament of
Lottie Lawrence, deceased, late OF Rudolph
Wood County, Wis, has been filed in this
office;
AND WHEREAS, Application has been made
by John S. Coulthart executor therein
named praying that the same be proven and
admitted to probate, according TO the laws
OF this state, and that letters -testamentary
be granted thereon according to law;
1T IS ORDERED, That said application be
heard before me, at the probate Office, in the
city OF Grand Rapids, Wood County, Wis,
on me 9Th day OF September, A. D., 1908, at 10
O'Clock, q. m.
AND 1T is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice
OF the ume and place appointed for hearing
sald Application be given to all persons in
teresteu, by publishing copy of this orde.'
for three weeks successfully, in the WOOD
COUNTY REPORTER, newspaper printed in
SAID county, previous to said hearing
Dated August 18th, 1905
BY the Court.
Is. NJ. VAUGHAN, W. J. CONWAY,
AtlS' LOT felllloner' County Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
RUDOLPH

The wedding bells will soon be ringing for
two of our popular young men.
The dance given by belong and Akey last
Thursday evening was well attended, and a
good time enjoyed by all.
Louise Sharkey is at home after sewing
for couple of weeks in your city.
Mr.. and Mrs, A. Kuiawa were in your city
Wednesday.
Mesdames Joe Grandshaw, Bat Sharkey,
Carl OmahoIt with her baby and Mr.. Louie
La Mai departed Tuesday evening Tor visit
with relatives in Canada.
Mrs. Chas. Ratelle and daughters Pearl
and Loretta of Loyal spent Sun day with the
Nick Ratelle family.
Mrs. Aug. Burrows and Mrs. Ed Smith OF
MiIladore visited N. G. Ratelle last Friday.
Dave Sharkey is working for Geo. Elliott
now.
Frank SpaIenka of Stevens Point spent
last Monday with his sister Mrs. Kutawa
Barney Van Ert has again moved in our
midst. in the old building where he lived
last winter.
Iona Ratele is visiting relatives in Loyal
this week.
Miss Laura Provost is going to teach in
Dist. No. this winter.
Bertha Akey returned to her home in
Biron Tuesday noon after a three weeks
visit with Elsie Akey.
Gladys RatelIe is visiting her grandparents
in your city.
Mrs Frank Daily brought new organ up
to Herman Redlich's last Wednesday,
Mrs. Peter Akey is visiting at the Akey
home in Biron this week.
Mr. Battell, wife and son, Mrs. Blanchard
and sister of your city came up in an auto
and spent few hours with Dr.. and Mrs
Jackson Friday.
Clara Kuiawa accompanied her uncle to
Stevens Point and is visiting her Grandma
Spalenka.
Clara JacOby and Barbara Steltzer who are
working in your city, attended the dance
here Thursday evening.
Mrs. Fred Piltz is the proud possessor of a
new piano.
A special meeting was called at the home
of w. j. Clark and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Oma-
holt were initiated into the order.
Mesdames Jno. Weyers and Fred Piltz are
keeping house for Joe Grandshaw during
her absence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
Bunyan's Sharp Answer

John Bunyan wrote "The Pilgrims
Progress" in Bedford jail, where he
was confined for his religion. A
Quaker came to the prison and thus
addressed him:
Friend Bunyan, the Lord hath sent
me to seek for thee, and 1 have been
through several countries in search of
thee, and now am glad l have found
thee"
Bunyan replied: Friend, thou
dost not speak truth in saying the
Lord sent thee to seek for me, for
the Lord well knows that l have been
in this Jail for some years, and if He
had sent thee He would have sent thee
directly Scrap Book.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
OWE LIVES TO HERO
DEED OF B9AVE MAN THAT
SAVED HUNDREDS.
Captain Scott, New York Sailor, Used
His Own Body to Stop Leak in
Crowded Ferryboat-All on
Soard Saved

One morning in January, when the
ice in the Hudson river ran unusually
heavy, Hoboken ferry boat slowly
crunched her way through the floating
noes, until the thickness of the pack
choked her paddles in midriver. II
was an early morning trip and the
decks were crowded with laboring
men and the driveways choked with
teams; the women and children stand
ing inside the cabins were a solid
mass up to the swinging doors. While
she was gathering strength for a fur
Their effort, an ocean tug shaered to
avoid her, veered a point, and crashed
into her side, cutting her below the
water line in a great V-shaped cash.
A moment more, and the disabled
boat careened from the shock and fell
over on her beam, helpless. Into the
V-shaped cash the water poured a tor
rent 1t seemed but question OF
minutes before she would lunge head
long below the ice.
Within 200 yards of both boats, and
free of the heaviest ice, steamed the
wrecking tug Reliance of the OF.
Shore WrecAing Company, and on her
deck forward stood Capt. Scott. When
the ocean tug reversed her engines
after the collision and backed clear OF
the shattered wheelhouse of the ferry
boat, he sprang forward, stopped
down, ran his eye along the water
IN no
plank, climbed into the pilot house OF
his own boat, and before the aston
ished pilot could catch his breath
pushed the nose of the Reliance along
the rail of the ferry boat and dropped
upon the latter's deck like a cat.
With threat to throw overheard
any man who stirred, he dropped into
the engine room, met the engineer half
way up the ladder, compelled him to
return, dragged the mattresses from
the crews hunks, stripped off blankets
snatched up clothes, overalls, cotton
them into the great rent left by the
tugs cutwater.
1t was useless. Little by little the
water gained, bursting out first be
low, then on one side, only to be
calked out again, and only to rush in
once more.
Capt Scott stood a moment as if
undecided, ran his eye searchingly
over the engine room, saw that for his
needs it was empty, then deliberate
ly tore down the top wall of calking
he had so carefully built up, and be-
fore the engineer could protest, forced
his own body into the gap, with his
arm outside, level with the drifting
ice
An hour later, the disabled ferry
boat, with every soul on board, was
towed into the Hoboken slip.
When they lifted the captain from
the wreck, he was unconscious and
barely alive. The water had frozen
his blood, and the floating ice had
torn the flesh from his protruding
arm from shoulder to wrist. When the
color began to creep back to his
cheeks, he opened his eyes and said to
the doctor who was winding the
bandages:
"Wuz any of them babies hurt?"
A month passed before he regained
his strength, and another week be-
fore the arm had healed so that he
could get his coat on Then he went
back to the Reliance.-F. Hopkinson
Smith, in Everybody's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-08-13
RARE SIGHT In 40
WOMAN'S VISIT TO CALIFORNIA
MINING CAMP.
Gold Seekers Showed Practical Appre.
citation of the Presence of
Female-Made Up Large
Purse of Gold.

There were few women in the Cali
fornia mining camps in the old days.
as is proved by the following incident
from the "reminiscences of former Sen:
ator William M Stewart: Women
were so scarce in California at that
time that this was sufficient to arouse
the whole camp. The boys as we
were called, were scattered along the
Coyote diggings for distance of about
four miles, and when anything unusual
happened the words oh, Joe,' would
be passed along the whole line. When
/ saw the feminine raiment | raised
the usual alarm, oh, joel and this
called the attention of the miners on
Buckeye hills, where / was, to the
clothesline which had attracted my
notice. They gathered around on the
hill, nearly surrounding the covered
wagon and its contents. The rush of
the boys in the immediate vicinity to
see the wonderful sight attracted
those farther away, and in less than
ten minutes 1000 or 5000 young men
were anxiously watching the wagon,
In alarm the man that belonged to the
woman inside stuck his head out of
small tent beside the wagon l as
sured him that no harm vas intended
but that we were very anxious to see
the lady who was the owner of the
clothes. This aroused her curiosity
sufficiently to induce her to pull the
curtain OF the tent aside so that her
face could be discovered, but not fully
seen.
II then proposed that we make a
donation to the first lady that had hon
ored our camp with a visit | took
from my camp a buckskin bag, used
Tor the purpose of carrying gold, and
invited the boys to contribute. They
came forward with great eagerness,
and poured out of their sacks gold
dust amounting to between $4,000 and
$4,000. | then proposed to appoint a
committee to wait on the lady and
present it. The motion was unani-
mously carried, and one Of the gentle
men appointed on the committee sug-
gested myself as chairman l took
the sack of gold and went within about
80 feet of the tent, and made as good
a speech as l could to induce the lady
to come out, assuring her that all the
men about her were gentlemen, that
they had seen no ladies for so many
months and that the presence of one
reminded them of their mothers and
sweethearts at home. l told her that
the bag of gold was hers on condition
that she would come out and claim it.
Her husband urged her to be brave.
but when she finally ventured out
about half way, the cheers were SO
vociferous that she was scared and
ran back.
"She repeated this performance sew
eral times, and l kept moving slowly
back far enough to get her away from
the little tent so the boys could have
a good view of her. l suppose half an
hour was occupied with her running
back and forth whilst the boys looked
on in admiration, when l finally gave
her the bag, with all the good wishes
of the camp. She grabbed it and ran
into the tent like a rabbit. The next
morning the wagon, oxen, man and
owner of the inspiring apparel were
gone, and we never heard of them in
after life"