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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
MRS. MILNE
PASSES AWAY
Noted West End Church Work
er Dies at Her Home.

Duluth Evening Herald Mrs j
O. Milne, one Of Tia" most prominent
church workers in the city, and well
known to Baptists and mi -sionary
workers throughout the state. died
at her home in the West end this
morning after a lingering illness of
about six mon hs' duraf ion. MIS-.
Milne has been very prominent in
church work throughout Minneso' a
for many years, having been g church
organist for fifty one years. At The
time OF her death she was organist a.
the Central Baptist church at T~ en-
tieth avenue west and First street,
was president suf the Ladies Aid
Society, president of the Woman's
Missionary socie'y, superintendent Of
the primary department of the City
Missionary union and the Sunday
School union.
Mrs Milne was the daughter of
Rev. aud Mrs Asa Bronson She
was born in Fall River Mss, and
was 66 J ears Of age at the time of her
d9ath She was musician Of recOg-
niZed ability a. was known through
cut Minnesota by her WORK as an
organist. She has ben affiliated
with the work OF Baptist churches in
Sauk Center, Crookston, and Mime
apOlis. as "rganist and as an enthuSi-
astic worker She is also a vel
known figure at Baptist State Conven-
tions. For the past rineteen wears
she has been a member of the sCen-
tral Baptist church here.
She leaves four children. Miss Min
ME Milne, principal of tie Munroe
school h re, 8.v NJ. B. Milne, a Bap
t st pastor at Grand Rapids. W s
Nrs. William Hanna of Duluth. and
Mrs j Il. G:t1in Of Kaiying | hina
Her hus''and, J O. HiIne, y no was
president of the schoo here for a
number Of years, died in 1907.
The funeral will be held from the
Central Baptist church Tn entietE
aV, nue. vest anG First street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
WORTHLESS LAND
TO BE IMPROVED

Wausau Daily Record What has
been considered in the past as an al
most worthless forty acre tract of
swamp land in the town of Weston.
will soon be converted by E. A. Dunn
and Peter Wehrley intC a basket will
low and peppermint farm. Mr.. Wehr-
ley spent several years III Indiana and
has seen peppermint and willow grown
in America and Germany and says
there is good market for it. Both
of these plants may be grown with
success on land where only the poor
crop of grass can he raised.
Mr.. Wehrley will send to Germany
for plants with which TO start his
willow enterprise, and to Indiana for
the peppermint plants. He has also
made arrangements with Alec Har-
per of Shrock, Indiana, to come here
and start the peppermint crop for him.
A large number OF the "aSket factories
in the United States use the willow
and several of these are in the state
of Wisconsin. The foreign product
does not interfere with that grown in
the United States as the latter is con-
Sidered the better Of the two. The
United States has appropriated So, 600
for the introduction Of the willow in
dustry among Indian tribes and on
reservations.
The peppermint is sent TO a distil-
lerye where the extract is obtained
from the plant, for which the market
is also very good. Peppermint planta-
tations in Indiana and other states
are said TO bring their owners excel
lent returns and the fact that it can
be grown on land which is not adapted
to grasses and grains, makes it prob
able that the growing of these two
plants will be tried in this locality
along river banks and on marshes,
which lay idle at present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
ATTACKED BY A BULL

Attorney at Law, B. N. Vaughan,
when going home one evening last
week thought he would take
cut OFF and turned into his pasture
Just below Geo. L. Williams property
on the oank Of the Wisconsin river off
OF South Third street When part
way through he was attacked by his
three-year-old bull, knocked to the
GROUND and was being knocked iusen-
slble by him when VIM. McGlynn saw
the predicament in which Mr..
Vaughan was placed. he stopped his
team, let them stand in the middle of
the road while he secured pitch fork
at the Riverview Hospital barn. On
approaching the bull with a pitch
fork he attracted the animal's atten-
tlon and In this manner drew his at
uentlOn away from Mr.. Vaughan SO
that he was able to get up and get
away from the animal before receiving
serious injuries. The fact that the
animal was dehorned is the only thing
that saved Mr.. Vaughan from i'm
mediate death. TIE animal has never
shown this disposition before since
Mr.. Vaughan has owned him, and
just what occasiOned this disposition
In the animals temperament is not
known
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
ELECTRIC ROAD
IS IMPORTANT
Company is Perfected and Con-
StructiOn Work has Started,

Madison, Wis, Aug. 20.-By the
organizing OF a new railway company
which will be Of. great Importance
to the Wisconsin river valley, i'm
proved facilities for both passenger
and freight traffic will result. The
company was formed there yester-
day at meeting of men from both
this state and other states.
The new company is to be known
as the Chicago & Wisconsin Val
ley railway and will connect with
the Chicago line at either James
vile or Rockford, going north to
Madison, from Madison to Portage.
either by the way of Lodi or par
allel the Madison-P Portage road. from
Portage north through Briggsville,
thence north through the center of
Adams county, nearly its entire
length, touching Stevens Point,
Grand Rapids, and later north to
Wausau and other up state points.
engineers at work
The project has been under dis
cussion for several months and dur
ing the last month two meetings of
promoters and proposed incorporat-
ors have been held in Portage and
two in Madison to discuss the sub
ject and arrange the details of or
ganization.
Plans we're formulated and engin-
GERS PIT to work who, within the
next thirty days, will traverse the
entire proposed line and report ro
the men back of the proposition who
propose to furnish the capital and
construct the road.
If built it Will be an electric road
and will carry both freight and pas
sengers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26

Central and eight hundred feet on the
Chicago & Northwestern
Two Corliss engines of 225 horse
power and 175 horse power respective
ly, furnish the steam power for the
entire factory. 1t has its own light
Ing system with Trump automatic
engine driving three hundred light
generator. The most modern ma
chinery is employed. there being two
printing machines which print the
ad 7ertlsing matter that may re seen
on the boxes. mailing machines, which
save large amount of work by auto
maticaily fastening the cleats to- the
ends of the box and a horizontal band
re-saw, which receives and splits the
different parts of the box to the de-
sired thickness The top, bottom and
sides are cut TO any size so that when
the parts are nailed together the
finished box is of the required di-
menSiOnS.
hS Hooh NN poi uluShU VI tlIS DdUASI
Box & Lumber Co., has been in oper.
alton comparatively short time, yet
this department is kept busy taking
care of all the orders sent ip.
The entire factory is equipped for
the daily manufacture of five hundred
windows and two Car loads of box
hooks, together with any amount of
planning work for flooring. The
amount of lumber consumed annually
exceeds twelve million feet and
several large saw mills tbroug bout
the state are kept busy furnishing
that particular class of material
The finished product undergoes a
strict examination by government
officials who see that every package
complies with established regulations.
The work Of the company is far
from being at d standstjil Their
business is constantly Increasing and
further equipments will always be
provIde1 for in order to insure PROMPT
ana c pmpetent service 10 customers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26

EXAMINATION
An Examination for Fourth
Class Postmaster Will Be
Held Saturday, September
4, 1909.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on the
date named above an examination will
be he'd at Arpin, Wisconsin. for the
position of fourth class postmaster of
class (b) at Bethel, Wisconsin. The
compensation of the postmaster at
this office was 1928 for the last fiscal
year.
Age limit. 2l years and over on the
date of the examination, with the ex-
ceptiOn that in a State where women
are declared by statute to be full age
for all purposes al Is years, women Is
years Of age on the date of the exam
ination will be admitted,
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post office
named above.
The examination is open to all citi-
zeps of the United States who can
comply with the requirements.
Application forms and full infOrma-
tion concerning the requirements of
The examination can be secured from
Bethel post Otfice or from the q. s.
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton. d. &.
Applications should be properly eX-
ecuted and filed with the Commission
at Washington within days before
the date of the examination, other
wise it may be practicable to ex-
anime the applicants
Z. S. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
ARCHITECT BILLMYER'S
PLAN ACCEPTED

The building committee Of the
Grand Rapids Amusement Company
accepted the design drawn and eX-
ecuted by A F. BiImyer the archi-
tect, out Of three designs that had
been submitted by different archi-
teCts. The acceptance Of this design
insureS d handsome appearing build
ing facing on First Street North l36
feet. The plans and specifications are
now being drawn in detail for the
purpose Of obtaining the cost Of its
construction. The officers and direct
ors Of the Grand Rapids Amusement
Company are not only anxious TO have
a fine appearing building, but they
want it convenient and seryica bIe on
the interior. They want it we'll light
ed and 50 constructed that The Yentil-
alton will be excellent ard the loca-
tion that they bave accepted is eS-
pee. ally adopted for this purpose, as
they can obtain excellent circulation
OF air from the river through 10 the
street side. It is now hoped that bids
will soon be asked for its cOnstruc-
tiOn and the contract VIII be let for
its erection as soon as these details
are prepared. 1t certainly now looks
as if operations would commence very
c0On
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
HO! FOR THE REEDS
BURG REUNION

Attention Comrade! At our re-
nuion in Green Bay last year, Com
rades Miles and Kelly of Company
cordially invited us to hold our
next meeting with them at Reeds
burg, and the invitation was unani-
mously accepted The date for this
gathering has been fixed for We'd
nesday and Thursday, September l
and 2. The people at Reedsburg
are hOspitable by nature and do
not do things by halves. Let us now
decide to be there and enjoy their
another's faces, give the glad hand
1t will do us good.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
TAKEN TO GRAND RAPIDS
ON ABANDONMENT CHARGE

Sheriff Griffin Of Wood County was
in Appleton yesterday, and last night
for Grand Rapids. taking with him
John Leisch, who is wanted on a
charge Of abandonment. John
Leish has been here several days
and was found yesterday at the home
of his broI her in the Fourth ward
ApDIetOn Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26
OBITUARY

Nellie Pearl Pratt, Oldest daugh-
ter of VIM. L. and Ida Pratt, aged
Is years, 8 months, died at the hos
pital in Tomah, after undergoing an
operation for appendicitis on the
18th of August, 1909. On Sunday,
August Sth, she was seemingly in
the blooming health of happy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. II. q. AltZ Of Moline.
H., who have been the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. \. II. Robinson for the past
week. left Saturday for Wausau where
they will visit other relatives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26

Father John J. Reiland of Tark-
ston, South Dakota has been in the
city the past week visiting with his
brothers and their families. While
here he officfated at the IS. Peter
and Paul Catholic church. He de-
parted Tuesday for Appleton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-26

Mrs J, B. Arpin and three sons are
visiting her parents IN Appleton this
week. They made the trip in their
automobile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
OLDEST TRAMP IN THE WORLD.
Centcnarian Retains His Senses And
Can Cover Twelve Miles n Day.
Phila delanhia Record

Centcnarian Retains His Senses And
Can Cover Twelve Miles n Day.
Philadelaphia Record.
Sitting in the shade of tree out
side Morgenland Church in Lonhill
Township, recently. was John Keinert.
would not enter. but preferred to sit
outside and listen to the sermon and
music. which he could hear quite well.
despite the fact that he Is 100 years
and 6 months old. After the service
was over, "Old John" arose and walked
away with a swinging gait.
"Old John" Keinart has an interest
ing history, and Is q tramp Of prefer
ence. over seventy-five years ago he
came from Germany and settled in
st. Louis, where for half century he
was a respected citizen, being engaged
in various pursuits. He reared large
st. Louis and a daughter in Philadel-
phia. all of whom are we'll to do. Any
of them would be glad to have the
old man live with them, but since he
became a tramp, any four walls make
a prison for him.
Despite his great age, Keinert says
he can average twelve miles a day
when on his travels. His sight and
hearing are good. he Is deeply re-
ligious. and always manages to beg
enough on Saturday to carry him over
day He is "on the road all through
the summer and usually manages to
find a berth in some almshouse each
winter He is we'll known in this sec
ton, and a number of persons familiar
with his history vouch for his age.
He has a brother now living who is
101 years and 3 months old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
GOOD MEN DEFEND THEIR
NAMES FROM ATTACKS

Tne FOLLOWING petition, signed by
many. OF the most honorable and most
prominent citizens OF Birmingham. has
been made public:
To the Editor OF The Birmingham News:
We desire as individuals and citizens
toriai i presentation q the issues inveIv-
ed In the present campaign by The
News, insofar as 1t attempts to class
tfy all OF the opponents Of the proposed
constitutional amendment. either as be-
ing supporters OF the "whiskey side"
or as being In alliance with an element
which The News Is pleased to denounce
as vicious or bad. The News has claim
ed either. expressly or by inference.
ness were on one side in this conflict,
and has proclaimed that those who OPP
pose the amendment are agents and
tools Of the distillers and brewers. or
In alliance with them for the purpose
of reinstating the saloons. II has not
credited the opponents with an honesty
OF motive or accorded to them the right
to reach their conclusions upon the
Judgment. 1t has persistently claimed
that there Is hut one object In view,
and that Is, to bring to the State of
Alabama whiskey and open saloons.
For some weeks we have remained sill
ent submitting to statements of our
position which we knew were SANDER
Gus and untrue.
The statement that all good women
favor the amendment Is false; the state
ment that we are allied with the whls-
key interests is false: the statement
that we are striving to have a return
OF the saloon in this State 10 false. We
oppose this amendment as citizens and
voters. because 1t does not address it.
self to eur judgment as citizens and
voters. We know that the issue Is
not whiskey or no whiskey, and Is not
saloons or no saloons. The issue Is the
adoption or not of a constitutional
amanh0lanf which afFfkAs n an
stitutional rights of the citizens, and
which We regard as dangerous step.
John II. Miller, Augustus beiners, L.
e. Leadbetter. Hugh Morrow. e. K.
smith. John ". Tomiinscn. Z. Il. Cab.
aniss, James Weatherly, John London.
r. C. Mcdonald. J, H. Heineke. W. B.
Leedy. W. A. Smith. Scion Jacobs. John
VIM. D. Jelks. A. b. Tanner, J. Rus
sell Williams, Leo X. Steiner. Sterling
A. Wood, r. H. Baugh. F. D. DIM
mick. j. c. Mamen. Is. Y. Wyman.
MCQUEEN SS 'V chas a sau stiiman ah A. H. H.
Carpenter. j. D.. Kirkpatrick, W. II.
Kettig. John f. Morriss, e. w Booker.
o. P. Gaut. T. H. Benners, J. v. AL
len. H.. s., Matthews. p. @. Bowman,
Fowlkes John G.. Smith, T. H. Motion.
Geo. C. -Whatley. Culpepper Exum. w.
II. Johnston, T. NJ. Bradley. II. C.
shackelford. A.: a. Adams. Julius w.
Davidson. Lee c. Bradley. Walker Per-
cy. Robert N. Bell. A. @. Smith, John
P. Tillman. Sydney J. Bowie. John T.
Glover, Robt. C. Redus. J. A. Mont
gomery. Robt. Jemison, Jr., w. @.
Oliver. J. Alfred Levert, J. S. Giliespy,
C. F. Enslen, jerome Tucker, ]. X.
Brockman. w. =. Fowikes, Smith Gull
lom, Norvell w. Cullom. L. C. Wood
son, J. F. Stallings. q. T, Rudolph,
Z. F. Enslen, Paul Lee Cooke, VIM. M.
Byrd. Jr., r. C. Hemphill. A. L. Full
enWtder, +. l.. Demere.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
"A mother Is a mother still,
The holiest thing alive"

No doubt there arc incompetent
mothers. meaning well. loving their
children dearly, aiming to bring them
up properly, but not fitted for the
important duty; yet still mothers in
the truest and highest sense of the
term. To them 1t would almost be
death to be parted from their little
ones, and 1t would be the very super
lative of heartlessness to separate
them. If they fail in their duty at
times 1T Is not intentional but due to
human weakness. When men learn
to be perfect In the performance OF
all the duties and responsibilities of
life 1t will be time for them to find
fault with those OF a weaker and
more tender build,
We are of the opinion that the great
majority of true mothers of our coun-
try will refuse to agree with the Chi
cago professor. It sometimes happens
that a mother is so unfortunately sit
uated and circumstanced that out of
true love for her offspring she would
part with them to know that they
would be well cared for by others, but
In the vast majority of cases the true
mother will suffer much, endure all
the hardships and privations of life to
Va
sickness and all manner of suffering
may come to her but she is "a moth
love enables her to endure all things
SO long as she can look into the in
nocen faces and hear the prattling Of
loved Iones. Let the mothers love and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
JOHN sknLroN WILLIAMS.

The people OF the territory reached
and affected by the seaboard Air Line
hope that the fight now made on John
SHELTON williams to prevent him from
again becoming president of the road
will be unsuccessful Mr.. Williams has
the confidence. the good will and the
best wishes of the commercial and
other interests of that territory. The
people. as a matter OF fact. feel that
they are under obligations 10 Mr..
williams for the road and the bene-
fits 1t has bestowed upon this terri
tory.
Assurediy Mr.. Williams was a lead
er. moving spirit in putting the
road through over great difficulties.
1t is perhaps possible that the road
would have been built. sooner or la
ter, without his efforts. but the peo-
pie of the Southern States who have
been benefited by the completion, or
ganization and Improvement OF the
road are not so convinced.
In the midst of financial depression.
and under peculiar adverse conditions
from which all roads in the South
suffered. stock manipulation deprived
Mr.. williams OF the fruits of his
achievement. Our people learned Of
his temporary misfortune with deep
regret.
Mr.. williams was about to be re-
stored to the place OF President which
he merits and which he has filled with
ability. 1t had been hoped by the peo-
pie of the South that his return to
the presidency would be unopposed.
But the report is abroad that the
stock manipulators Of Wall street
prefer more complainant officials. We.
of the South. hope that their scheme
will fail. We hope sincerely that
John SHELTON Williams will win his
fight against the stock Jugsiers. The
stockholders could find no better way
OF increasing and retaining the good
will of the people Of the seaboard's
territory than by the election of Mr..
Williams to whom the friends of the
road feel under obligation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07
Collectors TO Railways.

A little branch railroad Just sold
under foreclosure in Massachusetts,
recalls the local rural opposition 10
railroads of half a century ago. When
the old Stonington railroad wanted to
build through Wexford Center Wick
ford turned out and fought II literal
ly. the surveyors having been driven
out of town by farmers armed with
guns. The railroad was built. but
three miles west of hostile WEXFORD.
Wexford in the SOS realized the mis-
take its fathers had made. and after
a while built the little line which has
passed through receivership to absorp-
ton. The Wexford farmers were not
the only ones who kept the railroad
out. Lanesborough. Mass, under the
lead OF a Congressman of that day.
prevented the Western Railroad from
reaching the center. because the
engines would set the hay afire."
This suggests some of the more recent
opposition to railways In the Interior
Of China. which, however. related to
the crossing of the graves OF ances-
tors.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07

A paragraph in Saturdays Advertis-
er made reference to a luxuriant wa
termelon vine in lakewood cemetery,
expressing the opinion that 1t would
not be likely to produce and mature
any melons at this late season. but
that was partly an error. There are
melons on the vine, one at least of
which is large enough to make the
average county darkey's heart feel
like taking a vacation. This vine.
thus fiourishing and bearing fruit in
November. is striking evidence of
the nildness of the season so far. OF
course there may be other instances
OF late melons, but this is the only one
we have observed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-07

The reputed founder and first grand
sachem of Tammany was William
Mooney, an upholsterer. He was
charged with being a deserter from the
Continental army in IT'S and with
having subsequently served against
his countrymen in the British army.
but the truth or falsfty OF this charge
has never been established. This up
holsterer. Mooney, was D. lifelong
adherent and satellite of Aaron Burr,
and Burr 1t was who was the first
real leader of Tammany Hall. He him.
self never held office In the organiza-
ton and seldom went near the Wig
wam," as the society's meeting place
was called from the first. But
through his intimate, Matthew Davis,
the society was adroitly nodded. Into
close political corporation. with the
control In the hands OF Burr's friends.
These men. the first rulers OF the
Tammany machine. the direct pre-
eursors OF the district leaders OF to-
day, were nearly all. sooner or later.
guilty OF some act Of public or private
dishonesty.