Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-07-21

caster Wednesaa ter spending a
few weeks in the city visiting his
brother Robert Mr. Morse viii
leave shortly for Topeka, Kansas
where he has accepted a position.
George Mullen has accepted a po-
sItion at the Nekoosa Paper MIN.
One of the windows of Johnson &
HILLS hardware store has been fixed
up in a very attractive manner. I'm
Ter the skillfsIl hands of Kenneth Nc
| Camley the window was changed into
| a miniature camp. On one side is
| the tent and on the other is the camI
| stove A lantern is hung on a tree
| and here and there are various ar
ticles used by campers. Altogether
the idea is very well worked out.
Will Carhart is driving the River
dale wagon in place Of Elijah Peter
lex who has accepted a position
with Normington Bros.
Mrs. Sydney Burrows left We'd
nes1ay for Chicago where she will
enter a hospital to undergo an OPP
GRAFTON.
Will Schrader has accepted a po-
sition as salesman with the Central
| ia Hardware Co.
D Burhite and family of Water
town, Iowa, visited at the B. Bur-
hite and ". H. George homes in this
city the past week
Miss Agnes DAILY has been spend
ing the past two weeks visiting with
'rien[s at Merrill.
August Nimtz left the past week
| for Seattle, Wash, after spend
ing a few weeks at his home in this
city.
John E. DAILY has a neat adverti a.
ment in his window for the Conkln
fountain pen 1t shows two figures,
one fills the Conkln in the new
way without any muss or dirt while
the other be-spatters himself with
ink. filling a pen the old way. The
advertisement lis very clever and it
keeps large crowds at the window.
George Goggins of North Dakota
who has been visiting at the home OF
ais father, Hugh Goggins the past
week, left Thursday for Madison.
Mrs. Anton Sweeney of Im1ianap
" ..
laughter Esther, left Thursday fol
Ottawa Beach, Michigan, where they
Will visit for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Meuhlstein left for
Madison Monday after spending a
Few weeks in the city visiting at the
home OF Mr. Meuhlstein's parents.
Mr.. Meuhlstein was formerly OF this
city, but is now an instructor IN the
University at Madison.
Misses Beulah and Fern Searies
are spending a few weeks visiting re-
latiyes at Stevens Point.
Mrs. LYDIA Arquette OF Milwaukee,
S a guest at the George Klnlster
md VIM Haskins homes in this city
his week
The bridge of the Consolidated P.
e P. Co., has been fixed with crush
ed limestone and this adds much to
the usefulness of the bridge.
Herman Metzger purchased the au-
tomobile belonging to Jim HoWIett
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust. Nieman and
children left Sunday for Green Bay
for a weeks visit with relatives.
Capitola Kinister has accepted
position at the Wood County Tele
phone office.
WILDER Hess of Milwaukee is Wis
ting friends and relatives in the
city this week.
Miss Minnie Knipple returned Mon
day from Wild Rose where she has
been visiting the home of her sis
ter Mrs. VIM. Witt.
Mrs. George Anderson of Oshkosh
is visiting friends and relatives in
this city this week.
Miss Alice Sweeney returned to hel
home in this city Monday after an
extended visit with friends and
relatives.
We are glad to see T. J. Cooper out
again after a months illness.
Miss Georgia Lanquette of Toma-
hawk is a guest at the o. Fisher home
in this city for some time.
Jack Kinister and Arthur Eswine.
who have been spending couple OF
weeks visiting in Sheboygan return
ed to their homes in this city Mon
day.
Pete Schriner, Smokey Deitzler, o.
Gregory, w. Tragesser, and John Ar
pin drove up to Wausau in the lat
ter's car Monday to attend the Wau
sau-La Crosse game played in that
city
Miss Blanche Cleveland has accept
ed a position in Church's drug store
during the absence of Mr.. Church on
his vacation
While the two sons of John Ku-
bisiak of the west side were driv-
ing down Main street Thursday the
horse for some unknown reason got
the notion of breaking Dan Patches
record, so he started pell-mell down
the street across the wagon bridge
and up Grand Ave. The younger boy
was thrown out at Church's drug
store and received a few bruises on
the head, and the older one was eject
ed from the rig up near Kelloggs
lumber yard and was hurt around the
shoulders. The horse kept on going
and was stopped farther up the
street. 1t is very fortunate that the
boys did not get a worse shaking up
Samuel Parker was appointed Nox-
ious Weed Commissioner by Mayor
Wheelan about two months ago and
since them he has been busy serving
notices on lot owners who have noX-
ious weeds upon their premises. He
has made an entire canvass of the
city and has been the means of haV-
ing all noXious weeds cut down and
destroyed. Sam has done a good job
and if this was carried out strictly
for a few years there would be less
weeds to cut hereafter.
A little after one O'Clock Saturday
the alarm of fire was sounded.
The house of Mr.. Ritke who lives
on the Sigel road west side was re
ported on fire. 1t burned to the
ground with most of its contents
Loss not known Insurance not