Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

r. G. Sherwood of Virginia, Mimi,
has been spending a few days with
loS al friends and with his grand
mother, Mrs NJ. C. Sherwood, at the
Veterans Home. He is the Virginia
correspondent and Iron range sub
scription manager for the Duluth
Herald.-Steyens Point Journal
Geo. P. Hambrecht has been select
ed one of the three judges of the In
terstate Normal Oratorical Contest
to be held at Oshkosh Friday evening
March 18th. The following Normal
Schools are represented in the Orati-
cal league: Oshkosh, Platteville, Ste
VEINS Point, Milwaukee, Whitewater,
| Superior, and River Falls.
Wheat and oats have already been
soWn on the marsh lands lying east
Of this city in the town of Grant,
Portage county. Mr. Eggert reports
that that entire marsh country is
| dry and now being seeded without any
| difficulty all due to the excellent
| drainage recently installed in that
section of Portage county.
l.. Fourier, the barber, left Mon
day morning for Milwaukee for few
days where he has gone on business.
It is said by the boys that he has
gone to buy furniture for his new ad-
dltion, but this we consider only a
| joke. He is expected back Thurs
day.
Messrs. Alex and Louis Haydock
expect to be ready for business in
their new store on the west side
in the Olympic Theatre Building on
Tuesday, March 10Th. They will car
ry line of dry goods and clothing
and extend an invitation to the peo-
pie Of Grand Rapids call upon
them and inspect their line
Chas. Payne of Wausau is in the
city today intending to make arrange,
ments, if possible, to present another
play in this city on or about April
3rd. He and his wife will put on a
comedy sketch at the Grand in this
city on Monday and Tuesday, Mar
28th and 29th. Watch the Daily Re
porter for announcement.
A. D. Barnes of Waupaca, and own
er of the Waupaca Arctic Nursery,
was in this city Thursday on business
connected with his industry His
ad appears in another column of this
issue. If you are in need of any
thing in his line. it will pay you to
correspond with him on this subject
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Scheuer of
Walker, who have been visiting rel
atives in Switzerland since the fore
part of last December, are back home
and report a most delightful visit
among relatives at the home of their
| childhood. They are glad to get
back to Wisconsin to their home and
children.
E. L. Schultz, assistant manager of
the Tri-State Investment Co., of Min
neapolis, Mimi, was in the city Thurs.
day to see his grandmother, Mrs.
| Margaret Worden, who lies seriously
| Ill at her home in. this city. He
spent the day with her, and his mo-
ther and returned to Minneapolis
| on the night train.
What promises to be an interest
| ing contest for alderman in the
Fourth Ward is due to the fact
| that Otto Roenius, the present mem
Der, is having his seat contested by
Chris Getslaff These men are both
qualified for their positions and are
| both very popular. The outcome
| will be watched with interest.
Mrs. Jos. Holly who resides just
| across the street from the priests
| house on Second street North, is re-
| ported to have seen man coming
out of said house Sunday morning
about II o'clock. 1t is thought that
he is the man who ,burglarized the
house for the burglary occurred dur
| ing the morning services.
The Elk's. Lodge are advertising a
minstrel entertainment, which the
members of that order intend to give
at Days Opera House in this city
on March 31st, with placards bear
ing comical cartoons, drawn by To-
cal artists. They are attractive and
represent considerable talent o.
Mills and Grim Natwick we under
stand are the artists.
The Weinberg construction company
have just completed a large stock tanl
Wit a capacity of 172, 900 gallons,
built of REINFORCED concrete for the
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. at Ne
| koosa. They have also just COM
pleted for the same Company water
tank of the same material at Port
| Edwards, which lis 16x17 it., and Is
high. This company did a nice job
and are we'll pleased with the results
Herman Smith is busy today put
| ting on an addition to L. Fournier's
| Barber Shop, adjacent to the j. E.
| Daily Drug Store Building. His FRIEND
say that it going to be two stories
and that he is fixing it up for house
keeping purposes, so that hewill be
handy to his work. We rather doubt
this report but it would make nice
| little coy corner.