Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-01-06

viii Sweet has accepted a posi-
ton with the Anderson Carriage
works
Geo. Hamm left Friday for Fond
du Lac for short visit with rela-
tives.
Postmaster F. S. Woodwork of
Pittsville was in the city Wednesday
as witness before the Circuit court.
Verne Rumsey departed for Racine
Wednesday where he is employed by
the Mitchell Automobile Co. of that
city
John Van Hecke. attorney at law
at Merrill, was in the city Wednes-
day on business before the Circuit
court
Miss Selma Fehrman of Merrill
but employed in this city, returned
Tuesday from a visit with her par
ents in that city
Stanton BraZeau Of NekOoSa ar
rived in the city Thursday to spend
a few days at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. j. J. Canning.
Mrs. Jos. Thomas of Appleton
arrived in the city Wednesday to
spend few days at the w. F. KeI-
logg home on Third street
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Weiland and
child arrived in this city Thursday
from Appleton where they visited
with relatives for a few days.
Mrs. Bogie and daughter departed
for their home in Waupun Thursday
after spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. James Bogie in this city.
The Misses Blanche Christianson
and Mary Millspaul came down from
Merrill Thursday for a few days Wis
it at the D. whitehall home on First
street North
Brown Knuteson, who has been EN-
ployed at the Reiland Packing Co.'S
plant in this city, has resigned his
position to accept one in his home
town at Austin, Mimi.
A. B. Fewel, agent for the Pru-
dential Life Insurance Co. distributed
few handsome desk calendars to
his policy holders and friends in this
city during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Miller de
parted for their home in Milwaukee
Friday after a pleasant visit with
relatives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Clairmore,
Cathryn Martin and Herman Gritz-
macher, all of Wausau, ARE guests at
the home of Mrs. E. Cooney and son.
Mrs George Brill and daughter r.
enc came down from Stevens Point
Thursday evening to spend New Year
at the John Cypress home on Wash
ington avenue.
E. Starkey, who has been conductir
jewelry store on Second street, has
discontinued business on account of
poor patronage and has gone back
to his home in Waterford, Wis.
Frank Sweeney and his sister, Mrs.
Warner, who have been visiting am
ong their friends during the past
week. left Friday for Eau Claire,
where Mrs Warner will visit for
few days with her brother, Frank and
family.
Mrs. Sophia Iinquist, aged sixty
years, mother Of Mr.. O. Linquist of
the town of Sieg1, died Thursday,
Dec. Both The funeral service took
place Sunday afternoon at the
Swedish church in Sigel. We under
stand that Mrs. Linquist was a new
conner to Wood county and had just
settled there, but those who knew
her thought very highly of her.
The men who are now overlooking
with business are the men whose ad-
vertisments were kept running during
the entire siege of the late de
preston. Advertising is just as great
a necessity to an active business life
as food and drink are to a healthy
physical existence. If you stop eat
ing you die for the want of susten-
ance; if you stop advertising your
business dies for the want Of pub
licity.
About all you hear from some peo-
pie are criticisms. No matter how
great the speaker, how famous the
orator or how earnest the worker,
they see nothing but blemishes, dis
crepencfes and Irregularities. They
behold no goodness or greatness in
anything but themselves. Good for
them, but the world, too, that the