Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-04-28

Mrs. Bassford, Olive Bassford ant
Henry Bassford, who have been Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. Bassford'.
mother, Mrs. W. H Wright, left fol
their home in Waupaca Monday after
room
A superstitious subscriber, VIII,
found a spider in his paper, want
| tc know if it is considered a BAG
omen. Nothing of the kind The
spider was just looking over the col
umns OF the paper to see what mer
chants were not advertising so thai
1t could spin its web across his store
door. and be free from disturbance.
The new Weinberg residen or
Drake street is about enclosd, reeady
for the shingling of the roof. The
DR.. MeNen residence and hospital
building is being torn down and the
material used in the new residence
These changes will prove to be val
liable improvements to this part Oh
the city.
L. Fourier the barber, is hav-
ing the front of his barber shop
building freshly painted He has
recently added two up-to-date pat
| ent barber chairs to his already ex-
| cellently equipped shop. Mr.. Fourn-
Ter believes in having his business
| place tidy and attractive in appear
ance.
Miss Ve1a Riley and Miss Dorathy
Jackson have been engaged as To-
| cal news reporters for the Daily Re-
| porter, the former giving her espec-
| ial attention to the west side, while
the latter will look after the east
side. We will consider it great
favor if our patrons and friends will
see that The young ladies are mott
fled of any item of interest, job
work, advertising, ETC., which they
wish the Daily Reporter to receive.
Henry Beimler and workmen have
just completed the job of putting on
steel ceiling and sides of the Bogog
er store building and it will now be
decorated by the Bailey brothers who
have just completed the painting,
granting and papering of the. second
story of the same building This will
complete the interior decorations Of
the enri-e building for the new occu-
pants, who are expected here for the
first day of May.
Smiles should be part of our
selves every day of the week. Do you
know we esteem those persons our
best friends who greet us with a
smile and kind word. A community
composed of individuals who always
look on the bright side of every
thing would, i'm our opinion, be an
ideal community. What we need in
this life is sunshine, and a great deal
of it.
Gunnar Hoist OF Norway who has
been at R'ron the past three weeks
looking af-er the use of some sui
phite used by the Grand Rapids Pulp
and Paper Company in the manufact
ure of kraft wrapping paper, is a
son, off tho ma inf q oturar Of tho EFIIl1-
rum" in Norway and is watching the
results of the paper manufactured by
it. The young man will go from
here to Philadelphia ON the same mis-
sion
Dave Christianson of Merrill, who
has been acting as local reporter
and outside solicitor for A L. Fon-
tame, publisher Of the Wood County
Reporter, for the past four weeks,
has resigned and will return to Mer
rill to assist his father who is pub
Usher of the Merrill News.
While here but short time, Mr..
Christensen made many friends who
win be sorry to have him go from
their midst.
A wise conducted newspaper Is
like a banquet, says an exchange.
Everything is served up with a view
to variety. Help yourself to what you
want and do not condemn the entire
spread because pickles and onions
may be included. If you do not relish
them somebody else may find them
palatable. Be generous and broad
enough to select gracefully such read
be agreeable to your mental taste.
You, as an individual, are not com
PEELED to swallow everything. We do
not all think alike on every subject
and it is a. good thing, as it makes
more variety, andvariety is the spice
OF existence.
The printers dollars-Where are
they? A dollar here and a dollar
there, scattered over numerous small
towns all over the country, miles and
miles apart-how shall they be gath
cred together? Come home, ye truant
to thy fathers house; ye are want
ed. Come here in single file, by col
umn or platoon-so that the printer
may send thee forth again, to bat
tie for him and vindicate his credit
Reader, if you discover a stray dol
lar around your premises send him
home tenderly, for he art ours. We
| would ask you to be sure you hav-
emit a couple Of printers dollars
sticking about your clothes.
Before listening to the complaint
of your children about the general
flend ishness of the teachers, and
getting all worked up and excited
| over it, it is better to reflect a lit
| tie. Remember your one or a half