Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-03
The final score was 1929.

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Filbricht anG
children returned to their home il
Almond Monday after a short visi
with friends in this city. While here
Mr.. Filbricht consulted a couple Of
our local physicians in regard tx
rheumatic troubles from which hi
is suffering.
Louis Goodness reports the loss
of his spaniel dog Rex who has been
missing for more than a week. Mr.
Goodness thinks that the dog has
either been poisoned or stolen Rel
was familiar figure on our streets
and was very popular with everyone
who knew him.
The Kellogg Bros. Lumber Co
started moving their lumber and the
sheds from their present location tc
give room for the C. M. & st. P
Ry. to construct their new depot in
the spring. This will be quite an un
dertaking and it will probably requir,
the balance of the winter to remove
the lumber and buildings.
VIM. Franson, operator at the
Green Bay & Western depot in this
city, left Monday morning for Man
nawa where he will take the place
as agent in the depot in that city
for a couple of weeks on account of
the laying off of Mr.. Fowzer who viii
be operated upon for failing eye
sight.
Geo. N. Wood offers for sale 20
of his residence lots in Glenwood
addition ON East side at $25 each
One dollar down, balance soc per
week. No taxes or interest. These
lots are level, Is It. to good soft
water, dry cellars. II good homes
in the neighborhood. WIN build
homes on monthly payments. tf-d-w
DR.. E. L. Graves, the west side
dentist, departed Thursday for Chi
cago, where he will spend a week at
tending a dentist convention While
absent he expects to hear discus
sions on the latest approved methods
on dentistry and will be pleased tc
give his patrons the benefit Of his
improved knowledge upon his re
turn.
Cyril Gross, travelling salesman
for the A Kickbusch Grocery Co.
of Wausau has now been on the
road for nearly month and enjoys
his new work. He reports the bust
ness men as very cordial and are
very liberal in placing orders with
him. This is appreciated and he
hopes to prove himself fully worthy
Of this confidence and encouragement
The linemen and helpers on the
Street Railway Co., who were laid
off recently on account of having no
material to work with, returned to
work Friday, the supplies having ar.
rived. They will run a line from
the main track in Port Edwards to
the mill, said line to be used as a
power transmitter, the power being
generated in the paper mill.
Chas. Margeson has been hauling
stone to the plant of the Grand Rap
ids Brewing Co. for the past few
days. The company intend to build
an addition to their bottling plant
as soon as the weather moderates in
the spring, as the present structure
has been found to be inadequate to
handle the rapidly increasing bust
ness of this branch of the brewery
The Hotel Dixon has just received
a new steel hotel cooking range from
a Chicago firm, thru the agency of the
Centralia Hardware Co. of this city.
The new range is about twelve feet
long and weighs in the neigtbor-
hood OF z,0OO pounds. and cost about
s400. This modern acquisition to
the kitchen of the Dixon will greatly
increase the facilities for cooking in
the culinary department of the hotel.
Quite a large number of people in
this city, including the travelling pub
lie, and Port Edwards, partook OF
the delicious viands served at the
popular six o'clock dinner at the Dix
On Hotel on Sunday evening, Jan.
both. These dinners are always well
patronized on account of their quail
ity and have become a fixture at
this popular hostelry.