Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-05-11

| Mary Kuntz of this city
Russell Hansen who is employed
| at Mosinee returned to that plac,
| Monday after spending the week enc
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bel
Hansen On Second avenue.
Miss Ella Kuehl spent Sunday il
| Stevens Point the guest of friends
returning Sunday evening.
Mesdames H. Grieber and T. Der
ger of Madison and H. G. Grieber o.
Babcock spent Sunday in the city
guests at the w. F. Noltner home OF
Ninth street south.
| Miss Ida Dagneau who is employ
ed in this city returned Sunday even
ing from a weeks visit with hel
mother at Stevens Point.
Miss Iollene Tietz of Stevens Point
| is visiting her mother, Mrs. Tietz
who is employed in this city this
week
Miss Roenni, trimmer at the Poir
Ter Millinery Parlors, returned Mon
day from Merrill, where she spent
Sunday the guest of friends
Word was received here from Mil
w'"kee, Monday, announcing the
death Of Samuel E. Worthing an in
mate of the National Soldiers Home,
who was quite well known in this
city and Adams county, where be
formerly resided Burial will take
place Thursday at Princeton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Denniston left
Monday for Avon, Montana, where
they will spend some time
Chas. Dixon, Dr. E. j. Clark, Fred
Mosher and F. c. Brockhausen spent
Sunday at Amherst Junction, fish
ing. They report good catch.
Mrs. Dougherty and Mrs. James
Miller returned Monday from Berlin
where they attended the funeral of
Mrs. Mary Gle. They have been
spending several months in Biloxi,
Miss.
Rev. H Mack, left for St. Louis,
Mo-, Monday evening. While there
he will visit his parents, who reside
there and will attend the meeting of
delegates to the Lutheran Synod of
Missouri, Ohio and other states. This
so-called Missouri Synod is the larg
est Lutheran Synod in America, hav-
ing membership of nearly one mil
lion souls belonging to about 1000
congregations. The number of active
pastors is about 1000 This Lutheran
body is specially numerous and strong
in this state, where it has member
ship of 10000 in $50 congregations.
The synod owns and operates ten col
leges and seminaries, throughout the
country, where Lutheran pastors and
parochial school teachers are educat-
ed for their work Rev. Mack will
James Gaynor will sell cheap 1000
feet of roof boards and sheathing
lumber taken from the Preston shop
building and now piled near west end
of bridge in this city. 3td-1tw
G. Papas, the aEst side fruit stand
man left for Fond du Lac Tuesday,
where he will spend FIVE days on
business.
J. Ginsberg, proprietor of the
Chicago fruit store left for Oshkosh,
Tuesday where he will spend a few
days on business.
The new store on Grand avenue be
longing to the Nash Grocery Co. will
be opened Saturday with fine line
of fancy groceries.
Oscar Rockstead who is employed
at Days drug store returned to his
work Wednesday morning after a few
days absence on account of illness.
A barn belonging to T. Anderson of
the town of Rudolph was struck by
lightning Wednesday morning and
was burned to the ground. Mr.. An
derson succeeded in saving his live
stock having the misfortune to burn
his neck while doing so. The loss of
his barn will be considerable.
Mrs. John E. Schnable entertained
the Afternoon Whist Club at her home
on 9Th street north Wednesday after.
noon.
Mrs. Herman Metzkie of Milwau
kee arrived in the city Wednesday fol-
short visit at the w. F. Noltne1
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Obers of La
Crosse are visiting friends in the
city.
Louis Slower, a former resident o.
this city now of Park Falls, is Wis
| iting here this week.
Mrs. Dan Kenyon left w ednesday
| for her home at jamestown, N. D.
after spending the past week at Por
Edwards called there by the death O
her father, Henry LeTendre.
Miss Esther Otto has resigned he
position as office girl for w. F. Foot
the electrician. Miss Ruth Kline.
has accepted the position and went t.
work on Monday.
L. Preston of Kansas City, Mo.
spent Tuesday and Wednesday in thu
city on business.
A. B. Jewell and family rented thu
w. J. Shea property on the corner o
10th and Wiley streets into which
they are moving their household good
this week. Mr.. Jewell returned Sat
urday from a several weeks absence
in Eau Claire and Chippewa countie
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