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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
TRANSFER OF CITY PROPERTY

The Grand Rapids Real Estate
Company purchased the Elmer Dur
kee house and one lot on 18th and
Grand avenue, Monday It is now for
rent or sale. Consideration $4,000.
They also sold the Tom Halkoski
house and lot in the Wickham Ad-
dition to Matthew Farrell on Mon
day Consideration $500 Mike Far
rell sold his house and two and one
half lots on Cliff street to the Grand
Rapids Real Estate Company. VIM.
J. Henke sold a lot and one-half to
VIM. Hannaman located in Wood 5
second addition on Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
NEW WARE HOUSE

We understand upon good author
ity that the Nekoosa Pulp and Paper
Co. have commenced the erection OF
a ware house just west of their pres
ent mill, which is to be about eighty
feet wide and three hundred feet
long, and will be used for store house
purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT
GAINING

Like wildfire'' is the accepted
phrase for the way the commission
plan of government is spreading in
American cities not of the very high
est rank We don't know much about
wildfire or how fast it spreads, but
if it spreads as fast as this idea
does there is nothing slow about it.
All parts of the country show rapid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
POPULAR PAV|L.
ION BURNED
RothschiId Park Resort At
Wausau Suffers Loss.

WAUSAU, Wis, April 9.-The
RothschiId park pavilion of the Wau-
sau street railroad company, five
today in one Of the most damaging
fires in years, Rothschild park was
Wausau's most popular outing and
amusement place. The damage is a
bout SIT 900. Insurance is $12 900.
The origin of the fire is believed to
be from electric wires. The pavilion
was built three years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

Bernard Frank proprietor of the
new Ladies' Ready-to-wear Garment
store in the Wood County National
Bank building reports that he is
highly pleased with his first months
business in Grand Rapids. His pa
irons are well pleased with the gar
ments, the up-to-date styles appeal
ing to all who inspect these goods:
The millinery department conducted
by the Misses Poirier of Merrill Of
fers many attractions to the ladies
of Grand Rapids, who are looking
for pretty hats. They report an ex-
cellent attendance at their opening
days of Wednesday and Thursday
last.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

Mr. and Mrs. w. G. Weisel who re-
Gently moved here from Merrill and
have succeeded the Heineman Mercan
tile Company are meeting with a cor
dial reception from the former pa
irons of the above company and are
highly pleased with the business
done thus far. They contemplate
many interior improvements in the
present store building that will add
to their convenience in displaying
their goods and waiting upon the
trade. They also expect to carry a
larger line and a greater variety of
goods They have already added a
rug department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
ARRESTED FOR N0N-SUPPORT

Paul Kreklow of Arpin, has been
arrested on the complaint of his wife
Mrs. Ida Kreklow charged with non
support. The hearing took place
Tuesday morning before Justice Ed.
Pomainville
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
new DULUTH LINE
500 will Let Contract for New
Route Next Week--Survey
Complete.

The 500 line in a few days will
let contracts for the construction of
the new line between the Twin City
and the head of the lakes and the
work will be started next week, Civ
ing the fourth direct route between
the two points. Chief Engineer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH NOTES

Mrs. E. w. Ellis will entertain
both the East and the West side
Ladies Aid Societies at her home
next Wednesday afternoon. All who
have articles for the Congregation
al church room at Riverview Hospi-
tai will please bring them at that
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Sever Johnson, Jr.,
and children, left Friday for their
home at Mather after spending the
past week in this city, called here by
the death of the formers father, Sew
er Johnson. They were accompanied
by Gilbert Johnson, who will visit
them for a few days before return
ing to Minnesota, where he is en-
ployed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

Mrs. Charles Brown has been con-
fined to her home the past week
with an attack of la grippe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

There will be devotional services
in the church on Thursday and Fri
day evening of this week, from 7:30
to $50. The service on Friday even
ing will close with the Communion.
The young people will hold a spec
ial service, to which all are invited,
on Easter Sunday morning at $50
The other services will be at the u
sual hours.
Mr. Clyde A. Nichols, teacher of
singing and tenor soloist at Detroit,
Mich, has been engaged to sing the
tenor solos at the morning service
next Sunday. Mr.. Nichols has fill
ed engagements as tenor soloist with
the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, in
Handel's Messiah" at Ann Arbor,
and in many other places. The choir
also has been practicing special Eas-
ter music for some time. The prom
ise for an inspiring musical service
next Sunday morning is excellent.
Full program will be published later,
Jesus was great disappointment.
He disappointed his own mother
there is pathos enough in thati He
disappointed John the Baptist, he
disappointed his disciples, who eX-
pected him to head a revolution, and
he disappointed the common people
who, for a time, heard him gladly.
1t is the tragic fate of every sane
and rational reformer to be a dis
appointment; for, as rule, men want
only eternal reform. But beware
of the man whom the common peO-
ple-if there be any such-hear glad
ly all the time. He who breaches,
not only the nearness of the Kingdom
of God, the divine order of things,
but also the necessity of repentance
as a preparation for entering the
Kingdom, is not likely to be very
popular with any class. From SER
mon last Sunday morning on ''The
Disappointing Christ"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-13

The young people will hold a spec
ial service, to which all are invited,
on Easter Sunday morning at $50.
The other services will be at the u
sual hours.
The farmer and mechanic., 1911-01-10

.o,,.;ce 70 the country people
must embrace all the peopie ., e
on,nnitv from childhood TO OLD age,
either as nearnerS or aS ~
teachers. sro
,active of the way in which this CO.
ordination of living and education may
be worked out ~
because Of the recent advent OF
the school farm into our educatIoIial
life. il may be necessary to pause q
moment to tell just what the schoo,
farm is. 1t will be better unueIs.Soo
nv telling briefly how it originated
few wears ago in Wake county. Nortn
Carolina. and how the movement mas
attained its present promising pro-
portions in that county. :.
Passing through one of the smal
villages OF the county, the SuperlnteH-
dent Of schools visited the presioent
OF the local Woman fetteri"elt AZ
sociation and suggested that two OF
tho ten acres of ground belonging TO
the district school be put under cui-
tiyation: that all the patrons ana
friends OF the school pe invited 20
work in mass, and that the proceeds
of the farm be used to increase the
tannual apportionment received from
the county Among other reasons as
signed for advocating such measure,
he stated that for all the people TO
engage thus in farm labor would
serve to dignity the work in the minds
of the young people OF the COM
munity; that, by causing the people to
meet together on common lane.
without regard to social, financial, or
other distinctions, there would be de-
yeloped a finer neighborhoOd spirit,
and thus higher form of society.
There would be derived from this
labor money greatly needed to sup
plement the regular funds. and there
The farmer and mechanic., 1911-01-10

would be afforded an excellent op-
portunity for teaching in a simple
but effective way some lessons in
agriculture.
At very early meeting Of the local
Betterment Association the plan was
considered and enthusiastically adopt
ed Not only the school children. but
the grOwn-up boys and girls. as we'll
as the men and women of the com
munity met at the call of a chosen
leader, whom they called school farm
superintendent. to plant and to culti-
vate the school farm. At the end
of the year the crop was sold for the
net sum of S12S.28.
Last year there were e'even school
farms of two acres each in the county
Not deGucting for duplicates, 1.207
persons engaged in work on these
farms. Some OF the farms were more
successful than others. Among the
best were the Rocky Spring school
farm, planted in cotton. The crop
was sold for $3.50, which, with some
premiums won at the State Fair and
some local prizes, netted the school
more than $500; the Turner school,
planted in tobacco. This crop was
sold for s313.50. During the year just
closing. there were sixteen FARMS full
reports from which have not yet been
obtained.
In many instances the money made
on these school farms exceeded the
amount appropriated by the county to
the schools operating them. With
the money thus made, the committee
heightened the school term and in
creased the salaries of the teachers.
The social phase Of the school farm
is emphasized by the Introduction of
the picture feature Sometimes light
refreshments are served; on other Oc-
casiOns there are abundant feasts of
barbecue. fried chicken and all those
deIicacies known only to rural cooks.
Frequently baseball games and other
contests afford entertainment after the
work is over. Often the county super
intendent is invited to the working
Bee as these group workings are
called. He engages with the people
in their work and play, and uses the
occasions to speak On any topic which
may be of vital concern to the peo-
pie.
He was present on an occasion of
this kind little more than a wear
ago when, after the days work was
over. he was invited to speak, and in
! doing 50 launched the question Of
consolidating a number of small
The farmer and mechanic., 1911-01-10
HAY AND STRAW

Is noticeable that alfalfa or lucern
hay is very much more f7i~es+ih,a tha
clover hay. This is partiv due to ita
peins harvested and stored awav in a
peter stage to make good hay. Then
tnere is wide difference in the straws
as to digestibility,
some are Of the opinion that wheat
stra" is more valuable as a feed than
va. a.ia~. however, results of expert
ments show the reverse to ha trna
IL ration is made up of total food
constituents found in the material
rather tahn the digestibility. poor re-
suits VIII be obtained
Both the amount and the digesti-
bllity must be conidsered.
The farmer and mechanic., 1911-01-10

SUPPOSE you do have to spend 500
Tor tile to drain that big swale in one
corner OF the farm. It may be the
M cans Of bringing the worthless land
into crop that will more than pay
the expense the first year. Try it.
IL We don't chew our food wall we
nave dyspepsia. Too many OF US have
pltten Off more land than we can farm
Well and the result is soil indigestion
and dyspepsia of the pocket-book.
III Your neighbor casts a longing eve
on your best brood mare be sure SIC
Is worth as much to you as to him
and hang en- to her.
The time to clean seed wheat is in
the winter. We will have time 10 d. :.
better job then than the dav before
We commence sowing IN the spring
Going to raise a i:tii,si crof. of t.tra
On the same latisI ll1.l ycac" t.raat
mistake.
The Press., 1911-06-28
ASHFORD,
Westford.

Henry Blanchette and Joe Bullock visited relatives in -Willimantic over Sunday.
 Mrs. Alice Lowe and Miss Grace Barlow were visitors in Southbridge, Mass. Tuesday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wm. A. Buxton visited part of last week with friends and relatives at Mansfield Depot
 Miss Gladys Barlow, who is at- tending the Willimantic high school. is home for the summer vacation. |s Miss Jessie Griggs left Monday for weeks stay with her sister, Mrs. Katherine Oharlesons at New York city, after which she will attend the summer term at the normal school at Danbury.
The Press., 1911-06-28
A Comparison of Interest.

To get on in the world, the philos- opher tells us person must be thrifty.
 Now if you're a thrifty person, de- string of saving you take your money to any Connecticut savings bank they Ire all good institutions, tried and proven savings banks, the equal of any in this broad country. You put your money in the bank and each dol lar draws four per cent. interest per year, and this is half of a per cent. more than many banks in this country are to-day paying. Now to saving people: Compare the opportunities for thrift that our annual summer inventory sale offers. With the ex! ception of a very few articles on which prices are restricted by the makers, every dollar's worth of mer- chandise in our entire establishment Is offered at price out. It may be 8 n5ussed article or 8 handled articls,
 on which the price reduction is forty per cent. 1t may be garment which we, in conformity with our store policy, are desirous of closing out the same season 1t is made, and the dis
 count may be fifty per cent. ;. it may
 be an item of homefurnishing, on which the discount is twenty-five per cent, or it may be an article on which our own profit is very small and therefore the price reduction is only ten per cent. Now pause and consider, that the dikcounts as above mentioned are just as sure and certain saving as that which you make in the savings bank, but just sea the i'm
 mense difference in the percentage given. Every man, woman and child who reads this paper has some every day need that can be filled by this store, and that item can be purchased at Q positive saving varying from ten to fifty psr cent. during the inventory sale. Is not the above comparison so clear that you will want to profit by this great trade movement which per
 vades and effects every department in this big modern department store of CUTS? Wise, Smith 6 Co, Hartford.
The Press., 1911-06-28
NOTICE. |.

A T a Court of Probate holden at ToI. A land, within and for the DistIi jet of Holland on the 21st day of July, 1911.
 - Estate of JefTerson $. Welch; late of Holland in said district, deceased.
 David A. Brown of Holland appeared in court and filed petition. alleging that he, is the ex. ecutOr of the last will and testament of the said Jefferson s. Welch, deceased. Il .,S i
 That there is pending against said estate g claim presented by L. Ernest Hall and Leila S. Hall, both of Holland, amounting to $1 ,40154.
 Said executor disputes said claim in full, but is Of the opinion that there should be paid in full Of this claim the sum of $707.44 out of said estate.
 Wherefore said petitioner prays said court for the reasons therein set forth, that this court authorize him as eXecutor aforesaid tc cOnprO mise and settle said claims as provided by law. Whereupon, it is ---
 Ordered-That said petition be heard and de. termined at the probate 0fflce in Toland, fin said district, on the 5th day of July t9ll at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice of the pendency of; the foregoing petition and Of said hearing thereon be given by the publication of this pc t1t1on'o once in some newspaper having circula. tion 1h district, at least i've days. .prior to said date of hearing, and that return be made to this court. .- EDWIN s. AGARD, Judge.
The Press., 1911-06-28
COVENTRY. South Coventry.

Mrs. Sarah Wolfe's farm has beer sold to William squires of Columbia, formerly of Long Island. Mir squirel and family are occupying the farm.
 William Gardner has sold his farm on Ripley Hill to Albert Baker, whC will take possession of the place soon. Mir. Baker recently removed from Shelton to this place.
 The Boynton homestead in Flanders has again changed handS, Mir. Deni; son, who bought 1t Q few months ago, having sold the place to Charles Ed wards of Long Island. Ar. Edwards has moved onto the farm.
 Miss Hattie M. Albro has bought the Lathrop property on Main street, consisting of the two houses occupied respectively ty William F. Wood and family and Arthur Wood and family. Miss Albro will remain at Pine Knoll for the present.
The Press., 1911-06-28
ORDER OF NoTIGE=estate.. of Con

ORDER OF NOTICES-Statepo of Con. " necticut, County of Holland, .ss. Rockville June 15, A. D. 1911.
 Upon Upon Ii the econ co9plaint % or the % said John N. Xii. raly, claiming, for the reasons therein set forth 8 divorce, returnable to the first Tuesday oI September, A. D. 1911, before the Superior Court in and for said Holland county. t .. It appearing to and being found by the sub- scrtbinR authority that the whereabouts of the defendant Is unknown to the plaintiT. It is therefore ordered that notice of the pend- ency of said complaint be given said defendant by publishing this order in The Press, news paper printed in said Stanford, two weeks suc- cesstvely, commencing on or before the 21st day of June, A. D. 1911.
 WILLIS H. REED, Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court. for Tol-
 land County. 's-- ''S
The Press., 1911-06-28
WALES.

T MT. Tower and family of Worcester arrived Monday and will occupy the Methodist parsonage this summer.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Rood are making preparations to visit her home in Scotland. They expect toesail July 9th. ... H ..,
 Miss Edna Lanphear has been ap- pointed postmistress in place of her sister, Mrs. Holt, who resigned. Mrs. Holt will be assistant postmistress for the present.. . ..
 Elijah Harris, 88, who has been i'll from the effects of shock, died the 2Oth. The funeral was held Thurs day at p ID. in the Methodist church. The burial was in No. 3 cemetery. He leaves one brother, Chester Harris, of Springfield. E..
The Press., 1911-06-28
ELLINGTON.

Austin Slater spent Sunday with his parents in Holland.
 The strawberry supper and social will be held in the chapel Thursday evening beginning at 6 o'clock.
 Mrs. Grace Newell Thompson and Mrs. Belle Pierce of SOmer6 visited Mrs. J. R. Downes one day last week.
The Press., 1911-06-28
FOLEY'S KIDNEY REMEDY

Is particularly recommended for chronic cases of kidney and bladder trouble. Il tends to adjust and control the kidney and bladder action and Is healing, strengthening and bracing l.. McCon- nell, IF Catherna St., Elmira. N. Y., says: 1.-Two bottles did the work most effectively, and proved to me beyond doubt 1t is the most reliable kidney medI- cine had ever taken, and 1t shall always have my endorsement. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1911-06-28
@flNTR.9

Ladies Shirt Waists S8c this week. Modern Clothing Go.
 Miss Harriet Pease Is at her home for the summer.
 Mrs. ". A. Peass is' spending a week in Weatfield and Agawam.
 The EccIesiastical society will meet at the chapel Friday evening at 7.30.
 Mrs. Edward Courtney and daugh- ter, Leuora, are spending a week in Hartford.
 Children's night will be observed at the regular meeting of the grange tomorrow night.
 Mrs. Jessie Oornine and Olive Worthington have gone to The Wiers, N. H :, for the summer.
 Miss Myrth Bartlett from Los An Reles, Gal, and Miss Helen Dewey from Portland, Oregon, are visiting their grandmother, Mrs. Ann Lee.
 Charles M. Gager and family have moved into one of Mrs. H. R. Kibbe' 'a houses and Charles Counter and fami- ly have moved onto the Gager farm, which he recently purchased. !.
The Press., 1911-06-28
This Will Interest Mothers

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children re- lieve Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach
 Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bow. els and destroy worms. They break up Colds in A hours. Used by mothers for 9 years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, A s. Olmsted, LeROy, N. Y.
The Press., 1911-06-28
L p;..L u,. AT1FN,S F00T-FASE

The antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Relieves hot, tired, aching, swollen, sweating feet of all pain and makes walking delight. Takes the sting out of corns and bunions. Sold everywhere, 25c. Sample FREE. Address, A. s. Olmsted, LeROy, N. Y.
The Press., 1911-06-28
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN. PUBLIsHER.

The. following cases have been stricken from the docket of the Tol- land county superior court: Central Vermont railway against the Fabyan Woolen company, Edward Hubner against Ozro B.. Uaher, Arthur D.. Ellis appeal from probate, Daniel Spink against Stafford Springs Agri- cultural society, Sarah M. Seagrave against Bezaleel Seagrave.
The Press., 1911-06-28
MANaFTELD.


 Herbert G. Chappell of Mansfield Hollow is having a we'll driven by Mir. Chapman of East Longmeadow, Mass. The present we'll Is down to a depth of fifty feet, but does not furnish sufficient water, and Mr. Ohappell proposes to go deep enough to reach a supply that will be inexhaustible. Other men in the town who expect to have similar wells driven are John Jacobsen. Edward Clark, George Jenner and Meredith Johnson. The town of Mansfield itself Is contem- plating having a we'll driven at the Spring Hill schoolhouse, az the supply there is inadequate to meet the de- mands on it.
 Mrs Abbie J. Taylor Gardner, widow of John K. Gardner, died Thursday morning At the home of her son, Oscar B. Barrows, at Willi- mantic, of arterio sclerosis. She was born in Bozrah on August 10, 1924, and had lived the greater part of her life in Mansfield. The past year she has lived with her son. She was twice married, her first husband hay ing been the late Charles O. BRrrows. She is survived by two sons, Oscar B. of Willimantic and 0. W. Barrows of Middletown. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon at the home of her son at o'clock, Rev. Walter E Lanphear, pastor of the Mansfield Center Congregational church, ofici- ating, assisted by Rev. R. G. Hartley of Baptist church, Willimantic. Burial was in the Atwoodville cemetery. Gurleyville.
 Eli Wood Is papering for F. O. Durham. .
 EOho grange holds a strawberry festival this afternoon.
 Henry Mason is1 9doing the mason work on the new bridge between Oo- nantville and Willimantlc.
 F. O. Dunham picked and marketed 4 bushels of fine strawberries last Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. G. A. Walker and Mrs Charles Chapman attended the Sunday school concert Sunday after. noon at Atwoodville.
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward Simonds and Mir. and Mrs. Henry Wooliscroft at- tended the surprise party given MT. and Mrs Robert Knowlton Saturday evening. 1t being the anniversary of their marriage.