Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-11-14

ter, is at the Witter Hotel this week
Mr.. Hiles is looking well for having
gone through three months Of a seri-
Gus illness. His friends were all
glad to see him out again and able
to transact business the same as
formerly.
From a letter received recently
from brother Edmonde c. LaVigne
he informs US that his residence mum
Der is 1919 Otis Place, northwest
Friends DESTROYS Of writing him VIII
please address as above. He reports
himself and wife well.
Occasional advertising is better
than none at all, but the persistent
advertiser is the one who sets the
pace and gets the business.
Mr.. Zackery Lansdowne, .. S. NJ.
is in the city a guest of Mrs. f.
MacKinnon this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Bacon of Nc
Henry, Illinois, are in the city guests
Of Mrs. Mary Jane Warren. this week
They left here A years ago, but were
back here once 20 years ago. This
office Acknowledges a social call
from Mr.. Bacon whom We found well
preserved for a man of his age, 81
years. We had not seen him since
he left Grand Rapids A years ago.
We were then g years Of age and he
told us how we used to sell him old
iron to make a few dimes for spend
ing money. We enjoyed our visit with
him and were pleased to find him
looking so well. He says our. city
has changed so that he could find
very few familiar land marks. He
could find only a few old settlers that
he knew. Most of them have respond
ed to the last summons.
Victor Persohn of this city was a
business visitor to Waupaca Tuesday
Mrs. George Mas.sart of Green Bay
is visiting her sister Mrs. F. B.
Warner.
Mrs. Miles Foster left Wednesday
noon for Pepin, Wis, called there
by the death of her sister-in-law.
Guy R. Wood spent a couple days
in this city this week displaying a
handsome Cole car.
Homer G. Zimmerman of Chicago
is in the city on a visit to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w Zimmerman
Curtis NJ. Berard of Green Bay ar
rived in the city Saturday to spend
Sunday with his mother Mrs. L. Ber-
ard.
Misses Cordelia Richards and
zita Snyder, who teach school at
AuburndaIe were here to spend
the week end at home.
A L. Arpin is home from Gueydan,
La, for a visit with his family.
Mrs. Chas. Baldwin of Appleton is
in the city a guest at the home of
her sister Mrs. J. Arpin.
The new cabinets for childrens
clothing for the Abel & Podawiltz
Co. have arrived and were put into
place Friday afternoon. There are
two cabinets, each with Is sections
of which will hold one dozen boys
suits. There is also another cabi-
net-the lower part of which is fit
ted with sections similar to the
other two; the upper part of which
is made Like a display window and is
for the purpose of displaying boys
clothing. This display cabinet is
brilliantly illuminated. Each cabinet
is SIX feet long by nine feet high and
is 80 inches deep.
Among the Nekoosa people that at
tended the Trip Around the World"
Fridayevening were: Mrs. J. P. Nash
Mrs. J. GuthieL, Mrs. w. Hooper, Mr.
and Mrs. A U. Marvin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gilbert Marvin, and Mrs. Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Gillette of War,
rem, Wis, returned to their home Sat
urday after a short visit with their
daughter, Miss Ruby EIvers trimmer
in the millinery department at John
son & Hill Co.
Misses Ruth Garihee and Gertfe
Shortim Of Milwaukee returned to
their home after a visit in the city
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Mcconnell of
Pittsville were in the city Friday to
attend the funeral of James McLaugh
lin.
Miss Kate HoeneveIdt of Vesper
was a business visitor in the city
Friday.
Miss Marie Looze left Saturday