Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-17
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OF Lnelr annual session the entire
delegation took a sight seeing triI
70 New Orleans, where they spent
two or three days as guests of the
local organization in that city. Mr.
Ragan reports a very delightful trip
in which he says that the people OF
the South are looking forward to a
splendid business the coming winter
and next year. The cotton crop is
good and the business atmosphere
is splendid.
c. R. Matthews arrived in the city
Sunday evening and will enter the
employ of the R. F. Matthews tail
oring establishment. Mr.. c. R. Mat
thews will move his family here in
the near future. He is an experien-
ced tailor and will be a big addition
to the first-class shop now being run
by his brohter.
Mrs. Asel Potter of Coloma station
and grandson, Earl Potter, are visit
ing at the Potter cranberry marsh.
Miss Ethel Briggs and Miss Daisy
Waters of Almond are visiting with
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs.
NJ. o. Potter has commenced to
pick over cranberries.
Fire started in a picking shanty on
the James Gaynor marsh Saturday
but the fire was extingUished before
any material damage was done.
The laying Of bricks between the
tracks on Grand avenue started Sat
urday afternoon. The bringing of
the track up to grade is complet-
ed and the work of putting in the
bricks will be pushed so that the car
may be run down to the corner of
First avenue as formerly.
Peter Mitchell has returned from
a business trip up thru Sawyer coun7
ty.
Miss Mayme Murtaugh of Merrill
is in the city visiting friends this
week.
Ray Anderson of South Bend, Ind,
spent the week end in the city visit
ing with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
H. F. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Calkins and
baby of PIover returned to their home
Monday after a few days visit in
the city at the F. w. CaIkins home.
Misses Tillie Cizon, Lulu Whitehall
and Janet Mfnnehan left Monday for
MarshfieId to attend the Rebekah
convention being held in that city
this week.
Mrs. c. Volt entertained number
of young ladies' Saturday evening at
her home ON Fourth avenue The ev-
ening was delightfully."- spent in play
ing games and delicious refreshments
were served.
Work started Thursday morning on
the new bicycle store and shop that
will be built by Eugene Miller ON the
property north of Bodette's shoe re
pairinfg shop on First street north.
1t is hoped that the walls for the
fall. The new building will be 70
feet long and 80 feet wide The four
dation will be of stone, lime and ce-
ment, The building will be built Of
brick and be one story high. The
entrance will be by double doors 80
x72 inches fitted with plate glass
on either side of the doors will be
large display windows 110x84 inches
and fitted with plate glass. There
will be two windows in the east wall
and four windows and a door in the
rear end of the building. Plans and
specification for this building were
prepared by George B. Miller, bro
Their and local architect.
Edward NJ. CoyIes of LaFarge, Yer
non county, Wis, who has been in
the drug business for 10 years has
purchased the stock, fixtures and goot
will of the Wood County Drug Co.,
and the tran sfer took place Wednes-
day, October 9Th. Mr. Coyles is a
pleasant gentleman to meet with and
he has the appearance of being thor
oughly conversant with that bust
ness. We bespeak for himself and
family a cordial welcome into the
business and social circles of Grand
Rapids He left Thursday morning
for LaFarge where he will pack up
his household goods and have them
shipped to this city. He expects
to be back in about one week. We
extend our best wishes to the new
proprietor for success.
Mrs. Libby Demarias of Minneapol-
is is in the city visiting her father
LemueI Kroner.
The new remodeIed house facing
on 8th street north, the property of
A. P. Hirzy, the jeweIer, has been
rented to AL Sutor, who will take POI
secession the first of November. Mr.
Sutor having sold his residence prop
erty on the west side.
J. A. Gaynor and several other Bull
Moose or Third Party repres entatiyes
went to Stevens Point Friday after
noon by auto to hear their chief Ted
dy' speak ten minutes at the 500
depot in that city on the political
issues in this campaign.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Reinhart
/ and the Misses Tpssie SIattery and