Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-04-03

house Monday During the storm
Easter Sunday night some of the
shingles Were ripped off the west
side.
Mildred and Kenneth Bowker went
to Babcock Saturday noon to visit
their sister They retrned Monday
night
Mrs Fuller was quite sick Sat
urday but is better now
Mrs. G. Moulton of Grand Rapids
spent Sunday with her mother Mrs
Fuller.
Jake Spector moved the rest of the
stuff out Of his store Saturday and
it will be taken to Grand Rapids to
Steinberg's.
John Meyers opened up a store in
the building vacated by ]. Speetor
Frances st. Denis visited in the
Rapids from Saturday noon until MOI
day morning
Mrs. Ida DeMars and daughter Lu-
ella of Biron visited relatives here
Saturday.
Lloyd RatelIe and Edwin Jacoby
went home with their teacher Flo
Margeson Friday night and visited
there until Monday morning.
Ruth Moulton of your city spent
Saturday and Sunday here with re-
| latives-
John Golan sold a team of young
horses to Fred Bossert of the Rap
ids.
The home of Jerome Bowker was
destroyed by fire Sunday night a.
! bout O'Clock. 1t was caused by a
defective chimney caused by the storm
Easter Sunday night, which Mr.. Bow
ker says Jared the house and prob
ably cracked the chimney. Mr.. and
/ Mrs. Bowker and Carroll had to
grab their clothes and run to the
wood she'd to dress. Everything was
burned. He had $905.00 insurance
On his household goods. The build
| ing was owned by the railroad COM
/ pany and Mr.. Bowker was section
| foreman
Mic Ratelle sold his span of three
year old black mares and two COWS
to Mr. Classy, a new conner in Sigel.
Mrs. J. A Jackson and daughter
Mary visited her sister in Berlin
/ from Saturday until Monday evening.
(Last Weeks items.)
The new firm of Kuawa & Will
kins opened their doors to the pub
! lie on Wednesday, March 10Th and
will continue to sell the same as be-
fore the A. J. Kujawa store was burn
ed. They have a nice new line OF
groceries and dry goods. A new build
/ ing was recently erected temporaT-
lily until the new store will be erected
Work begins as soon as the ground
is dry enough. 1t will be 6Ox70 feet.
two stories and basement with eleva-
tor for handling freight. We wish
them success.
Chas. Brys was called to Minneso-
Ia Tuesday night on account of the
serious illness of his mother.
Joseph Decker of Grimms, arrived
the past week and on Monday began
making cheese for the Rudolph
Creamery Co.
Mrs. Matte Holthusen of Stevens
Point who has been caring for Mrs.
n. G.. Ratelle was called ito the HON.
er Hawkins home in South Rudolph
where she spent the past week and
on Tuesday she returned to her hom'
in Stevens Point.
Albert Jacoby who is conductor on
a street car in Milwaukee is spend
ing few days at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hawkins are
rejoicing over the arrival of a u
pound baby girl born Sunday. March
10th.
Paul Zimmerman Jr. who has been
very sick with typhoid pneumonia is
reprted be little better
! Mrs. Peter Krommennaker JT-,
who has been very sick in the Wau-
sau ospital is getting along nicely.
Mic Ratelle drove to Stevens Point
to attend the funeral of his his old
friend Louie King who died at his
home in Tomahawk, Saturday morn
ling after five weeks illness
Robert Plant of New London spent
several days last week with his SIS
tar Mrs. Alex Garrow.
! Grandma Golan spent the winter
here with her son John, and in Nekoo-
sa with her daughter, departed Thurs
day for her home in Cloquet. MINI.
Our first severe windstorm visit
ed US Sunday evening The horse
sheds belonging to the Hotel Grand
shaw We're destroyed. Considerable
damage was done to the Oliver Akey
house Lee had narrow escape
from being hit with board which
/ went thru the window. Boughman's