Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-12

was drowned. He was a single man
and his home was at Hinckley, Mimi
He has one brother who was employe
at Bfron by the same company foI
whom he was working.
Fred Babcock of Wausau returned
| to his home Monday after a few day.
visit in the city at the home of his
sister Mrs. Guy Gets.
Miss Gertrude Cola has accepted {
| position as bookkeeper for the Grand
| Rapids Milling Co.
While ON their way home Monday
evening from Grand Rapids on the
GaynOr turnpike in their new auto
mobile Mr.. and Mrs. NJ o. Potter had
a very fortunate escape in an accident
that threw their automobile into one
of those deep bitches that lie a
| long side the Gaynor turnpike Whe1
Mr.. Potter went to make the turn fror
| the turnpike to the main road, the
| steering gear refused to work and
the car went headlong into tn editch
Neither one of the occupants of the
car were injured in any way.
Miss Mae Mulroy underwent a
slight operation on her throat Tues
day.
C. E. Scarf, pioneer jewe!er of Mer
riII spent Saturday in the city visit
ing with his sister and other friends.
Miss Anna Wheir left We'd
nesday for Fond du Lac where she
will visit her sister, Mrs.O Frank
Frederick.
L. G. Bluett of Waukesha is Wis
ting with his brother, undersheriff,
c. w. Bluett.
Mrs. F. w Burt has returned from
Wausau where she has been visiting
her son F. w. Burt, Jr., While in
Wausau Mrs. Burt attended the grad
uating exercises of the High School
at which time her grandson Jack was
graduated.
Work on paving the approach to the
bridge on Grand avenue was started
this morning.
Mrs. Frank NJ. Babcock of Minneap
oils is in the city for an extended
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Gets. Her husband VIII come
down from Minneapolis later, and to-
gether they will visit with relatives
at Wausau and Medford, before re
turning to their home.
Herb Fraze returned Monday from
Milwaukee, where he spent the week
end with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Carlson and
children of Sparta arrived in the
city Monday evening for visit
with the formers mothre and to at
tend the Carlson Hansen wedding.
Prof. Oswald, Formerly a teacher
in the Grand Rapids public schools,
We see by the st. Paul Dispatch Will
be in direct charge of the seed la
| boratory at the Minnesota Agricultur
al college, and supervise the testing
| of samples of seed sent in by farmers
and seedmen after July L The sue
cess of this new law will depend
largely upon the work done in his de
partment.
Miss IrnHa Johnson is home from
Baltimore, Md, where she attended
school, to spend the summer.
Miss Bertice Johnson, who taught
school at Emporia, Kan, the past
year is home to spend the summer
with her mother.
bennington Bros, launderers are
establishing AN excellent reputation
for the fine work they are doing in
rug cleaning. They clean any KIND
of a rug. large or small, promptly, al
do a firs,t-class job. They cleaned
the editors rugs this week and We
take great pleasure in recommending
the excellent work that they do. L
makes housekeeping time a pleasure
instead of burden in pounding rug:
and carpets. Give them an order AND
see if what We say is not verified b!
the facts.
Adolphus Barker, the colored sho-
shining artist, paid a fine and cost:
amounting to SOLO i'm Judge JohI
Roberts court Monday morning. Bar
ker plead guilty to the charge o
drunk and disorderly. He was ar
rested by Officer Painter Sunday e
yening.
It's only the man with more none
! than brains who has more friend
than enemies.
] We were mistaken yesterday il
saying that VIM. Giebels graded an,
planted shrubbery on Miss Calhe Ma