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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Every automobile owner and driver
is now aware of the fact that when
driving their cars within the city lin
its of Grand Rapids they must com1-
ply with the state laws and keep
strictly to the right OF the road. All
other provisions must be adhered to.
This is well and win surely prevent az
cidents. The policemen are entitled
to credit for the enforcement of
the state laws.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

F. S. Woodwork reports having
new potatoes from his garden as ear
~ as last week, June 18th. This is
going some, as it is generally sup
posed that new spuds by the Glorious
Fourth is doing exceedingly Well It
is well known that our staid post
master is s.som.e swift, when it com.
es to selling land and city property,
but as a lightning artist agricultur-
ist we had not considered him in the
running, But from what he says he
has place in history alongside Luth
er Bank, ct al.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
PITTSVIlLE ITEMS

Miss Leu Woodwork has received
a new driving horse, which was
brought up from Milwaukee by Chas.
Heuer while there a short time back.
Louis AmundGon, county road com
missioner, was in the city last week
and said the work on the new county
trunk line would be. commenced as
soon as the material could be gotten
in shape. The end from Grand Rap
ids will be made first, as that is
the road that needs the improve
ments the most. He expects to mako
about eight miles this summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

If you are DESTROYS of securing
quality printing call at the Reporter
Print Shop, where We do only the
best work at reasonable prices. POOR
qaGty print-ns is dear at any price
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26


tax will be heavier than ever. That
income tax gets more and more OF
an outgo right along.
The Neenah sportsmen are going to
plant rice in marshes TO attract the
ducks. It's another quack scheme
Baby cyclone hit racine. They say
it howled.
Little don't for to-day. Don't eat
scrambled eggs. You might deveIope
a yellow streak.
A Neenah fish swallowed a long
nail. Ought to be nailed as a pure
fish yarn.
4 Racine woman who has been mar
ried % years wants to get a divorce
OH the ami yensary of her wedding day
Probably wants to have a double eel
bration.
Thieves Follow Circus" is a head
ing in Milwaukee Sentinel Proba-
bly, want to ransack the Elephants
trunk.
Little don't for to-day-Don't i'm
agine you are the whole cheese or
people may want to punch holes in
your egotism.
The Weyauwega Chronicle says th<
hen has an advantage over women,
she knows where the rooster spends
his nights" Yes, indeed, and the
woman has to get up in the morning
and get her husbands. breakfast while
the man sleeps; the hen lays abed
while her hubby crows.
Wausau paper is in favor Of starv-
ing the fly. Doubtless by catching
him and keeping him without nourisl
ment. We prefer to swat, that's wat
Too many men take their married
lives on the instalIment plan.
Mt. Vesuyius is active again and
Hearst is printing car loads of words
every day about thea merican Navy
Misfortunes never come singly.
La Crosse women have imperfect
feet, but in Oshkosh their heads are
dipDy.
Fond du Lac editor opines that
the groom ought to be thankful to
be allowed to attend his wedding. ,"
| There are some who would rather
not
| Fashion DEGREES that trousers must
be worn longer, says the Wausau Re
cord Herald. Wish fringe would com
into style. We can't wear the seats
of ours any longer, anyhow.
A Michigan man DIS reported to
have coughed up two pound brook
trout. Many mem have had tc
"cough-up" in order to make a show
ing on a fishing trip.
A woman manned Damn was fined
for knocking a child off the sidewalk
at Fond du Lac. Bet she said it
when she got out of court
An Oshkosh man overcame the eff
fects OF a snake bite by drinking
whiskey. Watch out for am, epidemic
Of snake bites in Oshkosh.
Young man in Wausau High schoos
has just been voted the homhest man
in the graduating class. However,
there is hope, he need not always be
taken at his face value
a FOfE LeaVenWOHth convict says
he belongs to the English peerage
Add a thousand years to his sentence
Little don't for to-day. Don't sue
too strenUously for the fair Iadys
hand unless you mean business You
may get her fathers boot
Mr.. and Mrs. Jolly of Joliet, H.,
got a divorce. Two JolIy's are now
jolly at Joliet.
Kaiser Wilhelm has reigned twenty
five Years. Hook, Hook, Hook, Mil
Waukee.
gg0E II 0aIEn T0N
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Whatever your want, there is some
one that can supply it-just adver-
ise
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

The University is to teach the pro
cess of ice cream making. The Co
eds have already mastered the pro
cess Of eating.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A legislator wants to fine Iobbyis s
who treat solons. Evidently he
hasn't been given any cigars this
session.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26
NARSHFIELD ITEMS
(From MarshfieIdi HeraId).

(From MarshfieId HeraId).
Editor and Mrs. A. B. .Sutor Of
Grand Rapids came up last Sunday
by automobile for a short visit with
MarshfteId relatives and friends.
C. E. B1tere, F. G GiIkey, Edward
Smith and T. M. Schnabel of Grand
Rapids renewed the acquaintance of
friends here last Sunday.
E. E. Ames register of deeds. &C.
companiad by his wife and Nate
Anderson, county treasurer, came UP
from GRAND Rapids Tuesday to attend
the funeral of John Sheriff.
Hugo Wegener ard Frank Noll, Jr
were in Milwaukee this week anad
brought back as far as Grand Rapids
a model 80 Buick roadster which the.
delivered to DR.. PomainviIle.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. bennington ship.
ped their household goods to Stevens
Point Monday. On Wednesday theil
little daughter was taken suddenly
i'll and for a time her condition was
alarming but at last accounts was
some better.
J. E. Wilcox a former employee
in Rose Bros, store, going from here
to Grand Rapids, but now located at
Amigo, passed through here Monday
from La Grange, o., where on Thurs
day of last week he buried his aged
father
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Mt. Vesuyius is active again and
Hearst is printing car loads of words
every day about thea merican Navy
Misfortunes never come singIy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

The Weyauwega Chronicle says th<
hen has an advantage over women,
she knows where the rooster spends
his nights" Yes, indeed, and the
woman has to get up in the morning
and get her husbands, breakfast while
the man sleeps; the hen lays abed
while her hubby crows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Wausau paper is in favor of starv-
ing the fly. Doubtless by catching
him and keeping him without nourisl
ment. We prefer to swat, that's wat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Too many men take their MARI et
lives on the installment plan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Little don't for to-day-Don't i'm
agine you are the whole cheese or
people may want to punch holes in
your egCtism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

La Crosse women have imperfect
feet, but in Oshkosh their heads are
dippy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Thieves Follow Circus is a head
ing in Milwaukee Sentinel. Proba-
bly, want to ransack the Elephant S
trunk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A Fond du Lac editor opines that
the groom ought to be thankful to
be allowed to attend his wedding. -
There are some who would rather
not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

The Neenah spOTLsmen are going to
plant rice in marshes to attract the
ducks. It's another quack scheme.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Baby cyclone hit racine. They say
it hOwled.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A Racine woman who has been mar
ried Is years wants to get a divorce
OH the ami yensary of her wedding day
Probably wants to have a double eel
bration
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Fashion DEGREES that trousers must
be worn longer, says the Wausau Re
cord-HeraId. Wish fringe would com
into style. We can't wear the seats
of ours any longer, anyhow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A woman named Damn was fined
for knocking child off the sidewalk
at Fond du Lac. Bet she said it
when she got out of court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

Little don't for today Don't eat
scrambled eggs. You might deveIope
a yellow s.reak
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A Michigan man DIS reported to
have coughed up a two pound brook
trout. Many mem have had tC
"cough-up' in order to make a show
ing on a fishing trip.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A Mdison report says the income
tax viii be heavier than ever. That
income tax gets more and more Of
an outgo right along.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-06-26

A Neenah fish swallowed a long
nail. Ought to be nailed as a pure
fish yarn.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
Tuesday

Mrs. Edward Lee was Madison
caller.
Mrs. Lorraine Horton spent today
Ia Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. ]. Borchers of Iron
Ridge are guests of Mrs. Borcher's sis
ter, Mrs. Frederick Hiltz.
DR.. and Mrs. w. F. Nuzum and
little daughter, Helen, spent today
in Mermack.
Mrs. Belle Wood is in Chicago to
spend Christmas with the w. B.
Kendall family.
Mrs. J. Johnston is in Westfield
to spend Christmas with her daughter,
Mrs. Percy Alexander.
Mrs. William Shale is in Harmony
Minnesota, to visit her mother, Mrs.
Nc Kay far week or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Williamson
daughter, Miss Grace, and son, Eugene.
were Madison callers today.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Huber and Mrs.
Huber's mother, Mrs. Olive Gibson,
pent today In Madison.
Miss Esther Lee, who teaches in
Oak Park, is guest at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Lee.
Mrs. George Northrup and little
daughter, Mildred, are in KiIbourn to
spend the holidays with the formers
parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ell. s. Bicknell of
GAINESVILLE, who visited at the George
Patterson home in Baraboo, have re"
turned to their home.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Thayer of
BeIoit are holiday visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rooney in the Gem City.
Reverend Victor Sansum of Evans
VILE, arrived yesterday to spend sew
eral days with his uncle, David San
sum, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Colburn and
SOD, Leo, of Sioux Falls, lowe, are
guests at the home of Mrs. Colburn' IS
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Q. E. Hallisey.
Miss Campbell was in North Free
dom to bid adieu to her brother, E
ward Campbell, who left for his home
in Olympia, Washington, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex ander steuber
and Mrs. Mamie AIbertus of Prairie
du Sac have returned after visiting at
the home of II. Schlag.
Miss Hattie Lee, who teaches in
Fenn1more, but who has recently I'M
dergone treatments at a Milwaukee
hospital, is visiting her brother, q. 81.
Lee. and family.
Miss Blanche Mitchell of Burtrum,
Mimi, who Is employed in Baraboo,
is in Richland Center to spend the
holidays with her uncle. Frederick
Edgerly.
Mrs. Joseph Terry and little daugh-
ter, Grace, are guests of Mrs. Terry's
mother, Mrs. M. Hempel, in Chicago.
They expect to remain until the latter
part of January.
Mrs. G. w. johnson left this morn
ing for Escanaba, Mich, where she
intends to spend a few weeks with
her daughter, Mrs. Q. A. Clark and
son, Clarence Green.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
ACCUSED OF THEFT
AT BLAZE IN STORE
Convict, Recently Released, Is
Placed Under Arrest.

Milwaukee, Dec. 24.-Joseph Brown,
twenty-eight years old, was arrested
by Patrolman Albert Quest at the
fire which DESTROYED the Scottish
Wooden mills and damaged the stock
of the McKane-Lins Leather Goods
company. According to Quest, Brown
emerged from the store with two new
grips and a leather lunch box which
he had stolen.
According to Sergeant Flood, Brown
is the man who was arrested in 1911
and charged, while employed as por-
ter at the University club, with hav-
ing stolen a sum of money from the
club safe. Much attention was given
the case at the time because of the
fact that many people declared Brown
was being prosecuted by the police
and the fact that after his aged mo-
Their had mortgaged her home to OBJ
tain the several thousand dollars bail
for him he jumped his bond and it
was declered forfeited.
He returned several months after
ward, conscience-stricken when he
learned Of his mothers plight and up
on being convicted was sentenced to
two and a half years in Waupun. He
was but recently released.
After considerable litigation in the
circuit courts, Judge Williams finally
decided that the bond be returned to
Browns mother some months ago.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
A Feel In the Christmas Air
By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

THEY'S kind o. feel in the air to me
= When the Christmas times sets in
That's about as much of a mystery
AS ever I've run ag'in.
Fer instance, now. whilse gain in weight
And gineral health. swear
They's gOneness somers / can't quite state
A kind o. feel in the air.
They's feel in the Christmas air goes right
To the spot where man lives at!
1t gives Teller appetite
They amt no doubt about that!
And yit theys somepin-I don't know what
That follers me here and there
And ha'nts and worries and spares me not
A kind o. feel in the air.
They's feel. as I say in the air that's jest
AS blamed-on sad sweet.
In the same ra-sho as / feel the best
And am the spryest my feet
They's allus a kind o sort of acne
That | can't locate nowhere
But it comes with Christmas. and no mistake
A kind o feel in the air.
Is it the racket the children raise? -
Why, no! -God bless 'em. no! #azze
Is it the eyes and the cheeks ablaze. ..z>iss<<-z
Like my own Wuz long ago?
Is it the bleat o. the whistle and beat ~
O. the little toy drum and blare -
O. the horn? No, no! 1t is jest the sweet -
The sad-sWeet feel i. the sir.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25

ence. This comes from the fact THAI
If the dog doesn't like a show he will
start to howl. and he has to be re-
moved from the theater before the per-
Torrance can be continued.
Only a month before a well known
concert singer was appearing at the
theater. She had about finished one
of her best selections when the dog
poked his nose over the railing of an
upper box and began to howl his dis
approval That led to the temporary
Punishment of the dog critic from the
theater. But when the stock company
came along the manager heard about
the dog, and, willing to take chance
that the dogs judgment of his show
would be favorable, he suggested that
the dog be allowed to sit by big well,
which was a part of the scenic effect
in one Of the acts, just for the sake of
realism.
Now. this same manager had con-
cIuded to give his company a dinner
on the stage after the performance.
In the course of the play the dog was
brought out and tied to the we'll.
Everything went all right until the
dog shifted the turkey and the other
good things at the side of the stage,
and without waiting for the finish Of
the act he made for the food, dragging
the "heavy rock walled well' behind
him.
This action on the part of the dog
critic-actor disturbed things generally.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25

for the villain had just been arranging
with one Of his confederates to rid
himself of the hero of the play by toss
ing him down the aforesaid we'll. The
villain, after the laughter subsidized, ar
ranged his part of the plot by cancel
ing the order to have the hero tossed
down the we'll and instead to have
him tied to a railroad track. However.
the audience refused to take the play
seriously after the we'll disappeared.
There is probably more real Christ
mas sentiment in plays that have to
carry children as a part of the produc-
ton than in any of the others. With
these shows there is usually a Christ
mas tree between the matinee and the
evening performance in which every
one Joins in and makes merry.
A hard lot is that Of the actor who
happens to be playing what is known
as 'the small time" around the holt
days. "Small time" contracts call for
three shows day, and on Christmas
day an extra one is usually added. A
vaudeville actor on big time" prob
ably has more time to appreciate
Christmas-if Christmas really can be
appreciated away from home-than
any other because he is usually in the
theater but an hour in the afternoon
and an hour in the evening, and the
rest of the time is his own unless the
house manager has promised to TASK"
him to go over to some club and en-
terrain the guests at their Christmas
reception. Of course the actor doesn't
have to do this. but if the manager is
of any standing at all in the vaudeville
world the actor usually finds it expe-
dent to grant the request.
But the man probably who spends
the lonesomest Christmas of them all
is the poor advance agent-recognized
on the program as business manager.
advance representative or manager in
advance. Unless the advance agent is
close enough to his home town to
Jump" for Christmas he usually gets
a genuine attack of the simon pure
blues. True. the advance man who has
been on the road for any length of
time can usually be depended upon to
meet people he knows, but they are
people who live in the town, and he
usually finds himself dining alone
when the time comes for him to eat
his christmas dinner"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
EUGENIC LAW TEST EASY
Wisconsin Attorney General Rules on
Act for Physicians Benefit.

Madison, Wis, Dec. 24.-Wisconsin's
eugenic law was interpreted by Attor-
ney General Owen as one easily com
piled with by physicians required tc
examine men wishing to marry In an
opinion given to the state health Off
Ger, DR.. c. A. Harper, the attorney
general said:
II am of the opinion that the law
must be given a practicable and work
able construction. That its obvious
purpose was to require only such an
examination and tests as the ordinary
reputable licensed physician of scien-
tific attachments is equipped to make
and capable of making and could rea.
sonably be expected to make for the
fee of SO, and that the recognized
clinical laboratory tests of scientific
search do not include the so-called
Wasserman tests or such tests as can
be made only by specialists or such as
require special or long continued lab.
oratory experiments"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25

I6ristmas matinee was confined almost
exclusively to a few Of the first class
%heaters in New York city.
On the road it is different. The ac-
gEorS have to work just as hard as they
ever did. and opposition from local
uHanagers will probably prevent the
elimination of the Christmas matinee
y9Utside Of New York.
with some companies Christmas is
Uz0t the diSagreeable occasion that it
Is with others. One or two owners
make it practice to instruct the man
szger with the company to have a
&I1riStmas dinner prepared at the ex-
Egense of the show. Sometimes a cater
~ is called in. and the dinner is served
S5n che stage between the matinee AMI
she evening performance. In that event
sx5ze dinner usually proves prolific Of
gn1aGerial for the house press agent, and
tine affair is duly recorded in the d"ily
sB1pers. Sometimes it is served on the
ssfsge after the evening performance.
Other times arrangements are made at
sSane hotel.
IS was one of these after the per
9zsrmance affairs that came pretty near
sgxutfing a travelling stock company out
Of business in a town out in Iowa last
Christmas This theater, by the way,
zsOasts of the only dog critic in exist
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
Actors on
Christmas
There's lots of work,
And there amt no plays
So what's the use
OF a Christmas day?

vi d (LIASILloS Oe1y
g~W@SHAT little verse. paraphrased
# from one familiar to soldiers,
az just about sums up the real
Christmas sentiment existing
&sEuoDg people connected with the the
GsI5cal business. No that doesn't
m1eaQ that the actor, the manager and
Che advance agent do not appreciate
&be giving and receiving of presents
grou1 their friends. But it does mean
chat people connected with the stage
h4ve come to look upon the Christmas
time as q season Of short pay and hard
work.
Gc isn't generally known, but it is
none the less true, that most actcrs
6ave a clause in their contracts which
calls for half pay the week before
Christmas This clause was inserted
an the days when the week before
Christmas really was tough" one in
The theatrical business. But nowadays
there are many productions which
pack the theaters to the doors the week
before Christmas as we'll as any other
week in the year. Nevertheless some
qof the managers live up to that con
vet and deduct the half weeks pay.
That is one reason why actors aren't
1Dayticularly merry at Christmas.
There are other managers who
d1AAe a practice of laying off thei1
companies the week before Christmas
and some of them ten days or two
Fy~saks before. In that case there is
9lo salary at all Forthcoming. That
probably, is another reason why the
average actor cannot understand why
Christmas is an occasion to be unduly
joyful
1t was only last year that some OF
the managers came to the conclusion
chat stage people, like other human be
Ungs, might like to spend some part OF
the Christmas holiday with their
Friends and relatives. Up to that year
fitk had been the custom of all man
ayers TO give a special matinee on
Christmas day. That meant, of course,
Uhat about all the actor had to do on
this festive occasion was to rush to
sEha Gbeater almost as soon as he had
acquired bis regular amount of sleep,
S--gE9 an afternoon performance and
Ehen, If fortunate enough to have
friends or relatives living in the city,
EU hurry through his Christmas dinner
with them or leave before it was half
over to go back to the theater to play
ttbeseveufng performance.
iB2zt few of the managers changed
THAI last year by emitting the Christ
Enas matinee and giving it on the day
believing. There were other managers,
y1wwever, who not only gave the Christ
unas matinee, but acted on the sugges-
Mfan OF their more charitable cOmpeti
TORS and gave the matinee the day aft
say 500. However, this omission of the
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-12-25
JUDGE SCORES BANKERS
Tells Club They Are Opposed to Pro-
uressiVe Policies.

Milwaukee, Dec. 24.-Justice R. M.
Wanamaker of the Ohio supreme
court told the City club that cities
should be given home rule, nonparti-
san elections, with divisions only ON
local issues.
Probably no other Gloss of our bus
mess men is so vigorously and vehe-
mently opposed to many of the pro-
gressive policies" he added in his
speech. "as are our bankers" He said
also that changes in the Constitution
of the United States was necessary.