Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-10
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Bonnie Franson of City Point spen
a few days visiting with relative
at Grand Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ". Franson spen
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. Spraf
ka of Sigel.
Theodore Budd of Pemberton, n
j., and A. D. Makepeace Of Warehan
Mass, died recently. They were tht
two largest cranberry growers il
the United States. Both lived to +;
ripe age, and accumulated a large a
mount Of wealth. They were vel
known to all cranberry growers.
Miss Edna Kruger is spending /;
week at Stevens Point visiting witt
her sister Mrs. Glen Cooper.
Dr. w G. Merrill and his wife re
turned home Monday, from Sparta
where they had been for a few days
visiting relatives. They left here
on he third of July in their automo
bile and returned on the It'll. They
report a delightful trip, good roads
and no mishaps or accidents. This
is their first long trip and they both
enjoyed it.
Dr.. Sweetman, wife and family OF
Green Bay, were in the city Tuesday
They are on their way to Minneapolis
by automobile ard expect to make
that city by Wednesday evening il
not delayed by storm. 1t will be re
membered that the Doctor left Grand
Rapids thirteen years ago. He is
looking well and notes many faYora
Improvements in our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Shouer LEFT
Thursday for Liberty Bluff, where
they will spend the Fourth and pro-
badly a weeks time with their daugl
ter, Mrs. E. J. Blass, who is camp
ing there with her husband.
D. ]. Gerrow, proprietor of Hotel
Witter, expects to open a saloon in
the Witter House annex, now occu-
pied by a barber shop. Robert Sol
chenberger, the barber has rented
the old express office rooms across tn,
street in which he will move his shop
fixtures. just as soon as the rooms
can be prepared for his occupancy.
The old Grand Rapids House now
the property of VIM. Slattery, is now
on rollers and will soon be back on
the lot where it viii be permanently
located. E. G. Ketchum and his
crew are doing the moving.
J. f. Wolter, of the carpet and rug
department of Johnson & Hills left
Thursday for Manitowoc, where he
joined his family to spend a vacation
of ten days.
Chas. Kipp of Salt Lake City, is
in the city a guest of his sister, Mrs
Geo w. Paulus. He will be here all
this week. Charley is an old Grand
Rapids boy, who was raised and re-
ceiyed his early education in Grand
Rapids He will find pleasure in see
ing them any changes that have talk
en- place in the home of his boyhood.
Arthur Oberbeck of Seattle, Wash,
is in the city visiting with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Oberbeck
Frank Leberman mad Herb Fraze
who have been in the city for several
weeks doing special soliciting work
for the Savings Bank Department of
the Wood County National Bank left
Thursday for Sheboygan.
Miss Mary Perch left Wednesday
for Merrill where she viii spend two
weeks visiting with friends
Miss Celia Burr who has just com
pleted a course in electro skin sur
gerry in Milwaukee, is in the city and
will spend the summer with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burr
Misses Mildred and Olive Humphre.
of Rio, Wis, are in the city guests
Of Mrs. o. T. Hougen.
E. J. Hahn of Marshfield was in
the city Tuesday on business.
Joseph Steinberg returned Mon
day from Babcock where he has been
on business.
Miss Anna Weisberg, who has beer
visiting at the Steinberg home for
the last two weeks has returned to
her home in Chicago.
Miss Lille Steinberg is in Baboock
clerl1ing in the Springberg store.
Mrs. Robert Solchenberger and two
children have gone to Mosinee for a
weeks visit with relatives.
Il
ter of Caledonia, Mimi. are in the
city guests of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Ames.
How often do we hear people say,
Where in the world do. all the flies
come from?" 1t is simple enough. The
topper makes the bottle fly. the cy-
clone makes the house fly. the carpen
ter makes the saw fly, the boarder
makes the butter fly. the jockey maxi
the horse fly, the tin can makes the
dog fly, and the barber makes the
hair fly.
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