Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-10

that spent the Fourth at Marshfi cid
were: Mrs Nels Johnson and daug.h
ters Misses Irma and Bernice and
son Donald; Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Wright and son James, and Mrs. Ma.
me PomainviIIe and daughter Eliza
beth; Misses Elizabeth and Grace Lii
dahl, LYDIA EckeIund, Alma Hanson,
Florence Lynn, Grace Goggins, Kath-
crime Gibson, and John Alexander,
Percy Daily, Walter Wood, Cabbie
Kraus, Chas. Briere, Ed. Smith, Ben
| Clcsuit, aJck CarTigan, Robt. Nash,
T. 2. Pereenboom, Frank Able, B. N
Clellan F. NJ. SchnabeI and Chas.
Nash.
Miss Tillfe Cizon visited at the
Blum home at MarshIeld over the
Fourth.
About seventy-five of the local
people celebrated the Fourth with
the Kellner people at KeEmer.
Bert Smith of Atlanta was in the
city over the Fourth to join his wife
and two children and to visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. c.
Smith.
| Mrs. Mayme Martin and Miss Liz
gie Yeske left this week for ten
days visit with relatives at Neenah
Menasha, Appleton and Little Chute.
Mrs F. D. Abel and children spent
the 4th at the R. w. Morse home
at Stevens Point.
Harvey RowIand of Chicago is in
the city visiting with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. T. Rowland.
Steering wheels and Iawn-moweIs a.
| built ON the same slant but every
body seems to prefer the former.
Il A. DaGuere and family spent
the Fourth picnicing at the Waupaca
lakes and making the trip in Mr..
DeGuere's automobile
Mr. and Mrs. 7. E. Mullen spent
the Fourth in Marshfield, guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Koenig The trip
was made in the Mullen automobile.
| Mrs. AzeIine Canning of Ossian, Ia,
and Harold, Bessie, and Luella Bull
| lard, grandchildren, who have been
guests at the home of her mother,
Mrs. John Andrews for the past EeeI
expect to remain a week or SO long
er after which they will leave for Ia
coma, Wash, where they expect to
make their future home with another
daughter. Mrs. Canning has been a
way from Grand Rapids many years
but was brought up and educated
here. She is enjoying her visit but
finds many very great changes in
Grand Rapids the home of her child
hood since she left here shortly af-
ter her marriage.
E. S. Josslyn, secretary and treas
urer of the JossIyn company of Osh
kosh had a narrow escape from death
when a 500 line train in Oshkosh
crashed into his automobile midway
between the front and rear wheels.
The auto was lifted up and carried al
most to the 500 depot. People who
Witnessed the accident turned their
faces away in horror and when they
looked again expecting to witness a
death spectacle, they We're amazed
to see Mr.. JossIyn sitting in the car
which was perched on the pilot of
the engine.
lightning struck the right front
wheel of buggy in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Steenberg of Fond du Lac
were riding. The electricity follow
ed the tire to the ground. The horse
was thrown to its knees by the shoe
Both the occupants of the buggy felt
the shock. They We're able to con-
tinue ON however, in spite of the fact
that there was a heavy electrical
storm raging.
Ole Olson was sent to the county
/ jail for five days by Judge John
Roberts Monday morning for being
drunk and disorderly. Ole belongs to
the Kit Carson Wild West Show and
having INDUCED too freely in the
flowing bowl. he started to entertain
the universe with varied assortment
of yells and screeches. Officer Berg
shut off the noise and put Ole i'm the
cooler.
Miss Anna Stearns of Junction
! City arrived in this city Monday to
spend a few days at the home of
MIR. and Mrs. Jacob Bever.
Mrs. Volt entertained at six o.
clock dinner at her home Saturday
evening i'm honor of Miss Alma Lind
who is home from Colorado for Wis
it. \ very enjoyable time is report
ed by all present.
o. H. McNally, sheriff. of Rusk coun-
ty, who resides at Ladysmith was
in the city Monday ON official bus
mess. While here he took in the Kit
Carson Ciraus, and met with the sew
eraI ccGnty officials OF Wood county.
This office Acknowledges a social
call.
Mr. and Mrs G. E. Manning of
Rockford, H., arrived in the city Sa
urday evening, for a two weeks visit
at the home of the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Oberbeck.
Misses Amanda Magnuson, Floy
Berg and Title Magnuson and Messr
| Alfred Denith and Edwin Berg spent
| Sunday Of