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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Helping the Little EeIIow.

The United Shoe Machinery Conn
pany is the only real obstacle to the
formation Of shoe trust We help
the small manufacturer to start i'm
business and keep going. He could
not afford to buy and care Tor his ma
chimes, but he can afford to lease them
on the terms we give him based on
the number of shoes he makes-an
average of less than % cents a pair
and let US keep them up to date.
That is fair arrangement. Some OF
the big fellows don't like our system,
because they think we ought to give
them special rates. But the little fell
lows stand with US because they know
We treat all manufacturers alike no
matter how many machines they use.
If it were not for our methods of doing
business there would be no small fac
tories anywhere and no prosperous
factories in small towns.
The United Shoe Machinery Co,
Boston. Mass-Adv,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
WIN. T. LA TOILETTE is DEAD
Brother of Wisconsin Senator Sue
cumbs to Heart Disease at Mad
ison After Long Illness.

Madison.-W. T. La Toilette, broth
er of Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette;
died at the home of his brother-in-
law, Justice R. G. Siebecker, Of heart
disease He had been i'll for about
eighteen months.
Mr.. La Toilette was born in Mont
gomery county, Indiana, Dec. 10, 1S47,
and came with his family to Dane
county in 1850. He enlisted in the
union army, Company I, Forty-sixth
Wisconsin infantry, during the last
year of the civil war. In 1871 he went
to Nebraska and five years later to
South Dakota, where he published
newspapers at Chamberlain and Mitch
ell. He had been a democrat since
1896, and was candidate for lieuten-
ant governor of South Dakota. He
returned to Madison several years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

Wisconsin Grand Council Chooses Of.
ficers at Annual Session
Held in Madison.

Madfson.-At the annual session of
the grand council of the Royal Area
mum here the following officers were
elected: Representative to the SUI
preme council at Quebec on May 81,
H. W. Johnson, Monroe, Sol Eckstein,
Milwaukee; alternates, Judge Paul T.
Krez, Sheboygan,> and DR.. o. w. Carl
son, Milwaukee; grand regent, A. E.
Braun, Milwaukee; grand vice regent,
Robert Dow, Plymouth; grand orator,
H. A. Ransom, Green Bay; grand Sec
rotary, c. D.. Simon, Milwaukee; grand
treasurer, d. E. Cameron, Milwaukee;
grand guide, C. A. Gillo, Milwaukee;
grand chaplain, ]. A. Eager, Racine;
grand warden, F. NJ Krehl, Milwau-
kee; grand sentry, Frank Jockey,
Fond du Lac; grand trustees, w. D.
Coffeen, Green Bay; w. C. Glover,
Oconto, and Joseph Shafer, Milwau-
kee. The next session of the grand
council will be held in Green Bay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
WI. LEAGUE OPENS SEASON
1912 Circuit Intact Except for the Re-
placing of Aurora, ILL.,, Team by
Milwaukee.

M1lwaukee.-The ninth annual sea-
son Of the Wisconsin Illinois baseball
league opened on April 80 with Green
Bay playing at Racine, Oshkosh at
Madison, Wausau at Rockford and Ap-
pleton at Milwaukee. The local club
makes its debut in the league, having
taken the place of Aurora, H. The
league is expected to play faster ar
tIcle OF ball than in former years
and a successful season is anticipated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

For the breakers lay between them
and the safety they could not see, and
the night Of terror and struggle had
Slapped their strength. Three were
so badly cut and bruised with flying
wreckage that they could not stand;
the rest, all but naked. were cold and
weak. Boats they had none, ropes
they had but few; to make raft was
as impossible as to fly. They could
but wait the end
The Queries of Rasmus Midget.
Meanwhile the life-savers on shore
were having a time of great anxiety
over the amount of territory they
must cover and the difficulty in cover
ing any at all. To make Roadway up
or down a heavy beach in a wind is
hard at all times, but when the shrek
ing air carries most of the beach with
it, and the sea breaks waist high
over the sand, 1t is almost impossi-
Bile
Rasmus S. Midget, of the Gull
Shoal station, started on his patrol
south, on horseback, at three in the
HIOFnIuS. he 0dQ 10 trust TO MS
horse for direction, for the darkness
Of the night was impenetrable, and the
feeble glow of his lantern would have
revealed nothing but the violent wa
ter through which his animal strug-
gled. could he have kept it lit But
as he made his slow progress enough
light filtered through the clouds 20
let him discover boxes and barrels
and wreckage coming ashore. He
knew that meant wreck somewhere
in the neighborhood. The question
''Where?" could be solved only by
pushing ahead.
1t was two miles farther on, after
an hour and a half's struggle on the
part of his horse, that he finally
ought the sound of voices, borne in
to him by the wind. He could see
nothing of the wreck.
A little later he managed to make
out the outline of the half of the hull
and saw some black dots moving on
it. A hundred yards from the bank of
sand on which he stood, water-sweps
and insecure, the piece of a hull loom
ed shadowy and indistinct. And Ras-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
SEE THAT THE FRUIT is RIPE
Bananas and Apples Especially Are
Unfit to Eat If They Have Least
Suspicion of Greenness.

A fact of special interest at this
time of year is that some of the com,
monest fruits contain starch instead
of sugar until they have fully ripened,
Raw starch is very tndigestible, which
explains the frequent necessity for
"green4apple medicine"
Most conspicuous in respect to their
starch content are bananas and ap-
pies Reports from the National Blu
reau of Chemistry show that Baldwin
apples examined contained more than
4 per cent. of starch while green, less
than one-quarter Of 1 per. cent when
ripe, and none at all when overripe,
The percentage of sugar, on the other
hand, had increased more than four
times, showing that all the starch had
been converted into sugar during the
ripening process. Bananas show SINH
lar changes as they ripen.
These facts teach us that only thor.
oughly ripe fruits are most suitable
for eating raw; that scarcely rfpe3es
apples and bananas, like gooseberr1es
and currants, are best adapted to cook
ing; and that all persons who eat raw
fruits should chew them thoroughly
on account of the starch they are LA.
bic to contain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Ignorance Discussed Witness.

Assistant District Attorney Clark
was conducting a case in the criminal
court. A large rough-shouldered ne
gro was in the witness chair. AN
them" said the witness, 1--WE all went
down in the alley, an shot a few
crap" "Ah," said Mr.. Clark, swinging
his eyeglass impressively. Nov, sir.
l want you to address the jury and
tell them just how you deal craps"
"Wass that?" asked the witness, roll
ing his eyes. Address the jury, sir"
Numbered Mr.. Clark, "and tell them
just how you deal craps" 'Lemme
outen heah," said the witness, uneas-
lily. "Firs' thing 1 know this gemman
gwine ask me how to drink a sand
Wich"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

mus Midget had 20 face alone an op-
portunity and question, such as are
given 10 few men TO solve.
Should he try 10 save those black
dots alone. and run the risk of losing
his life and all chance that they
might be saved? Or should he return
to the station, call on. the rest of the
crew and do what would then be easy
with Lyle gun and breeches buoy
easy if the wind would let a shot
carry?
The final outcome is proof enough
that il was no selfish fear of his own
life that caused him to hesitate-rath-
er was it a nice balancing of possibil-
tiles. If he lost his own life in trying
to aid single-handed and alone. he lost
also all chance of the life crews
knowing of the wreck in time. If he
returned to the station to bring help,
it must be three hours before an at
tempt at rescue could be made-and
would the wreck last three hours?
A problem, truly, and one TO be
solved with all the force of the worst
storm on record breaking and smash
ing about him, with those choked-on
cries for aid in his ears, and only the
small and pitiful chance of one mans
strength against the strength OF the
sea and wind before his eyes.
But Rasmus Midget was not a
member of the Gull Shoal station-one
of the famous crews of famous
service-for nothing. It took him but
2 few minutes to realize that there
was not one hour of life, let alone
three, left in that swiftly dismantling
hull Even as he looked, twenty feet
of it disappeared, and another cry Of
despair told him there was no time
to waste.
One at a Time Through a Hurricane.
He stripped half his clothes from
him to be unimpeded. Then, watch
ing his chance, he followed a breaker
to its home, shouting as he ran.
Next time-one man-jump! I'll
take care of you!" he shrilled his
powerful voice into the teeth Of the
gale.
One man-only one," he cautioned.
Then he turned and ran for it with
all his strength, for if the breaker
caught him it would be the end Of his
chances and theirs. Regaining the
wave-swept beach and standing in the
breaking water, he waited for his OPP
portunity. And on the heels of big
ger breaker than the rest, Midget
ran down into the hell of water near
the vessel, keeping his feet by a mir
acle, to catch and support the hurt
ling form of naked man, his clothes
long since taken by the wind which
plucked them strip by strip from his
shivering body.
Somehow, some way he outfought
the wave which caught him halfway
to safety. Somehow, some way, the
two-helpless victim and strong, reso-
lutte life-saver fighting a grim and
single-handed battle alone with all the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
IOWA COUNTY VILLAGE BURNS
Ridgeway Almost Wiped Out by Fire
Forty Buildings Burn With
100000 Loss.

Dodgeville.-Fire from an unknown
cause, breaking out in the rear of a
saloon, destroyed the larger part of
the village of Ridgeway, ten miles
northeast of Dodgeville, causing loss
estimated at 100000
The number of buildings destroyed
is estimated at forty, half of which
are business houses.
Famed by high wind, the flames
spread so rapidly among the frame
buildings that it was impossible to
check them. The village has no wa
ter system nor fire protection, and
calls for aid were sent to Dodgeville
and BanneryilIe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
MiIkmen to Boycott City.

La Crosse.-Following the arrest of
William Newburg, charged with hav-
ing unsanitary conditions on his dairy
farm, La Crosse dairymen are plan
ming to boycott the city. They re-
sent what they term the "pernicious
activity of the health department
Milk will be disposed of to local cream
cries they declare. Also they threat
en-, the price of milk will be raised
to ten cents a quart to pay to meet
the demands of the health department.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

advertised for such cases and sent and
got bottle. It did me 80 much good
that kept on taking it and found it To
be all you claim. / recommend your
Compound to all women afflicted as I
was. Mrs. F. P. MULLENDoRE, Mum
ford, Alabama.
An Honest Dependable Medicine
is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. A Root and Herb medicine orig
mated nearly forty years ago by Lydia
E. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass, for con-
trolling female ills.
It's wonderful success In this line has
made it the safest and most dependabls
medicine of the age for women and no
woman suffering from female ills does
herself justice who does not give it q
trial.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compoundw will help yOu,wr
to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicineC0.
(confdentiaI) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter win he opened
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence. !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
NO BAR TO FRIEDMAN CURE
Wisconsin Cannot Prevent Opening of
Institute, Says Health Board
Secretary.

Madison.-The corporation which
has purchased the right to exploit
the Friedman cure for tuberculosis
can come into Wisconsin and treat
tubercular patients without it being
necessary to prove the merits of the
remedy, according to DR.. c. A. Harper,
secretary of the state board of health.
1--WE can not prevent the opening
of proposed Friedman Institutes in
this state, nor can we control the use
of the alleged cure, except that it be
administered by licensed physicians"
said Dr. Harper. 'There is no law
here, as in some other states, to con-
troll proprietary medicine"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Autocratic Enolishman.

One of the reason why English is
expected to become a world wide lam
guage is that English people refuse to-
learn another. For instance, at Mus
cat, at the entrance to the Persian gulf,
there lived for many years an English
man, supposed to be the only, or al
most the only, British resident on the
1900 miles of Arabian coast line from
Alden to Koweit. 1t would seem that
he could hardly have escaped knowing
Arabic. Yet he confessed that he
could not speak a dozen words of that
language. But how do you carry on
your trader" some one asked. "Oh,"
he replied, "the beggars have got to
learn English
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Chinese Hair Bands.

Chinese women are not only ahead
Of American and English women in the
matter of suffrage, but there are many
who say they have a more attractive
manner of arranging their hair than
have Europeans or Americans. At any
rate, the Chinese hair band is being
extensively worn. The colorings of
these bands are very effective. Blondes
generally choose band with back
ground decorated with flowers and but
terfiies in natural colors, while the
brunette favors pale colored ground
appropriately designed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Sunday CLOSING Favored.

Madison.-Retail meat dealers and
business men from Milwaukee appear
ed before the assembly committee on
public welfare and pleaded for relief
from Sunday labor. The hearing was
on the A E. Martin bill. 1t was
claimed THAT meats and groceries
could be preserved over Sunday with
out requiring merchants to keep bust
ness open. 1t was stated in support
of the measure that rs per cent of
the grocery stores in Milwaukee are
closed on Sunday at present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

trees have been known to snap and
split from the biting force of the cold
Still many Russians even seem to
prefer it to warmer posts. It's atmos-
phere is always clear and the air still,
and there are no billiards or snow
storms. Then the Siberian dress adds
considerably to the enjoyment of the
arctic city. 1t consists of two suits of
fur, an outer and an inner. and huge
hood to pull over the face so that there
is just enough space to see and breathe
through.
The summer is hotter than might be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08


Examine carefully every bottle or
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Bears the ~ uoz-'
Signature of %sxHZzSexSw
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
TOO MUCH WORK FOR LIVER
Undue Calls Upon Organ Is What
Causes the Dangerous Condition
Known as "Hobnaiis."

Alcohol has hammered hob-nafIs
nto many a mans liver" says the
Bulletin of the Chicago Health De
partment There is reason.
The reason is that a prime cause of
disease of the liver is the forcing up
on it of more work than it can do,
especially when that work is of an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Its Sort,

What do you think? My HUSBAND
told me he did not want me to bant.
"Humph! That's only his banter
reasonably expected the average tenn
perature being SO above zero in July.
The earth is green and vegetation
thrives, but the surface of the ground
is scarcely thawed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

above zero, and in winter the maxi
mum is SIS below zero. The Russian
government owns the town. and it in
terested in having an administrative
center where clever and industrious
Yokuts, fur-trading Jews of Siberia,
carry on their operations. All the in
habitants of verkhoyansk, with the
exception of a few officials and Rus
sian traders, are Yokuts.
The Yokuts are such ambitious and
aggressive people that they do not
seem to mind the fact that the rivers
freeze to the bottom and that small
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Much Ice in Lake Suparinr.

Ashland.-Lake captains report that
ice extends from the shore near Onto
nagon about forty miles into the lake
and that between Apostle island and
the 500 the only stretch of open water
free fromsice is north of Keeweenaw
peninsula.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Fired Competitors Home.

Madison-Eberhard Keller, a har-
nessmaker of De Forest, this county,
confessed to State Fire Marshal T. M.
Purtell that he set fire to the harness
shop and dwelling of his competitor,
R. H. Hanson. He was sentenced to
serve four years at Waupun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Land for Approach Wanted.

Madison.-The capitol commission
urges the legislature to buy six or
eight business and residence blocks
between Capitol park and Lake Mo-
mona for use as an artistic approach
to the new $6,0OO,000 state house. 1t
is stated that the cost of the land
would be about 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
unnatural and unsuitable character.

unnatural and unsuitable character.
Experiments recently conducted
have shown that the utmost limit of
the liver's capacity to oxidize spiritu-
Gus liquors is - the amount of one
to three ounces in a day OF twenty
four hours While less amount
than one ounce day may be, for a
period of time and by some livers,
disposed of without the appearance
of any definite disorder, yet it was
proven that none could stand more
and few this amount for any length
of time without showing the effects of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Judge Files Expense Account.

Madison.-Henry Graas, Sturgeon
Bay, judge-elect of the Fod rteenth cir
cult, filed with Secretary of State Don
aid his statement of campaign ex-
penses preceding the election, showing
that he paid out $998.31.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
MANY Go to Beet Fields.

GEOGRAPHICALLY 1000 Russians,
men, women and children, left here
for the sugar beet fields of northern
Minnesota and lower Canada Three
special trains were run from here to
accommodate the crowd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Shows Webster Wasn't InfaIlible.

Il looked up the word brat in the
dictionary" says Mr.. Pozozzle, land
find it is marked Obs, meaning 'obso-
lete." Noah Webster was right about
a great many things, but he never
lived alongside the urchins next door
to me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Signature Of {.
Thoroughly Ventilated.

What you need most" said the
physician after he had examined the
patient, lis plenty of ventilation"
Gee, DOCTOR" the sick man replied.
you must be mistaken. I've been
operated on three times in the last
year and a half"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
MiIitiamen to Compete,

Eau Claire.-Picked squads from
nine companies OF the Third regiment,
and the Tenth separate battalion will
take part here May p, in a competi-
tive drill. Prize squads will later be
picked to compete at the summer en-
campment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
IS COOLEST INHABITED TOWN
Nerkhoyansk, Siberia, Has a Maximum
Winter Temperature IS Degrees
Below Zero.

Verkhoyansk, a good-sized city in
northeastern Siberia, boasts the dis
tnction of being the coolest inhabited
city on the globe, 1t is in north altitude
ST degrees on the arctic plane, and
scarcely more than $50 feet above the
sea level
Its annual temperature is three
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Comparative Statistics Issued.

Eau CIaire.-Comparative statistics
for 1912 and 1911 for this city, just
compiled, give the following figures:
Deaths, 1912, 261, 1911, 300; births,
1912, 400, 1911, 1863; marriages, 1912,
18S, 1911, 1913.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Uses Dynamite in Suicide

Ladysmith. FluFi, a well to
do farmer living near here, in a fit of
dependency, committed suicide by
holding a lighted stick of dynamite
against his body. He was blown to
pieces by the blast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Cadets in Sham Battle

Madison.-May 10 is the date set
for the annual sham battle of the
cadet regiment in Villas park. Lieut.
P. G. Wsghtson, university comman-
dant, has been appointed an instructor
in the officers school at Camp Doug
las, June 3 to 5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08

fal1ow one or two more summers.
q don't mind lending you dollar
or two, Smudgkins, but I wish you
wouldn't step up to me so famillarly
when I'm talking to a friend"
MARY Jane, if you don't quit letting
the cat lap milk out of my shaving
mug, by George, I'll sue for d.
."-Chicago Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
Lenroot's Daughter Engaged.

acknowledgements and Mrs. 1.
L. Lenroot announce the engagement
of their daughter, Dorothy, Junior in
the university letters and science, to
Paul M. Block, fellow in the college
Of letters and science
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
New Church Is PLANNED

Madison.-The Rev. r. A. Carnaban.
efficiency secretary Of the Presbyter-
ian synod Of Wisconsin, is canvassing
for funds with which to erect a s1O-
600 church here, to be known az
Westminster church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
HUSBAND NAILED
RUBBER ON GATES
Wife so Weak and Nervous
Could Not Stand Least
Noise How Cured.
Munford, Ala. -"I was 80 weak and
nervous while passing through the

SndnSe Oh Lie LHdS
l could hardly live.
My husband had to
nail rubber on all the
gates for I could not
stand it to have a
gate slam.
81 also had back
ache and a fullness
in my stomach. L
noticed that Lydia
E. Pinkham' g Vege-
fable Cornuot1nd WAS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-05-08
VIII Share in Estate.

Janesville.-Rock county heirs of
Samuel Stillwell, who died in 1848.
have instituted action to establish
their claims to an estate of $4,000
reposing in the New York state treas
ury.