Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-20

man who sets about to fool Other
people, must end-as he has, in fact
! begun-by making a fool Of himself.
| Mrs. James Miller. Mrs. George Gil
sen and Jerry Witter and Walter
and Stanton Mead left Sunday ev
ening for Biloxi, Miss.
Miss Ida Steinberg left Tuesday
for Milwaukee and Chicago to yisir
| friends
| Miss Anna Henry has resigned he1
position with the Homer George Mai
! Order Co.
| Burt Smith, manager of the shoe
| department at the Johnson & Hill CO
store has resigned his position Mr.
Smith has been with the Johnson &
! Hill Co. for five years and has
! been a valuable man as manager OF
| the shoe department. The constant
confinement has undermined Mr.
| Smiths health and he has decided
that it is better for him to get a pc
sition where he can be out in the
air. He has accepted a position as
representative for a Milwaukee shoe
house and will cover territory in II
hnOis. Mn Smiths resignation takes
effect March list
Tod Payne, the new night COP
on the west side, started in on his
official duties Wednesday, evening
/ February u. We now have foul
police doing patrol duty which with
the Chief, who is now left free to
be Chief in, fact as we'll as in name
We have five police to protect the
city from the criminal element.
On Friday evening, Feb. 81, the
high school team will play in Marsh
field. The boys are talking of havin
a special train for the trip. If they
can get enough people to so, the traiT
will be engaged. If you want to go
the Marshfield team, let the member
of the team know that you want to
go. 1t would help whole lot to
have a bunch of rooters go up with
the team. If the train is engaged
it will leave Grand Rapids at p. NJ.
and return at IL D. M
A psychologist came upon a hard
| working Irishman toiling bare headed
in the street. Don't you know" said
the psychologist, "that to work in tn
hot sun without hat is bad for vol:
brains?" Dye think" asked the
Irishman, chat Old be on this job
if Oh had any brains?"
Mrs. A. N. Palmer of Kansas City,
Mo, arrived in the city Monday for
visit at the Mel Palmer home.
Mary ELMER of Arpin returned to
her home after visiting a week with
her sister, Miss Ruth Collier.
Miss Bess Richmond has entered
the Grand Rapids Normal.
Miss Ruby Natwick and Mr. and
! Mrs. Frank Natwick We're in Hancocl
Monday where Miss Natwick held
a recital.
Lodger-How do you tell bad eggs
Mrs. Starvem.
Lanlady-I never told any; but if
l had anything to tell a bad egg,
I'd break it gently Cuts.
Marion Atwood and Ernest Ober-
| beck, Jr., attended the Marshfield
high school class-play in Marshfield
/ Saturday evening.
| About twenty of the friends OF
Miss Paula Swartz rendered her a
surprise party at her home Sunday
evening in honor of her birthday. De
| licious refreshments were served.
Miss Georgia Griffiths spent Sat
urday at Cranmoor visiting with Mrs
Henderson.
| Don't be a sheep and follow-be
a shepherd and lead. That's the moi
to and marrow of sweeping ahead and
keeping ahead in business.
Sam Springberg Of Babcock was q
business visitor in the city Satur-
day
Miss Margaret Nash has resumed
! her work at Johnson & Hill Co.
store after being sick for several
weeks.
| Show us a man willing to begin al
| the bottom, and we will show you a
man who will one day get to the top
Exchange.
The ladies of the German Morav
IAN church west side, served an Oys
ter supper in the basement of then
church Wednesday evening which waf
we'll attended. The supper was fine
and all those who were present went
away we'll pleased and satisfied.
John Hammer, of Vesper, who is
running the Vesper Center for Ell
mer Tricky, while he is in Madi
son holding down a lucrative posi-
ton in the legislature, was in the
city Wednesday and while here tool
IN the oyster supper at the Moray
ian church.
Russell Faulkner of Milwaukee