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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
An Extraordinary Sale of
Women's Three-piece Silk Suits

will present am unusual opportunity to secure
the latest modes i'm smartly tailored Silk
Suits at prices Of special interest, as follows
Three piece Suits of Silk Poplin at $4,000
Three=piece Suits of Silk Moire at $500
Three=piece Suits of Silk Taffeta at 5000
(Amomg the Suits of Popln AND TaffeGa are
q number suitable for mlomrnimg.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

a normal college where every corner
is used in housing wounded men.
Il made quick trip through this
building, and the memory is one of
the most heartrending pictures [ have
of the war. Room after room was
filled with the victims of the conflict.
Every man was seriously wounded.
Some had suffered amputation. and
the heads of others were so bandaged
that no feature could be seen, only a
tube from the nose permitting breath
ing.
Slightly wounded soldiers are
taken to the field hospitals and thence,
after short convalescence, are load
ed into Red Cross trains and sent
home for recovery. Later they re-
turn to take their places in the regi-
ments.
Near the large hospital I visited
was graveyard where there were
scores of neatly marked fresh graves,
each bearing cross or tablet with
the name of the soldier and his regi.
ment, division and corps marked on
it. In some cases comrades had add
ed a word or two of Scripture
The identity OF each soldier is
easily determined from the name plate
which he wears in a little leather
purse suspended from around the
neck. After a battle these plates are
gathered from the dead, and from
these the lists are made out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
War and the Samoan Islands.

A special link exists between Scot
land and the German Samoan Islands,
which have just been occupied by
British expeditionary force from New
Zealand. Most people know that Vail
ina, on the island of Upolu, was the
home of Robert Louis Stevenson in the
closing years of his life. 1t is not so
generally known that since his death
the house and estate (some 800 acres)
have been acquired by the German
government, and adapted for use as a
residence for the governor Of German
Samoa. Though the British govern
ment renowned all rights over Sa-
moa in 1899, the group has remained
an important center for the activities
of the London Missionary society,
which has a large training college a
few miles from Apia. From this col
Iege, which is on a self-supportlng
basis, native missionaries are sent to
all parts of the South seas. Until a
couple of years ago the English Ian
suage was officially recognized in the
local courts, and although, as the re
suit of an agitation in Germany, only
the German language is now recog-
nized. English is still widely spoken,
so that the translation of the islands
from a German to a British colony
should be an easy process.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
ITCHING BURNING ECZEMA

r. F. D. No. 8, Caldwell, Ohio
when our baby was about two
months old she broke out over her
body, face and head with eczema. 1t
was bad, about as thick as it could be.
1t broke out in Il kind Of pimpIes. They
were red and sore She was very
cross and restless. The eczema would
itch and burn till she couldn't sleep.
1t looked very badly and would peel
off where the places were. Her clothes
would irritate the eruption.
I'VE gave her medicine, but it didn't
do any good. We had heard about
Cuticura Soap and Ointment so we
sent for sample and it was not very
long till she was better | bought
some more Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment which cured her completely"
(Signed) H. E. Smith, Mar q, 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
FOUR SISTERS WED AT ONCE
Would Not Break Up Their Home
by Leaving 1t One at
Time.

London--There was q happy end
ing to brave struggle with adversely
at st. Barnabas church, Norman
road, Old Ford, when four sisters
were married, and the home of their
struggles was broken up with every
promise of happier times in store.
The brides and bridegrooms were:
Elizabeth Bradley, twenty-five, and
Will Thomas.
Florence Bradley, twenty-three, and
Arthur Effingham.
Jessie Bradley, twenty-one. and
Thomas Cobb.
Julia Bradley, nineteen, and George
Skeggs.
The story of their efforts to keep
their home in Norman road, Old Ford,
together on the death of their father
over two years ago is well known in
the neighborhood, and has aroused
admiration for their pluck and de-
termination.
At their old home in Norman road
the happy couples assembled in the
garden after the ceremony to pose
| for the photographer. Everybody was
happy. The sun shone, and there
was not a cloud. These four happy
brides and their youngest sister had
kept house" since their father died,
in the very place from which four of
them were happily married. Eliza
beth, who had been fathers right
hand ever since she was old enough, !"
did the same service for her sisters
when he died. By her care and good
management she made the earnings of
the other girls, all of whom had found
employment with some large firms of
wholesale clothing manufacturers in
the district, tide them over the bad
times.
Sweethearts came along, and later
on it was determined not TO break up
the old home by leaving one at a time.
Meetings were held in the little
parlor, and it was decided to have
one wedding day, and only one pang
at the breaking up of the family
which had lived and worked together
so Loyalty and so affectionately.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
0onsoiauon Possible.

Charities and Amiens may in part
console US for lost Reims: but there
is ECthfng-not even at Constantine
ople-tkst would comfort US for a lost
St Marks And, supposing Italy at
war, and a bombarding fleet in the
Adriatic, what should We have to ex-
pect in Venice? That little Piazzetta
is surrounded by a brief anthology OF
Italian architecture: the Byzantine
church. the Lombard tower, the
Gothic Ducal palace, the Renaissance
library, one of the masterpieces of its
date. And round the corner is the
dome of the Salute, and across a lit
tie water the beautiful tower of San
Giorgio, and further, the Redentore
And besides all these, all Venice.-
London Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
MULE FOlLS A HOG THIEF
Animal Ran Away and Thereby Gave
Away Beautiful BIT Ct
Strategy.

No better example Of ways that are
dark and tricks that are vain has
come to light recently than is afforded
in q dispatch from Bowling Green,
which tells Of the arrest OF one Robert
Fites, colored, charged with the theft
of a hog.
The details that are given show the
resourcefulness Of a man when he Is
''out Of meat" Robert Fites, col0Ted,
was in that condition last winter, and,
as the story goes, he knew OF farm
owned by a white man several miles
away which was well stocked with
hogs. After sizing up the situation,
he decided it would be an easy matter
to get a fine young shoat if he had
any way of carrying it home after
killing it This difficulty was solved
by borrowing buggy and mule
from a neighbor-without the neigh
bor's knowledge or consent
Setting out in the middle Of the
night. he drove to the place where
hogs were abundant, and succeeded
in catching and killing a hog. To con-
ceal his prize he had carried along
dress and bonnet belonging to his
wife He dressed the stolen hog in
the apparel, set it upright in his bug
gy, and started home. It was day
light before he began the return trip,
and it happened that he met a few
early travellers along the road. At
such meetings he would address the
hog with admonition: sit up, old
lady; folks will think you're drunk"
But the best laid plans go wrong.
The subterfuge might have been sue
cessful if the mule had not become
frightened. The animal ran away,
and threw out both the driver and the
"old lady" A master stroke of hog
stealing strategy had gone amiss, and,
mindful of the fact that he who steals
and runs away may live to steal an
other day, Robert Fites took to the
woods. He stayed there for several
months, but when he came out the
grand jury had indicted him, and an
officer found him and took him to Jail.
There is no doubt that Robert Fftes
is a genius in his way. He had a
great scheme. The only weak thing
about it was that it failed to work
Louisville COurier-Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
HAS FIRST AID KIT.
Every German Soldier Carries
Dressing for Wounds.
As a Result of Foresight and Care in
Providing Equipment Slightly
Wounded Are Soon Eack
in the Ranks.

Chicago.-The Daily News prints
the following from its staff CORE
spondent with the right wing Of the
German army in France:
No detail of the German army is
worked out TO greater lengths or with
more foresight than the care Of the
wounded. One detail of this work
shows the German army at its best.
Every soldier has sewn under
corner of his coat a strip of rubber
cloth. Under this strip is a piece Of
antiseptic gauze, a strip of bandage
and plaster and cloth for the outer
bandage. This cloth bears in simple
pictures directions for dressing every
sort of wound
When a soldier is wounded either
he or some comrade rips open this
package and applies at once the life
saving dressing, which will last at
any rate until the soldier is taken to
station where the first scientific at
tentiOn is given.
Through this simple and inexpen-
siye device thousands of German sol
diers who have been slightly wounded
in battle have returned to their COM
rades within few days, completely
cured, and have taken their places
in the ranks once more. Without this
care large percentage of the wounds
would become infamed, as has been
the case with hundreds of wounded
French prisoners captured by the Ger
mans.
The ordinary procedure of caring
for the wounded in the German army
is for the sanitary corps, which is
well provided with stretchers and
bandages, to gather up the wounded
on or near the firing lines and bring
them to the gathering point a little
behind the lines. Here the army sur
geons are ready to begin at once upon
the most urgent cases.
They are assisted by members of
the corps, who remove the temporary
bandages and put on dressings which
| will last until the soldier reaches a
hospital. Then from the first gath
| ering point the wounded soldiers are
put on stretchers in Red Cross wagons
| and carried to the field hospitals,
where doctors and nurses are at work
These hospitals are usually estab-
| lished in village churches or town
halls. From these little field hos
| pitfalls, as soon as the men can be
moved, they are taken to some gen
eral hospital in the nearest large
| city, where several thousands can be
cared for. Such hospital exists in
this neigbborhood in the building of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Has Made Valuable Discovery.

BY means of that Invaluable little
creature, the guinea pig, Prof. Rut-
ledge Rutherford, a psychologist OF
Chicago, has finally unearthed and
identified a remarkable substance
which he has named "trophogen" or
"bitrophen," which means ito produce
nourishment and life" His expert
ments began with guinea pigs; were
confirmed afterward upon mice, chick
ems, kittens and other animals, and
there is not the slightest doubt that
his great discovery will lead at once
TO the rewriting of all our knowledge
upon foods and nutrition.
Trophogen is an all-sustaining nutri-
ment that is absolutely essential to
life. 1t is widely distributed in every
known food, and without it-that is,
by trying to nourish yourself on sup
posed foods that do not contain it
death quickly occurs. 1t occurs in al
bumfnous-so-caIle protein-fOOds,
and is the basis of all animal tissue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
HAD NEGLECTED. ONE POINT
Mr.. Porter's Magnifying Glass Did Its
Work All Right, But Its Owner
Forgot important Thing.
Mr.. Porter's judgment was vindi-

Mr.. Porter's judgment was vindi-
Gated.
"Ah, ha," he exclaimed, triumphant
ly, do you remember that little mag
nifying glass l gave dollar for the
other day? You say it was a clear
waste of money. Well, it has more
than paid for itself"
How so?" inquired Mrs. Porter.
81 detected a counterfeit 81 bill to
which / had the presence of mind to
apply it. Those bills are so well exc
cuted that even the experts can hard
ly tell them from the genuine, but
my little magnifying glass brought
out all its defects
How clever you are said Mrs.
Porter, ito think of examining money
with magnifying glass. Now you
can make the person who gave you
the bill take it back Who did give
it to you, anyway"
"By George!" he said, 81 don't re-
member
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
He Was RIGHT.

King Peter of Servia, who does not
mean to let Austria have everything
her own way. once had for a valet a
man who seemed to find it quite i'm
possible to understand an order intelli.
gently. However. some of his mis-.
takes, though annoying at the time
had their distinctly humorous side.
On one occasion King Peter sent the
man with a message to his wife. Alas !
He forgot it on the way.
King Peter was furious when the
man returned.
why, you noodIe!" he exclaimed, 81
don't believe you know what woman
spells!"
Trouble, as a rule, sir" was the
mans quiet retort; and his majesty
now wonders whether the man was as
stupid as he used to appear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
FISHING FOR DEATH
Mines or MaCkereI All Alike to
the Danes. .-.-,
Stoid Fishermen of the North Sea Go
Unconcerned About Their Danger
Gus Task-Gray the Day
of No Fish. a-

London - Harold Ashton, CORE
spondent of the Daily News at Esb-
jerg, Denmark, writes of a visit to the
mine sweepers, who are seeking to
clear the waters of the North sea and
make them safe for merchant and
fishing ships.
The correspondent made the trip
out to the waters where the mine
sweepers were at work in a sort of
numbering old washing tub fitted with
a consumptive little motor and
manned by a listless Norwegian and
his small son, who is both engineer
and navigating officer.
1T is dreary business" the CORE
spondent continues. The sea has a
| nasty pitch to it and we flop sicken-
ingly over heavy, oily waves and say
never a word, but squat all bumped
and sullen behind the tin splashboard
of the sinking, suffering motor
We swing round by Fano's sandy
and deserted promontory, where the
famous golf links lie, and after hours
Of far niente anything but dolce, we
meet the hOmeward bound mine
sweepers-huge, fiat-bottomed fishing
ships built with great heaviness
against the sudden RACES of temper
this North sea flies into without warn
sails brown and white and patched
everywhere like the hinder parts Of
ancient Dutch trousers. These
numbering arks, with their shallow
draft, are immune from mines, SO
they can fish for them as though
they were no more harmful than
mackerel. They hunt in couples,
tethered like grayhounds. The leash
is a long steel wire lettering ship
to ship and sunk to a certain dis
lance. So, very simply, and fairly
safely, is this mine angling done,
and when the mine is hooked there is
a performance something akin to the
sudden blowing of a harpooned
cachalot and that's all
I'VE steered our tub well out of
range of the cropping haWser, hailed
the anglers fsitting bumped and nod
ding over their sport for all the
world like Broadland Dream rodsmen) ,
and heard from them that they had
tofled all day over cunningly charted
course and had caught nothing. The
total bag was II.
I'VE turned the squat nose of our
washing tub and coughed home wear
lily to Fano, having raised quaint
corner of the curtain in this bewilder-
ing theater of war-men fishing for
certain death with the nonchalance
of eel dibhers and smoking and drows-
ing at their work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
When Scot Meets Scot,

The lady was the owner of a small
shop, writes the London Telegraph,
and her squire acquired the habit OF
seeing her home, and carrying the
cash bag that contained the days
takings. It was generally heavy.
You must be dom weel," remarked
the gentleman. frequently.
"Oh, ay." the lady would reply, IT'S
a guild bit business"
But she did not disclose that be-
sides the moderate draw ings, the bag
contained the counter weights. The
canny lover only discovered that fact
after marriage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Mammals Kiss.

This pretty child story is from the
French:
A mother tells her little girl that be-
cause she has been naughty she will
not kiss her for a week. Before two
days have gone by the child's lips
hunger so for her mothers kiss that
she begs her not to punish her any
more.
The mother says: mo, my dear.
told you that I should not kiss you,
and I must keep my word"
But, mamma, mamma, says the lit
tie girl, would it be breaking your
word if you should kiss me just once
tonight when I'm asleep?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
RUNS WITH SEVERED ARM
MANNED Boy Keeps His Nerve Just Be
fore Death-Hit by Trolley

Scranton, Pa.-Andrew Coznac, nine
years old, of Vandling, fell beneath the
wheels Of a trolley car which he tried
to board. His right arm was severed
at the elbow, and he received inter
nal injuries which caused his death
two hours later.
Despite these wounds the boy
crawled from under the car. picked up
the mangled member, which lay under
the trucks, and started to run toward
the Office of DR.. G. W. MCGUIRE
Friends assisted him to the Office and
later to the Emergency hospital, where
he died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

cine on earth. Let me tell you why /
think So
MY son has been afflicted with ca,
tarrh since he was baby five months
old, so that for years had to watch
him all night long, and keep his
mouth open so he could breathe, as
he could not breathe through his nose.
He has always been very delicate.
"Since he commenced taking the
Peruna can go to bed and sleep ala
night"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

precedented sale of this staple may
be made in a short period. Together
with other society girls Miss Clark is
conducting an enthusiastic campaign
for the wider use OF cotton, to enable
the Southern cotton planters to find
a market for their product at home.
The gown she is shown wearing is
made of pink cotton lace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
DIES UNDER FLOOD OF GRAIN
Man Slips Into Chute and Suffocates
While Fellow Workers Try to
Dig Him Out.

New York-BuTied under heap of
grain nearly half an hour while his
fellow workers tried to dig him out,
Louis Lupinik died Of suffocation in
the plant of the Farmers Feed COM
pany.
L.upinik was on the top floor SHOW
cling wet grain into a chute leading
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Culture.

Taking culture in the individual as
meaning development Of all the fac
ulties it follows that the most cul-
tured nation is that in which there is
5e greatest number of all round men.
And if this be true, We must at once
realize how hopeless is the task of
attempting to estimate the extent Of
culture in various nations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

to a drying machine on the lower
floor He slipped, fell into the chute.
and slid rapidly Is feet to the entrance
of the machine. Employees who saw
him disappear stopped the machine,
but were unable to check the flow of
grain into the chute. The grain, at
a temperature OF 80 degrees, covered
him completely.
i. A section Of the iron chute was
taken out and men with shovels
reached Lupinik. but he was dead
when lifted out He leaves a wife
and three small children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
HELD WEDDING RING IN TEETH
Crippled side-show Freak Takes
Thriller for Bride in New
Jersey.

Trenton, \. because he is ter
ribly crippled, Charles Henry Kirch-
mann. a performer Of Philadelphia,
had to hold the wedding ring in his
teeth while his bride, Miss Josephine
Brown Of New Haven, Conn, slipped
her finger through the circlet at the
proper time when they were married
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
BOOSTING USE or COTTON
Speakers Daughter Takes Active Part
in Movement TO Help the
South.

Washington-Mis Genevieve Clark,
daughter of Speaker and Mrs. Champ
Clark, is here shown wearing the cot
ton gown which she wore at the ma
tional cotton fashion show in Wash
ington. The idea of a cotton week for
the whole country originated with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
unnscessarv Labor.

Willie, go upstairs and wash your
feet before we go to see the doctor, 3"
said the mother OF boy Of nine. The
boy was suffering from an ingrowing
toe nail. "Aw, what's the use Of
washin both of 'em-the doctors only
goin' t see one" was the indignant
response.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

What did they say to your" asked
little Harry's mother, after his first
visit to the new Sunday school.
The teacher said she was glad to
see me there"
'Yes?"
And she said she hoped 1 would
come every Sunday"
And was that all she said?"
NO, she asked me if our family be-
longed to that abomination"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

by Mayor Donnelly in the city hall.
The couple have been giving exhibit
tons here for some time, the woman
as an electric thriller.
The bridegroom has the use OF
neither hands nor feet, but writes and
does many things with his mouth. He
had to be wheeled to the mayors
Office in a chair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Boston Plans Work for Idle.

Boston-The raising Of a fund Of
100000 or more to provide municipal
work for thousands of unemployed me-
chanics and laborers is proposed by
Mayor Curley He would act in con-
junction with the National Civic Fed
Grafton of Women
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
PROOF.

Daughter-Then you really think
George has financial ability and can
support me?
Father-You bet. I've talked with
him and he has got people on his
notes that I've been trying for years
to hook on mine.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Pays an Old Bill for Beer.

London.-After an absence of three
years, a native Of Hersham, Surrey,
England, who has just returned, paid
a local publican a few cents for beer
supplied on credit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05
Greedy.

What kind of candy do you want.
my little MANI" said the storekeeper
patronizingly.
Gimme somepin' real soft and
sticky, soze sister won't want any of
If 4"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-05

whose body was found on the rear
steps Of a saloon here. Stefhns was
not aware of the existence Of the for
tune, for he often had bemoaned his
condition of poverty. His whereabouts
had been lost to his relatives for years,
and only through a search Of his eff
fects were his Minnesota connections
located.