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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
observation-disclosures
! MARKET REPORTS
EoEEozzozzozEc
Milwaukee. Nav %. 1914.

A4AMGOhSS, May 20, 1914.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 26c;
prints. &c; firsts. 22@23c; seconds
1s021c; renovated. 10000; dairy
fancy, 22923e.
Cheese-American, full cream, new
made twins, 141a @15c; Young Ameri
cas-, 1575 Q16c; daisies, 15h@16c;
longhorns, 151h916c; limburger, 100
121ac
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 16h@17c; recandled, extras
10000; seconds, 14@15c.
Live Poultry 171kc; roost
ers, 12Q1Sc; broilers, 100000 doz.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 9S099c;
No, northern, s6@97c; No. north.
ern, SEQ CSC; No. l velvet, 97@99c.
Corn-No. 5 yellow, Tic.
Oats-No. white, 3sQ391sc; stand
ard, 40@401sc.
Barley-No. 3. 5s@s8c. Wisconsin,
56@5sc.
Rye-No. 2, 6S15c.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, 5000
o.4V; fair to best light, S.35@8.45;
pigs, 7OO@S.0O.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, 7.25@S.75;
stockers and feeders, 6.00Q770; cows
and heifers, 5.5O@7.75; calves, 9.75Q
1850.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
HeaYY-Handed.

Postmaster General BurIeson smiled,
at luncheon in Washington, over the
suggestion that the parcel posts rival
ry Of the express companies was bad
for the peoples transport trade.
bad for the people?" said Mr..
Burleson. We'll, sir, when you say
that, you remind me of one of our
oldest post Office stories.
According to this story, postmas-
ter said to a customer:
This letter won't go for two cents
What's the matter with it?'
Too heavy
Too heavy, hey? Wall, that's just
about what l expected. My son wrote
that letter, and / told him at the time
he was writin' too heavy hand; but
he KEEP bearin' down and bearin' down
Here, give it back. I'll take it home.
and make him do it over in lead PEN
Gil. Chicago Record-HeraId.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28


lions and outworks about Vlcksburg.
A day or two after May so. 1863, re-
ports were received in the North OF
desperate hand to hand fighting out
side of Vicksburg and general assaults
on the works. Several Notifications
fell, but were retaken by the Con-
federates.
In the end of May the marine divi-
sions under Porter did some excellent
work at Haynes Bluffs under Grants
direction. News of this was printed
shortly after the date which is now
set apart for Memorial day.
There had been much criticism of
the administration in the North and
the Union arms had come in for their
share of popular opprobrium and the
news of Grants successes in the
West was sorely needed.
It heartened the troops serving in
other campaigns and 1t heartened
those at home.
It was not long before what is now
Memorial day that New York, in 1863,
received news Of the gallant charge
of the Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry
at Hazel Grove, where "StonewalT"
Jackson turned the Union right. In
fantry, artillery and cavalry lost heav-
lily in this engagement in Hooker's
Charlottesville campaign.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
HORRIBLE GRIMES
OF PANCHO VILLA
Murder, Plumber and Outrage
Have Been SpeciaIties of
Rebel Leader.
HE BEGAN AS CATTLE THIEF
Shocking List of Homicides, Robberies
and fortunes Perpetrated by Car
ranza's General-Freouent Mas
sacres OF Prisoners
and Citizens.

Murder, plumber and outrage have
marked the career of Gen. Francisco
Villa, commander of General Carran
za's constitutionalist armies in north
eTn Mexico. His record is one of al
most continuous crime and is worth
studying IN view Of the fact that ii
the constitutionalist cause triumphs
he will at least be second in power
to Carranza.
"Pancho" Villa has shown himself
in the past year, to be possessed OF
considerable military skill and the
fame of his victories has to a great
extents overshadowed the infamy OF
his crimes.
Villas Start in Life.
A biography of Villa compiled by
the Boston Transcript and read by
Senator Lodge in the United States
senate supplies the following facts:
Francisco Villa was born at Las
Moves in the state of Durango about
the year 1868. He is wholly unedu.
Gated, being unable to read and barely
able to sign his name. About the
year 1882, when only fourteen years
Of age, he was sentenced to term OF
imprisonment for cattle stealing. On
his discharge he settled in the mining
camp of Guanacevi, where a few
months later he underwent another
sentence Of Imprisonment for homi
eide. When he came out of prison for
the second time he organized a band
Of robbers, which had their headquar.
ters in the mountainous region of "Pe.
rico" in the state Of Durango, and
were the terror of all that district.
In the year 1907 he was in partner
ship with one Francisco Reza, stealing
cattle In Chihuahua and selling them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

i'll. DR.. T. G, Williams of Turkey
was called in Immediately and DR..
Carr went over to Mr.. Drew's.
The deadly poison worked so quick
ly that DR.. Carr failed to reach the
home before the death had claimed
the two-year-old child. DR.. Williams
didn't have his medicine case, yet he
and the neighbors worked heroically
TO save the little child's life. DR..
Carr irrigated the stomach of the
nVe-year-old child, removing the bios
SONS, gave stimulants hypodermically
and she is considered safe, although
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

vlcarious heroism. For Memorial
day Is the day of the living and the
dead, the day of comrades whom no
sting of death nor lapse of time can
separate. 1t is the day when the
Grand Army militant salutes the
Grand Army triumphant. 1t is the
sacramental day of nationality. 1t
is the day we, acknowledge each and
all our debt to the boys of 50, who
are now the patriarchs of IA. 1t is
the day of neither North nor South,
nor East nor West, but of Union and
Liberty, now and forever, one and in
separable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

in the hotel during certain hours He
is as regular as clock.
ANY evening from six until eight,
while the orchestra plays In the foyer,
Tab is there. At eight o'clock, when
the orchestra resumes it's program,
Tab is again contented listener.
When the musicians pack their in
struments and leave at one o'clock,
Tab, like some fantastical creature,
folds his tent like the Arab and quiet
ly steals away.
1T really is uncanny," said Mr..
Stewart Il know that animals like
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Platinum Dear Because So Rare.

One of the difficulties in the extern
sion of electrical and technical chem
istry is the shortage of platinum, says
the American Machinist. Russia is
practically the only country producing
platinum; it is found in various locali-
ties of the Ural mountains Very small
quantities have been found in Borneo,
Brazil, Australia and California, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

said the other day that he often fears
tor the safety Of Tab, and for that
reason has instructed the hotel de-
tective to keep watch for the next
few days.
Everyone around the hotel thinks
the world and all of Tab. He mean
dered into the hotel one night during
the walters strike. This was looked
upon as lucky omen, and Tab was
promptly made to understand that he
had a permanent home.
Now, a popularity of Tabs mysteri-
Gus actions is that he always remains
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
HOTEL CAT A WANDERER
Always Around When Orchestra is
Playing, but Leaves With Them
When Program Is Finished.

Keeping tab on Tab, the mascot cat
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, is
absolutely an impossible task. He in
sists upon straying away from the ho-
tel, but where he goes or how he goes
is a mystery, for Tab keeps his own
counsel
The assistant manager of the hotel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Grant Immediately recalled Sherman from JACK
and directed him to send division with an
ammunition train to join his force. Wltnln
an hour after sending this dispatch Steele's divl-
sion under way. The Union forces moved
cautiously with pickets thrown in advance, by sew
eral roads. Smiths division on the southernmost
road the first to encounter the enemy's pick
cts. They were driven in, as the pickets con
fronting Osterhaus the middle road and HoVey
on the northernmost road By the time Grant
arrived Hoveys skirmish had assumed almost the
proportions of battle.
Pemberton selected a position Champions
Hill to meet the Union forces. General Grant at
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
DAY OF UNION AND LIBERTY
This Is the Time the Nation Should
Remember the Debt 1t Owes to
the Veterans.

On May so, 1852, there was no such
smiling land as we see this day. Then
the booming of the guns alternated
with a dead march four years long;
today we see an exultant republic,
running eagerly forward to meet its
fuller and more glorious destiny.
And whom shall we thank for this?
The venerable men who walk or ride
on Memorial day beneath their sacred
battle flags, and the men who sleep
today beneath the blue of the sky
and the stars of the night. How great
their sacrifice! Some gave literally
all they had-even their names. They
lie in unmarked trenches, their very
place of sculpture forgotten. Their
names are lost, and they have gained
q name the which neither man nor
time can wrest from them-the name
of Patriot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
PLAYED WITH DEADLY POsIEs
yellow Jasmine Responsible for Death
Of One Child and Nearly Kills
Another.

Two children of John W. Drew Of
Rose Hill. y. c., aged and , years,
were poisoned on gelsemium (semper-
yirins yellow jasmine).
All three of his children had been
playing with the blossoms just be
fore noon. About two hours after
dinner two of the children were taken
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Madison.-Commiss of Banking
Kuolt approved the articles of the
Peoples Savings and Trust company
of Green Bay, capital $4,000
Eau Claire.-The state encampment
of the Wisconsin Spanish-American
war veterans will be held in this city
June Is, 16 and II.
Wausau-Fire destroyed a boarding
house, saloon, two barns and a ware.
house at Norrie. The loss is $4,000.
Madison-R. A. Goodrich, Sarona,
was appointed lumber inspector for
the fourth district by Gov McGoYe-n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

in the United States, and then steal
Ing mules and horses in the United
States, and selling them in Chihuahua
In consequence of some disagreement
he shot and killed Reza in broad day
light, while sitting in the plaza in the
City of Chihuahua. During the early
part of November, 1910, he attacked
the factory of Mr.. Soto, in Allende,
state Of Chihuahua, and killed the
owner By threatening the latter's
daughter he forced her to show where
she had hidden sum of S11 900, which
he stole and used for arming a consid-
cradle force. He then joined Ma
dero's revolution, uniting his band
with Urbina's column. In January,
1911, he was at Casas Grandes, Chi
huahua, where he killed Carlos Ala
TORE and Luis Ortiz for refusing to
pay him the money he demanded for
their ransom. At Batopilas, state of
Chihuahua, in February Of the same
year he tortured lady named Sonora
Maria de Ia Luz Gomez until he made
her pay him $4,000. She died from
the effects of the barbarous treatment
she received.
Outrages at Juarez.
When Ciudad Juarez was taken
from the federals in May, 1913, he
killed Senior Ignacio Gomez Oyola,
man of over sixty years of age, under
the following circumstances: Having
sent@for him, Villa asked whether he
had any arms in his house, and on
saying he had not, Villa, who was
seated on table, drew his revolver
and shot him dead. After rifiing the
corpse of money and valuables 1t was
thrown into the street.
After the triumph of the revolution,
Villa, in November, 1911, obtained
monopoly from the then governor of
Chihuahua for the sale Of meat in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

where the COnfederateS
were again driven from
their position, and fed
across the stream, burning
the bridges. Pom t o O n s
were constructed and the
Union army continued in
pursuit of P e N b r o n.
After the engagements at
Champions Hill and Big
Black river the invest
ment of Vicksburg was as
complete as Grants lin.
tied number Of troops
could make it. For days
the newspapers were filled
with the progress Of the
work of constructing roads
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

once realized that the posi-
ton was a strong one. The
hill commanded a view OF
the surrounding country
and was protected by q
ravine and heavy shrub
berry. The battle Of Cham
pion's Hill lasted about four
hours, during which time
every man Of HoVey's div1-
sion and McPherson's two
divisions was engaged. Gen
eral Grant drove Pemberton
from his position and the
city of Vicksburg was near
er to its doom. Had it not
been for neglect on the part
Of subordinates to promptly
obey, General Grant felt
that he could have almost
completely disc r G n | z e q
Pemberton's force.
Tempering this bit of
hopeful news was the sad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
ALEEAN2RzH> IN.

S THE piteously thinner
ranks this year than they were
last-of veterans file through the
crowded streets of hundreds Of
American cities on Memorial day,
the minds of those who fought be
meath the blue or for the gray will
turn to a May 80 of 81 years ago,
when ashore and afloat men were
doing those deeds which will be
commemorated nv Memorial day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
SomenodY Gettinn His.

Church. see trolley line in
western city is going to be knocked
'own to the lowest bidder at auction.
Gothem-It won't be the fret time
ut re "knock" trick has been known
} trolley lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Working His Face.

What a pathetic face that young
fellow has! His eyes seem so re-
proachfuI." ''Yes. In the lunch room
where he worked he pulled in more
tips than all the other walters com
bined. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Sworde

DO you think the time will ever
come when the swords will be con-
verted into plowshares ?"
No"
Then you do not expect universal
peace?"
'Oh, that may come; but swords are
SO easily utilized for decorative pur-
poses"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Very Old Copper Mine,

II not absolutely the oldest, the
Stora Kopparberget in Sweden is the
oldest copper mine of which any Off
cial figures can be found. 1t has been
worked continuously for nearly eight
hundred years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Outrages at Juarez.
Live Far Under Earth.

The lowest human habitation is said
to be that of the coal miners in b.
hemia, some of whom make their
dwellings at point more than two
thousand feet below the level of the
sea-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Minneapolis, May %, 1914.
Wheat-No. l hard, 95Mc; No.
northern, 94c; No. northern. CSC.
Corn-No. 8 yellow, 661a Q67c.
Barley-44@57c.
Rye-No 2, 57059c.
Flax-L53@1.561a.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Mot = Gnendfhrift.

Ferdie-'I understand that Jimsie is
pretty close with his money" Claude
well, should say SOL He can bust
a nickel to buy g. morning paper and
have spending money the rest of the
week."-Illinois Siren.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Near Kind.

as there any meat in that fellows
argument for racing bets?" asked the
legislator, sternly.
We'll" admitted the pleader for
bets, cautiously, there may be few
stakes in it."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Seekin0 information.

Little Edith, on seeing fire engine
in operation for the first time, re-
garded it attentively for some time,
then turned to her father and asked:
Papa, why do they have to heat the
water before they squirt it?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Don't Believe IL.

When a man tells you what he said
to somebody who was rude 10 him,
don't believe half of it. He is only
telling you what he thought afterward
would have been great to say if he had
thought of it and had dared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
NnW. Really!

Elmer, though only little boy, was
the Oldest child Of an already numer-.
GUS family. He was invited to go in
and see a little baby sister. Asked
what he thought of the baby, he said:
IVY, mamma, it's real nice. But do
you think we needed it?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

- 49, - - -
rose-tinted by any means.
Lee was threatening the
second invasion of the
North and the Shenan-
doah and Cumberland
valleys were threatened
with becoming seats of
war and being rayaged
by hostile armies. The
3ittle town of Gettysburg
mad not yet awakened to
the fact that it was to be
the center of the most
colossal struggle of the
war and in Arkansas
and Virginia the Union
successes had not been
all that they might have
49,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Dc Not Lake Chances.

Alice-How many times would you
make man propose to you before you
said yes?
Marie-If You have to make him
opose better say yes the first time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Bacon-It is stated that Venice is
resting with the peculiar problem OF
rapidly increasing population with
ut being able to enlarge the city.
Egbert--Why, / should think they
could easily do 1t by irrigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Gift of ThoIInhfs

If, instead of a gem, or even
flower, we could cast the gift of a
lovely thought into the heart of a
friend, that would be giving as the
angels must give.-George MacDon.
aid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Memorial day was not dreamed of then. North
and South we're busy with the grim business Of
war. The land shook with the tramp of armed
forces and the rumble of artillery, and America
the scene of some of the mightiest battles
which history records.
The news which came to the North in those
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
An Illustration,

do you think two can get along as
cheap as one, George?"
In some instance, dearest. Sup
pose we have one glass of soda water
with two straWs."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Chicago, May %, 1914,

Chicago, May %, 1914.
Cattle-Beeves, 7.40@9.5O; stockers
and feeders, 6.25@8.50; cows and heif-
ers, 3.S0Q8.70; calves, 7.000105O.
Hogs-Iight, 8.25@S.47; heavy, 1896
QS.42; rough, 7.90QS1O; pigs, 1900
$50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
a Paradox,

Did you ever notice one thing about
a ship"
Whats that?"
eShe make knots when she's
tied up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Seem Thrnurh.

"I am really shocked. That young
widow whose husband left her SO much
money did not even wait for her year
of mourning to pass before becoming
engaged to another man And not
to ?"-Fliegende Blaetter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Their prowess gave us peace
Undying be their fame.

It is for US of the younger genera
ton, whose eyes opened on a country
wrapped in peace, 10 fill up our hearts
as urns with the precious wine of
gratitude and offer them, trimming
over to the Grand Army of the Re-
public which marches in flesh and
spirit on Memorial day Are there
shadowy and invisible reunions at Bull
Run, and Spottsylvania, and the Will
derness, and Manassas, and Malvern
Hill, and Cold Harbor. and Gettys-
burg, and Atlanta? Well, might there
be when the nation at this time rises
on memory's wings to the heights OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

music, but 1 have never known one
like Tab. Is he attracted to the or
chestra, to the instruments, by their
cat-gut strings? Perhaps he was &C
quainted with these poor animals in
life. Who knows?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

of the worlds total production of 49,
$50 pounds, more than 90 per cent
comes from Russia.
Now extensive deposits Of platinum
have been discovered in Germany. in
Westphalia, where iron, lead, copper
and zine mines abound. The platinum
is present in the form of an alloy, but
in sufficient quantities to guarantee
profitable extraction, and at seems pos
sible that under new methods of analy-
sis deposits Of platinum under work
able conditions may be found in va
rious other parts of the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Fears WIde Province.

Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see
things under ground and much more
in the skies.-Cervautes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

through the bayous and swamps back OF the
city.
Digpatches printed on May 80 gave rise to con-
siderable anxiety over Grants safety johnston
was not more than fifty miles in his rear Win
an army about the size Of his own, ana Femoer-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28
Making Virtue of Necessity.

Most Of the advocates of walking
as a splendid exercise are people too
poor to afford motor cars.-Charlesto
News and Courier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

Stoneworkers in Germany have a
union membership of 1918.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

her eyesight is impaired and one up
per lid paralyzed The other child
didn't develop symptoms of poison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-05-28

knowledge and Charity.
knowledge bloweth up but charity
tufldeth up.-Bacon.