Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-22
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Neceedah.
Chicken thief got ninety days in
COOP" says a headline Sounds like
making the punishment fit the
crime, ," doesn't it?
The east side bowling alleys have
been sold TO some person from Red
Granite and it is said that these
alleys viii be taken up and ship
ped to the quarry town.
Mrs. Carl Oleson of Buffalo n. Y,
and Miss Marie Paltzer of Appleton,
are in the city visiting their sis
ter, Mrs. Henry B. Weiland, for few
days
Among those from Merrill that
were in city Saturday to attend the
football game were Misses Helen
Benedict, Lillian MiIbey. Bonita.
Blood and Orion Nelson, W. Sullivan,
Edw. Hazen, DIN Paulson.
Medical authorities who have ex-
amined coed candidates for the vari-
Gus athletic sports at the university
report that not one has serious heart
troubles not discernible by the ply
sicians' instruments.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Mazur and
two children returned Wednesday
from Chicago, where they have been
making an extended visit with rela-
| tiYes.
The foundation walls for the new
addition to the Witter Hotel is CON-
pleted and the Superstructure will
soon be under way This beautiful
weather should be taken advantage
of and made the most of to get the
building enclosed. Messrs. Miller,
and Schroeder, contractors, are MAX
ing the most of it.
F. X. erode, the Democratic cam
didate for clerk of the circuit court,
is a resident of Nekoosa, and has
| been for the past Is years His adv.
appears in the Daily and Weekly Re
porters. He is a barber by trade and
the manufacturer of cigars. Wher
ever he is known he is well thought
of and a hail fellow, well met.
Lawrence Sbarkey of Rudolph, was
arrested Tuesday a. m, charged with
| reckIessIy driving an automobile a.
cross the traffic bridge. In Judge
Pomainville's court, Sharkey pleaded
guilty to the offense. This was the
first time Sharkey had been arrest
ed and the fine was remitted and
he paid the costs in the case.
Quite a section of the state high
| way between Ashland and Milwau
kee has been constructed in this
county this summer. There is one
stretch of concrete road two blocks
long in Port Edwards and another
piece nearly a half a mile long near
ly completed just this side of Ne
koosa. More work will be done next
summer ON this piece Of road.
A young nimrod only five and
half years old caught his first fish
Sunday. The youngster was out
in a boat with his dad and holding
dads casting rod and trolling, when
the pole was nearly jerked from
| his hand and he calmly said, Some
| thing has. got hold of the line Dad
they landed a nice big pike. DAD was
as pleased with the youngsters first
| fish as the little one was and when
he got home, had the young fisher
man hold the rod in one hand and
| the fish in the other and took his
| picture.
Sunday started out cloudy in the
morning, but the clouds soon rolled
away and the ladies were able to
come out in new fall hats and coats.
And yes, there were some of the
sterner sex also showing off their
fall toggery.
Evidently fatal combinations of
the man and the gun have not been
exhausted yet. A Rock Island man
was killed Wednesday when his pet
| dog jumped into the boat in which
| he was hunting, and stepped on the
trigger of his gun.
| About twenty five young people
were entertained at the home of Miss
| Leona Binneboese on Friday evening,
| the occasion being her birthday. The
evening was pleasantly spent in play
ing games. In a. contest, one of the
amusing features of the evenings en-
tertainment, Miss Florence DuPre
and Willis Gazely won the honOrs.A
light luncheon was served. Miss Bin
neboese was presented with gifts
from her friends
John Brunk paid a fine and costs
of Sc in Judge Pomainville' court
Thursday anon charge of diosJ der
/ ly EUIluuCI. DIuuh IlctS bSSd CAAp1OJ
ed ais a teamster by the Ahdawagan
Furniture Company and was told to
do certain things which he refused
to and was then told to either do
them or quit. He quit and later went
back to the plant and attempted to
start a fight with two different men.
The police we're called and Officer
Payne arrested Brunk. About a year
ago. Brunk was allowed to go on
parole after having been convicted OF
| the larceny of a bicycle.
THRALL-DUSTON NUP1lALS
The marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth
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