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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-12-31
Here Ia Your Chance.

bought at bargain the entire fix
lures Of the City Cafe, and can offer
you some great bargains i taken at
once. Counters, cash register, coffee
urns, show cases, tables and chairs,
booths. dishes and cooking utensils.
FRANK DAVIS,
First St. Opposite Flatiron Bldg.
12-17-t2*
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
ANNOUNCEMENT

Potato growers in this county ex-
pect to unite and exhibit a county
showing of potatoes at the state CON
vention to be he'd at Grand Rapids,
Wisconsin, on November Is, 10 and
20. The Secretary at Madison is
mailing out special announcements
referring to this exhibit. It is espec-
tally important that every potato
grower who expects to exhibit at the
convention should notify the Score
tary at once
Ait the contention last year at
Rhinelander, several counties offer
ed silver cups, cash prizes and mer--
chandise as premiums On special elias
es of potatoes, which were open to
competition among local potato grow
ers only. This viii be a feature of
this years convention also. In some
counties, members of the county
board have taken special action and
have authorized a cash aDpropria--
ton for this work In other counties,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
HOUSEWIVES SHOULD BUY
MUTTON IN QUARTERS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. "a
Food specialists of the Department
Of Agriculture who hay e been inves-
igating the subject find that there
is a wide variation in the prices ask
ed for lamb and mutton ii different
cities and towns and even in differ
ent butcher shops in the same Local
ity In many places the prices asked
by the pound for these foods closely
approach those asked for beef and
pork In other places, owing to con
ditions of local supply. there is such
a price difference between mutton
and beef as to make mutton a rela-
lively cheap food. The specialists Of
the Department of Agriculture find
that in nutritive value and digestibil-
ity mutton is practically interchange
able with beef. The waste is about
the sane percentage, although NUT
ton has a slight advantage over
beef in containing less water.
In many markets, where the pound
price of mutton and lamb is high,
careful shoppers will find that they
can obtain this form of meat very
much lower by buying hind quarters
or half carcasses instead of buying
chops and roasts separately by the
pound In the case of hind quarter
the chops can be cut off and served
for one meal and the roast will serve
for another meal. In this way the
family frequently will obtain chops at
price per pound lower than that
asked for roast alone by the pound.
addition to the chops and roasts, the
family will have a fore quarter and
meat for stewing. The sheep is very
convenient for purchase in this way,
as it is small and can be kept in
an ordinary refrigerator. Frequently
families combine and buy a whole
carcass ami divide it, and in this
case get still better prices and OBJ
tain expensive cuts at a low aver
age per pound. The specialists of the
Department advise women who find
| the cost of other meats oppressive,
to investigate these quantity buying
methods and also to look into the
differences in prices charged for
lamb and mutton by different re-
| tailers in their neighborhoods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
ARPIN.
Secretary,

A. J. Cowen and Mrs. C. w Bluett
were here Wednesday.
Mrs. @. Dingledien and Mrs Hous-
er were over Sunday guests at the
A. J. CowelI home in Grand Rapids.
F. w. Schultz was called to Warren
H., last week by the death CT his
mother. Mr.. Schultz returned home
Tuesday.
U. c. Hill will sell his personal
property at an auction sale Thursday
Oct. Sth. Mr. and Mrs. Hill will make
Grand Rapids their future home
J. E. Eastwood sold his personal
property at auction sale Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. astwood have dispOs-
ed of their farm and intend to go
to Illinois to reside.
The oyster supper and program ,giv-
en- by Mesdames Roehrig and Van
de Vale Wednesday evening was
well patronized. The main feature
eff the progr am was a lecture by
Prof NJ. H jackson on his recent
| Trip abroad which was intensely in
teresting. The above named ladies
deserve a vote of thanks for this
venture which was given for the ben
t of the Ladies' Aid. The neat lit
lie sum of $40 was realized.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
THE FAST WRITING FAD,

The teaching of penmanship in the
public schools has seen many Vicissi-
tudes. Fads, ideas, and theories have
their rise and fall. Years ago there
was old fashioned copy books style
with writing inclined at a consider
able angle. Then vertical writing be-
came very common. It produced a
very legible hand, but it was gener-
ally conedmned as too slow. Then
there came other systems and meth
DDS, more or less practical.
One of the more pervasive of the
modern theories is that children have
been writing too slowly. 1t is argu--
ed that old time writing was practice
ly drawing"
AS a consequence, in many schools
the teachers insist that pupils write
on a time schedule They are not
encouraged to form their letters, slow
.ly, securing Iegibility before they
attempt speed.
Yet In all other kinds OF work done
with the hands, muscular control has
to come before speed. The student of
music must learn to play a passage
correctly before he can play it up to
time 1t is to be feared that this
insistence on speed is developing
thousands of poor writer's, who feel
that quantity rather than quality is
the end in view.
Speed writing is not as desirable
as it was a few years ago. The very
wide use of the typewriter has gerat-
ly reduced the amount of hand work
to be done. The business man needs
legibility first. so that when he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
Invents a New Chicken.

George White has produced by Sc
lective breeding, the shortest-legged
chicken in existence after ten years
of effort, during which he crossed
and recrossed breeds. The result is a
big white fowl that continually seems
to be sitting, the impression being
due closely to the shortness of it's
legs. When it walks it waddles like
duck.
The advantage, says White, is that
the newly invented type of chick
en- is not a. roamer and not a scrat-
cher. It cannot go very far and has
not enough of a reach to scratch The
result is that it lives a quiet,peace-
full existence, never roosts on a neigh
boris fence, and is a busy layer
Eaton co. Dispatch to the New York
World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
DEATH Of
[. A. BERN|ER

Those who We're personally acQuain
ted with Charles A. Bernier of Mosi-
nee, We're aware of the fact that he
has been in poor health for the past
three years. At different intervals he
has had these strokes of paralysis.
The fourth one was the cause of his
death, which occurred Wednesday
morning, September 80, 1914, at five
thirty O'Clock at his home in Most
nee
His last illness was of six weeks
duration. Charles Bernier was born il
the city CT Grand Rapids ON May 10,
1861. He was educated in the public
schools of Grand Rapids. He was
married on the 18th day of May, 1885,
20 Miss Margaret Keefe of Wausau
After their marriage, they went to
Mosinee where he entered the en-
ploy of Joseph L. HOMER, who was
in the general mercantile business.
After working for Mr. Homeri and
others for several years he entered
the mercantile business ON his own
account and has followed it ever
since. He leaves to mourn his death,
a wife and three children, Eva,
Charles and Will Bernier. He also
leaves an aged mother, Mrs. Alex
Bernier Of this city, and three sis
ters, Mrs Peter Rockstead of Grand
Rapids; Mrs Frank Beste, of Mosi-
nee, and Mrs. N. Bever of Wausau;
and three brothers, Mitchell of Stew
ems Point; Frank, of Grand Rapids,
and Louis, of Mcsinee.
The funeral services took
place Saturday morning at 10 O'Clock
at the Catholic church in Mosinee.
Father Kline officiating. Mr. Ber--
nier will be favorably remembered
as a boy by many of the old settlers
in Grand Rapids, who knew him in
his childhood. He was an upright,
honorable man and a good citizen.
He will be greatly mourned by his
family, relatives and intimate friends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
PLAY OF WORDS

By leased wire and the shortest in
the world, an exchange gives the fol
lowing war news:
"The Germans have taken Pilsner
and are now surrounding delicatesses
where the worust is expected.
The Belgian hares had a failing
out with the WEIGH rabbit and the
Swiss cheese is shot full of holes.
This will make the Irish stew and
the English mustard hot and then
if the Russian caviar sees the
French pastry it may start a Swiss
mOvement-Watch.
The Spanish onions are strong for
a mixup and if the home preserves
are spread over the German noodles
they may ketchup with the navy
beans, thereby causing an uprising of
Brussels sprouts"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08

has now come to an end for the year
1914, one of the leading activities of
the American people It could per-
haps be demonstrated that more PEG
pie have seen ball games the past
summer than have entered the doors
Of churches OF schools.
A few moralists of extreme sever
ity say it encourages men TO waste
valuable time, and incites to the
vice of betting. As to the gambling.
that is rather incidental For the
great majority, it is a form of happy
activity that works against many
evils. When a fellow is bowling on
the grand stand, in encouragement
of athletic skill, he is not injur-
ing his body with dissipation, nor
poIIuting his mind with low thoughts.
There is one objection worth con
sidering. That is, the passiveness of
the spectators attitude to the game.
1t encourages too much the attitude
of seeing other people do ChingLs
When a player knocks a home run,
or fields a swift and stinging ball, the
fan" feels a thrill of citation. He is
as proud as if he had done the thing
himself. That may tend to discour-
age him from doing things in life,
and may lead him to find his re
wards, not in his own achievement,
but in watching other people achieve.
As an outlet for superfluous energy
and a distraction from vice, base
ball must have an incaIcuIable influ--
ence for wholesome living and think
ing. 1t is a mistake though, when
the fan" lets his interest deter him
from acquiring skill of his own in
some faEorite game If he is so
busy computing the percentages and
discussing the plays of the league
leaders, that he has no time left to
practise some favorite and health
full sport of his own, baseball has
not had it's best results for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in Grand
Rapids.

Delay Has Been Dangerous in Grand
Rapids.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan' s
Kidney Pills are most effective
Plenty of Grand Rapids evidence
of their worth.
Mrs. A. White, Ninth Ave, south,
Grand Rapids, says: For over a
year I suffered from kidney COM
plant and inflammation of the blad
der. Day and night my back panied,
and I was so bad that 7 could hard
ly straighten up after STOPPING over.
Gradually I kept getting worse, and
although I was treated by doctors, I
got no relief. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me right away and after
had taken a couple of boxes, not a
sign of kidney trouble remained
Price soc, at all dealers Don t
simply ask for a kidney remedy =
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mrs. White had. Foster Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
Hopeless Lung Trouble Cured.

Many recoveries from Lung Trou-
bles Ese due 10 Dr.. Bells Pine Tar
Honey. II strengthens the Lungs,
checks the ugh ard gives relief at
once Mr.. ". S. wilkins. Gates. y.
c writes: Il used Or. Bells Pine
Tar Honey in a case given UP as
hopeless and it effected a complete
cure. . Get bottle of Dr.. Bell
Pine-Tar Honey. If your cough is dry
and hacking let it trickle down the
throat, you viii surely get relief Only
25c at your Druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
SIGEL.

Peter .Krause sold his forty acre
farm ON Monday to Louis Podratz.
The consideration was $4,000, includ--
ing all stock and personal property.
Mr. and Mrs. Krause will move to
the Rapids to reside.
Felix Walloch lost one of his hor-
ses last week.
Miss Anna Olson of Stanley, S. D.,
was an over Friday guest at the Berg
home.
Mrs. Victor Kronholm entertained
a number of her friends at her home
ON Friday afternoon.
Seth Whitman has returned home
from months visit in Montanayand
Minnesota.
Gust Anderson is employed at
Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Fannie Fffield was ON the
sick list last week.
David Anderson and Albert Jacob
son have gone to Mauston, where
they Will De employed.
Miss Ida Worlund of Grand Rap
ids, was a guest at the Berg home
On Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix WalIock are
rejoicing over the arrival of a baby
girl at their home
Mrs. Martin Oien came home ON
Thursday from Waukesha, where
she has been spending a month at a
sanitarium.
The Misses Myrtle Slack and Net
tie Clussman and Harry Slack and
Clinton Clussman of Meehan, spent
Sunday here with friends.
Edwin and Robert Berg of the
Rapids, We're week end visitors at
the E. Berg home.
Misses Anna and Ella Olsen left
on Monday for Lacrosse, where they
will spend week visiting relatives
and friends, while enroute to their
home at Stanley, S. D.
Miss Anna Anderson is home from
Vesper, where she has been spending
the past two weeks at the Wusson
home. .5S!at
School began in District No on
Monday, with Eric Newman and Miss
Mulroy, Of Grand Rapids, as teachers.
Mrs. Ole Holstrom spent Sunday
with relatives at Port Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. G. BIoCmquist enter
tanned a Iars e number of friends
from Arpin at their home ON Sunday.
Ira Thompson, of Rudolph, spent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
THE MOVEMENT FOR BUYING
COTTON.

" ON.
To the Southern cotton grower, for
ced by the war to sell his product at
a price below cost of production,
ruin seems imminent. Losses from
such forced sales will not be limited
to one section. The demand for
Northern manufactured goods and
Western food products must fall in
sympathy
To meet this situation the Buy a
bale of cotton movement was start
ed. The Washington society women
are 10 have a fashion show Of cos
tunes made of cotton goods.
Women who have been using i'm
ported fabrics WI find these goods
costing higher this year than ever.
If they would each buy a dress or
two of some form of cotton material
in place of forcing made textiles, a
home demand would be created that
would go far to relieve the situa--
ton.
Cotton is often looked at as a
cheap material, an adulterant 1t is
the least expensive of all the great
fabrics Yet it is capable of infinite
beauty of treatment The workers of
India turn out cotton so fine that
pound Of thread is lis miles long.
They make fabrics os sheer and deli
cate that when spread on the grass
and covered with dew, they are in
visible
As a substitute for wool clothing,
cotton is considered to lack warmth.
Yet the fact that it is so very large
ly used in place of wool shows the
adaptability of the material
The worst of the cotton crisis
could be worked off at home, with
out injuring home industries that
produce other fbarics, simply by buy
ing cotton products instead OF i'm
ported textiles. The American peo-
pie must stand together in this pc
Rod of unprecedented strain There
is no sense in paying high prices
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
CHAS- Il. EMERY,S PAROLE.

Everybody who was in any way fa-
miliar with the Lord and Emery trial
for the murder of Peter Houston, in
the year 1898, will be glad to know
that after serving 20 years the Board
of Control have seen fit to parole
Chas. H. Emery. This action on their
part will meet with the approval of
every one who lis in amy way ac---
quainted with the real facts in the
case. Mr. Emery was the tool of
Messrs. VIM. Lord and Jacobs, and
they first got Mr.. Emery drunk and
then while drunk he did the act of
shooting for them and under their
direction. He was their drunllen tool
and at heart had no reason for COM
hitting the murder which he did
while in that condition. We join with
his many acquaintance in Wood
county in congratulations that his
ideal record in Waupun during his
stay there, has warranted this action
on the part of the governor and
State Board of Control. We know
that his future record while ON pa
role will warrant his complete par
don in the near future. His family
who have always made their home in
Grand Rapids and been faithful to
him will welcome him home this
week with open arms. We are glad
with them.
D. d. Conway and others were
glad TO help Mr.. Emery in bringing
the truth of his incarceration to
those who had the power to release
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
Apply sIoan's Freely for Lumbae

Apply sIoan's Freely for Lumbaeo.
Your attacks of Lumbago are not
nearly so hopeless as they seem
You can relieve them almost instant
by simple application of Sloan s
Imminent on the back and loins Lum-
bago is a form Of rheumatism, and
yields perfectly to Sloanis, which
penetrates quickly all i'm through
the sore, tender muscles, limbers up
the back and makes it feel fine Get
a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for 25
cents Of any druggist and have it
in the house against colds, sore
and swollen joints, rheumatism, neu-
raIgia, sciatica and like ailments.
Your money back if not satisfied, but
it does give almost instant relief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
ADJUSTMENTS

An audience of good size was pres
ent at the Grand last evening, to en-
JOY a concert given by Jacob Reu--
ter, violinist, Fred Kickbusch, bari
ton Miss Lottie Lynn, soprano and
Miss Helen Philleo, pianist The pro-
gram, as printed yesterday, was car
ried out in full, and was exception
ally well rendered Messrs. Reuter-
and Kickbusch have appeared here
so frequently during the past few
Years that there is but little to add
to what has already been said about
their work Mr.. Reuter- played with
his usual brilEancy and facility, Civ
ing most pleasure, however. when he
played his own Lullaby" as an en-
core. 1t is his masterpiece and he
played it with wonderful effect. Mr..
kickbusch's voice seems bigger and
richer than ever. He was particular
ly pleasing in the 'Mandalay" num-
| Der, and in Drink TO Me Only With
Thine Eyes, which he sang as an
encore Miss Lynn appeared to bet
ter advantage than when she last
gave a recital here, her voice having
rega ned much of its power. Mr.. Lur-
vey's absence, which was unavoidable
was regretted Miss PhilIeo. however,
played the accompaniments very
nicely and pleased her hearers with
| her solo numbers. The concert throu-
ghout was very enjoyable Wausau
Record-Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
GOOD WORK BEING ACCOM-
PLISHED BY ADVENTISTS


Elder P. G. Hanson and VIM. Lew
sadder Of the Seventh Day Adventist
Conference, held tent meetings in
Fond du Lac during the summer
with very good results. They ship
ped their tent outfit to the store
house in Grand Rapids last week and
report very pleasant and profitable
series of meetings. They organized
church of twenty-five members and
many others are attending the meet
ing1s and are studying the Bible
with much interest Elder Lewsadder
has located his family in Fond du
Lac and he will labor there the COM
ing year in evangelical work and as
pastor of the newly organized church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
LIVING CAT WITH TWO MOUTHS
BY Professor n. M. BIain.

Freak dumb beasts are not so
common as freak humans, nor do
they generally live so long. The kit
ten here described has already pass
ed it's sixth week of kittenhood and
is as lively and kittenish as any
feline of its age. No doubt its per-
feet health is due at least in part
to the fact that it is endowed with
two separate and distinct mouths,
both of which require regular feed
ings. But that disadvantage is off
set by it's ability to bag two mice at
once! Moreover, it's two complete
noses can scent the delicious rodent
eyes are SO very capable anyhow
that nature evidently thought three
would be enough to spy out a whole
nest of mice; and Kitty as yet seems
doubtful whether lit is really neces--
saTy ever to open the extra eye al
though it's master thinks it will do
SO later. No doubt it's young mother,
only year old, and proud of her
first born, wonders what became of
the rest of her litter; but she Ger
tainly ought to be satisfied with her
eminently successful economic ex--
pertinent.
This remarkable kitten belongs to
Joe Murray, Westville, Connecticut,
who lis very proud of her. He has
had some good offers for her, but
will not readily part with such a
wonder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
FATHER REDING TALKS
ON TRIP ABROAD

The young ladies of the Catholic
church entertained the young lady
Catholics, who are here teaching and
attending our schools at Foresters
Hall Wednesday evening. About forty
We're present. Light refreshments
were served. Rev. VIM. RediDg gave
them a talk ON his trip abroad, which
was not only pleasing and entertain
ing, but instructive as we'll. The
evening was a social one, in which
the visiting young ladies' were made
acquainted and to feel at home in
their church and young lady society
circles. A delightful time is re-
ported by those who were present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08
SUNDAY at the Whitman home.

Sunday at the Whitman home.
Aryid Anderson who is employed at
Sherry spent Sunday with home
folks.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bloom
quist, On Sunday morning, baby
boy.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Sandstrum went
10 the Rapids on Sunday to act as
sponsors for the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Greene.
Arthur .Hollsrom returned on sun
day to his home at Port Edwards. at
ter an extended visit with his grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. o, Hollstrom.
A number of Nekoosa people were
entertained at the Whitman home on
Sunday.
Victor Worlund of Grand Rapids
was an over Sunday guest with rel
atives here.
Robert Heden left on Sunday fol
Grand Rapids, where he will again
be employed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-08

the bankers, and other commercial
interests have taken action. The
premium list Of the Association will
be published about October Is. and
it is especially important that infor-
nation of this kind be mailed to
the Secretary at once
The State Association is holding
several meetings in different sections
OF the state with growers in the in
terests Of county exhibits Should
there be a demand for a meeting OF
this kind in this county, the Score
tary should be notified
J. G.. MILWARD.
Secretary.