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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
THE JAWS OF THE LOAN SHARK

One voter out CT every four in the
larger cities, say social workers, has
to resort regularly or occasionally to
loan offices. He must often put up
two days work to get the price of
one.
To meet these grinding conditions.
Andrew Carnegie, Vincent Aston, and
other phiIanthropists are working on
a plan just announced to supply loan
at reasonable rates to honest work
ing people.
Not merely does the victim of the
userer have to pay an inordinate
rate of interest. Frequently also
he is assessed a string of charges
for legal expenses whenever he fails
by a few days to make a payment
The grip tightens day by day. A final
resource is to send d clerk into the
place CT business where the man is
working, and bawl out a demand to
pay so every one can hear Then
he pEOUdOly CUES O4l 10 SOdle OtiST
money shark and borrows money at
100 per cent to pay the first loan.
Yet efforts so far TO make these
small loans at low rates have not
commonly been successful. Some
philanthropists tried it in Cincinnati.
They found that to make the small
loans self supporting, they had to
charge As per cent. All these com
panies are the victims of swindlers
whose resourcefulness is beyond be
lief. Everyone thinks it is fair to
cheat an usurer.
No doubt a great many of these
offices charge only rate of inter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
For Grand Rapids People to
NeS!ect.
John A. Gaynor,
Atty. for Plaintiff.

For Grand Rapids People to
Neglect.
The great danger of kidney
troubles is that they so often get
a firm hold before the sufferer rec
ognizes them. Health will be grad
ually undermined. Backache, head
ache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness, lumbago, urinary troubles, drop
sy, gravel and Bright's disease may
follow as the kidneys get worse.
Don't neglect your kidneys. Help
the kidneys with Doan's Kidney Pills
which are so strongly recommended
right here in Grand Rapids.
Mrs. E. Mahoney, AT First North
St., Grand Rapids, Wis, says: Cone
of my family suffered from kidney
trouble for seven years and at times
it kept her in bed. The kidney Sc
cretions were irregular in passage
and she was quite miserable until
she tried Doan's Kidney, Pills three
years ago They relieved her so
much that she has used them off and
on since. Doan's Kidney Pills have
kept her in good health for long
time"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster ilburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-a
take no other.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
HE AUTOMOBILE SHOWS.

The big motor-car shows, held
about this time in many cities, strike
the passing observer as the final
word in decoration, illumination, and
display of mechanical achievement
Yet many of the manufacturers OF
cars are far from cheerful about
them. At one big recent show, the
gate receipts paid only 40 per cent
of the cost. The industry stood the
rest.
One reason commonly assigned
among manufacturers for holding
these exhibitions, is that they are
educational. They display to the
public, the ease. beauty, and plea
sure of motoring. They show the
economy of the motor truck in bust
ness. Yet there is a question II
these shows are not an artificial
stimulus, applied to d business that
already tends too far toward per
sonaI extraya ganee-
Some of these shows have been
an Aladdin's palace of plate glass
mirrors, painted scenery, and electric
fairyIand. This fascinating luxury
draws in many people who can not
afford an expensive machine, or
ought not to buy one OF any kind.
The extravagant display of wealth
represented in these mechanically
perfect cars, in the gorgeous decora-
tions. creates an atmosphere of free
expenditure. The most parsimonious
person feels some loosening of his
purse strings. The seed of desire
is planted. By the next summer he
is behind a steering wheel, while
his creditors walk
Automobiles are a wonderful time
saver. and it is for the interest of
the public to have them produced
as cheaply as possible. If automobile
shows, as some manufacturers say,
not merely cost high in actual time
and money, but disorganize the sale
forces of their plants for weeks and
months, they are tax on the indus
try which the buyer finally pays.
These costly methods of marketing
a product suggest that motor cars
Will be cheaper still IN a few years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22


Advance estimates of the profits
from the parcel post for the year
1913 as given out at Washington,
place the aggregate amount at $780,
600 900, which is just double the es-
Inmates made by the postoffice de-
partment at the time the system was
installed If the claims of the rail
roads for compensation for the extra
weight now being carried free were
adjusted, the net profits likely would
shrink to about $4,000, 600, which is
still a handsome sum. The total in
come from the service for the curren
year is estimated at $4,000 600. 1t
is an excellnet showing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
LEGALS
SUMMONS:
CIRCUIT COURT. WOOD COUNTY.
Gustave A Giese, Plaintiff,

Iustave A. Giese. Plaintiff,
Auren Knapp, Jr., and Mrs. Auren |
Knapp, Jr., his wife, Patrick and |
john Garihee, and Mrs. John Carl
hee, widow Of said John Garihee.
F. W. Young, and Mrs. F. w.
Young, his wife, Otis W. Norton,
and Mrs Otis W. Merton, his wife.
Samuel A. SHAMROCK, and Mrs
Samuel A Stainbrook, his wife,
Andrew o. Butler, and Mrs.
Andrew o. Butler, his wife, Mary
Drager, and all persons whom it
may concern, Defendants
The State of Wisoonsin-To The
Said Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to
appear within twenty days after ser
vice OF this summons, exclusive OF
the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the court
aforesaid; and in case of your failure
so to do judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand
Of the complaint
John A Gaynor,
Plaintiffs Atty.
P. o. Address, Grand Rapids, Wood
| County, Wis.
Note:
To you, the defendants named in
the above and foregoing summons
and to each of you
Take notice that the following is
the description of the real estate
and premises affected by the above
entitled action commenced by sum
mons, to-wit:-
The S. p of the S. w. Il of the
N. E. a and the N. u of the S. W
4 of Section 80, tp. %, n, of Range
East.
Further take notice, that the sum
mons and complaint in said action
was duly filed i'm the office of the
clerk of the Court at the city Of
Grand Rapids in said county of Woor
Wisconsin, on the twenty fourth day
of December, 1913, and there has
continued and remained and now re
mains on file in that office.
Further Take Notice, that said ac
ton is brought to quiet and estab
lish plaintiffs title to said lands an(
each and every tract thereof agains
amy claim and all claims of sale
defendants or of any or either o
them to said lands and each anC
every parcel thereof, and to forever
bar and cut off said defendants
from having or claiming amy righc
or title to or interest in said lands
adverse to the said plaintiff
And Plaintiff Here Refers to satC
complaint for the full facts ON which
this action lis based and a more full
description of the lands thereby al
! fected.
Dated this oath day of December
| \. D. 1913.
John A. Gaynor,
CIV Atty. for Plaintiff.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

What blessed thing it would be
if one could run a newspaper and
never ask some of its subscri beers to
pay up. AS long as the paper goes
on week after week and no statement
is sent for arrearages everything
goes like clock-work and you are one
of the best and most accommodating
editors on earth; your paper is the
best in the country; your items are
highly polished; your advice follow
ed; your sayings gladden. the hearts
of the household and happiness reign
supreme. But oh, what a brute you
are after sending a paper two or
three years for nothing, if you polite
ly send in your bill and ask what
is due or a portion of it. Your ratty
old paper is not anyaccount l just
took it to accommodate you; no noe
in the family reads it; we can get all
the free reading matter at the drug
stores, and hundreds of other mean
and contemplate things are hurled
at the editor and his paper If we
were rich we would not ask anyone
to pay for his pape-we would not
print one.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
PEOPLE SHOULD GUARD
AGAINST APPENDICITIS

Grand Rapids people who have
stomach and bowel trouble should
guard against appendicitis by taking
simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc
as compounded in Alder-i-ka, the Ger
man remedy which became famous
by curing appendicitis. JUST ONE
DOSE relieves sour stomach, gas on
the stomach and constipation IN
STANTLY because this simple mix
ture draws off such a surprising
amount OF old foul matter from the
body Otto's Pharmacy o.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

general plans and specifications establish
ed in paving First street north in said
City of Grand Rapids. during the year 1914
SECOND. That the Board of Public
Works be and it hereby is directed to view
the premises, and
(a) To cause proper plan, profile, de
tails and specifications for said contemplate
ed improvement and work hereinbefOre
mentioned to be prepared and filed in the
office of the City Clerk.
Cb) To determine the entire cost of
such contemplated work or improvement.
(c) To consider and determine what
lands, or parcels of land, will be affected
and benefited or damaged by the said
contemplated work or improvement.
Id To determine the amounts of the
benefits and damages that win accrue to
each parcel of real estate affected by such
work or improvement
(e) TO determine what prop0rtionate
amount that shoId be assessed against
each property owner by such contemplated
work or improvement.
81 To make and lie in their office
report showing their determination OF the
questions required to be considered in ana
by this resolution, and the statutes o.
this state; to see that notices are given
meetings held, objections and evidence
heard. then report modified, reviewed and
corrected. as they deem just, and their
complete and final report filed with the
City Clerk, as required by law.
Dated this 9Th day of January A. D.
1914
J. A. COHEN, Mayor.
attest
NJ G. GORDON, City Clerk.
Passed, approved and adopted by an
affirmative vote Of Il aldermen. Negative
vote. 2 aldermen. Total present, 16 alder
men, this 9th day of January a. D. 1914
J. A COHEN, Mayor.
Attest:
NJ. 6. GORDON, City Clerk
On motion the extension of the sewer
from nth avenue east on Grand avenue
was referred to the sewer committee and
City Engineer
On motion, by unanimous vote the
Clerk calling the roll, the Board of Pub
lie Works were authorized to dispose of
any old lumber or old junk that belongs
to the city.
Alderman Tomsyck got excused.
Moved and seconded that the Hayor and |
three aldermen be appointed a committee |
to go over the books of the Grand Rapids |
Electric Co.
Motion carried
The Mayor appointed aldermen -Calkins,
Damon and Gaulke on the committee.
On motion the Finance committee were
to check up the City Clerk and
-ity Treasurers books.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

est sufficient to pay expenses, charge
off a volume of losses yearly, and
pay decent profit. The honest man
pays the freight for the dead beat.
Money lenders have existed since the
earliest glimmering of history. No
laws can drive them out. Close up
their doors, and they do business
from the vest pocket.
No doubt offices conducted as a
charity would considerably reduce
the prevailing rates. But the only
permanent remedy lis to instruct
young people in a perfect horror OF
debt. as the most crushing i'll Of life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

Mrs. Margaret James, aged SO
years, and whose home is in Denver,
attributes her longevity to shovelmg
Il don't know what I'd do to keep
in shape" says Mrs. James, eff /
didn't have a furnace to take care OF
and sidewalks to clean" And yet
there are husbands who, in the mis-
taken superstition that they are be-
ing kind, refuse to allow their wives
in these health-giving exercises.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

Abraham Lincoln never said "Hellt
Central never lodged an automobile
never held a strap in a trolley car,
never pushed a button for alight
never heard a photograph and never
posed for a motion picture, and yet
Abraham Lincoln died only forty
eight years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

The city of Amigo will vote on the
Tuesday, Feb. 3, New London will
vote on the question week later.
Somehow the comparisons which are
available at tax times each year give
the commission plan a new grip on
popular favor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
Thrifty Boys

We would be pleased to have every
boy who is earning money start a
savings account at this bank.
We wish to encourage the boys to
save a. part Of their earnings each
month, and a few years later they
will have enough to buy a farm or
start in business
Others are doing this-why not
you? One dollar is enough to start.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
THE PROBLEM OF WOMENS
WAGES.

Nothing seems to rankle more with
women, than the fact that they re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22
First National Bank
Grand Rapids, Wis.

"The Bank that does things for you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-01-22

Beginning 1914, to 1913. Five Thousand
Dollars TO be set aside every year as a
sinking fund for City Hall to be erected
in the near future. and Acting City Comp
troller to be instructed to include said
Five Thousand Dollars in the City Budget
for the years 1914 TO 1913 inclusive. This
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
TWO FEATURES ON
 LOWELL PROGRAM

Tonight and tomorrow night will witness the presentation of another of those famous double feature pro- grams at the Lowell This program contains two corking good comedies and a multiple reel feature drama.
 The drama is from the Lubin stu 1ios. This is a sensational drama and The entire company was sent 10 st. Augustine Fla to produce it. Some of the most daring scenes put into photoplay are involved in this plot This offering is full of thrills and will certainly make good on any program.
 The Edison comedy is Something 10 a Door A laugh producer from start to finish.
 "Snakevilie's Home Guard" by Che Essanay company is one of the good old Western comedies and with Vic tor Potel and Margaret Joslin it will surely be three time winner Spe cial music has been arranged for thi. program by Leader Dawkins
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
WILL PUSH MATTER
 OF DEODORIZING A
 DOWN TOWN STABLE
Citizens Who Petitioned City To Clean Up Will Again Put Mat ter Before Authorities-State 0dor Becomes Worse

Necessity for some enective ac. tion on the part Of the city 10 re- heve property owners and the pub lie in the vicinity of the o. K. stables of the odors which have been borne from it for long time. it is promised will be brought forci- bly before the city authorities and coun,u
 Yesterday it was said thai the od- ors from the stables had lately grown much worse and that there did not seem to be any prospect Of abate- ment In consequence the matter Is Co be taken up anew. It is said that in the present movement there will be lots Of pressure brought to bear.
 Several months ago the attention Of the city health officer and of the council was brought to the matter through a largely signed petition ask. ing for relief lt was promised at that time that steps would be taken through the use of fumigants and de. odorizors to kill the smell The eff forts made were at no time effective
 It is not believed that any such effort will give results. the trouble being in the manure that has collect ed for years past and is now bedded solidly below the floors of the stable giving off continuous stench as the weather acts upon 1t. Some of those who signed the petition win urge that the entire structure be torn down the site cleansed and part of the expense be borne. if this is necess ary by the city As matters stand they agree the place is a menace tJ health and great discredit to thC city The harm done they point ou is certainly a great deal more thaI that caused by people who are oc casionally arrested for throwin, slops in the street or keeping a cor ral in soma outlying place
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
PATHE JUNGLE HUNT
 IS SHOWN AT ROYAL

Captain Machin n charge of Che pathe expedition Co lhe African jun. gle. with bis stan of camera men, euidcs and sharp shooters, set sail from Marselles and arrived at Alex andria. Egypt five days later From there they iouueyed by easy stages Co the Nile. then met the first tribe of African natives the Sudanese
 The first catastrophe of the trip oc- cured with the death of the expedi- tion's goat which wandered Co a river and suddenly disappeared down the throat of an alligator The dis aster served to inform the explorers that there was hunting at hand. and iu a very short while they had bagged choice collection of the monster al- ligators. Travelling inland the eN- plorers passed the spot. marked by riqnuments. where lord Kitchener met the Marchand expedition in 1898.
 They came to the village of Kodok inhabited by the ShilWks a war like race who live In huts of earth junior monkey They christened him Coco. and he proved am amusing conn panion during the rest of the eNpedi- ton
 Leaving the Shnluks. the eNplor CTS came to Tougo. and from there plunged into the wild jungle which was Co afford them many fine pie lures. many thrills and innumerable narrow escapes from death 1 Leopards. monkeys lions and other wild creatures peculiar Co the region unknowingly posed before the cam era
 1 Al Lake No hippopotami were dis covered and a hunt was immediately organized. Killing the hippos was ar easy task compared Co bringing home the prizes some Of which measured thirteen feet and weighed nearly four tons.
 Having secured the jungle iron end to end. the hunters faced abou for home. proud Of the thrilling pic ures they had secured and cougratu latinp each other on the hair-breatl escapes from charging elephants ana leapine leopards which marked th, trip throuehout
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
MERCHANTS MEET AT
 COUNTY CLUB TONIGHT

joint meeting of tbe merchants of the Warren District and of Doug l9s looking toward a better co-opera- tiCn iu things that affect all will be held tonight at the country club at eight o'clock Between twenty and thirty merchants from the Shelter City members of Che Merchants As sociatiou at that place are scheduled 70 be m attendance and much larger number from the Warren dis. triCt Every business man in tha district has been invited to attend
 The idea of the meeting Is to form a strcng workable organization among the merchants of the county one that win be of benefit to an by furnishing an interchange of ideas and adopting those m Jhods which win increase efficiency and decreast incompetence
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
Fiery Blood
 Disorders CaeCked
The Sources of Disease ere Cleaned and Blood
 Purified

Those who have used &. &. s. marvel at the way it checks blood diseases. Sec a man today with his skin all broken out; see him again In week or two afinr using &. s. &. aud he is a wonder to behold, al cleared up. skin healthy eyes bright a big smile replaces che droop. What is s. s. &. that can accomplish such wonderful ra- sultsG First of an it ls natural medI- cine Like milk, eggs and other foods that can not Doe Initiated s. s. s. owes it to Nature for its power to overcome disease just as food prevents cancellation. 8. s. &. is not a combination of prescription drugs. u ls preparation direct from medicinal plants that retains all che virilc potency of what we need, what we must have in Che blood Co counteract those destructive tendencies that assail us throughout lifc. If lt were not for our natural secrctuus to sustain us, aided by such known helps as s. &. s. there would be small chance oi any Of ms surviving childhood.
 Get a bottle of 8 $. s. today from any druggist but be careful Go evoid the sub stiutcs palmed od on thc uuwagy. s s. s. Is prepared only by The Swift Specific Co., g3 Swift Bldg Atlanta, Gu., and for prt yatc medical adviso write brioay your sr-ptoas io thn'r medical department l4c5 ulu nso excellent -4re oi you
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
BISBEE PROFESSOR
 LOSTi COMP ANI0NS
 SEEK HIM IN STORM
Professor Philbrook Of Warren District Schools WanderS A. way From Camp, But Finds Shelter While Others Hunt

A deer hunt that turned into a man hunt was the experience of a party oi hunters from Douglas who went Co the wilds of the Chnicahua noun tains last Wednesday and returned Sunday. The party consisting of Su- perintendent Lutz of the Douelas schools. O. l.. Yeager Professor Coul- trap. George Roark and Professor PhHbrook. superintendent of the Bis bee schools went into camp in the Chiricahuas Wednesday night
 Thursday morning. to get up where there would be chances of securing deer. the camp was moved up the mountain side and the day spent in looking the ground over for the most likely place to find deer shooting Friday Che deer hunt began in ear nest and the party split mp go that each would have chance to bring down buck. Professor Philbrook started out with Professor Lutz. but after going a short distance around the mountain they parted company. each to hunt alone.
 Philbrook Lost
 Later in the evening the hunters returned to camp with the eNcep- tion of Professor Philbrook That he had not returned caused no worry at first but as it got later and noth- ing was seen of him it was decided that he had lost himself in the rough country of the Chircahua peaks and search was immediately started
 The party broke up and each one took a separate direction and hours mountains In the meantime a terri ble storm broke and rain fell iu tor rents and higher up in the mountains there was hard snow storm Even tually all of the hunters returned Go camp. but none of them had found any trace of the Bisbee man
 Returns Safe
 The next morning Saturday the search for the missing man was re. sumed and it was feared that he might have perished in the high mountains as it was below the lreez ing point at the crest. Help from ranches was called and Lloyd Yeaeer had arrived 10 bring the news to his father of Mrs Yeseer's injury in a runaway. He assisted the party in the search for Professor Philbrook All Saturday morning the search continued without success. Shortly after noon the most of the searchers returned to their camp at Monte Wis to and had been there but a short time when in came Professor Phi brook dry and we'll fed He states that be did not get lnrt buf went purposely to Bucler Canyon when, he spent the night at ranch house
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-08
TWO COMETS AWAIT
 YOIIR INSPECTION

Delaven's comet is now accommo- dating the public by appearing in the evening as we'll as in the early morn ing. Dr. A. E. Douglass, professor of astronomy at the university says that the place to look for it is just below the handle of the Big DiDper. half way from the handle to the horizon.
 During the next few weeks iJ win move leftwise towards the bright star ot Arcturus." he said
 Another comet is now in tho heavens. but it is visible only with the aid of a telescope It is Camp. beiFs comet discovered by him from Arequipa Peru It is near tie planet Jupiter in the south. and visible dur, ing the early evening