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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
THE THANKSGIVING FEAST.

The old-time Thanksgiving dinner
was a kind of cookery tournament. In
many large families it was the Gus
tom for the different households to
take turns in entertaining the en-
tire clan The housewife who had
the dinner to give felt that she must
equal if not surpass all previous rec
ords Consequently there was an ar
ray of fleshly deIicacies fit to feed a
king. 1t was far in excess of the
wants of even the large company as
sembled.
Persons of weak digestion viewed
the onslaught with apprehension. If
they did not partake generously of
all the dishes, the hostess might take
offense. 1t might seem a reflection
on her culinary triumph.
There was not merely turkey, but
often other fowl or meat or game.
Several kinds of vegetables were
heaped on your plate. After the 70
fund bird had disappeared in the
kitchen, the battle was but half done.
A phalanx Of pies and puddings was
yet to be attacked After it was all
over, there was but little to do but
crawl out to some quiet spot and
hope for the best
Thanksgiving in many country
households Was a time for display
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
STATE AID ROAD
WORK FOR 1915

The State Highway Commission,
has completed its allotment to state
road funds for construction in 1915
ard has notified the various county
boards of the amount available for
each county. Applications for state
aid registered with the Commission
called for the sum OF about 81, $780,
900 in state aid, but before the dis
tribution was made the Supreme
Court decided that the 50 called
force clause Of the state aid law
was unconstitutional, thus causing all
requests for state aid initiated un--
der this provision of thu law to be
thrown out. The valid applications foa
state aid remaining amounted to
81 y206, 221, and inasmuch as the state
highway appropriation for next year
amounts to 81, 100000 Isl, 100000 pro-
vided by direct tax, $500 900 from
the general fund of the State and
$50, 900 from automobile licenses) ev-
cry unit OF government IN the state
will receive the full state aid petit
toned for 1915, this being the first
time that state aid has been paid in
full except in 1913 when the Iegis--
Iature made an extra appropriation
to cover all applications in full
Considering all conditions, the
votes for next year are very heavy
and indicate that the people the
state are determined to have good
roads in spite of the increase in tax
es caused by the road movement 1t
indicates further that, in general the
work of state and road construction
must meet the approval of the peo-
pie of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26

Academy returned to her home IN
Madison where she viii attend the
nurses graduation exercises at the
Madison SanitariUm
Walter Elliott OF Berlin came last
week TO visit his brother, H. T. FL
lot and family. He then accompani-
ed his wife ard little daughter as
far as Amigo where she VIII visit
for a week.
bituary- Francis E Cole was
born in the state OF New York, May
9Th, 1851. He was married 10 Miss
Anna Corey in 1871, with whom he
lived until his death. Fourteen years
ago he became a member Of the
Seventh Day Adventist church. He
remained faithful to the end. Mon
day, Nov. 9Th, at 1 p. m. he died Of
hart failuree. He is survived By q
widow and seven children, four sons
and three daughters. All Of the chill
dren were present at the funeral ex--
cept two. His remains were laid to
rest in the Bethel cemetery. Words
of comfort were spoken by Ed.
Louis Drews, of Oshkosh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
STOLE MOTOR.
CYCLE; NOW IN JAIL

John Lorek, was arrested by I'm
dersheriff Cliff Bluett at the Cash sa
loon in Nekoosa Saturday ON a war
rant charging him with having stol---
en- a motorcycle belonging to John
LeVerence, of Seneca. The motorcycle
was stolen on July and warrant
was issued at that time but Lorek
made his escape. 1t is said that he
went to Richmond, MINI. However, he
returned to this section and the un--
dersheriff soon had him.
In Judge John Roberts court this
morning LOrek waived examination
and not being able to furnish bail
was committed to the county Jail to
wait his trial in circuit court. Dis
trict Attorney Chas. E. Briere appear
ed for the state.
It is very probable that Lorek
will ask to plead guilty Immediately
before Judge Park.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
SEEN IN THE CEMETERY

Take a walk through the cem-teTy
alone and you will pass the resting
place of a man who blew into the
muzzle OF gun to see if it was
loaded. A little further down the
slope is a crank who tried to show
how close he could stand to a NOV
ing train while it passed. In stroll
ing about you will see the mOnu-
ment of the hired girl who tried to
start the fire with kerosene, and a
grass-covered knoll that covers the
boy who put a cob under the mule S
tail That tall shaft over a man, who
blew out the gas casts a shadow oV-
er the boy who tried to get on a
moving train. Side by side the prett
creature who always had her corset
laced on the last hole, and the in
teIligent idiot who rode bicycle 9
miles in ten minutes, sleep unmOlest-
ed. At repose is a doctor who took
a dose of his own medicine. There
with a top of a shoe box driven over
his head is a rich old man who mar
ried young wife. Away over there
reposes a boy who went fishing on
Sunday, and a woman who kept
strychnine powder in the cupboard.
The man who stood in front of the
moving machine to oil the sickle
is quiet now and beside the care
less brakeman, who fed himself to
the lotion engine and nearby may be
seen the grave of the man who Ti-
ed to whip the editor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
A. L. FONTAINE, Publisher
Thursda, November 20, 1914
SHOP EARLY; BUY AT HOME.

SHOP EARLY; BUY AT HOME.
Are you reading the advertise
ments these days? Don't miss them.
They are the business messages
sent to Reporters readers by the
business men Of Grand Rapids. 1t
is a mistaken notion that the adj
yertising of an article of merchan--
disc increases it's cost to the con-
sumer. On the other hand, it de-
creases the cost by reason of the
fact that it enables the merchant to
mu ply his sales and thus do busi-
ness at a lower percentage of profit.
Grand Rapids merchants are alert to
the demands of the trade They, have
won wide prestige for their large
and well selected stocks, their mod
crate prices and their fair dealing.
Buy in Grand Rapids and buy OF
the merchants who use the columns
of your home paper in which TO
make their business announcements.
Christmas is only a matter of about
five weeks away. The prudent buy
er knows that it pays TO shop early.
There is no better time than now,
There are the complete stocks from
which to make your selection; there
is a better opportunity to secure the
attention of the sales people in show
ing the goods than there will be
later. Shop early and buy of the
merchants who advertise in your fam
lily paper. You will profit by it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
GIRL ARRESTED ON
FORGERY CHARGE
Charged With Having Passed
Forged Checks on Local Mer-
chants; Now in Jail

Genevieve Schmanski, a young girl,
about eighteen years old, is in the
county Jail awaiting hearing on a
charge of having issued. and passed
forged checks.
The girl was taken before Judge
PomainyilIe this afternoon and the
case adjourned one week to allow
the officers sufficient time in which
to look up her record Not being able
to furnish $500 bail, she was COM
mitted to jail to wait her hearin.g
Saturday evening about 8 o'clock,
the Schmansld girl went into the
Howard Variety Store and asked to
have a $40 check cashed. The check
was made payable to Anna STAINS,
and was signed by Mrs. Jack Scar
les. After cashing the check, S. W.
Howard, manager OF the store be-
came suspicious and teIephoned to
The SearIs home. He learned that
the check was a forgery. Starting out
TO find an oofficer, Mr.. Howard saw
the giTI on the street, went up to
her and asked her if she was not the
girl who had cashed a check in his
store. She denied ii at first but af-
terward said shetWas and paid the
money back to Mr.. Howard Mr. How
ard then let the girl go and had the
red light turned on Officer Painter
was told about the affair and caught
the girl at the c. NJ & st. P. passen--
ger station as she was boarding the
9:41 train for the south.
Taken to the jail and questioned
by the officers, Miss Schmanski ad--
mitted having cashed the check and
said that she had been doing extra
work at the Witter Hotel during the
rush occasioned by the Potato Grow
ers convention. That before that she
had worked in various hotels and had
also worked as Il cranberry picker at
the SeaTIs marsh and had formerly
lived at Junction City. Checks on
banks at Junction City and La
Crosse were found in her possession.
She stated that she casned the
check to get money enough to take
her to Lacrosse. She also cashed a
Geek for SO at the W. c. WeiseI |
store, and one for $40 at the Levin
store. The latter check was on the
Rusk County Bank Of Ladysmith, and
signed with the name Mrs. John H.
Brown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
DEATH OF MRS.
[. {. HERBST

We received a message from c. c.
Herbt, OF Minneapolis, Monday
announcing the death of his wife
Angelic Fontaine Herbst, at 7:4O, Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Eerbst has been in poor
health for over a year and her con-
dition for the past several months, has
been such as to cause her friends
and loved ones. extreme anxiety. The
cause Of her death was tuberculosis
of the lungs. Her brother, A. Lion
taine, spent Sunday with her a week
ago and found her very poorly, but
hopeful that her physical condition
would change for the better.
The message informs US that the
funeral services will be held din Spar
ia at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Angelic Fontaine Herbst was
born in Grand Rapids, Wis, March
Both, 1864, and was educated, and re-
sided here until she was married to
Al. c. Deringer, of Sparta. This IN
ion resulted in one son, George G..
Deringer, who lives and is in BUSH
ness in Minneapolis. Five years af-
ter their marriage, NIr. Deringer died
Of typhoid pneumonia. She later mar
ried c. c. Herbst of Sparta, who sur
wives her.
The particulars of the funeral will
be published later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26

of your winter stock of provisions.
The rural Homestead might likely
have a hundred mince pies stacked
sway. JeIlies and preserves, were dis
played to the admiring eyes Of the
guests. It was an hibition day Of
all of the traditional houseWifely
arts of the older American home.
The modern idea OF going TO some
hotel for dinner seems comparative
" a return TO simple life In money
it is apt to be cheaper. It dissipates
almost the last remnant Of the orig
inaI homecoming sentiment Of
Thanksgiving day. But it enables the
housekeeper to skip a hard day, with
some bad moments.
But even a home Thanksgiving
feast need not necessarily be elab-
crate or very costly. If turkey roosts
too high, the chicken is still a noble
bird, and properly done, worthy OF
any gasuonomic critic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26

1t Really Does Relieve rheumatism.
Everybody who is afflicted with
Rheumatism in any form should by
all means keep a bottle of Sloan's
Lniment on hand. The minute you
feel pam or soreness in a joint or
muscle, battle it with Sloan's Lini-
ment. Do not rub it Sloan's pene-
trates almost Immediately right to
the seat of pain relieving the hot,
tender, swollen feeling and making
the part easy and comfortable 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, neural
gia, sciatica and ailments. Your mo-
ney back if not satisfied, but it does
give almost instant relief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
identity is known, Mr.. Rossier, IN
view Of their condition. has decided
not 10 prosecute.
WHOLESALE
FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
BUSINESS GROWING

It IS a pleasure Tor US TO announce
that the Mott Fruit & Produce Co.,
which recently started, this city,are
now enjoying an increasing business
every month. They are taking good
care Of their costumeTs and adding
new patrons right along. We under
stand that they are buying fruit by
the carload direct from the growers.
They have recently placed carload
orders, in California for apples and
oranges ana in this manner, they will
get the lowest possible price and deal
direct with the grower. This gives
them an opportunity to give the
dealers here in Grand Rapids, fruit
and produce, at the lowest possible
price This firm has found it neces--
sary to secure larger quarters, and
have engaged George Miller, the arch
itect, to draw plans and specifica-
tons for a large storage building.
They want it large enough to store,
40, 900 cases. Of eggs, 2 carloads OF
chickens, and plenty Of room for or
anges, bananas, and the like. This
building will be erected in the near
future, so as to provide ample room
to take good care Of their increas-
ing business. We join, with their, many
friends in this city in extending con-
gratulations for the successful bust
ness that this firm has been. able to
develop thus far.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26


the said defendant, J. E. Mae: e, in
and to tie following describ real
estate, to-wit:
The southwest quarter q the
southeast quarter of Section i'our-
teen, Township Cwenty-three North,
OF Range Four East. Also tia part
Of the following described ira t, to-
wit Beginning eight and 100
chains east OF the quarter psf be-
ween Sections Fourteen and wen
.y-three in said Township Twenty
hree, range Four running hence
north thirty-nine degrees east alorg
The railroad rieht of way fl and
ninety-three one hundreGths chains;
thence south fifty-one degrees east
nine chains; thence south thin nine
legrees; west twenty-five a / %
100 chains; thence north fiEsy-one
degrees; nine and 40-100 ch.ius to
he railroad right OF way: hence
north thirty-nine degrees; east six
cen and 29-10O chains to the
place of beginning; containing TWEEN
y acres more or less about on. , acre
of the last described tract is snclud-
ed in the tract first above des ribbed.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. that
| the sheriff, aforesaid, w:u
sell the above described real prop
erty to the highest bidder for cash.
at public auction at the fror door
Of the court house in the CT Of
Grand Rapids, county of Wool and
State of Wisconsin, on the 81 day
Of December, A. D.. 1914, at 10 o.
clock a. m., on that day to 2stisfy
he said execution together W n the
interest and costs thereof
Dated this 5th day of October 1914.
A ]. COWELl..
Sheriff Wood unity
AUGUST. KADING,
Plaintiffs Attorney. CIV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
ABOUT CHRIST.
MAS SHOPPING

Year after year the press has car
ried the slogan, do Your Christmas
Shopping Early and the plea has
become so old and threadbare that
it may have lost some of it's inter
est. However, it deserves to be re-
peated lest it be forgotten. That it
has had it's effect in former years
is evidenced by q. growing tendency
to make holiday purchases before
the rush begins but there is still
room for improvement along that
line.
There is threefold reason for
keeping this slogan constantly be-
fore the public. EARLY shopping mean
less work and worry ON the part of
the shopper; it means a more evenly
balanced season of work for the
clerks; it means an opportunity for
the merchant to render his trade
better standard of service.
With five weeks yet remaining
till Christmas three are only twenty
six more shopping days, so that af-
ter all there is none too much time
at hand. This week should see the
Christmas shopping well under way.
Grand Rapids stores were never bet
ter prepared for the holiday trade.
Their prestige for complete stocks
and moderate prices has already wo
them a patronage from a wild area
and that prestige will be increased
this year
Grand Rapids offers unusually
good facilities for marketing and for
shopping and richly deserves the
steadily increasing volume Of busi--
ness that is being attracted to this
city. That it will come in a large vol
Ime this year than in former years
here is good reason. to believe. All
Of which makes the slogan, DO
Your Christmas Shopping Early
me well worth keeping constantly in |
mind, not only for the benefit that
I viii be to others, but for the real
service that it will mean to you
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
ALWAYS PREPAR-
Inc FOR SOME
THING BET TER
Especial to The Daily Reporter from
an Eastern DiVine.):

"Ah well! for us all some sweet
hope lies deeply buried from human
eyes; and in the hereafter, angels
may roll the stone from its grave
away
Education in the church means
appreciation of things which we be
Iieve will obtain in ''The Eternal
City"
Unless Ne are hungry for themes
sage, enjoy the music, are benefit
ted by prayers and spoken word, we
will scarcely get enjoyment in the
great hereafter; where congrega-
tions ne'er break up and Sabbaths
never end"
Enjoyment of church life here, and
now is sufficient to recommend
such association in this life; but our
need of being ready to slip aside the
filmy veil which separates US from
''the other side, and to recognize tn
best in this life, because We want to
be able to appreciate the best in the
life to come is the chief reason fer
coming together.
There is music in the Sunday morn
ing bells; there is sweetness in the
changing, as lit swells; there S a vol
ume of deep pleasure in the glad
ness of the measure, as the swell
! ing of the bells a message tells.
1t is our pleasure and benefit to
respond to the inviting chimes on the
Sunday morning breeze, and get re
freshment and satisfaction from our
contact with things which prepare
us for life now and hereafter.
Sundays services represent to us
much or little, however, being de-
pendent on our attitude, and spirit
of participation.
If we attend church for worldly or
superficial reasons, we only get sup
CRITICAL value from the practice.
If the prayer and spoken word APP
peal to us, if we realize our need
for mental upHft and spiritual food,
we will probably find much in any
sermon preached in this city or vic
unity.
Church attendance is, after all, a
personal matter; We get whichever va.
ue from it we, by our spirit, put
into it.
There's a glory as the organ s mu-
sic peals; to our hearts a sweet re
pose so softly steals; in it's glad
ness, how dt drives away our sad
ness; as a perfect thought and spirit
it reveals.
The service is there for us! The
participation i'm the spirit of the ser
vice is our own happy privilege.
AS man to man, as human to hui
man., we must value the service for
what it brings to us; as spiritual be-
ings we must gather strength from
/ the services of Sunday to build and
benefit US for needed power.
Every church bell rings out to
you am invitation. Listen, partici--
pate and be benefited! Why not
| heed the call?
Forgetting those Things which
are Behind, and Reaching Forth IN
| to Those Things Which are Before,
| Press Toward the Mark for the
Prize"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
YOUNG HORSE THIEVES
Property of E. H. Rossier, Stolen,at
PIoVer, Recovered.

From Stevens Point Daily Journal.
Two young men, considerable the
worse for liquid refreshments, put
themselves liable to serious prosecu-
ton last Friday evening, when they
appropriated to their own uses a
horse and buggy owned by E. H.
Rossier of Springville.
Mr. Rossier had driven to the
village of Ployer, where he tied his
horse on the Main street and then
went into a barber shop. It was
about 7:30 o'clock when friend
came in and told him of the disap-
pearance of his horse Then, ac-
companied by DR.. George D. White
side, Mr.. Rossier traced the stolen
rig for several miles but they did
not notice that it had been turned
ir+o a side road near Meehan.
A few hours after the theft a cou-
pie of young men entered a PIoEer
saloon. They were already under the
influence Of liquor, but sought more.
They looked suspicious and when
search of the vicinity was made the
horse and buggy, were found
at the rear of the village hotel. The
horse was nearly exhausted from
hard usage and but for the immediat
care it received it might have been
if not fatally affected
It is evident that the thieves had
driven first to Meehan, where they
are said TO reside, and then back
to Plover, their planned destina--
ton being this city. Although their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26

Don't Delay Treating Your Cough
A slight cough often becomes seri
GUS. Lungs get congested, Bronchial
Tubes fill with mucous. Your vital
ity is reduced. You need DIR. Bells
Pine ar-Honey. It soothes your irri-
tated air passages, loosens mucous
and makes your system resist colds,
Give the Baby and Children Dr..
Bells Pine-Tar- Honey. It's guaran--
iced to help them. Only 25cyat your
druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
ATH0RP-- STAINBRO0K

Miss ROsanna Stainbrook and Jesse
Athorp. both young, people OF, this city,
were united in marriage Monday afte
noon at the Methodist parsonage Rev
H. c. Logan performing the cere-
mony. They were attended by Ruth
Athorp OF Rudolph and Floyd Stain
brook Of this city. They viii make
their home in this city, the groom
being employed at the Consolidated
plant as one Of the head fireman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
Try This for Your Couch.

Thousands of people keep coughing
because unable to get the right rem
edy. Coughs are caused by iHflam-
nation Of Throat and Bronchial
Tubes What you need is to soothe
this inflammation. Take DR.. King g
New Discovery, it penetrates the
delicate nalcous lining. raises the
PhIegm and quickly relieves the con-
gested membranes. Get a SOC bottle
from your druggist. Or. Kings New
Discovery quickly and completely
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26

An Active Liver Means Health.
If you want good health, a clear
complexion and freedom from Ddzzi-
ness, Constipation, Biliousness, head
aches and indigestion, take Dr.. King
New Life Pills. They drive out fer
mentating and undigested foods clear
the Blood and cure Constipation Only
25c at your druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-26
WOOD COUNTY COURT-IN PRO
BATE
kADING,
Plaintiffs Attorney.

WOOD COUNTY COURT-IN PRO
BATE
In the Matter Of the Estate of Ellery
V. Baldwin, Deceased.
On reading and filing the plica-
ton of Roland r. Baldwin, executor
of the will of said deceased, repre-
sentI 6 among other things that he
has fully administered the said es-
tate, and praying that a time and
place be fixed for examining nd al
lowing his account of his ADM istra-
ton, and that the residue Of the
said estate be assigned to such per
sons as are by law entitled to the
same;
1t is Ordered, That aisd a PLEA
ton be heard before this cou at
general term thereof to be hold at
the probate office, in the CITY OF
Grand Rapids, ON the 9Th day Of Jan,
1915 at 10 o'clock A. NJ
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of the time and place of ex-
amining and allowing said n account
and of assigning the residue OF said
estate, be given to all persons inter-
ested, by publication of cory of
this order, for three successive weeks
in the Wood County Reporter, news
paper published in said county, be-
fore the day fixed for said h airing.
Dated 10th day of Nov, 1911.
By the Court, 3tw
w. ]. CONWAY, County Judge.