Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-29
Mr. and Mrs John Feh-man have
returned from a visit at Merrill.
MONDAY

MONDAY
A leak In the tube supplying ga.
10 the lamps in the automobile own
ed By Dominick ReiIand was tbs
cause Of the fire alarm last even
ing .Mr. IRELAND had just put th4
car in the garage when fire spurtet
from the rubber tube which con
, meets the lamps with the prestolite
tank The fire was quickly exiting
uished by smothering it in a bIan
ket Some one. in the excitement turn
. d in fire alarm
Miss Margaret Noltner entertain
ed the 500 club ON Saturday after
noon at her home on ninth street
A very pleasant afternoon was spent
in playing said game. Miss Marion
Jackson was awarded first favors
and Miss Lucille Church the conso-
lation favor. Elaborate refreshments
We're served. Miss Marion Jackson
viii entertain the club next Satur-
day.
Saturday, April a, was the warm
est day for that date for seven
years. The maximum temperature for
that day was So, the minimum tenn
perature was 81. Comparing Satur-
day the oath of April with that of
other years we find that on that
date in 1914 the highest temporal
ture was 54;t in 1913 IS, and in 1912
go; in 1911 GO; 1910 4O,with 35i.. niche
of snow from noon until night. In
1909 the temperature was AZ with
| rain and SNOW.
Mrs Edward M. Coyle left today
for a months visit with relatives at
Kingston.
Chester Severance and. Dave Dutz
spent Sunday at Marshffeld visiting
with friends.
G. E. Mckee, editor of the Pitts
willie Record was in the city Saturday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy Daily of Mer-
rill were Sunday guests at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth DAILY.
George Macmillan has returned
from st. Petersburg, Florida, where
he has been spending the winter.
Herman Ripley and son Lewis of
Richland Center were guests over
Sunday at the S. L. Brooks home
Misses Babe Poirier and Ethel
Conway are spending a few days Wis
iting in Chicago and Milwaukee.
Claire Haskell returned to his
home at Kendalls this morning after
visit at the A. Marceaux home.
Mrs. Lloyd Mathis and daughter
left today for a visit with Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Roach at Milwaukee.
Mrs. M. Gates of tNorwalk is in
the city a guest at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. w. G. Corcoran.
Miss Harriet Cole has accepted a
position as sales lady in the wash
goods department of Johnson & Hill
Cos. store.
Misses Irma Dickoff and Leta
Raath were home from Stevens
Point where they attend school to
spend the weekend.
Mrs. R. A. Weeks entertained the
Beacon Lights club this afternoon.
This lis the last meeting of the
year. Election of officers took place.
Mrs John Woodell who under
went am operation at. RiYerview hos
pital the latter part of last week, is
getting along ais well as can be ex-
pected.
Mrs. w G. Schultz and sons of
Sparta are house guests at the Otto
Siewert home
G. J. Gardner Gil Helm, Horace
Palmatier, Will Boyingnon and Joe
AIcNamee were visitors at Marsh
field Sunday. They made the trip ON
motorcycles.
A. F. Bilmeyer started a crew Of
men to work today putting up the
acaffolding preparatory to commenc-
ing the work of putting on stucco
j. ish ON the Elks club.
DR.. Edward Hougen has sold out
his drug stock at Pittsyile to Mr.
DLetz OF TomahaWk and turned ov-
II possession the past week.
Mrs. Matt Vandenbrook expects to
leave this week for Meadowlands,
Mimi, where she will spend the sum-
mer with her husband who is en-
ployed at that place. Miss Audrey
VIII remain here until school closes,
and will then join her parents.
An auto owned by w. H. Glow
| travels between the MilwauI ee and
Green Bay depots and makes regular
car trips. Hail the driver and he
VIII take you in and deliver you amy
where between these points for 5
cents a trip just as you would do on
a street car.
A collision between a Brisco au-
tomoble and a motorcycle last night
near the Gottschalk & Anderson cor
ner on Grand avenue occurredThe
motor cycle was quite badly ds4mag,
Led
Miss Gertrude Marcoux has re-
turned from a visit at Mosinee.
J
TUESDAY
/ The members of the Travel Glass
went up to Stevens Point this Litter