Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03

yesterday TO resume their work at
the Normal.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. V. Berens OF Wild
Rose have been in the city visiting
at the ]. W. Fisher home.
Mrs. Ida QWmby and Miss Lucy
woodwork OF PittsFdlle are in the
city visiting friends. They came
for decoration day services and win
spend the rest OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H B. WeiIs1d OF
Appleton, returned home on Tues
day after spending several days in
this city with their son H. B. Wei
land, and their daughters, Mrs. J.
B. Arpin and Mrs. n. Reiland and
their families.
John Preston, son of Saul Preston
Of Canada is in the city working for
the Mott Fruit Co. John is 20 years
old and has taken this job temper
arily.
Al Chambers has put on a Ford
Taxi. 1t was On duty for the first
time Sunday.
The addition OF the white cement
recently put on to the Elks club with
the new screens recently installed
ON the back porches add greatly to
the looks and comfort of that already
very popular club house.
Twenty very fine draft horses ar
rived in this city yesterday from Mad
ison, s. D., on their way to Stevens
Point. They were taken out here
and fed and Watered after two days
and two n ights travel, on that road
with neither food nor water. They
were beautiful horses.
Alex White of Portland, Oregon Is
in the city the guest of his brother
Nicholas White and expects to spend
the summer here.
o. NJ. McGoW an of Peoria, H., ar
rived in the city this morning to
spend the week with his wife who is
guest of her parents, DR.. and Mrs.
A. l.. Ridgman.
Victor Bornick has resigned his
position in the grocery department.
of Johnson & Hill Co. store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank lNatwiok re
turned Saturday night from Chicago.
Mr.. and MIS-. John Love of Chi
cago, spent Memorial day in the city
guests Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Love.
Frank Christian, manager of the
Lower Ferry at Nekoos2 has red1c7
ed his price for automobiles cross
ing the Ferry from 25c to 15c for
one way. Round trip 25c. Many ow.
ners of automobiles in this city and
vicinity find pleasure in driving to
Nekoosa on one side of the river.
crossing the Ferry and returning on
the other side. This makes beau
tiful trip.
William Nicholas of the Seven
Mile Creek formerly resident of
Nekoosa had his nose broken Sunday
morning by one of his young colts,
kicking him in the face. Mr.. Nicho-
las owns what was known as the Hel
man Ross farm.
New Rural Delivery Route out of
New Rome. will start on the 10th
of June. The round trip distance
will be 2-f1a miles. The examination
for the carrier has been held but
the carrier has not yet been appoint
ed.
A large number of inVi tations have
been issued by Professor and Mrs.
MerWin H. Jackson for a reception
to be held at the Wood County Train
ing School, ON Monday evening, June
z, at nine o'clock, to meet Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence E. Jackson.
A good deal of hard times are
brought about by calling them hard.
Thetimes are something as coy and
snesatiye as a woman Tell her she
is ugly. she will pout and fret and
be ugly. Tell her she is pretty and
her face will assume a prettier ex-
On. Give the times a little flat
terry now and then and see how much
easier they will appear.
WEDNESDAY
J D Smith purchased the two lots
on First street north OF the Buder-
Ii shoe shop from Chas. E. Briere.
Fred Schnabel left Monday even
ing for California. The trip will be
for pleasure and for business inter
ests of the MacKinnon Mfg. Co
While in the West, Mr.. Schnabel WI
attend the San Francisco Exposition.
TP. Peerenboom, W. M. F. Glene,
Charles Nash, and Roy Lester left
in the Peerenboom automobile for
Oshkosh Sunday where they will at
+ord tho E1IEc' convention