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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
WELL CHILDREN ARE ACTIVE

If your child is dull, pale, fretful
and wants to lie around, the chances
are it is suffering from worms. Kicka-
poo Worm Killer, a pleasant candy
confection, liked by all children is
what your child needs. You only give
one-half to one lozenge at time and
you get immediate results. Eve
mother should have a box on hand.
&c at all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
MILLIONS LESS
FOR MEMS
CLOTHES IN
ENGLAND
(By United Press Association

London, June 2O.-(By Mall >
About $2,50O,OOO less will be spent
for masculine summer clothes on ac-
count of CONSUMPTION. This estimate
is made by prominent London tailors
who are wearing long faces. 1t is
worse, they say, because the estimate
represents the value Of the cloth alone
and does not include the profit of the
tailoring.
The tailor trade was dead weeks
before CONSUMPTION passed, the tailors
say, because the bulk of ordinary buy
ers were making old raiment do until
they found out whether the govern
ment would furnish their next suit of
khaki. 1t willard the tailors are
blue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13
new DRESSING
women
ATP00L

The swimming pool commissioners
have rented the old store building on
First street opposite the pool and will
install 40 stalls. The building will
then be used as dressing place by
ladies and children.
The recent hot weather has made
the pool very popular place. From
morning until night, people are seen
enjoying the cool water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13

Leo Larson, collector in the First
National Bank, went to Wautoma Sun
day. From there he will join his
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Lar
son and Miss Mary Terrell, of Wau-.
toma, for an automobile trip through
southern Wisconsin, Iowa and Mime
sofa, to be gone for about ten dlts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-07-13

A number of young people gave
farewell picnic supper on Sunday af-
ternoon in honor of Miss Priscilla
Akey who leaves son for Wausau
wheer she viii attend Widmer col
lege. i
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

cred with asbestos paper TO proLec'
the pipes and to save heat. A damp
err in every pipe and also in the smoke
fue will aid materially in controlling
and distributing heat. Chimney nues
should be 10 by 10 inches or larger.
Hot Water.
A hot-water system is only slight
elaboration Of the principle. Enlarge
the base to inclose the fire, and re-
duce the size Of the tube or pipe be-
tween the fire and the rooms to be
heated, and make that part OF the
circuit in the rooms large, to give
enough radiating surface. The main
body, cast in sections for convenience
in handling, is often made quite IT.
regular, in order to expose more sur
face to the fire. Water is conducted
through a large pipe, from which
smaller pipes connect with one end
Of the radiator in each room. The
other end of the radiator is con-
nected to large return pipe, which
enters the heater at the CRATE level.
This allows for more rapid circula-
ton than if a single pipe We're used
for each radiator.
Allowance must be made for the
expansion Of the water. This is done
by placing an open tank in the attic,
or in a second-foor room above the
top of the highest radiator, and con-
Meeting with the system at some con-
venient point. The system may be
filled through this tank if there is no
pressure system at hand.
This is called the open-tank hot
water system. If the tank were
capped tight, and little or no water
reached the tank, there would be a
quantity of air confined which would
be compressed. because the water in
the heater, pipes and radiators ex-
pands when heated. This is the
closed tank or semisteam system.
The advantage is a higher tempera-
ture of the water before the boiling
point is. reached. The higher tenn
perature will allow of smaller pipes
and smaller radiators, and the prac-
tice is to install a smaller heater
also. The cost Of installation will
consequently be less.
Objections to this system are: The
need of safety devices, which may
fail. and harder firing. which requires
more fuel.
Vapor or Vacuum System.
The vapor or vacuum system is a
comparatively recent development. 1t
is the opposite in principle Of the
closed-tank hot-water system as the
air is exhausted from the pipes and
radiators and water stands in the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03
GOOD SCHEME WENT WRONG
on the Next Occasion MIR. Wibbits
Will Pick Out a More Trust
worthy Messenger.

IT am sorry the doctor says that
have to be alone on my holidays" Win
gram Wibbits said to his wife as he
unpacked his trunk again to put col
lar stud in. "But at least, if can't
have you with me l can send you
postcard every day with pictures Of
the sea and things on them, excepting
on Sundays, of course
She kissed him for his unselishness
and he departed. She got the entire
II postcards, one for each week day,
and all with lovely views of the same
wave, the same day.
When he returned home, peeling
handsomely from sunburn, his first
question was: 'You got all my cards,
/ hopper"
"All twelve, Wingram' she replied.
''The views of that wave were lovely
and appreciated the handwriting as
much as ever, ,and the dates were all
put in beautifully, but still
Eyes, Mailman"
well, you must have given them to
an awful duffer to post for you to save
you the trouble. He posted them all
on one day, just as you wrote them,
and got the whole lot two days after
you left
Excusing himself, Wingram called q
taxicab and rode 10 miles out into the
country and sat on fence with his
thoughts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

ond floor. In order to operate this
ventilation scheme in mild or still
weather, it will be found necessary to
have return air duct A fireplace is
an ideal foul-air escape
Such an escape will add from $12
to $40 to the. cost of a chimney, for
it must have an independent flue.
Three flash-light pictures were
taken in adjoining rooms, one II by
IL feet and the other u by % feet.
The rooms were almost filed with
smoke. The outside temperature was
little below zero, SO door could not
be left open very long. Six pounds Of
newspapers were burned in the fire.
place to create a draft. In half an
hour the smoke was cleared from the
rooms, and one door had been open
for about five minutes. There was no
perceptible change in temperature.
Fireplace.
In a section where wood is plGnti-
full, the comfort and satisfaction of
an open fire should not be overlooked.
In early spring and late fall a few
sticks of wood on CRATE fire will
afford more cheer than double the
amount in heater.
If provided for at the time of build
ing the expense need not exceed $50.
This will provide facing, mantle,
hearth, damper and ash traps, to-
gether with the added flue il the
chimney. The flue should be large.
A t1ue s by inches is usually too
small. A fireplace should be at least
SO inches wide, Is inches high, and 10
inches deep, or as near these dimen-
sions as the commercial facing and
lining materials will make. COlOred
brick with a rough face, make most
satisfactory facing, and may be placed
at the time the chimney is built. The
lining should, of course, be of fire.
brick. A hearth is easily built, using
smooth hard brick or tile.
The essentials of satisfactory fire.
place are: ~ a large fue; (2) q
smooth throat set well to the front !;
(3) a thin lip. A smoking fireplace
can usually be remedied by adding a
thin lip-member.
Firing.
Economical sticking is an art. Hard
coal is popular because the average
person does not care to fire every
half hour. However, a little admix-
ture of brains with the coal will pay,
even with hard coal. In general, add
as small an amount of coal as possible
at each firing, and fire often. Do not
entirely cover the bed of live Goals,
but leave small hole, where sufficient
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

ers go. / like the Sun and the South
Wind and--and" But Jack Frost
had waved his Silver Shawl over the
Flower, and it dropped its Head-fOr it
had been Frost Bitten!
sF'lowers are so selfish" said Jack
Frost. ''Here they have lcng Sum-
mer and Sunshine and warmth and
good time. People give them drinks of
Water from Watering Pots when it
hasn't Rained in long time, and when
weeds grow up around them, some one
comes and digs the weeds up. They're
spoiled, that's what's the trouble"
And the Frost Boys said, THAT'S
what's the trouble"
AS they said this their voices sound
ed so Cold that a great many Flowers
dropped over with fear. "Oh those
Cold, Cold voices" they said as they
began to droop and drop their heads.
Then Jack Frost and the Frost Boys
waved their Silver Shawls over all the
Flowers except just a few they passed
over which wouldn't drop SO quickly.
Jack Frost. There's top much work
to be done Tonight So a few Flowers
in the Garden were left untouched.
And then they went to the Window
Panes, and there they made queer
shapes and queer objects. They made
Castles, and Webs and dancing Figures
all out of Silver and with their Sill
yer Tools.
All Night long they worked, and oh
how much they did They covered
everything with their Silver Frost, and
when it was all over Jack Frost and
the Frost Boys stood around and adj
mired their own work.
"We'd better be doing something
every Evening now" said Jack Frost.
EYES," said the Frost Boys. 'Let's
start out every night now for a new
place."
"We've fixed up the Gardens just
around here pretty well-all except for
a few Flowers we've left. Well come
back and do them when we have more
time. It's a very surprising thing to
me, aQQ0u JACK pTOSL, DIS u0 IOOh O1A
his Silver Hat, and looked about him,
"that People do not appreciate our
work more-it's so very, very beauti-
ful!''
"Indeed it is" agreed the Frost Boys.
The next morning when everyone
woke up and looked out, the Window
Panes were covered with Frost, and
the Flowers had all been Frost-Bitten.
"Oh DEAR" everyone sighed, "that
old Jack Frost has been around"
But when they saw the few Flowers
left in every Garden they were very
happy. Summer hasn't quite gone"
they said.
mo-" said the Flowers, "we're still
here"
"And you'll stay there for some time
vet" said Mr.. Sun, and Mr.. South
Wind said, Wen look after YOU
And they did, for they asked the
Fairy Queen to put old Jack Frost
asleep again for good, long nap.
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DADDY'S EVENIkIG
klEAIN TALE 81
b NARY GRAHAM BONNER,
X xsevassss ay eAsYsseMuel
JACK FRosT's WORK.

.s4EelI. / must get to work" said
Jack Frost as he started off early one
Evening.
"Ha, ma" he laughed to himself, II
shall play good Joke on them all.
They didn't think I was going to conn.,
a-calling Tonight. Ha, ha, ha," and
Jack Frost laughed again.
Then he called his little Helpers to
him. Come my Silver Frost Boys he
said. And along came a great many lit
tie Bows with bright Red Cheeks, Sill
yer Suits and Silver Hats. They We're
very cold looking, but as their Cheeks
were Red it showed they were warm
themselves. But oh, how Cold they
would have made anyone who looked
at them.
sHave you the Tools ready?" asked
Jack Frost. ST feel just like drawing
some beautiful Pictures this Evening
on the Window Panes. How about it
little Frost boys? Do you feel like do
ing a good Nights work n
And the Frost Boys laughed and
said, s'We're always ready for this sort
Of work, Jack, it's just like Play for
u.s.
"The naughty Breezes and the old
Wind Fathers are all asleep" said Jack
Frost. Its a good Night, my Boys, a
good, still Night"
Then Jack Frost and the Frost Boys
went along on their Nights adventure.
First they went to an old fashioned
Garden in which lovely Flowers were
sleeping quietly.
.sHello," said Jack Frost, as he
nipped the ear of one Flower.
..Oh Jack Frost, called the Flower,
IT want more Summer. don't want
to see the Winter come and the Flow
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

stroy the vacuum and it will become
a steam system pure and simple.
Choosing Fuel.
For hard coal a deep frebox gives
best results. Hard coal burns slowly
and requires less air than soft coal
or wood, and the deep fire serves as
check on the air. Soft coal and
wood burn best in thin layer over a
larger surface, and of course will re-
quire more frequent firing. All-round
steam and hot-Water boilers are made
for hard coal. A sectional boiler may
be heightened by adding sections and
the size of the firebox be thereby in
creased.
In round hot-Water boilers, two
styles are offered; one with a fiat
top firebox, and one with water arms.
The one with the fiat top is much
more easily cleaned than the one hav-
ing water arms, and the heating coil
is much more easily installed. The
latter style is intended to give more
heating surface in the firebox, but
this feature is more than offset by
the advantages mentioned.
In placing any of these heaters the
clean-out doors should not be backed
up against a chimney or partition.
Radiators.
The radiators are of cast or sheet
iron, made up in sections, which may
be placed together to give the re-
CURED amount of radiating surface.
The standard size is 38 inches high,
three-column, and contains 5 square
feet of radiation per section. A four
column 38-inch radiator contains s
square feet of radiating surface. They
sell for Is to 20 cents a square foot.
Each radiator has valve at one end
to cut off the water. In this valve is
pinhole, through which circulation
will continue and thus prevent freez-
ing when the radiation is cut off. At
the top of each radiator, at one end,
is an air valve. which must be opened
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03
Hot-Air Furnace.

mace is produced which will heat two
or more rooms, one for each pipe.
Later improvements gave us the hot
water and steam systems; and these
now find some competition in the vapor
system.
A combination of hot air with either
hot water, steam or vapor, known as
"a combination system, is now often
used.
The outside of a stove becomes hot
from the fire within which heats the
air in contact with it. This air in turn
becomes lighter, rises, and is replaced
by cold air from below and at the
sides. This displacement of warm air
10y cold air continues, and produces
currents. The room can be made
comfortable with stove when it is
not too cold outside. If very cold out
side, say ten degrees below, the cur
rent of air will become so cold while
passing down the cold walls that the
stove cannot heat the room comforta-
bly,.
A sheet iron jacket, with neither
top nor bottom, set up from the floor,
will increase the rapidity of air cir
culation, since only the air within
the jacket is heated. This air gets hot
ter and rises faster, thus making a
more rapid circulation and a more eff
fective heat.
A Furnace.
A stove with a jacket, placed In the
cellar, becomes a furnace. A brick
wall may be substituted for the steel
Jacket. A return f1ue through the
floor some distance from the furnace,
makes the system complete. Such a
scheme is used for many churches,
schools and assembly rooms, where the
basement can be used as a furnace
room.
When this furnace is set little
lower in the ground and the neck
divided, into several small pipes, it
may be used to heat several rooms
Heat is conducted to the second-floor
rooms by rectangular pipes set in the
walls between the studs. Over each
opening in the floor or walls is a
register of perforated cast iron.
In each pipe leading from a fur
mace is a damper. so that any pipe
may be closed at will. There is a
return air duct, to be used when the
weather is too cold to allow the
lneated and used air to pass out Of
the house. The rooms are full Of air
lat all times, and more air cannot be
forced into them by the small pressure
lexerted by the warm air in the pipes
below. In order to get this warm, air
into the rooms a way must be pro-
fvided for the cold air to get out. This
is done by means of return air duct,
which may open into chimney and
ALLOW the air to pass out; or under
IEne furnace and permit the air to be
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

heat generated went up the chimney
where your shins roasted while your
back froze.
Real progress was made when the
Igrate fire was moved to the center
lof the room and incased in thin cast
iron or sheet iron, giving us the stove,
land increasing the radiating surface
200 per cent. At the same time the
lsize of the fiue was reduced 70 per
Icent, and the large loss of heat char
hcteristic of the open-grate fire was
eliminated.
Another step was made when the
stove was moved to the cellar, and a
Jacket placed around it which opened
Through the floor to the room above.
With the neck of this jacket divided
into two or more parts hot-air fur
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03
By j I. Mogury
University of Minnesota

EARS OF progress have de-
~ veloped at least six styles
~ of house-heating installa-
tons, aside from the old
fashioned first method,
u the fireplace, where from
on RI on, Nor cent of the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03
s sTIR Compressed Yeast

A fresh, reliable. fast baking yeast for bread.
rolls. griddle cakes, ETC.. etc, Remember we
give valuable premiums. Ask your dealer.
Red Star Compressed Yeast Co., Milwaukee, Wis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

heat can get through to fire the gases
as they distill off from the new coal,
otherwise they are lost up the CHM
ney. These gases burn clear and hot,
and form a large part of the coal.
Keep the CRATES clean and clear Of
-clinkers. Use a slice-bar, and pre-
vent a tendency to cake at the bot.
tom of the fire.
Three, instances Of firing came to
notice recently, in houses of nearly
the same size. The cost in one case
was SAT; in another, $36; and in the
third, SIG. All the houses were warm
and comfortable at all times. In one
the coal was fred, in the other two
it was dumped in.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

There are several different
styles Of hoase-heating plants
on the market, the cheapness
and convenience of 1vhich
make it unnecessary for farm
houses to be 1vithof a heat
ing system quhich means
comfort for the household
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

heater only, as in a steam system
The exhaustion of the air makes it
possible to produce steam at a tenn
perature as low as 125 degrees Fab
renheit, which means that small fire
will produce results in a few minutes,
because there are only few gallons
of water in the heater. It is virtually
steam system, and requires protec-
tive devices as carefully adjusted and
attended as steam system. Further
more, leaks in the system will de-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

while filling the system, in order to
let the air out, else the water cannot
get in. When water flows from the
valve it may be closed. This valve
should be opened from time TO time
after filling the system, to let out air
that has separated from the water and
gathered in the top Of the radiator.
The small chamber of air will very
effectively check the circulation
through the radiator and it will not
heat.
The cost of a hot-water system for
six-room house will be about $275
or $500. 1t will cost about two-thirds
more than hot air, but hot-air outfits
last only from to 9 years, with yearly
will last from three to six times as
long, with no expense or upkeep.
The cost of a hot-water system will
be about $50 or 800 for radiators. $13O
for the heater, and about $50 for in
stallation. Any farmer who is at all
handy as mechanic can do the work,
leaving 500 for the plant, compared
with $175 for hot air.
A hot-air system may give reason
ably satisfactory results in small
buildings, but for large houses and
under most conditions either steam or
hot water is unhesitatingly recon-
mended. The higher cost is more
than offset, in a few years, by saw
ing of fuel and better results.
Nothing has been said about steam
systems. Little need be said. They
are like water systems in makeup, ex-
cept that the expansion tank is closed.
There is no water in the radiators,
only in the heater. There is no cir
culatiOn until the water in the boiler
Is boiling, and there is pressure in the
pipes and radiators. This pressure,
while not intended to be heavy, may
become so if not watched carefully.
This is impossible in the average
home. In the mill, factory, or large
flat building, there is reason for keep
ing man on duty constantly, but not
so in the home.
BY the process of elimination, it can
safely be claimed that steam is not
safe, and hot air is not satisfactory to
any degree; while hot water, not per-
feet because it costs too much, is the
best system of the three for heating a
home.
Combination System.
A combination system-a combina-
ton of hot water and hot airs the
ideal system. However, instead of
using standard hot-air furnace, with
coil in the firebox for heating the
water (similar to that used in a
kitchen range), it is much better to
place large radiator or a coil of
common pipe in box in the cellar,
which is open to the room above and
to the outside air. This system may
be installed at an additional cost of
$25, and provides a fresh-air supply
at all times. It is claimed, and with
much reason, that ventilation is not
necessary in the average house; that
the air in the rooms is changed often
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reheated and returned to
the room. When this is
done the fresh-air duct
may be closed or partly
closed.
The burning of the air
ia order to get heat suf-
ficient to warm the rooms,
limits the usefulness OF
this style of heating to
small houses, and general
~ to one floor. To be sue
cessful, the furnace must
be large and the pipes
from SO to 100 per cent
larger than are ordinarily
used.
All pipes, in cellar and
IN walls should be Gov.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

enough to meet all requirements, ex-
8cept when an unusual number OF
people are present. It IS true that,
with an average winter wind blowing
at ten miles per hour. the air in the
rooms will change about every half
hour. This is certainly all that is
required for the average family. This
rate of change can be increased 80
per cent by opening door to the sec
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

Mother Gray's Sweet PowCW-s for Children
For Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething
disorders, move and regulate the bowels and
are pleasant remedy for worms. Used by
Mothers for % years. They are so pleasant TO
take, children like them. 7Hey nevsy fail. At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address,
Mother Gray Co., LIE Roy, N. Y. Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-11-03

Money is useful as a servant, but
tyrannical as master.