Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-01-06

Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Porter and fami-
ly are now nicely settled in the Dudley
House en- Fourth Avenue n, which
they have leased and will run in the
future
Miss Lillian McDermid has returned
from visit at Hixton.
| Miss Marcia Logan returned to her
home at Tomah Saturday after a few
days visit with Miss Nora Riley.
Miss Pauline Mening is home from
Ashland where she trimmed the past
season, for visit
Miss Dora banks of Wausau is in
the city a guest of Miss Tena Benson.
| Mrs. Geo. L. Williams has returned
| from a visit with her daughter Mrs
| Fern Arpin at Thief River Falls, MINI.
Harry Hagerstrom of Stevens Point
has been visiting in the city with rela-
tives.
| Miss Nellie Palmatier has returned
to Menominee where she teaches after
spending the holidays at home.
Miss Harriet Reichel has returned
to Black River Falls after spending
| the vacation at her home in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Gross and
family have returned to their home at
Madison after visit in the city at the
| VIM. Slattery home.
Miss Kathryn narrower and Martin
Bever were over New Year guests at
| Tomahawk.
Roye Rogers spent New Years at
| Merrill with his wife who has been a
guest of relatives there the past week
Miss Janet Daily has returned to
| Oshkosh to resume her work at the
Normal after visit at her home in
this city.
A cartridge-charging machine, re-
| Gently invented in Austria and design
ed to be operated by two men, is re-
ported as having capacity of 10000
cartridges in 10 hours.
Under an order recently issued, ka-
pok, a vegetable fiber possessing a
high degree of buoyancy, will in fu-
ture be employed as filing for all
mattresses, pillows, hammock mattress
es used in the United States Navy.
Harold and Dean Babcocl1 return
ed to their school work at Carroll
College, Waukesha, Monday noon af-
ter two weeks holiday vacation at
home.
The copious rains all day Saturday,
January first were followed by freez-
| ing and consequently the streets and
sidewalks were one sheet Of ice max
ing walking dangerous and difficult.
Miss Ruth Fontaine returned to her
school work at Stevens Point Monday
after a ten days vacation.
Miss Dorothy Brundage returned to
her school duties at the State Uni
versity at Madison on Monday noon af-
ter a pleasant two weeks vacation in
this city a guest of relatives and
friends.
L. Fournier has been confined to the
house the past week with a bad case
of the grippe.
Chas. Hatch, with the Ellis Lumber
Co. has traded III his Ford car and
purchased new fve-pasenger Chew
rolet car of the Hansen Garage Co. Mr.
Hatch intends to start 1916 right.
Arthur Pepin, son of Mrs. x. J.
Pepin is spending two weeks in New
York City, stopping at the Aston Ho-
tel. Arthur has represented E. R.
Squibb & Sons of New York City, one
of the largest chemical and pharma-
ceutical houses in the United States,
in the states Of Michigan and Wiscon-
sin for the past six years and has
met with the greatest of success.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. E. Boles enter
tanned at dinner last evening at their
home on Witter street. Covers were
laid for eight. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Conway, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. DeGuere and Mr. and Mrs
Arthur G. Miller
A great deal of enthusiasm over the
Wausau tournament Of the Northern
Wisconsin Bowling Association and
especially over Grand Rapids Day,
January 20, was shown by the Bowl
ers at their meeting held yesterday
afternoon at the west side alleys.
Quite number of teams and men
were signed up for the big day and
the committee will make clean sweep
this week and sign up the necessary
twenty teams.
A large number of enthusiastic
skaters were at the Amusement Hall
on Friday evening to skate the old
wear out and the New Year in There