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Cheyenne record., 1916-03-30
The Alabastine Co.
301 Crandvills Rd.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Be the circle arc on each package a
Alabastine you buy. Alabastine
10 sold by druggists. bard
deaers and paint ~ 3s
everywhere q E33333$sy
Cheyenne record., 1916-03-30

sum of $2,500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
HARDWARE
MEN MEET IN
MILWAUKEE
(By United Press Association

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb. 1.-The
Twentieth annaul convention of the
Wisconsin Retail Hardware associa-
ton opened in Juneau hall auditorium
this morning. In the main arena more
than 100 booths are being used for the
exhibition. The annual meeting of
the Hardware Insurance Companies
were held this morning.
Terms of three directors expire this
year. They are: J. W. Jones, Racine;
J. B. Pierce, Brodhead; o. P. Schalafer
Appleton.
Among those who will speak during
the three days convention are Roy F.
Soule, editor of the Hardware Age;
Merlin Hull, Black River Falls; H. A.
Moehlenpah, Clinton; Stanley Krebs,
Philadelphia.
L. NJ. Nash of the Nash Hardware
Company and Ken Mccartney of the
Mccartney & PomainvilIe Hardware
Company of this city are attending
this convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
FRIDSTEIN NOW
in POSSESSION
Old Clerks Remain With New Mana
ger. Retains Corporate Name.

An important event in local mer-
camille circles is announced in the re-
organization of the Abel & Podawiltz
Co., of this city.
Mr.. Myer Fridstein who has been
part owner in the Abel & Podawiltz
Co., for the past five years, has pur-
chased the interests of the other stock
holders. The firm will retain the cor
porate name and continue business at
the same location, where all of its old
friends and new customers will find a
hearty welcome. It is the intention of
Mr.. Fridstein to handle the same up
to-date lines of merchandise as form
erly and to add to them the latest
and best ideas in new goods.
This store has been the style center
of Grand Rapids and vicinity for many
years and under the new management
will continue to be headquarters of the
community's good dressers and care
full buyers.
Messrs. Lloyd B. Welch, E. W. Beck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03

selves.
Those who enjoy the benefits that
come from the work of public spirit
ed, broad minded men, but who give
nothing but criticism in return.
1T is a splendid thing to be a part
of wide awake city 1t is a splendid
thing to know that your own strength
is infinitely multiplied by the strength
of other men who love their town as
you do. 1t is splendid thing to feel
that the wholesome blood of a commun-
ity can be united in common purposes,
and that by frankly looking one an
other in the face and taking counsel
with one another, prejudices will drop
away, handsome undertakings will
arise, universal spirit that with this
increasing sense of community of pur-
pose will come vastly enhanced in
dividual power of achievement; for we
will be lifted by the whole mass of
which we constitute part"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
GETTING RID OF CANADA THIST
LES.

Canada thistles are one of the worst
farm pests all over the country. Wis
consin probably has less of it than
most of the states. However we have
found remedy that pays for its ad-
ministration. 1t is none other than to
plant alfalfa where the thistles are
bai. Fortunately the land that is
most subject to thistles is usually
best suited to alfalfa.
This is no matter of theory although
the conclusion could easily have been
arrived at theoretically 1t has been
tried and proved to be a success.
There is no longer any question about
it. Those who want to see alfalfa
extension made more rapidly look up
on the Canada thistle as not so bad
after all. And quack grass comes un-
der the same head Alfalfa is it's
remedy, too.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
.FIREMEN HAVE
OYSTER STEW
(From Tuesdays Daily.

The East Side fremen entertained
their wives at a feed last evening
The principal articles of food were
oyster stew and grape juice. You can
see it was sort of liquid party
When the fremen and their better
seven eighths had assembled, A. B.
Bever, secretary of the company call
ed the roll and then reported to his
chief that Cali were present or ac-
counted for" which shows that Bert
knows how the stop" sergeant in the
army does it.
Well, they had fine time and every
one had all they wanted to eat. The
affair was so successful that the wives
were unanimous in expressing their
wishes that they have another soon.
This is the second time in the hist
Dry of the company that the wives
had been let in on such things. Some
are accusing the fire ladies of being
on the side of the suffragets. What :?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
TOURNAMENT To.
BE HELD HERE
The Bowling Meet Of the Northern Wis
consin Bowlers Association Will Be
Held In This City Next Year. Rap
ids Team Wins Prize.

Grand Rapids captured the 1917
tournament of the Northern Wiscon-
sin Bowling Tournament. Each city
that was represented at the tourna-
ment now being held at Wausau will
be represented on the executive board
of this association
Otto Roenius rolled 222 in one of
the games in doubles. This is pref
ty fat score and ought to help bring
some real prize money to Grand Rap
ids.
The honors of the day were carried
off by the City News team when they
captured the BOBBY prize consisting of
6 quart bottles of Port Wine. The
team did some fancy missing and &C
tually totaled 1416 pins. Here are
the scores made by this crew from
the news emporium:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
OPPOSITION
TO BRANDES
IS SUBSIDING
(By United Press Association.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-It is gen
orally conceded that the appointment
of L. Brandes to Judge of the United
States Supreme Court yesterday by
President Wilson will be confirmed by
a close vote.
The opposition to this appointment
has subsidized and many senator's who
have been hostile are now open to
conviction. Conservative Democrats
are of the opinion that President Will
son will be aggressive in this fight.
This is the first time in the history
of the country that man of Mr..
Brandes' nationality has been nomin-
ated for the supreme bench. The adj
in the end the senate will confirm this
tin the end the senate will confirm this
appointment. Those opposed to Mr..
Brandes say that their objection does
not lie in the fact that he is a jew
They base their opposition on his
radicalism and what they term his un-
fitness for appointment to a court
which to-day has the complete conf
dence of the American people.
That he is an extremely able lawyer
is admitted. That he has championed
better social conditions and has given
his time without payment to their re-
alization is we'll known. That he is
a leader in the movement to drive the
railroads out of politics and that he
has sought to show railroads how they
could improve their financial relations
and live under government regula-
tons are facts of recent history.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
MISSING STEAMER
ARRIVES At
NORFOLK
Appan -Steams Into -Harbor FIying
German Flag
(By United Press Association.)

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 1.-The most
daring feat in the present war was
revealed when the missing liner Appan
steamed into port flying the German
colors. The Appan which was sup
posed to have foundered or to have
been torpedoed carried 166 passengers
with a crew of 1874. This boat was
supposed to have been lost off the
west coast of Africa while enroute
and had been given up as lost, by its
British owners. The last heard of the
Appan was on January Is, when an
unknown boat appeared and fired at
the Appan and came so close to the
liner that life boats were crushed 1t
was thought that the unknown boat
was a pirate. Captain Harrison Of
the Appan seeing that further resis-
lance was useless, surrendered the Ap
pan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
To ADDRESS
ELECTRIC R. R,
ASSOCIATION
(By United Press Association

(by united PreSS Association
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson will address the
Midyear meeting of the American Ell
ectric Railway Association here to-
day. The Chief Executive has not in
Dictated what he will talk about. The
Association represents companies hav-
ing four billion dollars invested in cleo
trio street railway equipment. It's
members are the men who run the
car and interburban and some of the
big railroad systems in the United
States. Altogether, their companies
receive from the public an income of
more than half billion dollars every
II months which is more than the
Anlo-French war loan recently nego-
tlated. Their roads combined cover
thirty-seven thousand miles of the
forty-one thousand miles of electric
transportation trackage in the country
and their cars annually carry more
than ten billion human beings here,
there and yonder, Canada, Mexico, the
Philippines, Panama, Porto Rico, Ha-
wall, Brazil and Uruguay are repres-
sented IN the membership.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
GERMANS ARE
DEFEATED By
GRAND RAPIDS
High School Wins 40 to Is From the
Great Berlin Team.

The Berlin high school basket ball
team which came to this city with a
reputation of having won all games
played so far this season, met their
Waterloo when they stacked up a
gainst Coach H. E. Browns husky
basket shooters at the Lincoln gym
last night.
The Grand Rapids team was too
strong for the much touted team from
the end of the spur track on the C. NJ.
& st. P. railway. At that the boys
from Berlin put up a good game.
Their floor work especially being good.
The first half Berlin did not score a
field basket and only had three chanc-
es to shoot at the basket Their four
scores made in the first half came
from free shots.
Grand Rapids went after the Berlin
ers from the jump and scored IA
points in the first half while the enc
my was getting its four free throws.
In the second half Grand Rapids
scored 26 more points while the Berlin
team scored II. Final score Rapids
40-Berlin Is
The work of Smith at Center was
beyond the ordinary high school team
work and the guards showed what
they could do by keeping the fast
Berlin forwards covered so they
couldn't shoot. Y
Grand Rapids has show for the
State title. The team is a wonder
and will give any of the other high
schools run for their money. On
March 10 the high school will meet
the other teams in this section in a
tournament at Stevens Point. The
winners of this tournament will play
at Milwaukee on March II for the
state championship. Another tourna-
ment will be held at Appleton But
the state tournament is the one that
will count this year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
MEN Who HARM
A TOWN

A Periodical known as the High
way Magazine, never printed more
truthful statement than the one be-
low in which it says the men who
harm a town are:
"Those who knock strangers and
who knock the town to strangers.
'Those who show hospitality to no
one
"Those who hate to see others sue
coed.
"Those who distrust public-spirited
men.
s'Those who oppose every movement
which does not originate with them
selves.
"Those who oppose every enterprise
that does not appear to benefit them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
RAPIDS BOWLERS
Win ) PRIZES

Captain Bill Gleue of the Gleue
Bowling team and also president of
the Northern Wisconsin Bowling as
ISOLATION received word from Wausau
to-day that Grand Rapids Bowlers had
won FIVE special prizes.
Capt Bills five men team won 18th
place with a team score of 1884 and
will draw SIS.
|. Hill & Gets in doubles pulled down
goth place and get ST. to make this
prize bigger it will probably be sent
in pennies.
w. Bodette landed 18th place in
singles scoring $50 and pulls down
SIS. Art Zimmerman grabbed 25th
place in the singles with a score of
$40 and gets 81.
Ed. Bodette is the other cash prize
winner, getting 29th place in the sing
les and making SAP. Ed. gets 81.
In the special prizes put up by the
Wausau merchants for best scores
made on Grand Rapids day, Otto Roe
MUS received can of lubricating oil
for highest individual score in the
doubles.
Billy Bodette received a safety ra-
zor for high total scores. Billy Helm
got sack of -four for highest score
in team work The City News team
won the BOBBY prize and got six quarts
of wine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
ARNEY INVENTS
new TABLE

J. w. Arney of this city has invent
ed and applied for patents on a new
combination billiard and library table.
The table can with few seconds time
be converted from handsome library
table into billiard or pool table.
Mr.. Arneyshas for the past ten years
been an inventor of amusement de-
vices and at the present time factory
in Mendon, Mich, and another in Du-
buque, Iowa, are giving their entire
time to the manufacture of Mr.. Ar
.ney's inventions.
r., The billiard and library combination
table has several new ideas that do
not appear on any of the home billiard
and pool tables that have been sold
heretofore
Business men are invited to call on
Mr.. Arney and he will be delighted
to show them the table and demon
strate it for them.
Several of the business men of he
city have already expressed a will
ingness to back a company to sell
these tables. The idea being to form
sales company and then turn the
manufacturing end over to one of the
local wood working factories.
Here is an opportunity to add a real
live wire industry to the Grand Rap
ids factories.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
SCANDINAVIAN
ATTITUDE TOWARD
THE War
A. L. FONTAINE, Publisher.
Thursday, Feb. 3. 1916.
(By United Press AssociatiOn.)

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 27. = The
Scandinavian business situation furn-
ishes a sidelight on the Swedish, Dan
ish and Norwegian attitudes toward
the war. Sweden is a near belliger--
emit She fears Russian aggression,
with view to acquiring warm water
port on the Norwegian coast, a port
which can only be reached by grab
of Swedish and Norwegian territory.
She yearns to recover Finland. She
is not so much pro-German, but she is
strongly anti-Russian. That she will
yet attack Russia is not a bad guess.
Denmark hates Germany for the loss
of Schleswig- Holstein. She fears fu-
ture German aggression. She sympath
ICES with England. She would like to
fight, if at all, on the allies side but
she could easily be overrun, across her
border, by German forces that she is
naturally afraid. If she fights at all
it must be with the allies but there is
AlO LOuDI SnG Will IekilalH USuLE6t IL
she can.
Norway's interest is the same as
Sweden's. She has nothing to gain
indeed, as Sweden has, in Finland, by
attacking Russia, but has peril from
Russia's anxiety for an Atlantic port
is as great as Sweden's can be-.
However, she has more interest in
developing her merchant fleet than in.
anything else. She has small DISPOSE
ton to risk its destruction by the Brit
ish navy, for this reason, though it
seems natural that Norway should
join the Swedes in the event of a
clash with Russia, the Norwegian view
point is not like Sweden's at all.
Like Denmark, though for different
reasons, Norway undoubtedly will re-
main neutral if she possibly can.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
BASKET BALL
SCHEDULE

Neilsville will be the next victim to
meet the Grand Rapids high school
Neilsville team comes here next Fri
Gay. Following is the schedule for
speed boys in basket ball game. The
the rest of the season.
Feb. 4-Neilsville here
Feb. 11-Wausau at Wausau.
Feb. 18.-Waupun at Waupun.
Feb. 25.-Marshfeld here.
March 3.-New Lisbon at New Lis
bon.
March 10.-Tournament at Stevens
Point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
PLEASANT AFTER
NOON PARTY
From Saturdays Daily.

from saturdays DAILY.
Mesdames w. D. Harvie and Jen-
ME Taylor delightfully."- entertained at
Auction Bridge at the home of Mrs.
Harvie on Friday afternoon in honor
of Mrs. Dan Arpin Jr., of Exeland
who is guest at the Taylor home
Fourteen tables were in use during
the games played. Mrs. Dan Waters
was successful in winning first favors
Miss Lucille Blodgett of Marshfeld
second favors and Mrs. w. A. Drumb
received the consolation favors. Fol-
lowing card playing, a delicious three
course luncheon was served, the color
scheme in the menu and flower
scheme being carried out in pink and
white. Misses Zoa and Lucille Blod-
gett Of Marshfeld were the out of
town guests present at the party.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
MASK BALL
THURSDAY NIGHT
Eagles To Give First Of A Series OF
Three Dances. Many Prizes For
Best Costumes.

The Grand Rapids Eagles will give
a masquerade dance at the Amuse-
ment hall Thursday, Feb. 8.
This is to be big affair and one of
series of three socials given for the
benefit of the convention fund.
$27 in prizes will be given away to
those who appear in the best costumes.
$40 will be given to the best dressed
couple; s. for the best group of five;
So for the best group of three; SIS for
most comic couple; and 81 each to the
most comic lady and most comic gen.
tleman.
Excellent music will lie in attend
ance to make this the big fun making
event of the season. You'll have a
fine time at this dance and at the
same time you will be helping the
Eagles defray the expenses of the big
state convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
STEVENS POINT
Team DIDNOT
COME We'd.
From Fridays Daily

From Fridays Daily
It must have been chilly in Stevens
Point-never was a hot town anyway
yesterday. At any rate, the Stew
ems Point City Basket Ball team did
not come over to this city and fill
their engagement with the local Card
inals Wednesday night. 1t is evident
that they got cold feet, as the saying
goes. Their feet might have become
more frigid had they arrived as sched-
uled. Yes, one look at the enthusiast
tic crowd of basket ball fans that as
sembled to see the game, would have
given cold feet to anyone-especially
the ones that have to pay the bills.
Those who did brave the weather
were allowed to skate and enjoy them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03

Inspects Normal Departments; Local
Speakers Invited
From Stevens Point Journal.


Warren E. Hicksc of Madison, as
sistant to State Supt. C. P. Cary for
industrial education, was in the city
Thursday inspecting the domestic Sci
ence and Manual training department
at the Normal. He was entertained
at dinner at the domestic science cot
tages. While here Mr.. Hicks invited
Prof. Bowman of the Manual train
ing department and Miss Allen, head
of the domestic science, to speak at
the continuation school teachers con-
ference at Grand Rapids tomorrow.
Miss Allen will attend but Prof. Bow
man vii be unable to do so.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03

Other bowlers from Grand Rapids
are presented with useful and orna-
mental prizes by the fans and bust
ness men of Wausau. Some were dec
GRATED with a bologna sausage, others
drew link of einerwurst-some got
a cigar one got a few sticks of wood
and one got a bucket of coal.
The special train returned to this
city a little after one o'clock this
morning carrying a bunch of jolly
bowlers. The matter of how they made
this or that score was discussed on
the train pro and con, mostly con by
the members of the different teams.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
WHITE WAY"
FOR GAINESVILLE
(By United Press Association

GAINESVILLE, Wis, Feb. 1.-The down
town district of this city has been
made poleless. All telegraph, tele-
phone, and power poles were declar-
ed menace by the city commission
and ordered removed from the streets.
In place of poles the city will erect
modern ornamental lighting system of
the single unit type. The "White Way"
will cost about $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
ENTERTAINS

From Mondays Daily.
Miss Emma Schnabel entertained
the Beacon Lights Club this afternoon
at her home on Oak street. The fol-
lowing program was carried out:
Bronte-Jane Eyre 1847-Mrs. Ed
ward Coyle
Eggleston-Hoosier Schoolmaster,
1871-Mrs. w. w. Clark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
TITTEMORE ON
STAND At RATE
HEARING
(By United Press Association

MADISON, Wis, Feb. 1.-The court
examination of J. E. Tittemore who
testified here to-day in the interest for
shippers of Wisconsin in the appeal
for reduced freight rates before the
Railroad commission was continued.
Tittemore testified that he did not seek
the Iowa schedule even though the
Iowa schedule is from 80 to so per cent
lower than the Wisconsin schedule.
Tittemore complained of the smaller
cities being at a disadvantage when
placed on the Interstate rates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03

secret of this great growth in the
canning industry This is particular
ly true of the upper counties.
Wisconsin now puts up more than
one-half of the canned peas of Amer
lea. 1t is a paying proposition for the
farmer. The return of from $50 to
s75 per acre is common. 1t is a safe
proposition, for should untoward con-
ditions prevent getting the peas to
the factory, they are allowed to ripen
and bring a good return for seed
and there is no question of the demand
for seed peas grown in the state that
has reputation for quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
TO LEAD IN PEA CANNING.

That Wisconsin should more than
double the number of it's pea Gamer
les in five years is a remarkable fact
yet those are the figures of the pea
Gamers association
Wisconsin's soil and climate are
suited to the production of the finest
peas grown in America-that is the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
N. J. MCRAITH
FUNERAL
From Fridays Daily

From Fridays Daily
The funeral services of III. J. Nc
Raith took place Friday morning at
1880 o'clock at S. S. Peter & Paul
church Rev. VIM. Reding officiating.
Mr.. John Wigman and seven sons
joined his wife on the 1920 Green Bay
& Western train and went directly
to the church. A large number of
friends gathered at the churcheto pay
their respects to an old time respected
citizen. Rev. VIM. Reding paid the
deceased a loving tribute as member
of his church, citizen of Grand Rap
ids and soldier who fought for the
defense of his country.
The floral offerings were beautiful
and indicated the love and respect
of those who gave them.
The relatives present from the out
side returned to their homes on the
afternoon trains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-03
and Edmund Shymanski, who have
remain with the concern.
TRY TO ROB
MCKERCHER
8 ROSSIER
Try To Break In Door of Office. Are
Frightened Away.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Thieves tried to force an entrance in
to the offices of the McKercher and
Rossier Office some time during last
night. An attempt was made to pry
open the door casing.
It is thought that the thieves were
frightened away before they could ac-
complish their purpose.