Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-09-27

| this has been the pleasure of Mrs.
| Edward Smith. She resides on Wiley
| Street and called the writer's atten-
ton to her raspberry bushes and we
can vouch for the fact that her bushes
showed berries in all stages from the
blossom to the ripe berries and large
number of them. She has picked at
least a cupful of ripe berries this week
and there are many in the course of
ripening.
The rainfall in the vicinity of Cape
Hatteras, n. c., last week amounted
to over eight inches
Miss Frances Hall daughter of Mrs.
! Flora Hall of the west side has re-
| turned from Milwaukee where she
has been for some time. Miss Hall is
taking a course at a Milwaukee hos
pital preparatory to becoming train
ed nurse.
Mr.. F. L. Allen and family $50
| Grant Street, are moving this week
to the east side of the river, to tie
| old Bever homestead 485 Second ST.,
North, opposite SIS. Peter and Paul
Catholic church. This property was
recently purchased by the Allen fam
lily.
Mr. Fred Alexander is in town and
stopping at the Halverson house on
Second Street He has been in the
vicinity of Metropolis, H., for sew
eral weeks past. Fred has rented his
house on Fourth Street and will pro-
badly return to the state of Illinois
ere long.
A soldier from Camp Macarthur
writes: "The citizens of Waco seem
pleased to have US here and endeavor
to show us we are welcome in many
ways. The boys certainly look for
ward with much interest to mail from
home, as it is different than when we
were located at Camp Douglas and
could see so many friends from home
at frequent intervals The Y NJ. c.
A. is doing good work and is entitled
to much credit and encouragement. +"
| Mesdames J. J. Canning, B. J. Clos
nit, VIM. Collier, l. E. Philleo, and Mrs
Nan Slatterer. This trip is an annual
affair with these same five ladies.
During the past week attorney B
NJ. Vaughan, made a business trip to
! Sheboygan in connection with the new
! Sheboygan Drainage District that has
recently been formed there.
Mrs. o. C. Mccormick of Thief Riv,
er Falls, Mimi, is in the city visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Smith on FRANKLIN Street. She ex,
poets to stay two or three weeks.
The work of putting in the Golfer
dam and tram-ways below the Con
solidated Water Power and Paper Co
Mill is rapidly approaching completion
They have the flow of the water or
the east half of the tail race cut off
and they will soon have everything
in readiness to commence their drill.
ing and blasting. In putting in the
Golfer dam and tram-ways a great
deal of expense is entailed, which worl
: will all have to be taken out again il
reducing the tail-race.
Doc. Burhite of Waterloo, Iowa, wa
IN the city the past week the frs
time IN twenty years. He says tina
he notices a wonderful change no
only in the city of Grand Rapids, bu
Nekoosa, Port Edwards and all thu
neighboring towns. He is enjoyin,
pretty good health and was glad t,
renew old acquaintance and see hi
( old time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward King and Mrs
Susan Scribner of Merrill, Wis, hav
> Deen visiting among their relative
and old time friends in Grand Rapids
S Mr.. and Mrs. John Fritsche of tn
t town of Rudolph were transactinI
. business in this city Saturday. Mrs
d Fritsche was pleasant caller at tn
Reporter office.
s John Heden one of the successful
S farmers of the town of Sigel was tran
: acting business in this city Saturda
g and while here was a social caller a
n this office. He reports all his crop
excellent
r j. S. Thompson, owner of the Bad
h ger Box & Lumber Co., of this city
It was in Chicago the past week o