Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1917-10-04

matisna in his back and his hips. But
after course of treatment by one of
our local physicians Fred has resunh-
ed his work and is himself again.
| Miss Margaret Schuetz at the Bri-
ere home on Third street south is
back again after several weeks va
cation which was very pleasantly
spent amongst friends and relatives
| in Milwaukee and Chicago and vicin-
| ity.
Many additional homes are being
served with the Wood County Repor-
ter the past four months. These new
subscribers have come to US because
they like this newspaper. It is fair
| and clean and fit to enter any home.
If you are now reader of the Wood
County Reporter, you can appreciate
this, and we ask our readers to recon-
mend it to your friends. If you are
not now reader, we should be pleas
ed to have you give it a trial and let
you be the judge and jury.
FOR SALE:-A forty acre farm
located ~ miles west of Grand Rap
ids Write or call on Mr.. Geo. T. Nix
on, City.
Curtis Grant, who will be remem-
bered as night man at the lunch car,
and who joined the Cavalry Troop G,
from this city as private about a
week before they left Camp Douglas
for Waco, Texas, was promoted to
Mess Sergeant since their arrival at
Waco, Texas. His promotion will be
pleasing to his many friends in
Grand Rapids.
Fred Mosher, contractor, who has
spent the summer at Trout Lake,
Wis, building summer cottages, drove
to this place the past week in his car.
He returned Tuesday accompanied
by Tony Peerenboom who will spend
week with him fishing.
John Star of Stanley, Wis, who has
been employed at that place with a
lumber firm for several years, is in
the city for an extended visit. He is
stopping with his sister Mrs. John
Brennan on Eighth street south.
c. P. Gross, the retiring Superin-
tendent of the Electric Light & Water
plants expects to leave Sunday night
for Kansas City, where he will soon
assume charge of the Electric Light
& Water plants of that city. In leav-
:ng Grand Rapids, Mr.. Gross takes
with him the best wishes of the en-
tire community. In the discharge of
his official duties for the city he was
always efficient and conscientious in
whatever he had to do.
Forest Malcolm, the seventeen year
old sond of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Malcolm
of the east side, was operated on at
Riverview hospital Tuesday for appen-
dicitis. He is under the care of DR..
Looze and is getting along as well as
can be expected. His aunt, Miss Ka-
thryn Fox of Portland, Oregon is
looking after his welfare at the pres
ent time.
Mr. Radtke of the town of Sigel who
was recently operated on for rupture
at the Riverview hospital is getting
along nicely and expects to be we'll
enough to go home in a day or two.
The many friends of Leslie D. Smith
in this city will be pleased to learn
that he received the commission of
First Lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps
of the Gas Defense Division in the II.
S. Army and is located in Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lempke of the
town of Sherry, were shopping in the
city Tuesday. About two weeks ago,
Mr. Lempke had the misfortune to get
his hand bruised quite badly while cut
ting feed. He says it is healing up
nicely and will soon be in normal con-
dition.