Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
Personal and Local

not raised any kick about safety razor
blades being short.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schiller of Chi
cago are in the city visiting with rela-
tives.
However. with razor blades scarce,
Uncle Reuben may find his whiskers
so fashionable that he will have them
cut off so as not to look in style.
Mrs. Edward Harmon of Milwaukee
is the guest of her sister Mrs. l. E.
Philleo and family this week.
In some of the German localities in
this country the schools have got so
far that they permit the English Ian
guage.
Arthur Mulroy who has been employ
ed at the Post Office for the past four
years as clerg has resigned his posi-
ton.
With 100000 young men drafted
it is being discovered that an aged man
Of SO has a few kicks left in him yet.
Miss Julia Lukes left Saturday
night for Chicago where she is en-
ployed as telephone operator.
The fellows who were so busy Sep
TENDER II that they forgot to regist-
er, will have ample time to remember
their engagements when they get into
jail.
Miss Marion Philleo, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Philleo, departed
Thursday for Sandusky, Ohio, where
she will teach in the public schools of
shat city the coming year as director
Of music.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooney is back from
a four weeks visit with her son at
Chicago and with friends in Milwau-
kee. She reports very pleasant Wis
it.
While advancing in France, the Ger
mans evidently had the foresight to
train in a lot of retreat specialists.
The luscious smell of canning fruit
makes an old bachelor lonesome and
wish he had the courage.
One thing is fairly sure, that there
will be no pensions for the people who
get sore threats telling how the war
ought to be run.
But now there is no exemption from
the draft on account of marriage, some
of the boys have no regular engage
ment Saturday nights and Sundays.
Some of the young employees of the
groceries can't go to war, as they are
kept busy delivering yeast cakes to
people who forgot to buy them when
they were down town.
But some of the patriotic gas savers
who stay at home Sunday have way
of slipping out with their cars on sew
eral evenings a week.
The people who have been waiting
so anXiously for the open season for
game to come, are reminded that it
IS now open season on Huns all the
year in France.
The people who find most fault a.
bout the strain of these war days are
often the same ones who a few years
ago wished there was something do
in.
Paul Fontaine, who has been the
guest of his brother A. L. Fontaine.
and family for several days, returned
to Minneapolis on Saturday last. He
was very much pleased to renew his
acquaintance with a large number of
Did time friends in this city where he
formerly resided and was associated
with his brother in the publication of
the Wood County Reporter. He left
Grand Rapids for Minneapolis thirty
two years ago and has two sons in the
U. S. Service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferdinand Link were
called to Watertown, Wis, the past
week to attend the funeral service of
Miss Adelaide Link who died sudden
~ IN that city the past week. 1t will
De remembered that she spent couple
OF weeks in our city the past summer
as the guest of her brother and family.
Those who had the pleasure of her
acquaintance during her visit here re-
ain many pleasant recollections of
this lady's many virtues. Though her
7isit was short here she made MANY
friends who remember her very kindly
A good woman has been called to her
reward.
Mrs. Joseph Gass, better known in
Grand Rapids as Miss Mary Wagner,
who has been in our city ever since
her brother Frank lost his wife. en-
-ertained recently a few of her old
ime friends. The afternoon was given
over to sewing for the French and Bel
glan Relief. At the close of the af-
5ernoon sewing, delicious refreshments |
we're served, and a social good time |
vas enjoyed by all present. Among
hose present were Mrs. Geo. W. Mead |
Nrs. Elizabeth DAILY, Wrs. W. T. Jones
Mrs. Frank Garrison, Mrs T p Wit