Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-06-27

Schroeder & Miller. architects and |
builders, are erecting a new garage
for Percy Daily on his residence pro-
perty this week. They are also build
ing a large one for T. MacKinnon and
the Wood County Poor Farm.
so per cent of the college students
will engage in farm and other pro-
ductive work this summer. They will
do we'll to remember that Uncle Reu-
ben has seen a lot of life from in be-
hind those whiskers.
Miss Katherine Corcoran who has
been teaching school at Minneapolis
Indiana, is home again to spend her
summer vacation with her father, VIM.
Corcoran, a surveyor.
About now the paid agents are
starting spontaneous uprisings Of the
people for the nomination of the poll
ticians.
Oscar Olson, who has been visiting
at the home of his mother, Mrs. VIM.
Johnson on End St. returned to Fargo,
n. D., Thursday where he is employed.
While this airplane mail may be a
good thing, when we have an import
| ant letter inviting our best girl to go
on a picnic, we shall send it by the
old reliable rural mail carrier and
Dobbih.
Viola and Harold Schwede left last
week for Forestville, Wis, where they
will spend their summer vacation with
their grandmother Mr.. and Mrs. C.
Schwede intend to leave this week to
join them. AS yet they have made no
disposal Of their home.
1t is claimed in defence of ancient
jokes at circuses, that if they had new
Jokes the crowd could not grasp them.
The Ferdinand Link home is now out
of quarantine for smallpox. Little
Ruth who had the disease, had it very
lightly and at no time was confined
to her bed.
The man who can hardly walk into
the baseball bleachers without falling
over something, feels perfectly conf
dent to yell 'ETake him out" when a
player misses hot grounder with a
foul bound.
The same girl who decorates her
costume with orange sweater and vi
olet stockings pretends to be awfully
mad if you put her name in the paper.
Unfortunately the places where
| picnics are held are not commonly
selected by those who have to lug
the lunch baskets.
It is claimed that some of the Ger
man submarine commanders operat-
| ing on our shores showed courtesy,
but all the dime novel pirate heroes
of our youth were perfect gentlemen.
Miss Marion Philleo, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Philleo, who has
been attending the Northwestern Uni
versity at Evanston, ILL.,, has completed
her course in music and is home again
to spend her summer vacation.
The Germans carefully note when
they capture 10000 prisoners in a
drive, but carefully forget to mention
they had 100000 killed and wounded.
Some of the people who have taken
jobs under the "work or fight" order,
will actually call up half a dozen
friends in day and ask if they don't
want to take out an insurance policy
The supplements for the several
newspapers in Wood County contain
ing the May session of the Wood Coun-
ty Board Proceedings were issued from
this office the past week. Just thirty
days from the time the Board adj
| journed. This was made possible by
machine composition and pushing the
work
The draft dodgers must be afraid
to go to bed, as that is where most
people die
The new 500 station at Stevens
Point opened to business Sunday, is
declared by railroad officers and by
experienced travellers to be the equal of
any station in a city of this size in
Wisconsin. It is a beautiful building,
especially designed for public service,
a model in every way.
In spite of the fact that the farmers
can't get tractors enough to raise their
crops, and the army can't get trucks
enough, the motor factories still con-
tinue to make tens of thousands of
cars that are used principally to break
the speed limit.
The laying of brick on the new city
engine house building is progressing
nicely since the arrival of the brick
which was necessary to be used on the
front of the building 1t will not be
long before they will be ready for the
second floor
The bleacher crowd that is so sore
because a base runner can not steal
a base 90 feet away in four seconds
are often the same ones who them
selves can't walk half a mile without
begging a ride.
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