Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-07-04

Miss Cassie Gibson is visiting at
Ripon.
Mr.. Joe Gallagher of Eau Claire was
in the city the past week visiting
friends.
Over 5000 women are at work in
the production of gas masks at the
Long Island gas-defense plant
Mr.. J. F. Cooley, Mrs. E. Peterson,
Maize and Reta Allen motored to Lake
Waupaca last Sunday to spend the day
Women stenographers and typists
are now being enrolled in the Naval
Reserve as yeomen.
A. G. Leach and daughters are spend
ing a couple of weeks visiting with
relatives and friends in Granton and
Neilsville.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Ellis and chill
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Roye Rogers
were week end guests of Mr.. and Mrs
A. H. STANCE at Merrill.
Mr.. John Zabawa has returned from
Michigan where he has been working
on dredge Mr.. Zabawa will leave
on July 18th, for the training camp.
The Misses Maurine and Maxine
Mason went to Stevens Point last
week where they will take summer
course at the Normal
About so subsistence inspectors of
the Army attended a school of one
week recently held at Washington, D.
c., to receive instruction in methods
to standardize the inspection of food
Monthly magazines to be sent to
soldiers and sailors should not be more
than two months old, according to the
Post Office Department, and weekly
publications should not be more than
three weeks old.
Mrs. Geo. w. Purnell of Madison
has rented her fiat furnished until the
first of September She and her son
have gone to Merriam to stay with
her people during the summer vaca-
ton.
c. W. Stowell of Tomahawk, was in
the city Monday on his way to Plain.
field where he will visit a few days
with his sisters, Mrs H. W. Lord and
Mrs. E. C. Smith.
Mrs. Otto Radtke of Columbus, Wis
is in the city visiting her parents.
Miss Mabel Rowland left Monday
for Milwaukee and Chicago where she
will visit with relatives and friends
for a couple of weeks. She has two
brothers residing in Chicago.
Rev. c. c. Becker, pastor of the M
E. church, is back from Minnesota
where he spent most of the month OF
June in an Educational Campaign
He reports the crops in that state as
fine with excellent prospects for a
big crop
Harold Babcock, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy o. Babcock, First Lieuten-
ant in U. S. service at Battle Creek,
Mich, has been transferred to Camp
Perry in Iowa until further orders.
We understand that Harold is giving
excellent satisfaction as an instructor
and drillmaster. His friends here at
home are all pleased to know of his
progress.
Chas. ] Bloomquist, daughter and
son drove from Rockford, ILL.,, over
land to their home in the town of Sigel
in their Ford Car. On the way home
they said the crops look fine and they
are fully as we'll advanced, except corn,
as they are in Illinois. The roads were
excellent except this side of Waupaca
some places were pretty sandy.
In answer to queries regarding the
protection afforded against mustard
gas by American masks, word has
come from the Expeditionary Forces
that no information has been received
that any box respirator of American
or English manufacture las been pen
etrated in the field.
Three temporary office buildings,
providing working space for $3.50
persons, have been built in 10 weeks
in Washington, D. c., by the construc-
ton division of the Army, without
the employment Of a contractor One,
a 3-story structure, 491 feet long,
260 fee wide, with a floor space of
100000 square feet, was ready for oc-
cupancy "A working days after the
first spadeful of earth was turned.
The Army Medical Department has
developed mobile X-ray outfit for use
near the front, carried on modified
Army ambulance. It consists of a
standard portable outfit made up of
Delco gas electric set, high-tension
transformer, special type Coolidge
tube, and includes an X-ray table,
dark room, and complete set of ap-
paratus for the localization of foreign
bodies. Some of these outfits are al
ready in service abroad and IS are in
course of shipment.