Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-02-14

temperature IN THIS city was H, min
imum 20; Feb. II, 1916, maximum
was zero and minimum % below zero.
Mrs. VIM. Collier is confined to the
house this week with a badly sprained
ankle.
Lawrence P. Miller of Hortonville.
Corporal, a cousin Of A. P. Mulroy of
this city is reported among those I'M
accounted for in the newspapers.
W. L. Lain of Elkhart Lake, form
erly a resident in this city was here
this week on business His oldest son
Arthur is in the Forest Reserve at
Van Couver, Washington. Fred, his
second son, is in camp at Jacksonville
Florida.
NJ. G. Gordon, is in Idaho, with a
Lumber company and enjoys his work
and the country very much.
In our insurance article last week
We made an error in saying the pre-
MUM rate was $685. per thousand.
1t should have read per hundred.
Mrs. NJ. c. Bramham arrived in the
city on Monday from her home in Osh-
kosh to spend a few days with her mo-
Allow Mrc IT Z Noah
Capt. Guy Nash and Lieut.. Royal
Nash are spending a few days fur
Tough with relatives in this city. Capt.
Guy Nash has a ten days furlough
after which he will go to Camp Gus
ter and Lieut.. Royal Nash left on Wed
nesday evening for Camp Dix, in New
Jersey.
Tony G. Minta, member of Battery
D, 10th Field Artillery, located at
Camp Macarthur, Waco, Texas, return
ed home the past week discharged
from the U. S. service for heart trou-
BILE. Mr. Minta was one of the orig
inal members of Troop G, which was
organized in this city nearly a year
ago, leaving here with that Troop the
23rd of last July and for a while was
located at Camp Douglas, later being
transferred to Camp Macarthur He en-
joyed camp life in the south, as we'll
as all the rest of the boys, and natur-
ally was very much disappointed to
learn that he had any physical defect
that would interfere with him contin-
uing in the service. He came home
reluctantly but has done everything
within his power to serve his country
He says that the change of climate
from Wisconsin to Texas has been the
means of causing the discharge of
many of the Wisconsin boys for ply
steal defects. He left for home the
same day that the rest of the boys
left for the east. He reports all the
boys from this vicinity as being we'll
and enjoying life and happy to have
a change of scenes.
Attorney F. W Calkins left Tues
day night for Madison where he had
a pardon matter before the Governor.
Louis Reichel, the west side jewel
er has leased the store room formerly
occupied by A. P Hirzy, into which
he will move his stock Of jewelry, on
or about the first of March. This
building has been occupied as a jew
elry store ever since the building was
erected.
kilograms were received in this city
Wednesday morning from several of
the Grand Rapids boys saying that
they had arrived at Camp Merritt,
New Jersey.
Prof. c. W. Schwede has rendered
his resignation as Superintendent Of
our city schools, the same to take eff
lect at the close of the present school
year.
Miss Aileen Smith has resigned her
position at Link & Werle's meat mar
ket and left on Wednesday for Thief
River Falls to take a position as book
keeper.
From Marshfeld Times
Hon. B. R. Goggins of Grand Rap
ids was in the city Thursday and was
the principal speaker at the Business
Mems Patriotic Lunch Club that noon
His talk was along patriotic lines and
was one of the best yet presented in
concise form. His talk was very
much appreciated by his listeners, as
was testified by the vociferous ap-
plause given him at the close of his
address.