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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
INCREASED PAY
FOR NURSES IN
TRAINING

The Directors Of Riverview Hospital
voted yesterday to increase the pay
of the nurses who are taking their
training in the Riverview Hospital
Training School. Beginning October
/, the first year students will receive
twelve dollars a month, the second
year nurses fourteen dollars month
and the Senior or third year nurses
will draw sixteen dollars a month.
TGe nurses have heretofore received
sis dollars q month, and like amount
has been deposited every month to
the credit of each nurse so that when
the course was finished, the graduate
received the deposit of $4,000 in one
lump. This plan will now be discon-
tinued and the whole amount earned
will be paid on regular pay days twice
a month
In addition to the very fine train
ing which is given in Riverview Train
ing School. each nurse spends four
months of her senior year in the Hi
nois Training School for nurses at
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, and
during these four months she remains
on the pay roll of Riverview Hospital,
drawing sixteen dollars a month. The
large hospitals do not as a rule pay
anything to the nurses while they are
taking their course of training, and it
is therefore a distinct advantage to
enter our own local institution.
Our Training School is recognized
and listed by the Wisconsin State
Board as an accredited" School and
our nurses are permitted to take the
State examinations and obtain the R.
N. degree conferred by law upon a
regularly trained and Registered nurse
A Directory of all the trained and
so-called practical" nurses will be
kept in the Riverview Hospital and
any one wishing to employ a nurse
may apply to Mrs. Franklin or to one
of the local physicians and learn what
nurses are available. All nurses in
the city are invited to register their
names at the Hospital and to keep the
! Hospital informed when they are oper
to accept new case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
CAPT. JOHN
CARRIGAN HERE

1t will be remembered that Lieut..
John Carrigan left here with Troop G.
last year. Since then he has spent
his time in Texas, and over in France
on the Western front. in the trenches
and the realities of war During his
service in the army he has been pro-
noted to that of Captain. His effici-
ency in the service was the reason for
his superior officers choosing him for
special duties and he was ordered back
to this country to give instructions to
the new recruits from the experience
he has obtained IN the trenches and
other places. On his return to this
country he could not resist the temp
tation to come to Grand Rapids and
spend Sunday with his old friends and
neighbors. He spent Sunday Sept. Is
between trains in this city Members
of the Elks Club, and others, were in
vited Sunday afternoon to give John
a good warm welcome and cordial re-
ception which they did. At this time
he narrated his experiences abroad, the
trials and tribulations and experiences
that come to those in actual warfare.
His talk was very interesting and his
friends fired all kinds of questions at
him which he answered willingly and
lntelGgently as far as he was able.
His talk was full of information that
his audience was hungry for. He re-
ported on the condition of all the mem
bers of Troop G, in so far, as he had
any knowledge. He told many pleas
ing and peculiar Incidents that take
place in the experiences of war with
so many different individuals. He re-
turned to his duties Sunday night re-
freshed from his short visit with his
old friends in Grand Rapids and Port
Edwards where he has resided for sew
eral years. When asked in reference
as to the possibility of the close of the
war, he said that it was guess work,
it might come early and it might be
year off, no one could tell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
FIX PRICE OF CANE SUGAR.

THE Sugar Equalization Board,
with the approval of the president, has
fixed the price of cane sugar for next
year." said Magnus Swenson, Food Ad-
ministrator for Wisconsin. THE basis
granulated will be 8 cents less 2 per
cent f. o. b. refining points. This be
came effective on September 8.
Wholesalers and retailers will sell
upon the old basis until their stocks
OF the lower priced sugars are ex-
hausted. No averaging of price will
be allowed All increase in price of
sugar in the hands of refiners or of
gaw sugar under contract is to be ac-
counted for to the Sugar Equalization
Board so that manufacturers will not
benefit by the increased price. A
price for beet pulp wet and dry will
be fixed by the Food Administration
in the interest of cattle feeders in the
course of a few days"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
WILCOX WILL
NOT RUN

Senator Wilcox, declares that he
will not be an Independent candidate
and that he never contemplated such
a move. Mr.. Wilcox says:
"Since my arrival in Milwaukee, to
close up the details Of my campaign,
many persons have made inquiry as
to whether I would be an independent
candidate for governor at the Novem-
Der election. The contest has been
so close and the result has been in
so much uncertainty that | have felt
it would be more becoming for me
to await the decision of the state
oard of canyassers before -aking
ny statement [ am advised after
5mplete check of the ofiC al returns
hat | lack a few hundred votes of
the number necessary to nominate me
on the Republican ticket. It has also
come to my attention that capital is
being made of the claim that I am
considering an independent candidacy.
| have never had any such idea. When
| enter contest l always expect to
conduct myself according to the rules
and abide by the result. The purpose
of a primary election is to give the
members of a party opportunity to
select their candidate. When this has
been done in the manner provided by
law, it would be entirely improper for
a contestant to attempt to thwart the
will of the members of the party by
substituting his own desire for theirs.
"The Republican party is and should
be bigger than the personal ambition
of any one man. It must remain q
great instrumentality for the service
of all the people of the state. To be
useful, it must be united.
"To all my friends, who have SO 10y
ally supported me in my campaign,
extend my heartfelt thanks"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
CANDIDATES
NAKEPLATFORNS
FOUR STATE CONVENTIONS
GATHER IN MADISON
Phillip AN ISSUE

Madison, Wis-Four state party
conventions met here Tuesday noon
to frame the platforms Of principles
on which the Republican, Democratic
Socialist and Prohibition nominees
rrill go before the people in the COM
ing campaign for election to state,
legislative, congressional and county
Offices.
The feature of the Republican con-
vention was the impending fight over
the question of Endorsement of the ad-
ministration of Gov. Philip, particu
larly on matters relating to the war.
There appeared to be a disposition on
the part of some leaders to force the
governor to make his campaign minus
4 platform Endorsement by his party
The Democrats had before them the
problem Of whether they would stand
by the negative position taken at the
Milwaukee conference. when pro
posal to declare against German Ian
guage instruction in the public schools
was defeated, or stand by the position
5aken by the nominee for governor,
who in his opening address declared
that the enemy language ought to
be banished from public-supported
schools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
CONFECTIONERS GIVE SHOW
SPACE FOR WAR PUBLICITY
Will Feature Nut Candies to Save
Sugar and Provide Nut Shells for
Gas Defense Service Of Army.

Retailers of candies and chocolates
will reduce the amount of show win
dow space now used for display of
candies by one-half," announces the
Executive Committee of the National
Confectioners' Association, "and will
utilize the other half for war purposes
such as Food and Fuel Conservation,
War Savings Stamps, Liberty Loan,
Red Cross, Y. NJ. c. A, Knights of
Columbus and any other war activity.
I'VE favor the use of cOcoanut and
other kinds Of nut candies especially,
since they require but a limited
amount of sugar and since the Gas
Defense Service of the Army needs all
the nut shells it can get for its work.
Manufacturers and retailers will
advertise them as a patriotic variety
of candy and will feature them in their
window displays"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
ABOLISH WHEAT RATION.

The voluntary flour ration of six
pounds per person month has been
rescinded, and at present there Is no
per capita ration. Instead, the public
is urged to follow the 5000 regulation,
mixing one pound of substitutes with
every four pounds of wheat flour they
use in baking or buying Victory
Mixed Flours" which contain one-1fth
substitutes. Graham and whole wheat
flours containing 95 per cent or more
of the wheat berry are now included
an the list of Victory FlouTs and may
be sold without substitutes and labeled
Victory Whole Wheat Flour or ''Vic-
tory Graham Flour"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
UNUSED SUGAR CERTIFICATES :
RELIEVE CANNING SITUATION
Boarding Houses, Manufacturers and
Retailers Give Extra Amounts to
Food Administration for
Redistribution.

Several hundred pounds of sugar
are being returned to Wisconsin by
summer resorts and boarding houses
during the present season Of a lull in
their business. Manufacturers using
sugar, retail grocers and soda foun-
tains are also patriotically contrib
uting their extra amounts to the
State supply.
By mailing to the State Sugar Di-
vision at Madison their unused certi
ficates, they are greatly relieving the
canning problem. The sugar is imme-
diately redistributed for essential
uses in September. Wisconsin can
not have more sugar this month than
the allotment given her by the United
States,-she has no more than this
available, and with the numerous de-
mands made upon the Sugar Division,
they find difficulty in satisfying all re-
auirements.
No amount returned is too small to
do some good, and people who return
certificates for small amounts which
they do not need instead of storing
them away for next month do the
State a great service by enabling it
10 relieve actual shortage of sugar in
some parts of Wisconsin.
THE gifts of unused sugar certiti-
safes which are being sent every Gay
now and will come in until the end of
September prove the much disputed
patriotism of Wisconsin" said Magnus
Swenson, Food Administrator for Wis
gonsin. 1T is such unselfish co-opera-
tion on the part of its citizens which
enabled Wisconsin to stand out as one
of the states which kept within. it's
sugar ALLOTMENT for August"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
RED CROSS WILL GAIN BY
FOOD VIOLATION PENALTIES

H. c. Schrank & Co, bakers of Nil
waukee, will contribute 5000 f@r fail
ing to obtain license for selling pea
nuts and for excessive profits.
Wm. Steinmeyer & Co. of Milwau-
kee will give $1,000 for excessive
profits and carelessness in regard to
regulations governing sales of sugar.
Watertown Grocery Co. will donate
81 600 for profteering and for paying
little attention to food rules for whole
sale grocers.
Mathews & Co. of Ashland will pay
$50 for making excessive profits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19

Committee
MEN meet

The Republican Committeeman elec
ted at the last Primary assembled at
the Court House in this city Monday
afternoon to organize for the fall cam
paign. They did so by electing the
following officers:
Chairman-E. S. Bailey, Marshfeld
Secretary-Frank Calkins, Grand Rap
ids
Treasurer Henry Plenke, Grand Rap
ids
Assembly Committeeman. S. Wood
worth of Pittsville and j. A Cohen
of Grand Rapids.
Senatorial Committeemen-H. F. Roeh
rig of Arpin and ]. c. Marsh of
Marshfeld.
Congressional Committeemen-C. E..
Mckee of Pittsville and r. E. Andrews
of Marshfeld.
After the election of the above Of
ficers general discussion of the po-
aitical situation in the state and county
was gone over and an efficient cam
paign was decided upon. While the
Democratic opposition in the County
IS somewhat disorganized there will
De no laxity in the program of the
Republican County Committee. The
candidates will visit all parts of the
county and urge the people to get
cut at the November election. There is
general feeling that the entire Re-
publican ticket will be reelected with
o4I1 anv trouble as they rightfully
should be.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
FOURTHLIBERTY
LOAN DRIVE

The Fourth Liberty Loan Drive will
be started on Thursday September 2G
when all committees and workers in
the county will commence their solici-
tation. The famous Jackie Band will
be here accompanied by JUDGE Martin
Leuck of Juneau; Dan Grady of Port
age. and Prof. Edw. B. Gordon. The
opening meeting in Grand Rapids will
take place at the Amusement Hall.
Full particulars will be given later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
L)R. Y, N, RUCKLE
WOOD COUNTY
Member

The Central Governing Board of the
Volunteer Medical Service Corps Of
the Council of National Defense an
nounces that the Wisconsin State Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Volunteer
Medical Service Corps is comprised of
the following doctors:
H. NJ. Brown, VI. D., Chairman, 70
Wisconsin ST.. Milwaukee.
G. A. Harlow. NJ D., Secretary,
Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Bldg, Milwaukee.
c. H. Villas, NJ D., Madison.
". T. Searles, NJ. D., Sparta
L. T. Jermain Majestic Bldg. Mil
waukee.
The purpose of this Committee is to
cooperate with the Central Govern
ing Board in prosecuting all activities
pertaining to the mobilization and en-
,ollment Of members of the Volunteer
Medical Corps Throughout the state.
The Central Governing Board of the
Volunteer Medical Service Corps also
authorizes the appointment of one
county representative in each county
in every state of the Union. The
Wood county representative is Dr. W.
II. Ruckle of Grand Rapids
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
CARDINAL ]. N.
FARLEY dies

Cardinal J. M. Farley died in New
York after a long illness, Tuesday
September II. The Arch Bishop sue
cumbed to pneumonia at his country
home in Manaroneck. He suffered
fatal relapse on Saturday. The cele-
brated prelate was born in Ireland;
rose from Parish Priest to sacred
college of Cardinal. He has many
friends and admirers who mourn his
death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19

ting along as fine as ever and have
nothing to worry about at all Ny ex-
perience in the woods and out hunt
ing is helping me a lot and | take
this stuff just like a little trip in
the woods back home
With love to you and all the fam
ily.
From Edmund.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19
LICENSE FOR HAY SHIPPERS.

Shippers of hay must obtain a
license at once. The only exception
to this rule are farmers who are ship
ping hay produced by themselves and
are exempted by the Food Control
Act. Application for license should be
made to the License Division, U. S.
Food Administration, at Washington,
ID. c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19

VIM. Smith, Roy Normlngton and
Minard Gaulke have returned from the
West where they have been working
in the harvest fields.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-09-19

Mrs. Kragenbrink, Mrs o. Burt Mrs
A D. Miller and Mrs. VIM. Ferk OF
Pittsville spent the week end in the
city visiting with friends and rela-
tives
The herald., 1918-11-21
ORPHEUM THEATRE THIS WEEK.

Mr.. Derwent Hall Game, the son of
the famous Author, Sir Gall Game,
has brought to New Orleans an en-
tirely different kind of act from any
that has visited this city for long
time. Mr.. Game as the hero of THE
Iron Hand" in which he takes the
part of a Belgian Lieutenant in the
besieged chateau home of his parents,
he rises to heights one would i'm
agine impossible. The announcement
is one of such gripping interest, that
one is not surprised at the fact that
he receives from six to ten curtain
calls at each performance. The scene
is laid in the home of aristocratic
Belgians, whose head of the house,
Victor Lambotte is lieutenant in the
Belgian Army. The Belgians sur
round the premises and capture
young Lambotte and his orderly. They
are brought to the house and asked
to give the password back to the
German line. On refusal, the young
orderly is threatened with death. He
exonerates himself with the stale-
ment that he is but a private and
not entrusted with the password.
Young Lambotte is tortured by the
threatened shooting of his young
wife and his aged mother, but re-
mains firm When he fears his own
death, he entreats his captors to al
low him to confess to a Reverend
Father in attendance at the chateau,
and while seeming performing these
last writes, the Father ConfessOf really
helps him to arrange for surprise
for the Germans in the shape of the
entrance to the chateau of theBelgian
King with a group. of Belgian army
officers and a bunch of American
Sammies, who enter to the number
of thirty or forty, and who advise that
an armistice has been signed and
peace reigns.
The herald., 1918-11-21
300 WOMEN NEEDED
BY SALVATION ARMY
Commander Evangeline Booth
Says War Relief Work
Must Be Extended.

Commander Evangellne Booth, lead
er of the Salvation Army in the Unit
ed States, has been suddenly called
upon to furnish 800 additional war
work women for France. The request
is contained in a report just received
by her from Col. William A. Barker
of the Salvationist forces, whom she
sent to France over a year ago to es-
tablish hutment and general war relief
work with the American troops.
"We will do all we can TO fill this
demand" said Commander Booth whe4
discussing the approaching United
War Work Campaign, land the need
itself should impress the American
public all the more with the absolute
necessity for sustaining and enlargins
the war relief work of. the seven or
CARNATIONS, besides the noble Red
Cross, now merged for a drive for
funds. Each is a vital cog In vast
machine for human relief. and each is
indispensable, serving It's particular
elements in its own way.
THE Salvation Army was born in
hardship, reared in privatiOn and
trained to every phase of human mis-
cry and how to cope with it. Perhaps
that accounts in some degree for the
success our work has attained and for
which we are thankful.
I'VE are of the common people, ana
we toll on practical basis. We learn
ed the lesson Of how to do 1t in the
BOer war, when we stood at the side
Of Britain's troops and weathered 1t
out to the end. We have been tried
by fire, and the mothers and fathers
of America, as In other countries, trust
the Salvation Army to do the thing
they would like to do for their men II
they but had the chance.
with 1,210 trained workers at the
front. operating from 400 huts and
dugouts, the Salvation Army is doing,
has done and will continue TO do its
best for the cause of humanity and
Liberty"
The herald., 1918-11-21
CURE FOR BLUES
NEAR The CAMPS
Community Service Takes Place
of Mother, Friends and
Home for Soldiers.

Ten young officers of the Student
Army Training Corps of the Universe
ty of Detroit recently applied for q
furnished house and a housekeeper
who would not be u servant, but, as
one young officer expressed II, The
sort Of woman to whom the boys can
call out Hello, mother! when they
come in the front door,"
Inconsistencies is the malady for
which War Camp Community Service
supplies innumerable cures.
"We've got your number" says the
w. c. C. S. to the homesick boy from
camp with leisure to spend in any one
of the three hundred towns scattered
over the country. While he's wonder
ing what on earth he'll do with him
self when he gets there, not knowing a
soul in town and with a limited per-
centage of his thirty per" in his pock-
ct, along comes a friendly printed card
from the local branch of his own lodge
announcing a reception that night es-
same mail the Methodist church sends
an announcement of all its meetings,
addressed to him, with This Means
You printed at the bottom. How did
they know he was Methodist?
He had forgotten about the little
personal Card" he made out at the
adjutant's request during his first day
In camp when 1t was only one of the
endless details in the round of dentists
and doctors and general confusion.
The w. C. c. S. had not only his num-
Der, but his name and address, his
home town, the name Of the school
he'd gone to and good bit about the
things he was fondest of doing-each
fact written into little blal,i; on the
card especially for 1t.
The herald., 1918-11-21
So JEWISH WORKERS
GOING lover THERE"
Col. Barker Bids Godspeed to
the Graduates of Train.
ing School.

The whole-souled cooperation be-
tween the seven great organizations
working for the happiness and welfare
of our soldiers and sailors was re-
Gently Illustrated at the graduation
exercises of the tenth class Of the
Jewish Welfare Boards Training
School in New York. Col. William S.
Barker, who went to France represent
ing the Salvation Army with the first
contingent of our troops and has been
"over there" fifteen months, was the
principal speaker and wished the fifty
eight Jewish workers Of the class Cod
speed, while Louis Marshall, the promi-
pist of New York, lauded the work OF
the Salvation Army among the boys
ut the front
"What our fighting boys need is in
SEPARATION and heart and character in
those who are there to help them"
declared Col Barker You will rep
resent In the camps and overseas the
ideals and standards Of the Jewish
faith, and 1t is up to you above all
things to be consistent in your re-
ligious practices. Practice what you
preach. That, 1 am sure. has been
the secret Of our own success. II you
live up to the principles Of your faith
and give what you have to give from
heart big with love, the boys will re-
spect you, whether they be Protestant,
Catholic or Jew"
The newly graduated field workers
will make q total of 260 men doing
field work In our camps and naval
training stations under the auspices
of the Jewish Welfare Board. The
Board has about fifty "huts" in the
various camps and maintains centers
In all large cities where' soldiers and
sailors of all faiths are welcomed A
headquarters has recently been estab-
lished in Paris, and 100 men are being
recruited here for overseas work.
There are now nearly 125,000 Jews
serving In the army and navy.
The herald., 1918-11-21
BOOKS FOR SOLDER
SUPPLIED BY LtI
English Camp Shows k 4
Work Of That Orgaagia
for Our Boys

Something like 1850 pece fn
tionery are distributed dsay nz|
1000 enlisted men by Unsh ! n
baker of lola, Kas., as libnna ~
Y. NJ. c. A. writing tent ssst|
Rest Camp Of the Amencn Haa
tionary Forces In southern nos
The number of troops q = ~
varies from 5000 to s-0M
This single detail indisia " Y
Is necessary for the Y. A6LL.
c. A., National Catholic wa ~
and X. Of c.. War Camp o'
Service, Jewish Welfais ber :
Salvation Army have to fuinn 3
600, 900 sheets Q month -
letters.
Hundreds of books an una |. |,
this small camp, boon fafs..
the American Library Ass0dsM !. :
handled by the Y. MICA ASss |.
demands are for a good ~ :
ton. Thirty American nesss
received there daily, One nuaa o' !.
fifty magazines arsn W. cs :
400 pieces of athletIe squlpna,, : J.
nished by tho ~" are pu y -