Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-09-11

north.
Printers ink marks the way to
riches and fame. Try it. This ad-
vice is meant not for the young man
who is contemplating the newspaper
, field, but for advertisers. There's a
vast difference.
Mrs. Charles Halvorsen and children
! of Madison, who have been visiting
the past three weeks at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Jones
in this city, returned to their home
the first of the week.
George Swicke, fve-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Zwicke, who was
severely cut about the face and head
by a mower was removed to his
home from the Riverview Hospital
the latter part of the week.
Some unfeeling mortal once said,
Get up early in the morning or you
will be late all day." But even at that,
it's good advice, so give your alarm
clock a surprise in the morning and
don't turn over for that extra half
hours snooze
Rev. G. NJ. Thurow and daughter,
Gertrude, returned this morning from
Watertown where they accompanied
Miss Louise, who will attend North
western College this year. Rev. Thur
ow also conducted services at Wone-
voc before he returned.
Mrs. Louis Shymanski and son
Dalton, returned Thursday evening
from Chicago where they visited
friends and relatives the past month.
They were accompanied home by
Mrs. R. B. Smith who will visit here
for a few weeks.
Miss Mamie Gahl departed for her
school in Kilbourn on Saturday where
she will teach the coming year. Mrs.
Gahl and son, Albert, accompanied her
and they will visit friends at Milwau-
kee for a few days before returning
home.
The man who wants to succeed and
to do the greater things of life will
be most numerically criticized. No
matter what you may be doing, there
are always some foolish people to
condemn you. Never mind them, but
go ahead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Delamarter,
and mother, arrived few days ago
from Rochester, New York, and are
visiting at the home of George Dill
lingham and family. They made the
trip by auto and report it very en-
joyable one.
Henry Ebbe, Register of Deeds, pur-
chased the Weinberg residence prop
erty on Drake street Wednesday. Mr.
Ebbe gets possession on or about the
25th~ and hopes to be cat home" in his
new purchase on October first. Con-
sideration in the deal not stated, but
we guess it was about $4500.
J. R. Ragan is in Milwaukee and
Chicago this week placing orders for
new stock for the holiday trade. If
there is any furniture on sale any
where in the large cities, John will
find it and get his share. He is also
attending the National Undertakers'
convention at Atlantic City.
Mrs. C. E. LaVigne left Monday af-
ternoon for Green Bay, where she will
visit one week with her friend Mrs.
Nellie Smith before returning to her
home in Washington, d. G. She was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. John Bell,
in this city for five weeks and they
passed only too quickly.
Chas. E. Eklund and family return
ed from Minneapolis, Saturday, where
they had been visiting relatives and
friends for a week. They made the
trip to and from in their automobile.
The roads were in excellent condition
and they consumed only day each
way.
IN England and the Continent they
made the discovery during the war
that peanuts are mighty satisfying
food for hungry people. In Great
Britain alone the importation Of pea
nuts increased from 1900 tons ir
1913 to $4,000 tons in 1918. This
offers an attractive market for Ameri.
can peanut growers.
There is a strange temptation every
time we come across a lot of OLE
clothes in the house, to search the
pockets hoping to find something val
liable This is what we general.
fnd-some pulverized tobacco AM
some soiled and worn paper happen
7 ing to be a bill which we forget t.
pay.
/ Mrs. Claire Haskell and four chill
2 | dren OF Elroy, Wis, who have beer
: spending the summer here with he
4 mother, left Tuesday afternoon on he
return home accompanied by her sis
fer Miss Arthimese Marceau. Mis-
, Marceau will be absent one week. MI
' Haskell will meet them at New Llsbol
IL