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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

his honor.
But such horrible conception of
the Almighty is out of date. 1t is
to be classed with witch burning and
Moloch worship.
But" we may be told, spectators
st Sunday baseball games often IN
dulge in blasphemous language, do
they not ?"
Frequently, some of them. And not
only on Sunday. And when they do
it on Sunday it isn't only at the ball
park
No, the deplorable backslidings of
| the age can not be attributed entire
| " to Sunday baseball.
Eliminate the Almighty Dollar and
YOU will have removed the great OBJ
stacle to the worship of the Almighty
God.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
Men and Acres.

There is a scarcity of men on the
farms.
This is not news to any one. 1t is
a subject which has evoked much la
mentation for considerable period
But there is ray of sunshine piercing
the gloom.
After the Civil War vast tracts of
land were offered to discharged sol
diers. Men found themselves in pos
session of large portions of the ter
restial crust which they could not Gull
tivate because there was too much of
it. So they set their brains to work.
The result was farm machinery. The
binder and the threshing machine made
their appearance. The gang pillow, the
seed drill, and various other products
of the machine shop were soon in evil
dence. The fail and scythe were SUI
perceded.
There were not enough men to bal
ance the acreage, so machines made
up the deficit.
This process seems likely to hap
pen again. In the last census period
the number of farms of SO to I'll acres
increased only per cent, while those
of 500 to 1000 acres grew % per cent.
AS result, the tractor
But it will not stop here. Not only
is the farmer now a mechanic, he is
also an accountant. One of the firms
which supplies goods almost exclusive
ly to farmers has listed in it's cata-
logues fourteen different styles of of
fee desks. The farmer in his office
with telephone at his elbow is now
more than fantastic dream.
Cheer up. The scarcity of men COM
pared with acreage will stimulate an
ingenuity and beget a progressive at
titude that otherwise would never
have come to birth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
Sunday Baseball.

There are number Of perfectly re-
putable and high minded people to
whom Sunday Baseball is anathema
But the same reason does nat operate
/ in each case. Some of them proceed
from the spirit that animates the pro-
fessional abolitionist They want to
abolish something and the most prom
| inent objects On the landscape attract
their attention first. Baseball is one
Of them.
Others take. in all sincerity, the
viewpoint of the Sabbatarian. They
hold that the Day Of Rest is profaned.
1t is well to avoid confusion of
definitions. A day of rest is not ne
cessarily day of supine inactivity.
Nothing is so demoralizing as mac
tin IF mind and body, and to make
Sunday day cf Generalization would
be worse than proclamation
Well say the ultra -devout, "why
not spend the entire day in pious me-
ditatiar, in prayer, hymn singing, and
homilies ?"
Because-and this is said in all rev
overwhelmingly protracted ritual
Is not devotion; it is savagery. East
Indian devotees practice it. Central
African aborigina1s maintain it-be-
cause 1t Is uncomfortable. 1t is a
compliment to their God. IF they ex-
haust themselves in ceremonies and
suppllcations through dreary stretch
OF hours, their eccentric deity will feel
battered. The priests of Baal had the
same motive when they lanced their
mesh with knives. They suffered IN
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
The Fatted Calf.

The policy of the allied represen-
tatives toward the end of the peace
negotiations seems to have been in the
direction of leniency toward Germany
1t can hardly have been a manifesto
ton of affection.
Clemenceau has not shown very
much of this spirit. It was hardly ma
tural, that he should. The sight of
northern France is a nightmare, and
is an ever present suggestion of an
other era of devastation only to be
postponed by the prolonged enfeeble-
ment of Germany. A French premier
who declared that Germany was being
too severely punished would not be a
premier long.
But President Wilson and Lloyd
George seen to have been singularly in
accord in their willingness to reduce
Germany's debt. And it can hardly be
the outcome of compassionate feel
ing toward the unrepentant culprit.
Germany, we are told, was to be adj
nitted to the league of nations. At
first this privilege was to be denied
her, but later on it was to be conceded.
Not after number of years, but with
in few months. Why? Because she
intimated that otherwise she would
be driven to form a league of her own
Here is the sublime peak of absur-
1ity. What kind of league contains
both the condemned criminal and the
jailers, the convict and the presiding
Judge?
The establishment of a league OF
nations is too exalted an ideal to be
encumbered with a group of absurd
associations. Fantastic many of its
features must appear, but the whim
steal elements must be reduced to g
| minimum. 1t would be a calamity tc
let it exhibit the traditional character
| istics of a farce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
The Hole in the Pocket.

On all hands we are bombarded with
the exhortation to be thrifty, to save
! And, as a matter, we have had pre-
sented to us many of the most practi-
cal reasons for not saving 1t becomes
increasingly evident that there is much
to be said in favor of blowing in all of
our money-while we can buy some
thing with it.
If conditions continue along their
present course a man will soon be un-
able to buy a pair of trousers at the
price which now purchases a suit of
clothes. And the same price, five years
! ago, would have bought suit of
clothes plus an overcoat
It seems more practical, therefore,
to stock up in clothes and everything
else for the next five or six years.
But unfortunately fashions change,
and if we are at all fastidious the extra
dozen suits which we buy now will be
out of date in year or two. Still, if
we do not worry over the vagaries of
fashion we might endure that disad-
vantage.
But groceries will not keep quite so
long. We must resign ourselves to
eating as much as we can consume,
and paying the increased prcies which
probably will be levied every few
months.
We have no right to blame the gro
Ger or the tailor. They charge more
because they have to pay more. The
dollar is the culprit. 1t has depre-
ciated.
If you were a saving kind of person
five years ago you put your money in
the bank. Perhaps you saved enough
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
TOWN OF WOOD

Aug. Freitag and family and Will
Neitzle and family were down from
Grand Rapids to spend Sunday with
Adam Lipka.
Miss Mary Gewanski left for Mil
waukee Friday after visiting her
folks for couple of weeks.
The people around here are busy
planting tobacco.
William Hagenaw Jr., is new help
er at the cheese factory of Adalph
Voigt. He has too much work to
handle alone.
Look out girls, little Charley Rogin-
ski is the owner of new Nash car.
The electric storm last week killed
Frank Hinrichsen's dog.
Will Thiel, from Waukesha, came
Saturday by car to join his wife and
expects to stay here a month on ac-
count of his health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
HE WAS ALMOST PAST GOING

81 suffered with kidney trouble for
three years." writes D. Bell, st. James
City, Fla, "and for six months | have
been almost past going. / began tax
ing Foley Kidney Pills, and before I
used two bottles my pains were all
gone" Relieve backache, rheumatic
pains, stiff, swollen joints, sore mus
cles. Sold Everywhere. s Vi,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

B. Nottingham last week and while
trying out his new car had the mis-
fortune to tip over, smashing the top
and windshield.
Glenn Fry made his parents and
friends in Arpin visit after receiv-
ing his discharge from Camp Grant.
Glenn spent sixteen months overseas
SO we conclude he was rather glad to
see the old home town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
DANGERS OF HOT WEATHER

Anyone is doubly liable to i'll effects
from the hot sun when stomach and
bowels are clogged with a mass of
undigested food. If you suffer from
sick headache, biliousness, bloating
"heaviness" or any i'll caused by indi-
gestion take Foley Cathartic Tablet
and you will feel better in the morn
1ng. Sold Everywhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

When not much building is being
done, the cost of construction rises
because the builders have to loaf so
much of the time, and when a lot of
building is being done, then the cost
rises because the builders can get it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The patriotic youth in many places
do not feel that July Fourth has been
adequately celebrated, unless the fire
department has been thoroughly exer-
cised.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

No, the limping business man is not
recovering from a wound incurred in
the trenches. 1t is merely that he
was only Is years old the day before
and played in the picnic ball game.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
Thursday, July 3, 1919.


There have been more casualties
celebrating July than there were in
winning the Revolutionary war. Will
it take more casualties to celebrate
the victory in the German war than
were incurred in the fighting!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

1t is perfectly safe to offer a Grand
Rapids kid $4,000 worth of fireworks,
on condition that he discharge them
off in some back lot where he will dis
turb no one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The question is raised whether a
boy can be a success without a college
education? Well, without going to
college it is hard to become profess
sional ball player.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The Germans have given another
Inhibition of their methods in sinking
the captured ships, but it is perfectly
safe to trust them when some one
lands over them with gun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Some one asks why it is customary
to have bachelors as ushers at wed
dings? Well, probably it is regard
ed as the first step in getting them
thrown and branded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

AS some merchants blew in 1915
on handbills several years ago and did
not get any appreciate returns, they
think they have demonstrated that ad-
vertising doesn't pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

One Texas county has voted $780,
600 for good reads, but it is usually
considered better to get the money or
of the federal government, as tina.
doesn't cost anybody anything.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Many women are taking domestic
arts courses, but it is not clear that
they get any instruction in the art of
keeping husbands at home
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Many of the people who conplai.
about cost of living are the same one
who regard the garden as a piece of
waste land on which they have to pay
some one to NOW the weeds regular
ly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Some people won't spend their mon
ey to take the young folks to the cir
Gus. as the children can hear all about
it from the other kids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

While ex-Kaiser Bill is not really
wanted in this country wood sawyers
are so scarce that he could no doubt
earn a living at good pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The German bowls about the peace
terms are about as convincing as the
ear splitting yells of the kids under
Mothers moderate Establishments.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Now they are proposing to put ur
prices of shoes $500 per pair. If they
don't look out, they'll give the girls
the excuse they have long been look
ing for to go barefoot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Affectionately known to the A E. F.
as "That Regular Fellar" home again
after year and three months of al
most continuous performances for the
entertainment of American soldiers in
France.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Some people think July Fourth is
too much disregarded now, but anyway
the country's biggest bruisers picked
it out to have their fight on.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

However the kids will take up with
most any kind of a fireworks offer,
| if there is little teeny chance of get
| ting injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Cheer up, Mr.. College Graduate. If
7ou work hard for years, you many
be able to earn as much as a plumber
or bricklayer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Germany signs the peace treaty af-
ter making the reservation that the
signature amounts to nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Being told that they ought to blush
for their boldness, many girls proceed
to the drug store to purchase tne
Wherewithall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Justice of the Peace Edw. N. Po-
mainville returned Friday morning
from weeks trip to Manitowoc where
he attended the Elks convention and
from Mooseheart, ILL.,, where he at
tended the National Moose convention
The trip was made entirely in his au-
tomobile and in returning Judge Po-
friends. He reports a delightful trip
and good roads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Perhaps some of the old residents
will be able to recognize President Will
son when he returns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Trolley strikes in many cities, and
great suffering among people who
have to walk mile to their work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Tremendous execution reported b.
the II year locusts, also by the IT year
old girls at the summer resorts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The members of the Ladies' For
eign Missionary Society of the
Methodist church held a picnic at the
home of Mrs. E. C. Rossier in Lyons
Park Friday afternoon. A large num-
Der were present and the afternoon
was spent in a social way and at 4:30
o'clock a picnic lunch was served. tt5
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

The Vets sd y you can lead them up
to water, but you can't make 'em drink
the vile stuff.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
Church notes

Christian Silence Church
Sunday Service-10:45 A. M.
Wednesday evening, Testimonial
meeting 7:45 P. M.
Lesson Subject-God.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
FARM LOANS

We are in a position to negotiate
loans on farm property for any amount
and on very favorable terms
If you can use more money to adj
vantage, call and talk it over. We do
not charge commission or other fees.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
PHYSICIANS
w. MELVIN RUCKLE, M. d.

W. MELVIN RUCKLE, M. ID.
Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat Glasses fitted correctly
Eye and Ear Surgeon in Riverview
Hospital. Office in Wood County Ma
tional Bank Block.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

If President Wilson doesn't get
home pretty soon, he might as well
stay over, as there'll be some new war
start which he will have to settle up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03

Entered at the postoffice at Grand
"v>ids, Wisconsin, as second class
matter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-03
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER

4 /. FONTAINE, Owner and Pub
Usher
81 co a Year, Strictly in Advance
Prices for advertising and job work
made known on application at the Of
fee
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-08
LYRIC.

''Polyanna," the gladsome play. is still scoring a decided success at the Lyric theatre. Miss Anne Bronough as 'fPollyanna" is positively delight fu1. One would bardl-- know that the grown-up girl of r in the last act had represented the child of F in the first two acts.
 Marjorie Mason. the ingenue, who is given her first real opportunity, is ex- cellent as Nancy, the Irish maid. Her brogue is good and she gives an illus tration of the dry humor so peculiar to some of the natives of the land of the shamrock. Arthur Chatterdon, the leading man, also does good work in the character of the grouchy old bach elor and later as the cheerful old man who has been inspired by ''Pollyanna,' '' the optimist.
 Next week the Poll Players will pre- sent a ser1i-nilitary production enti- tied 'The Big Chance The story of the play begins before the war and IS carried through the big battles and ends with the return of the boys from the battle front.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-08
TWIN SUICIDES
 ESTATES FOUND TO MATCH WILLS
Each of Cromwell Sisters Left About $66O,OOO, In vested and Bequeathed
 Alike,

New York, Oct S-The appraisa1s of the estates of Gladys Louise Hus- ted Cromwell and Dorothea Kath- erine Cromwell, filed yesterday in the Surrogates office, shows the twins who committed suicide Jan. 19, by Jumping from the steamship La Tou- raine as sine was leaving Bordeaux each left more than s6OO,0OO. Doro- thea Cromwe1fs estate was $661,74S and that of her sister s657,e6O.
 The similarity in the manner of their death after several months ser vice as Red Cross and canteen work CTS together in France, was mani fested in the date and wording of their wills and in the composition of their estates The appraisal showed each had the same number of rail- road stocks agregating $93,44e; each had bank and trust company stocks amounting to $285,611; each had Standard Oil stocks aggregat1ng $1S2- -1Ss, and each had miscellaneous holdings amounting to $26,124
 In both wills, which were drawn Jan E. 1919, the beneficiaries and the amount each is to receive were 1den- dca1, with the exception of their sis- ter, Mary R. Cromwell. of No 46 Rue Spontini, Paris, who will receive from each q life estate in S53,7 ,75o and from Dorothea, one-half of her residuay estate, which is S19o,754, and a small bequest of S347, and from Gladys one-ha1f of her residrary estate, amounting to $1SS,85s-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-08
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so just ignore those which you person.
 ally have no use for. If you live in an apartment you do not have to buy coal and wood or pay taxes. Just ignore
 these items. If you own your own house rent will have to include taxes,
 improvements, etc. It must also in-
 clude storage and payments on mort
 gages.
 Household supplies cover soap.
 brooms, silver polish, etc, and the
 things you are constantly replacing,
 such as dish towels, china and kitchen
 utensils Fire insurance and install
 ment payments on furniture should, of
 course, be put under Furniture. Un-
 der Service you may include maid, gardener, window cleaner and tips. Education and Reading include such items as lectures, music lessons, libra
 ry dues, tuition fees and magazines.
 It is advisable to keep the allotment
 for your personal gifts separate iron,
 that allowed for church and charity in | order that you will not, in case of ne cessity, cut down on your gifts to church and charity, which, after all, | are obligations that ought to be met. Husbands and Wife's Personal should not include anything that can
 be put down under any other heading The wife may include in hers such | things as car fare, ice cream sodas and | manicures. The husband may include lunches downtown, car fare, barber, tobacco and extra newspapers. After
 yoN have an idea of what you spend on | these items and can limit yourself to | it it will not be necessary to keep an | itemized account Keeping the money | for personal expenditures in separate purse might be found helpful.
 Anything worth doing at all IS l worth doing we'll" If you keep ac- counts at all don't let day go by witli- out putting down what you have. spent Some things, such as Rent, will only l have to be put down once a month | At the end of the month fill in your budget under the column Money l Spent" and make comparisons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-08

Madame Marguerita Sylva who is, according to one of the most com petent authorities, ''the greatest Car mem who ever appeared on the stage and one of the few great dramatic actresses" will begin her American screen debut next month in California. Madame Sylva is a really great dra- natic artist, as those who have seen her acting in dramatic operas can testify, and if her plays are carefully chosen, screen lovers will have an op- portunity to see this beautiful woman and talented artist in a variety of emo tiona1 roles which should add dis tinction to screen acting.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-08

In previous inStallments the budget plan was explained. This gives you an opportunity to decide beforehand on how much of your income you are go- ing to allow. under each heading. Have you any idea now what you are srend- ing for Recreation and whether the cost of your food Is way out of pro- portion to the amount of your fncomef
 Put down under Money Allotted" the probable amount you think you will spend next month for Food. House keeping. and Personal Expenses and the amount you are going to save. Don't attempt to fill in any of the sub divisions except those you are reason ably sure of.
 After keeping track of your expen- ditures for a month it will be interest ing to compare the amounts you actual Iy spent with the amounts you allotted on your budget sheet You will find a simple form for keeping accounts in later installments. Of course 1t Is impossible to suggest headings that will suit the needs in every household,