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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12
January 10, 1888

The mercury has been creeping down
lately in this locality getting as low
as Sc and 38 degrees and this a. m.
January 16, it went down to Sc below
zero. Some weather Ell?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

Attorney C. O. Baker was in the
city the past week on business matters
While here he was guest at the
home of Geo. Baker and family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

Dudley Carey left Wednesday even
ing for Cincinnati, where he will be
employed in a printing office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12
The Patriot
BY ETHEL M. iCOLSON.


The little old lady
Trudged down the long street,
A frail little figure
From bonnet to feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12
Church NOTES
Christian Silence Church

Christian Silence Church
Sunday Service-10:45 A. M.
Wednesday evening, Testimonial
meeting 7:45 P. Nj.
Lesson Subjects the Universe, In
Guiding Man, Evolved by Atomic
Force?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

bathers-July Au 5cst,
and Sept. 1918 $4,000
Supplies and labor, build
ing slides, etc. $4,000
Prizes and labor for Swim
ming Contest during
Recreation Week :. 1924
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

To the Honorable Mayor and CON-
mon Council of the City Of Crane
Rapids
The following is a report of the / :
GENTS and expenditures Of the SWIM
ming Pool Commission for the year
1918:
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand end of 1917
season IS 5000
Annual appropriation by
City ........ 5OU.W SooU.oS
DISBURSEMENTS
Services Of man caring for
pool and protection Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

H.-B. Philleo has been added to the
force in the office of L. Amundson,
County Highway Commissioner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-12

Respectfully suUHIItIeu.
Louis A Schan.
One motion made and seconded
the council adjourned.
F. G. GILKEY, Clerk.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
TO BE A KID AGAIN.

I'D like to be a kid again, for just
one summers day
And throw away these guns and swords
and run away to play
A-down the yellow orchard lane and
by the rivers brim,
And bring a line and fishhook, too,
but first I'd have a swim.
And somehow, I imagine, that the
swim would wash away
The rust and blood and canker and
the many years decay
Of images and idols and dreams of
long ago,
And drench the world with star-drops
in the way it used to glow.
And I'd watch the little ripples go
swirling down to sea,
And speculate and marvel on the great
man would be;
And wonder what the big world held
the world awaiting me
The world of silvery eam-dust-the
world I couldn't see.
And then I wish the grimy shade of
what I am today
Could steal beside the dreaming boy
and watch him as he lay,
And see the velvet starshine in the
clear, .untarnished eyes
The eyes that couldn't see the world
that only saw the skies.
j. E. Molyneaux.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
HIGH GRADE SAMPLES OF MEsABA ORE
COMMISSIONERS HAVE WHIP HAND.
By CLAUDE M. ATKINSON.

reported
there likely somewhat of spirited
settlement is reached.
rightofway Missabe Northern
themselves influenced land sharks
public
the people Of the county generally.
object the railroad rghtofway route
selecting
Of ,a
rights Duluth
the rights of the general public
the will
without
provide.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
TALES OF LONG AGO
The Ep-saw Historian Digs Into Dongs in the Dim, Dis
tant Past and Unearths Interesting Incidents
of Days That Are No More.

ried couple Of pulchritudinous but
timid young society girls. They had
been discussing the expected contact
of earth and comet. As a result, their
nerves were quite on edge.
Both the fair creatures finally put
on their nighties and started to en-.
brace Morpheus in the berth behind
the heavy green curtains. Just as the
last one was crawling between the
Pullman sheets, the other raised the
curtain on the car window.
At that very instant, the night pas
senger crossed fast train on an
adjacent track. The engine went by
the sleeper with kissing roar, a great
Jangling and heavy shower Of smoke
and sparks trailing over the tender.
The beauteous creatures at once
jumped to the conclusion that the
earth and comet had met.
"Oh, Maria!" screamed one of the
girls, eve have hit the cometl"
Both of the frightened damsels
jumped from the berth, into the aisle
and, hugging one another tightly.
screamed in terror.
Startled occupants of other bertbs
quickly stuck out their heads to see
what was the matter. All they could
see was a terrorized pair of handsome
young women, clinging tightly to one
another and screaming, "The comet!
The comet!'
The terrorized creatures were verv
easy to look at, despite their scanty
attire, but the colored porter spoiled
the enhancing living picture by assur.
ing the girls that the train had safely
passed through the comet and that the
only harm done was to tear up a side.
track, but doing no damage to the
main line and the train.
Shivering with nervous excitement
but thankful for even a narrow escape.
the young women crept back into their
berth.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
POETS'CORNER
SWAN SONG.


John Barleycorn has drained his Horn,
And closed his Crimson Eye,
And bidding an end to his Last Sick
Friend,
Has laid him down to die;
For minus the Bracer, the Smile and
the Chaser,
His Bitters, his swig and his Bait,
He put on his Night-eap,
His dreamy cid Tight-cap,
And gave himself up to his fate!
However Dry, or Extra-Dry
The Tghball in your head,
There's many mourner around the
corner
John Barleycorn is deadl
Oh, maybe he's swimming on high with
the trimming
Bacchantes, and labels of old,
His brand on the counter,
A seven-league mounter,
His heel on Footrail of gold!
In paradise perhaps he tries
A brand we never tasted;
And laughs at all our tears that fall,
And sorrows we have wasted;
For Jonathan's spirit, or something
near it
He left for me and you
His ghost in the Moonshine,
A flagon of Moonshine,
And Swigger Of Mountain Dew!
-Aloysius Coll.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
TO THOMAS MOORE.

Ny boat is on the shore
And my bark is on the sea;
But before I 60, Tom Moore,
Here's a double health to thee!
Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And. whatever sky's above me,
Here's heart for any fate.
Though the ocean roar around me,
Yet it still shall bear me on;
Though a desert should surround me,
It hath springs that may be won.
We're It the last drop in the well,
As I gasped upon the brink,
Ere my fainting spirit fell,
IT'S to thee that I would drink.
With that water, as this wine,
The ibation I would pour
Should be-peace to thee and mine,
And a health to thee, Tom Moore.
Lord Byron.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

daily would indicate
morning fouling
Holmes prints
Hidden Hands, the Mining Mgnates Food Hogs
shfty Predatory Pilgrims.
Wilderness
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
LAKE SUPERIOR FISHERIES

During the season of 1892, Lake Su-
perior's fisheries then centering in Du-
luth, produced nearly 100000 pounds
OF fish. Lake trout aggregated 100000
pounds and Lake Superior whitefish
amounted to the same. All other fish
aggregated 100000 pounds.
The A. Booth Packing Company was
the big noise in Lake Superior fishing
in those days. That concern had about
$25O,OOO invested in three boats, docks
and buildings at this end of the in
land sea. Other concerns had fishing
properties aggregating $15O,0OO in
value. That season was characterized
by a heavy catch and no accidents.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
STOOD UP
WHEN HoKE ENTERED
Autocrats Required Royal Sa-
lutte by Principals and Teach.
ers at Recent Reception.

Autocracy and autocratic directors
have controlled Duluth's public schools
for the past several years. Now, Oh
the eve of a momentous school board
campaign, autocratic methods are be-
ing multiplied rather than decreased
The board of education and Supt-
Hoke recently gave farewell recep-
ton to the teachers of the public
schools. About fifty of last years
teachers have left the schools, either
by formal resignation or failure to
sign a contract for the ensuing year.
Such failure automatically becomes q
resignation. It was thought best to
say goodbye en- bloc, as saving Of
time.
Of course the autocrats were there
in fine feather, overlooking with cam
paign propaganda. When Supt. Hoks
entered the reception room, at word
Of command from some flunkey, pos
sibly Jimmy Bachelor, the assembled
principals and teachers were COM
manded to stand up as sign Of honor
and fealty to Madame Davis protege.
The only thing then lacking was
waving Of banners and brass band
to lead in singing, "Hail to the Chief"
And had the teachers bumped their
heads three times on the floor and
then Joined in shouting "Hail to the
Chief" the former boss of niger
night schools in Richmond, Virginny,
probably would have blinked through
those enormous spectacles and gasped:
"Aw-aw-aw-aw-aw-all you 'uns stop
hailing while All ahm reigning."
The strong hand of autocracy also
marks the acts of Sir Stanley G. Har-
wood, the assistant superintendent and
boy engineer imported some months
ago from Minneapolis. No mandate Of
the supreme court of the United States
ever was much more formal and i'm
perative than recent notice sent to
the plebian engineers and janitors.
Read it, dear old commoner, as fol-
lows, viz:
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
To all Principals: .
Please see that every engineer and
janitor in your building receives the
following notice.
TO ALL JANITORS & ENGINEERS:
You are hereby ordered to be pres
ent at the Assembly Hall Of the Wash
ington Jr. High School, Lake Ave. and
3rd st., on Saturday afternoon. juno
7th, at 2 O'Clock sharp.
Please be prepared to let Us know
when you want to take your vacation.
Very truly yours,
8. g. HARDWOOD,
Business Supt.
That business superintendent Har-
wood is wise in his own generation is
shown by the fact that he said
"please" to the women principals in
stead Of saying "You are hereby or
dered," as he did to the engineers
and janitors.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
LOVES PHILOSOPHY.

The fountains mingle with the river
And the rivers with the ocean;
The winds of heaven mix forever
With sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things in law divine
In one another's being mingle;
Why not I with mine9
See the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained it's brother.
Aud the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea;
What are all these kissings wofth9
If thou kiss not mes
Shelley.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
THE ROBIN.

See yon robin on the spray;
Look ye! how his tiny form
'Swells, as when his merry lay
Gushes forth amid the storm.
Though the snow is falling fast,
Speaking Ger his coat with white
Through loud roars the chilly blast,
And the evenings lost in night
Yet from out the darkness dreary
Cometh still that cheerful note;
Praiseful aye, and never weary,
In that little warbling throat.
Thank him for his lesson g sake,
Thank Gods gentle minstrel there,
Who, when storms make others quake
Sings Of days that brighter were
Harrison Weir.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
NOTABLE ANNUAL RECEPTION
OF KITCHI GAMMI CLUB.

The Kitchi Gammi club had not been
long in its then new quarters at the
corner of First street and Third ave-
nue. W.. now known as the Glencoe
building, when its ninth annual re-
ception was given to members and
friends.
The affair was most exclusive and
it's date was Friday evening, Dec. 16,
1892. The reception committee was
Luther Mendenhall, Walter Ayers, F.
W. Paine, w. G. harrington, E. G.
Jones and G. J. Kearshaw.
AS local scribe at that time said,
"The floral decorations were elegant. -
The floors Of the clubhouse were liter
ally mass of bloom and foliage.
There was the reception of the guests,
followed by dancing and a spread that
was, the society scribe said, "unquali.
fiedly triumph Of the club caterer g
art"
There were distinguished guests
from out Of town. Among those from
St. Paul were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
B Scott, Miss Briggs, Miss Field, M.
J. Boyle, w. G. Read, G.. B. Hewitt
Howard James and DR.. Fulton.
When the ninth annual reception OF
the Glitch Gammi club was given with
such eclat, as the News Tribune society
editress might say, the club had about
200 members and the officers were
as follows: President, Luther Men
denhall; vice president, G. G.. Hartley;
treasurer, F. W. Paine; secretary, G.
J. Kershaw.
The directors in the winter Of 1892
were: Walter Ayres, W. G. Earring
ton, F. H. Frisbie, G.. G. Hartley, E
G. Jones, G. J. Kershaw, Jr., F. W
Paine, 81. w. Pearson and C. D
Wright.
The Kitchi Gammi club was founded
in 1883. In 1892, according to loca
society reporter, the qualifications fo1
membership were "gentlemanly ante
cedents, social prominence, bushes.
strength and prominence"
After many years, the premier 50
cial club Of Duluth outgrew it's modest
quarters at Third avenue w. and First
St. and housed itself in the noble pill.
near Ninth avenue E. and Superior st
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
WHEN THE COMET HIT.

In December, 1892, comet had been
hanging in the sky for some weeks
and astronomers had announced that
its tail would hit the earth on the
night of a certain date. There was
considerable apprehension as to what
the effect would be. Some thought the
meeting Of Mother Earth and Miss
Comet would be quiet and uneventful,
while others feared that a hard jolt
and dire disaster would mark the COM
ing together.
Coming up from st. Paul on that
fateful night, the "Skally" train car
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
WHEN THE CECILIAN SOCIETY
WAS FOUNDED.

The Cecilian society, Duluth g Oldest
musical organization, if the writer il
not in error, was Informally brought
into existence in. 1887. Formal or
ganization and adoption of the name
took place in the fall Of 1889, thirty
years ago.
In the winter of 1887, five women
of Duluth, of which Mrs. 8. M. Stoke,
is assumed to have been one, were in
spired by this thought, viz:
"Any effort with honest intention
in the direction Of truth will, some
where or at some time, meet with
deserved success"
Those five women met for the pur
pose Of musical study. The meetings
were informal and, that winter, their
efforts were devoted principally to the
study Of symphony in piece arrange.
ment of four hands.
The next year, the number of mu.
steal workers was considerably in
creased, several vocalists joining the
pianists, making the afternoon pro
grams varied. There was, however, nc
definite organization or plan of study
In the fall of 1889, came the defin.
tie organization, with selection of off
GERS and the adoption of the name
Cecilian Society. Meetings were held
every two weeks during the season OF
1SS9-90, on Fridays, each afternoon be-
ing devoted to the study Of one OF
more composers Bach, Schubert
Haydn, Schumann and Chopin. The
years work closed with a Beethoven
recital in Steinway hall.
In the fall of 1890, the little society
started with fresh enthusiasm. A re.
cital under Edward Baxter Perry was
marked success, artistically and
financially.
During the season of 1891, study
afternoons were devoted to an outline
of all departments of music and much
interest was shown in the study OF
musical history.
Musical events that year included
the New York Philharmonic Society Is
concert, recital by Fanny Bloom
field Zeisler, violin recital by Sydney
Brown and members of the Cecilian So
ciety and a concert by Augusta Oh
strom and Theodore hammers, assisted
by three or four Cecilians.
During the season of 1928, the
literary works of musicians were given
careful study. Letters of Mendels
sohn, the profound observations Of
Berlioz, the acute but charitable crit
icisms of Schubert, the wonderful cor
respondence of Wagner and Riszt, to
gether with the writings of many mu
sicians known chiefly for their criti
cisms in the realm of tones, were fea
lures Of that season IS work.
In reviewing that work in the fall
Of 1892, Mrs. Stocker said:
"Let us, then, read the writings OF
the great composers, from the racy
journal of Ignace Moscheles to the
new book by Rubenstein, whose bril-
liant but dogmatic sentences would
stir Rip Van Wrinkle from hi.
lethargy, were he a musical student
with well grounded opinions of hi
own.'
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
ON THE PORTRAIT OF
SHAKESPEARE.

This figure that thou here seest put,
It was for gentle Shakespeare cut,
Wherein the graver had strife
With nature, to Guido the life;
o could he but have drawn his wit,
As well in brass, as he hath hit
His face; the print then would surpass
All that was ever writ in brass;
But since he cannot, reader, look
Not on his picture, but in his book.
Ben Jonson.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
TIFF DRY TORTUGAS.

"Is our country to become a howl
ing DESERT" asked the impassioned
"wet."
eft looks that way,' replied the
complacent "dry." ave are going
to furnish the aridity and you fel-
lows will do the bowling. ''-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

AN EDITORIAL SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE.
John L. Morrison has been sel
a. board Petitions in favor OF his candidacy Vi"
all that he employ
OF was asked
active teaching forces OF the CITY,
Duths public schools for
conditions and needs
ad t the request
individuals have solicited Mr. Morrison
belief
the battles the teachers
promises to betray his constituents
expressed the belief that Duluth
and belief that the
them the school board
detail what Mr. Morrison
candidate for the school
he considers sup Hokes admins
this campaign He fuher wishes
will honorable
his
believe outside city
at home In principle
superintendent schools
efficient member of the department. provided
superior the
qualified
seeks position in the
New blood often
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

the Wisconsin and
obligation Of their
regard OF the LAWS as was recently shown Oliver
near Duluth by the
be
the rotten conditions existing and that
OF the law protect citizen
win fall heavily the Of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

council
starting
for relief
for this
telephone
telephone has Of two tails
eliminate at least Of them
variation
should tribute
70 q ock-holders
telephone
utilities heard
their
,..t-.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
PRINCIPLE VERSUS PRINCIPAL.

!
Champion viz
publishing than
cleaning o. getting a
This and
principle.
with For
bills hardened profits
. horses n full
rich principle principal discriminating
county q
nc owwa
doings fellow
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
THINGS WE MIGHT. HAVE SAID.


criticisms of
mn) and advised instructed office
family journal county printing:
old getting
his district,
And besides that
thing
this department. and too old to
or seriously consider such a proposition.
the position in the district should
have not said about him
But there telling
official position critics
with fourteen teams standing the
(oNei) in
road. and he didn't do a good job at
Bckus the Koochichng
thousand dollars artist ndugng YAM
meg that leads to believe he isn't
The grating habit has become with the Duluth
they holding the fascinating right
utterly disgardng the time rerogave
ice don't be missing anything.
Means for If the
ton played the
profit of the
the holocaust
Editor Morrison Of the Duluth Ripsav
ing directorate the Virtue
Issue
nghted baiwick will
stay because really adjunct
along.
Chief Of Police Murphy clean
Logging and that
that
in undertaking.
LIQUOR chap
sold the BETTER the
| o
Nearly
candidate
excavatng
activities and say unto himself: II wonder whane Vic Power intends
dog? Meantime Mr. Power " nothing and yet wouldn't surprise
bit he to tckes Of
cats all directions That's what they
it
Sunday
over the road and the fact that Lords
every driver said things couldn't possibly
Its reputation said be- STILL
Hdn idea perpetual
| not than he oath of office
Wisconsin Minnesota
onhsa1on OF their oath Of office
regard OF the laws recently
near Duluth by the Editor
be the
the rotten conditions existing
OF the law protect every
fh hi "a
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
THE COMING SCHOOL ELECTION.

THE COMING SCHOOL ELECTION.
49,
a
big burning
holds his position
relieve schools Of the incubus
McGfert Madam Davis will this They
feared the popular dppov their actions
policies.
their
designs
weakly they cannot do it in
opposing tickets
should
him.
elections cheated
This will
effort pride in promises and
will without
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

Evidently
Sturgeon highway
passabe repair Last Sunday there
passing the road notwithstanding
said things
as Its reputation Is said STILL
Han idea it least
not oath of
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

Nearly
candidate for
excavatng
activities
do? Meantime, Mr. Power
bit
cats directions to fear
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28
Business Supt

That business superintendent Har-
wood is wise in his own generation is
shown by the fact that he said
"please" to the women principals in
stead Of saying "You are hereby or
dered," as he did to the engineers
and janitors.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1919-06-28

Chief Of Police Murphy clean
Logging and blndggng Duluth
that
the undertaking.
liquor make
sold to
New Britain herald., 1919-06-13

supporters are Baltic German Da rons who are descendants of the old Teu- tonic knights They hold immense tracts of land and enjoy feudal priv iIegcs of a kind that were abolished even before tho French rev olution. These wealthy landowners arc ex- trenl ely tenacious of their enormous privileges. which they fear to sec cur tailed under any democratic regime, and, the correspondent says. they now have entered into a conspiracy with Germany's occupying forces to over- throw democracy in LeittIand and pre- pare the way for annexation to Ger many.
 The Germans act as though they owned the country and they show not the slightest consciousness Of having been defeated in the war, says the cor respondent To a British mission which protested against the disarm ing of the Lettish troops in Libau. von der Goltz replied that the situato>a had been e-esta blished' but the cor respondent says there was not a word of truth in this, for arms were not restored to the Let's.
 The British mission here" writes the correspondent. has no power to coerce the Germans into doing any thing and this can only be done through the machinery of the armi- stice commission at Spa. The German troops are making no movement against the Bolsheviki, between whom and themselves they keep the River Aa.
 'Von der Goltz pretends that the