Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-01-02

games.
When a merchant said he was not
interested in advertising, it was never
in the experience Of the Wood County
Reporter, because his mind was so
tremendously occupied by his rushing
trade.
All kinds of shoe leather are calf
skin now, and any critter able to
walk up to the slaughter house and
be killed for old age, is a calf.
Belated Christmas post cards keep,
coming in, and these loving reminders
remind US principally of the hardness
of our friends.
Duplicate whist is to be revived and
woe be to the unlucky player who
doesn't know who has every four spot
by the time the sixth hand has been
played.
The Congressman will soon be re-
turning to Washington with a feeling
of failure that so much money is in
the treasury unspent.
Some people are already planning
how they can make money on ball
games next Memorial Day while we
are honoring or hero dead.
You can never convince a Socialist
by arguments addressed to his head
but there are large chances of reach
ing him through his hungry stomach,
as they are likely to find out in Russia
quite soon
The community owes it to the child
to see that he is given proper sur
roundings in which to live.
1T is not the number of babies born
that counts, but the ones who grow
up into healthy men and women"
Unless health officer is given the
necessary authority to enforce the
ordinances pertaining to his work,
the community cannot justly hold him
responsible for failure.
Which is more economical; to de-
vote the necessary time and money
needed to prevent disease, or to main
tain hospitals, asylums and other
public institutions to care for the vic
tins of disease?
The people who favor sinking the
German war ships because we can't
agree how to divide them, have not
yet advocated tearing up our railroads
because we can't agree what rates of
fare they shall charge.
when are we going to get some
movie pictures of actual fighting"
writes a valued subscriber. We re-
greet that we don't know, not having
heard from the studios in the city
back lots where the film plays are
put on. Il
All President Wilson has to do in
a day now is to make Is speeches to
visiting delegations, review 25 pro-
cessions, shake hands with 1000 peo-
pie, settle the boundaries of half a
dozen nations, consult with all the
statesmen of all the allied countries,
decide on all the bills to put through
Congress at home, and play Is holes
of golf on the Versailles links.
After complaining that they are not
given an equal share in active work
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narrow they can hardly walk in them.
Being exhorted to take hold of the
New Year with energy, some people
blow horns and consume wine suppers
with tremendous enthusiasm.
Among the people happy after
Christmas are those who didn't get a
lot of gifts, and therefore are not
lnder obligation to return lot next
year
The country correspondent who
sends in the news item reading "The
sick are recovering" need not think
her exceptional journalistic gifts made
it necessary for her at once to enter
metropolitan newspaper work.
Some generous peoples idea of
making their children happy Christ
mas was to give them $1,000 tin au-
tomobiles that will break down in two
weeks.
Comparatively few people begin
January l keeping diaries Of the