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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
streets after drinking some "bootleg'
Crime Grows About 50 Per Cent.

Crime Grows About 50 Per Cent.
 Police officials at Chicago, accord ing to report, say that since July 1 when National Prohibition went into effect. crime in that city has in creased 46 per cent. over what 1t was for the same period of last year. In a recent month of 1919 there was 58 per cent. more crime committed there than in the same month in 1918. As a result of the conditions in Chicago arising out of prohibition, which have greatly alarmed the civic au- thorities,'' the latter are now asking for the addition of 2,000 policemen to the city's force to cope with the addi- tional crime. which includes, accord ing to the report, almost a daily n1ur- der.
 Attention is called to a statement of United States Senator France that since War Time Prohibition went into effect Kansas has had the doubt fuI honor of having the largest num- Der of drug addicts in proportion to population of any State in the Union. According to the reports received by the association, the same situation is apparent in New England as in the rest of the country, drunkenness, home consumption of liquor and the number of private stills having greatly increased since July l.
 Revenue officers reports show that there are 2,0O0 illicit distilLeries in Oklahoma, while in a raid conducted recently in Birmingham, Ala, two stills, one warm from operating, were found in the basement of the new Post Office building there, now under construction at an estimated cost of S1,000,000.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Big little Annual for little people.

For young readers and listeners and 1ookers:-an annual of unusual Sort.
 Page after page of adven- lures by land and sea, clever little rhymes which tell of wondrous places, stories for little boys and girls, dozens and dozens of things to in terest and delight childrenl
 Pictures and print and all combine to make it re markable children's book.
 Edited by Charles S Pratt and Ella F Hall $1.25
 CRITERION is out for 1920 too.
 That means, more fun for boys and girls $1.50
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
HandWrOugE1t gold of unique beauty.

Day after day. with patience and skill true ars- try men wrought to have ready at this time these unique and beautiful rings and LaVallieres.
 Pure gold 14 and IS ka1ats ne they shaped into 1- usual designs and then set in the midst of the design clear and beautlful cameo, or seipreciOus stone of JhhQue Ilnd Some Of those stones red like a ruby some are almost like caged drop of water!
 t1lgree work of exquisite neness appears shapes of distinct novel graceand all the charm of fine handi- work !
 Rings-$1050 to $23.50; brooches-$25 and s27.5o; LaVallieres-$8 to $35
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Books that appeal to boys.

Young AeropIane Scouts, 6 great stories, each-5Oc
 Boy Allies With the Navy 10 titles-each soc
 Boy Allies With the Army -13 titles, each soc
 Navy Boys-12 different books-each soc
 Battleship Boys-8 in the series-each soc
 Two American Boys in the War, 4 titles, each soc
 Moving Picture Boys, 10 titles including the new ones:-On French Battle fields and On the War Front each 5Oc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Miss Havard'S new book
Really fine books for little folks.

Here are special editions of such tales as Ivanhoe, Andersen's Fairy Tales, Swiss Family Robinson, Robinson Cruso and such.
 They are good large books, with 14 full-page pie lures in color in each.
 Can you imagine how lit tie eyes will dance!
 $1.5O each
 The Twin stories-by Lucy Perkins.
 There are the French and the Eskimo and the Japa- nese twins-and others. Each book $1.50
 Unique edition Mother Goose-arranged by B o Grover and with big and magnetic pictures on every page! $2.5O
 Poems for Little Men and Women-gems from Field and Riley and Stevenson and others who knew and loved the heary of the child! $1
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Illuminate kitchen with Miro. ware

. Would you get idea of what Miro aluminium means in the kitchen? The is being given this week at special exhibit of this light strong beautiful ware. Miro is heavy but light heavy in thickness of each utensn but light in weight Lift Miro cooking utens1l: t weighs almost nothing Yet it will for years der the hardest of usage if given reasonable care. Miro is remarkably good looking. Its polished face gows and geams and doesn't retain single stain of cooking In the colonial shape it's many sides take added grace, It combines with real beauty. Miro has litte features peculiar to itself No fear that spout will drop off kettle handle become loose They welded Knobs of special non-burning composition Each utens is shaped tis easy pour its contents without sping There sharp corner in any utensi they wondrous easy clean thorough ly and quickly.
 But come and see, watch them in use-that is best
  s,
 
 
 
 
 
 sS  $1 soc to SPECIAL-Th quart covered saucepans, limited
 nu1nber,- $l25
 Two-quart tipped saucepans, limited lot, 85c
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
America First in toys too }!

Just come for yourself, and bring eager little Jolks with you, and see all the joy ous things made Tn America which have been brought together in Toyland It will do your heart good --- and make you feel that Christmas IS going to be real Ameri- can Christmas.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Books of Travel

that tell a story both in word and illustration, of equal in terest to folks who have wis ited the scenes and folks who are planning trip
 Florida the Land of En- chantment, with map and over 50 plates, by Nevin 0 .Winter,-$4.
 Sunset Canada, British Columbia, and Beyond--with more than 50 plates, by Ar chic Bell---$4. Colorado, Queen Jewel of the Rockies - illustrated with over 50 plates, by Mae Lacy Bragg,-$4. California; Romantic and IeautIfuI---lIIuStrated With t2 plates,--by George Wharton James,-$4. Spell of Alsace - with many illustrations from spe- cial photographs--by Andre Hallays---$3.
 The American Front--by Capt Ernest Piexotto-with illustrations by the author $3.5O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Bring Dad his Slippers''

And Dad knows,, when he hears that remark tha comfort and an enjoyable restfu evening are ahead Here are the sorts of slippers he likes Hgh-cut with elastic goring inserted in sides black at $35O tan with kid lining at $45O Low straight-cut,
 black at $375, brown at $4, tan at $4.5O
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Here are typical books for girls.

Grace Harlowe stories; of school and college life each soc Meadowbrook Gir1s-each
 soc Campfire Girls; every story of real outdoor inter est-each soc For little girls:-Bunny Brown and Bobbsy Twins books-each soc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
A bag for travelling comfort

For Woman:-baclI cowhide stamped so it looks like walrus, steel frame satin ning light weight but strong 1o-lnch slze- $7.50 For man:Big deep-cut bag of black or tan with Staunch leather llnlng. Size 16 to IS inch $1O Somebody going to welcome such gift very gladly!
 floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
We choose books because
 of their friendship.

Like the friendship between Who will that this 
 To books wshe have of and ikesI
 Booki safe gift te m for
 the we doubt
 ramhe Il kswEcha friends What a diversity
 Q thewid range of appe
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01

To Heal 8 Cough Take HAYES HEALING HONEY. 35c per bottle.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
Special Edition Eleanor Porter

The Tie that Binds. the Tangled Threads Across the Years. Three volumes, each con taining sketches of youth and middle age and declining years. Who cannot guess the tie that binds ! Each volume with seven excellent full-page lllustra- tions.
 The set complete-$5. Miss Havard's 1 new book Captain Lucy in France Ia story for girls of 10 to 15; by the talented daughter of Col Valery Havard, our Fair field neighbor.
 Not her first work--for she has written delightful other books--$1.5O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01
KipEng

A new edition of unusual attraction.
 The Inclusive edition which covers entire period from 1885 to 1918. / New poems are here pub lished for the first time
 A volume of 800 pages, a truly complete edition of Kipling poetry.
 Cloth bound, excellent in type and printing,--$5.
 Some Stories
 of gift sort
 Red and Black--Grace Richmond; more about Red Pepper---$I6O.
 Forbidden Trail--Honore Willsie-$1.6O. a The Search--Grace L H Ltz---$1.50. . Unbroken Lines---Harriet Comstock---$1. 50.
 Strong Hours - Maud Diver--$1.75.
 Peace in Friendship Vil- lage--Zona Gale---$2.
 Lo and Behold Ye!---Seu- mas MacManus---$1.6O.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-01

Forecast: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly colder tonight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

embodies the highest ideal OF life and
character. The doing of the conf
monplace work achieves the welfare
Of the world. We love the young that
does not claim to know more than
other people; it is no right and then
it is not wise; for it is such good
way of cheating ourself Sometime,
other people who have been sehooled
in the university Of the world, could
teach the new graduates many things
which are valuable, of which she has
never heard. All great truths are not
always dramatically spoken, and ev-
arything that can be known is not
found in books. 1t is right for the
young people to have opinions about
everything that comes before them;
but it would be well to remember
that the great achievements of life
have been accomplished by men and
women in the gray Of life, not in the
downy years of youth. Let them look
for the best in everything and every
body and 'do all the good you can in
all the ways won can, to all the people
you can," in whatsoever place circun-
stances beyond your control place
you. A college education is valua-
BILE education and greatly to be desir
| ed, but if it fails TO broaden the heart
as we'll as the mind, it is a failure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
Capacity to Enjoy Life.


The capacity to enjoy life IS one
great thing, to be able no matter
what happens to wear serene face.
II things are not as we would wish,
enjoy what we can and hope for better
times. There are no more unattrac
tive persons living than those who
never enjoy life, who look upon it as
a vale of tears, who, if they do take
pleasure in anything, do so under
protest. The most unpromising con-
ditions of life may be made to yield
us some good if we look for it, and
the looking for it will do us good even
if we do not find it; the dwelling on
the disadvantages not only sours, but
shuts off all hope of our seeing any
possible good if it should be there.
So. if we would make ourselves at
tractive in the best sense of the word,
cultivate a capacity of pleasure in the
little things, the bird songs that
waken us in the morning, and we will
never lack material to interest us, for
our lives are made up of little pleas
ures, little troubles, and small things
generally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
The Declarations.

You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak upon the public stage, etc.
Thus speaketh the youth about now
at the school exhibitions, before an
awesome assemblage of anxious par
ents and smiling neighbors. The phil
osophical observer who is dragged in
against his will to attend the proceed
ings, may think it is old stuff and a
mounts to nothing. But it does amount
to something.
The only trouble with the school
defamation business is that there is
too much tendency to let few of the
confident and self-possessed children
appear in this exercise. They can do
it we'll anyway.
What is needed is to have declama-
ton a regular lesson in all schools, so
that the timid and bashful should prac-
tice it and gain confidence for doing
things in public. If that were done,
the majority of people would not be
SO tongued-tied and helpless if asked
to express their views in public
meeting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
Thursday, June 10, 1919.
Write Home Often.

''My boy" writes a white-haired
mother to her son, busy man in a
distant state, write home often. You
do not realize what your letters are to
me, and how long it is between them"
No, he had not realized it, and I'M
happily there are many absent sons
and daughters who need similar re-
hinder. They would be indignant at
the suggestion of waning flial devo-
ton, but in the stress of business, in
the society of new friends, in the
happiness of new home circle, how
rarely they spare the hour for a good
long letter to the aging mother in
the old home-the loving mother
whose heartache, as the passing days
fail to bring the longed-for letter, is
one of the most pathetic tragedies of
old age. The decline of the letter
writing habit of an earlier genera
tion has often been deplored, but this
feature of the decline can neither be
excused or defended The post card
substitute for letters is little less
than mockery when the cards are
sent to the mother who wants. and
should have, so much more than that.
As youth lives in and for the future,
so does old age always look back over
the slope as it nears the summit. The
parent is wrapped up in the son
and daughter; but as the son grows
to manhood and the daughter to wom-
anhood, they are absorbed in the plans
and the process of building the struc-
ture of the coming year. Such is
the law of life and the. basis of all
progress, but it is pitiful thing
when the son and daughter fail to
keep in mind their obligation to the
loyalty and love of their parents.
Blessed are the absent ones who
write long and frequent letters to the
old home. Soon, they cannot know
how soon, the precious privilege will
no longer be theirs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
CITY POINT

Harold, Peter and Earl Nelson auto
ed to Pittsville Sunday. Andrew Jep-
son motored to Pittsville Saturday,
Herbert Jensen autoed to Pittsville
Friday.
Miss Idelle Knutson, of Grand Rap
ids, has been visiting relatives here
the past week.
Mrs. Hoover and children, of Pitts
vile spent Sunday at the |. Nelson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hoover and son,
of Fond du Lac spent Sunday at Mrs.
Hoover's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. |.
Nelson.
Miss Frances Anderson, who has
been attending the normal at Grand
Rapids returned home Friday.
F. N. Nelson and family, attended
the graduation exercises at the Lin
coin High School at Grand Rapids
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Ellis and Mr..
Bradley Ellis and William Henderson
autoed to Plainfeld Saturday and re-
turned Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

1t is a sad mistake for a teacher to
remain at his desk or in the school
room during recess and the noon hour
thinking perhaps, he will have better
control over the pupils if he thus
dignifies himself by not joining in
their games of play. To the contra
ry, when the time comes to play it is
the teachers duty to get out of the
school room in to the fresh open air,
for his benefit as we'll as the pupils.
and teach them various games of
amusement. By SO doing he will gain
their good will and will be the more
respected by them during the hours
of study. They will be more willing
to work hard and get their lessons;
be less mischievious, and avoid the
punishment of recess study. All that's
to be taught is not in books 1t is
as essential for a pupils to play and
play hard as it is for him or her to
work and work hard. The harder
they play the harder they can work
1t is these little ones good will and it
is these little things, if well handled,
that become the best stepping stones
to grand success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
Black River District

The Opportunity Club, which is
of the boys of Mrs. KuehPs
class in the Veedum Moravian Sun
day School, will give an ice cream
and cake party on the church lawn
on the evening of Friday, June goth.
Everybody is invited to spend an en-
joyable evening with them.
Rev. Madsen, of Grand Rapids,
took part in the services Of the Mo-
ravian church on the morning of June
18th.
DIR. Edw. Hougen, of Grand Rapids
was called at Walter Rieck's last
Tuesday, where he advised Mrs. Rick
to have an operation for an abscess
We all hope for speedy recovery.
Miss Cornelia Van Dam is staying
with Mrs. E. Stein for the summer.
E. Stein and Irwin Smith, of Ne
koosa, autoed to the M. Wogenser
farm on business last Friday.
"The Little Brown Church in the
Vale," rendered by the Veedum Choil
last Sunday, was highly appreciated
by the attentive audience.
The Rocky Run affords great pleas
uer to fishing, hunting and picnic ex
cursionists at various points.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

There are some things that must
be done in a hurry or not at all
Catching a flea is one Of the best ex-
amples apropos Of this. But, as rule
it is safe to say, the man OR woman
who works deliberately accomplishes
the most. The deliberate worker is
the thoughtful worker, with whom
the habit of system has become sec
ond nature. Any one may cultivate it
who will take the trouble to try; and
the most unsystematie, spasmodic
worker will realize with amazement
how easy it is to get through with an
allotted task in half the time it form
erly required, by planning it all out
before entering the Office, workshop,
or kitchen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
Hanging Pictures.

Did you ever realize that hanging
pictures in your home is quite an
art? The manner in which they are
hung makes a great difference in the
appearance of room. We made the
above remark to one of our decor
ators one day, and this is what he
said in reply: "That fact is thrust up
on me nearly every day. / go into
some parlors where the pictures are
hung so high that all perspective is
lost, and the ceiling seems to be
hopelessly high. Other folks hang
theirs so low that it hurts your spine
to look at them, in addition to strain
ing your eyes, spelling the beauty Of
the room and taking from the value
of the pictures.
"All pictures should not be hung on
the same level, as they so often are,
yet all should be as as nearly on the
level with the eyes as possible. If
square and oblong pictures are alter
mated irregularly with round and oval
nnes the best possible effect is gain
ed"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

low is good time, brothers and
sisters, to get the wood pile ready for
the tramps. A wood pile is always a
handy thing to have around the
house, as it uses up a lot Of waste
wood and burns very nicely for quick
fires in the cold mornings and eve
nings of autumn. Have q good ak
ready, too, and when Mr.. Tramp hits
you for a handout, introduce him to
said ak and pilot the way to the
wood pile. After he has cut up
enough wood to pay for it, give him
a square meal-but don't be tender
hearted and foolish and fill him up
with food he hasn't earned. Promis.
cuous charity is one of our country's
curses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
PLEASANT HILL

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hammes, Of
Chicago, visited a few days last week
with their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Strope and family.
A nice crowd was present at the
Pleasant Hill church Sunday to hear
Rev. Caldwell, of Arpin, speak.
The following pupils Of the Pleas
ant Hill school received word that
they had passed the examinations
which entities them to a diploma
from the country school: Edna Dawes,
Ruth Erdmann, Florence Gabel, Col
die Strope, and Karl Hansen They
will go to Grand Rapids Thursday,
where they will receive their diplom-
as.
Mrs. Ida Robinson and son Earl and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Strope and
daughters Sylvia and Goldie were
Grand Rapids callers Friday.
Ladies Aid met last Wednesday with
Mrs. Otto Erdmann.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

We believe there would be more
frugality in the homes if men would
give their wives a reasonable amount
of money for household expenses and
let them have all they can save out of
it for their own use; and men, too,
would be better off than in the un-
methodical and haphazard way in
which most homes are run. Women
would be more apt to study kitchen
economy If they could see reward
ahead. A nation of thrifty men can
not be born of thriftless mothers. Wo-
men have need to know more of bust
ness, and think more of means to
ends than is usual among them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

People who write things which
they would like to see printed in a
newspaper, should bear in mind that
what they write as their personal
opinion should be gathered by them,
and when they write stuff that it not
fit for them to attach their names to
it should never be printed. Remember
the rule of all decent newspapers and
YOU will never have occasion to put
on the shoe. This is the rule which
we give in all kindness. Never ask
a newspaper to do anything you are
ashamed to do yourself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19
The Graduate.

We all love the young graduate who
comes home and takes her right place
in her family and seeks in a pleasant
and unaffected manner to improve the
home life and teach and guide the
younger ones in that home; better
is she now able to fill her place in the
church and among her young friends
who have not had her advantages;
where can she find a broader field for
good work? Commonplace though it
may appear, this doing of ones duty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

ing. "A poSCal Will Dr. GOddafd
bring it to you, in plain wrapper
Many socalled surgical diseases have
been proven to be durable by medical
treatment more safely, more easily,
and cheaply by modern medical meth
DDS than was believed possible a few
years ago.
After you have read this little book
you can consult DIR. Goddard en- his
monthly visits to Grand Rapids, free
of charge, and have the satisfaction
of knowing that you have secured the
expert opinion of a reputable special
ist in these matters. If you have been
advised to submit to an operation,
surely do not fail to consult him be-
fore undergoing such an operation.
His advice may save you many weeks
of suffering, loss of time, and expense
possibly your life.
DR.. Goddard will be at the Witter
Hotel, Grand Rapids, all day Thurs
day, July 3rd, and he makes no
charges for a friendly visit. Hours,
9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Address,
DR.. GODDARD,
121 Wisconsin ST.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Advertisement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-06-19

When your home merchant pre-
sents you with his bill do not allow
the hair on your spine to rise like
porcupine quilts, and look as though
you had been insulted. The chances
are he trusted you for the shirt on
your back and the groceries to keep
your family. Speak kindly to him
who has accommodated you, for you
know you like prompt pay in others.
A man whose temper rises to ninety
degrees in the shade when asked for
a just account, and feels his dignity
has been trampled on is a good man
not to trust.