Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-04-15
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making at Port Edwards, for the Ne
koosa- Edwards Paper Co., was in the
city Wednesday on business. He said
that everything in the mill there, was
running successfully on the eight-hour
shift excepting the two paper ma
chimes and that they would go on
Monday.
Ben Lotus, Grays Lake, H., the
we'll known stock buyer, was in the
city Wednesday on business. Mr..
LOTUS reports that many tenant farm
ers in his home territory are going to
give up farming on account of the
high price of farm labor and are NOV
ing to the cities where they command
high wages. This is not only true in
Illinois, but all thru the general west.
The three eds" Messrs. Mccarthy,
Spafford and Krause, of this city,
the road contractors have gone to Ell
roy, where they have road contracts.
This combination ought to make
strong team, and we believe they will
make good.
Amsey Ketchum, recently returned
from Minneapolis, where he had four
fingers of his right hand amputated to
stop the spread of a cancerous growth
which had been giving him trouble for
several years. Amsey has suffered a
great deal with this hand and we hope
he will be restored to his former good
health.
Tim Ostrum, now of Necedah, but
formerly in Juneau county, II miles
below Nekoosa, where he resided since
1876, up to last fall when he moved
to Necedah is visiting in the city. His
son-in-law is occupying the farm at
the bayou where he formerly resided.
Tim says, that picnic parties and
fishermen viii always be welcome at
Ostrum bayou"
K. NJ Gibson, spent Sunday in Mer
rill where he gave the American Lee
gion boys who are members of labor
unions a good talk on joining local or
ders Of The American Legion. He
talked to them two hours and accom-
plished great good along this line. He
left Monday night for Madison and
Baraboo where he will do like service.
Mr.. Gibsons whole energy is in this
work and he is accomplishing great re
suits
Cecile Smith, who was home to at
tend her mothers funeral over Sunday,
returned to Marinette Wednesday,,
where she resumed her clerking duties.
Ernest Smith was home from Nee
nah, the past week called here on &C
count of the illness and death of his
mother Saturday morning.
L. E. Nash has purchased a new
Overland sedan from the Nash Hard
" ire Co.
o. NJ Nash departed Friday for Mil
waukee from which place he will drive
back an Overland car.
Miss Emily Mead, Belle Isle, re
turned Friday from Virginia, Hot
Springs, where she spent the past
three months for the benefit of her
health, which is greatly improved.
Miss Mead was accompanied home by
her nurse, Miss Schwab.
w. II. Reeves left Friday evening
for Greenville, Miss, to do some eX-
pert accountant work for the Arpin
Dredging Co. Mr.. Reeves expects to
be gone about three weeks.
Edw. Mccarthy, C. E. Krause and
Edw. Spafford departed Saturday for
Mansion to spend several days on bu-
siness in connection with their road
grading contract.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Nash, Third
street south entertained thirty -two
guests at their home Saturday evening
at q five course, seven o'clock dinner
in honor of Mr. and Mrs D. r. Mead
who will leave for Marinette in the
fully decorated with spring blossoms
and candles. Following the dinner sew
eral games of auction bridge were
played. Mrs. W. F.. Kellogg held the
evenings high score and Mrs. R. L.
Nash played low score. Miss Winifred
Bett of Lancaster was an out of town
guest.
Mrs magarde Morrison returned
home Saturday from Duluth, where
she recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis at st. Luke's Epis-
copal Hospital. She was met by Miss
Edna Case at Spencer who went up
Friday to accompany her back.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wuersch, Her
man and Anton Arnold and VIM. Wolf
departed Monday noon for Portage
where they will have charge of
dredge for the Rood Construction Co.
There was large attendance at
the W. side Marke Square Tuesday.