Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-09-23
''ICI ET LA"

Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Chambers spent
Sunday with friends in Clintonville.
They made the trip to and from in
their automobile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Martin and fam
lily have rented the Pete Christman
residence at the north end of Eighth
street It is being redecorated and
fixed up for them. They will move
therein on October 18th.
Walter Canning of Escanaba, Mich,
is in the city for few days visiting
relatives. He is with the Escanaba Pa
per Company of that city.
Saturday night about 1920 o'clock
a fire started in one Of the barns on
the Herman Olke farm in Sigel, which
quickly spread until all his barns were
ablaze and were all destroyed by fire.
The owner had about $3, 500 insurance
on the barns and the contents, the
seasons hay crop, farm machinery
and live stock were not protected by
insurance, a loss of several thou
sand dollars resulting. The cause of
the fire is unknown.
FOR SALE A young black Poland
China Boar, registered with record.
Enquire of George Homer, R. F. D.
l, Box 106, City.
Saturday night, Sheriff C. w. Bluett
rounded up the Ford touring car
which was stolen from Louis Keni-
son at Nekoosa a couple of weeks
ago, finding it in the possession of
Ora Williams on the Green Bay Will
low Mating Cos. wiregrass marsh |
twelve miles south of Portage. |
Williams stated that the two men
who are known to have absconded |
with the car, Claude Ostrum and Rich |
ard Scott, came to the haying camp |
on the marsh by the
Green Bay concern for which |
Williams is working, and disposed of
the car to him, and Immediately
took their leave and are still at large.
Ostrum nephew Of Louis Kennison |
IS tWenty-three years of age and |
leaves wife and two children, while |
"Dick" Scott is thirty-five and leaves
a wife and three children.
Mrs. W. E. Witheral and daughter |
Selma and Mrs. Dorothy Brundage-
Hanson of GAINESVILLE returned to their
home Monday morning by automobile
after spending the past week visiting |
with Mrs. W. J. Johnson.
j. B. Nash and family left Friday
for Green Bay where they will be
Joined by their daughter, Betty, and
Miss Irma Johnson who have been
spending two weeks at Ephriam and
all will return home together.
Miss Edna Bruderl has resigned
her position as saleslady at the W.
G. Henke Grocery store and has en-
tered the employ of F.S. Gill Co.,
assuming her duties Monday.
Miss Helen Conway, Third street
south, left Sunday evening for Madi-
son to resume her studies for the
ensuing year at the University of
Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. A F. Jones of the
Hotel Dixon and George Buckley of
Port Edwards returned Saturday
evening from two weeks visit at the
Harold Arpin Cottage at Solon
Springs, MINI. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
state that their daughter Mrs. Irma-
garde Morrison was unable to come
back with them as she is just recover
ing from a severe attack of ptomaine
poisoning.
Attorney D. D. Conway was in
Friendship Monday attending to legal
matters before the Adams County
Circuit Court.
Mr.. and Mrs G. R. Schuman, Baker
street and Mr.. and Mrs. R. Muelh-
stein, Thirteenth street north, motor
ed to Wild Rose Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Wood, Washing