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The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

DO YOU think you 6x The leaks n my wen the
ptoer cosd Mr. Monkey asked Unce Wiggly, the ambFea
chap clmbedu the ladder q think stop up the
holes Tor lime And Is the down harder han
uae gGy picked old ragged umbrella watch the monkey
chap the roof inside ne bunny caught waer
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Uncle Wggy Whewash the Polar Bear gentleman
time just the want to se? cried the bunny
There leak In bedroom Please come in and help catch the
water while get the plumber Mr. Whewah took OIL one Of his
Ths hold lot Of wate he said "Bu hear
your door, UncIe Wggiy Better who sf
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

Just as the monkey finished mailing the umbrella
the holes in the roof the rain stopped and the shone brightly
.Ha, laughed Uncle Wggy who seemed to think all good
joke the had only :hoae sooner vosid not have rain
had luck by not taking your umbrella" sc SD Don't 90 AGAIN.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

day. early spring. when the trees and bushes were just
BEGINNING Uncle Wiggly started oan his hollow
stump bungalow @you had better take umtfe ssd Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzxy "We April showers before night
coudng You ought home and 6x the leaks
IN heoofr unck Wigsy said he did not think would rain
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03

What's that! The soof eaks'" exclaimed Uncle WggEy
told did before went said There's
stream OF water in The dining She got e dpan TO
catch the water but through another place Uncle
Wiggy had 70 bold uuTela .ive the
umbrella said Mss Fuzzy wuzzy 20 hear - door,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-03
Trade- aferk Reoistefea.

Uncle Wiggy hoped along. looking for adventure. but
thinking nothing of the ran when all sudden, began
shower 'And didn't bring my unbrella~ said ne "a skip
home as fast as can How Nurse Jane will laughr And Uncle
Wggly lodged his through the rain drops he the muska
lady the doorway "oh Wggy How the roof eaksr she
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

less than 2 per cent are puf shred ffol~
stems. There arc 100000 cows In
and $4,000 of them are pure
bred Holsteins. Figure out the per
eentage for yourself and then you will
cease TO worry about the liability Of
the purebred market being over-sup
piled. There is not a county in the
state that has 100 per cent purebred
sires in use. There is hardly town
ship where this is true Less than one
half of our counties have passed the
half way mark in the number Of pure
bred sires on farms Several gener-
ations will come and go before even
80 per cent of the cattle on Wisconsin
farms will be purebred and the very
fact that Wisconsin is the leading
dairy state in the Union gives some
idea of the length of time it will take
to make the United States 100 per cent
purebred insofar as the cattle on our
farms are concverned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
BUTTS, STUBS, HEELS AND FIRE

We will leave it to the wife and
mother to discuss stagnant smoke and
the morality of smoking.
The right to smoke may be an in
dividual matter; but what the smoker
does with the lighted match, cigaret
butt, cigar stub or yipe heel, is of
vital concern to the public.
Each day Americans smoke 5000
miles of cigarets, and carelessly tos-
sed butts burn $11, 100000 worth of
property each month,
The cigaret is the most dangerous
of all smoking materials. 1t burns
until consumed; hence every cast-off
butt becomes menace and potential
fire cause.
Smokers and match users caused a
fire loss of SOL 600, 100000 in the Unit
ed States during the fve-year period
of 1915 to 1919.
Careless smokers and users of mat
ches caused a fire loss of $479,570 in
Wisconsin in 1920.
This waste of property affects us
all, and the public may we'll protest
against that part of the smoking hab
1t which jeopardizes life and prop
erty. No censure is too severe of the
thoughtless smoker who carelessly
losses lighted matches, cigar or Gig
After the ceremony some women
find they have been hugging delu-
sions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
F0RDRAILROADS
NET RETURN
DECLINES %
PERCENT

Henry Ford is learning it is not SO
easy to operate railroad at a profit
as it appeared last spring" says the
Railway Age, which shows in its cur
rent issue that the net operating in
come of the Detroit, Toledo & Iron
ton has declined from $276,452 in April
to s15,191 in October, or 90 per cent.
The roads statistics of earnings and
expenses for September and October
have just been filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission after a long de-
lay, due to the controversy between its
officers and the Commission as to whe-
Their the road should comply with the
same requirements as other roads re-
garding the reporting of its monthly
results to the Commission.
1t was widely reported" says the
Railway Age, that Mr.. Ford had adj
vanced the wages of his employees, re-
duced the rates, and at the
same time converted the railroad from
a bankrupt into profitable enterprise.
The advances in wages and reductions
in local rates went into effect on July
/. In March, the month when the
Ford management took charge, the net
operating income was SIT 1886. Mr..
Ford's reports of his railroad opera
tons within recent months have been
awaited with unusual interest because
he has been giving interviews as to
how he could revoluticnize railroading
if he were in charge of all the rail
roads. His reputation as a railroad
wizard was based primarily on sud-
den jump in the net operating income
of the road to S276, ASP in April, which
was nearly $200,00G greater than for
March, as the result of the diversion
of the tonnage of the Fort Motor Com
pany to the line The net operating
income has declined in every month
since then, and in each of the months
of August, September and October, al
though its total earnings have steadily
increased, it's net was less than it was
in March. In August it was $70,645.
In September $46,749, and in October
$15,191. This reduction in net occur.
red in spite of the fact that the gross
earnings of the road in October were
$4,000 greater than in March.
"Mr. Ford has said in an interview
that he could operate all the railways
in the United States just as we'll as he
does the L. T. & I. Since he has re-
duced the net operating income of
the D. T. & l., 95 per cent in six
months, while the other railways of
the country have been gradually i'm
proving their net returns, his state
ment of what he could do with the rail
roads as a whole can be accepted as
unquestionably correct"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
HE WHO DOES HIS BEST

We cannot all be geniases,
Or conquer wealth and fame;
We cannot all do wondrous things
To make ourselves a name;
We cannot all feel confident
OF meeting every test,
But when We have our work to do
We all can do our best
Our best may not be wonderful,
Judged from a standard on high
But we can all do something well,
II we will only try
And if we try our level best,
Performing every task,
With al lour might, why, that is all
That any enc can ask.
We cannot all be famous-if we are
'Twould cheaper fame,
We cannot all be right enough
To give ourselves a name.
We cannot all expect to be
Distinguished from the rest,
But some reward is certain
For the man who does his best.
Morse Dhy Dock Dial,
(By Mrs. E. Gilleiand, wife of Trair
man G. Gilleland, of Southern Div
sion.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
OSCULATORY

The COB was on shore-leave and
happy because he had found a girl as
affectionate as he. His joy was dim
med, however, for a bluecoat had for
hidden spooning in the park, and his
girl had tabooed it in the streets. But
life took a new turn when he saw
man kiss his wife farewell in front of
the Pennsylvania Station, New York.
He rushed his girl toward a crowd
hurrying toward the Philadelphia ex-
press and babe her a fond farewell.
When the crowd thinned, the joined
a throng for Washington, and repeat
ed the act. They repeated it again
before the Chicago train.
This was to much for colored por-
ter who had been watching. He step
ped up to the COB. Boss" he said.
"why don't you go downstairs and
try the Long Island Station? Dem
local trains am a-leavin' mos all de
time,"- Everybody's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
THE HUMAN SIDE
OF THE POSTAL SERVICE


BY HON. WILL III. HAYS, POSTMASTER GENERAL
The Post Office Department spends 5000 annually
The annual the and out of the business which
measures any business is more than S3,0O0,0O0,000
In every single hour of the 14O0 900 letters
mailed every day Of the 365 days. letters
will be handled Fourteen billion postage stamps 1850
900 postal cards. and 900 stamped envelopes
sold every year
More than $4,000 postal co-workers daily engaged
serving the 110O00O0O people, postal worker for
cry 337 persons.
The postal establishment operates railway service
rail ackage long enough encirce the earth times
FOrythree thousand rural morning
serving and half million families and before
down day travel 100000 miles, total of 1853 1000
miles year the highways of the country
We 100000 miles of Irvine every year tying the pack
of letters enough Irvine encirce the earth thirty
two times Every year 100000 pounds paper are used
in manufacturing the postal cards alone. Debts totang
900 paid through the Post Office Department
annually with 900 money orders There 100000
deposors in the Postal Savings, larger number than in
banking institution in the world and rs percent them
are OF foreign extraction. q
SiXy-ve million mail sacks constantly and it re-
qures 100000 yards of every year keep
supply There 100000 separate facing slips
used the packages of letters and pouches of mail
hundred and eighty millions envelopes used annually
the correspondence of the postal service alone billion
blank forms.
There is twice much business done the post office in
New York City the entire Canada An ay
of than 100000 letters every day in the New
York City post office alone readdressed from city direct
cries; 190OOOOO letters to the Dead
Ocethnk of the cost which those bring the
taxpayers because of the caressness of public i'm adj
dressing.
The Parcel Post is the greatest express company in the
world, and will this year handle than 25eG 1000
packages the annual business of the American Railway E
press will probably be 40o,O00,00O packages
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

H. E. Rohdcs of Waupun, conductor
on the Green Bay freight number nine
and ten, which runs between this city
and Winona, was ground under the
wheels of a caboose on the sidetrack
in the Green Bay yards near First
street north at about 1915 Friday
night. He died instantly, his body
having been practically severed by the
wheels of the car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
USE YOUR HEAD

A Woodpecker pecks
Out great many specks,
Of sawdust
When building a Hut;
He works like niger
To make the hole bigger
He's sore if
His cuttre won't cut.
He don't bother with plans
Of cheap artisans,
But there's one thing
Can rightly be said;
The whole excavation
Has this explanation
He builds it
By
Using
His
Head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carey enter
tanned at the D. E. Carey home Mon
day at a one o'clock four course din
rer all the members of the Carey
family who were here to attend the
golden wedding celebration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

The Wisconsin Rapids Rotary Club
honored two of its members who have
maintained perfect attendance during
the year 1921 by presenting them
with souvenir diplomas at the noon
meeting Wednesday. c. F. Kruger, A.
U. Marvin were the two members who
have attended every meeting for the
past year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29


Hush, little business, don't you cry;
you'll be bigger-buy and buy.
BY model woman" most of US mean
1890 model.
The real turkey raiser is the man
who sets the price.
You can't keep a good man down or
a bad one up.
Paul Revere with his ITO arms! To
arnrs!" wouldn't make much history
now.
The greatest rubber plant must be
thsi new 40-foot telescope.
Winter may come and winter may
go, but skirts get shorter forever.
The early birds gets the worm So
does the early chestnut.
Lives there a man with clothes so
worn, who never to himself doth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

The Women's Relief Corp of this
city went about Thursday afternoon
visiting the members of the G. A. R.
bringing them Christmas greetings
and baskets of fruit. They also visited
the widows of the G. A. r. members
and also some of the veterans of the
World War who are sick at the hos
pital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

U. S. Senator, |. L. Lenroot, was
called to California on account of the
serious illness of his daughter. He
expects to be absent from Washington
until the 10th of January, when he will
be back taking part in Senatorial mat
ters His friends hope that his daugh-
ter will regain her former good health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
GIVE ME ARR

They arrived hurriedly at the fifth
inning.
whats the score, Billy?'
Nothing to nothing
ooh, goodyl" she exclaimed. I'VE
haven't missed thing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

About forty little children of this
city experienced all the JOY and hap
piness of Christmas, Thursday after
noon, when they We're entertained at
the Hotel Witter from three to five
o'clock by the manager, L. P. Daniels.
With the kind assistance of Mrs. R.
VI. Gibson he had spent tthe previous
day looking up and visiting the chill
dren who might have otherwise been
deprived of Christmas gifts and other
pleasures of the season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs Isaac P. Witter enter
tanned a company of guests at dane
ing Monday evening at their home
on Third street south. A four piece
orchestra furnished the music. Bridge
was another diversion of the evening.
The home was very prettily decorated
in holly wreaths and other Christmas
orf1a m antS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

j. P Gruwell, who is travelling on
the road for the Progress Pictures Co.
Of Chicago, was home for the holiday
vacation. He travels mostly in Him
ois and Indiana Mr. Gruwell looks as
if this work agrees with him for he is
in splendid flesh and reports his health
excellent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Mrs. George Ellis, who returned
with her husband from their wedding
trip on Wednesday evening, slipped
and fell from icy steps on Thursday
and seriously injured her back. She
was taken to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Mosher where medical at
tention was given her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Old P. T. Barnum once remarked
that "a fool is born every minute"
That, though, is going it rather strong
at the rate of 525, 900 a year. No
wonder the world is standing on its
head
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

A. F. Marceau of Minneapolis, was
the guest of his mother, and son for
the Christmas holidays. He never
fails to visit them on Christmas and
Fourth of July each year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy o. Babcock
over Sunday to spend the Christmas
vacation. They returned home on
Wednesday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
mourn. this Is my own, my snly suit ,


Many phone numbers are called, but
few are gotten.
Debts isn't at liberty to say much
Soak the rich is what prohibition
does.
Drivers who try to beat trains are
jumping at conclusions
Stockings hold more rents than rent.
When your shirt comes back with
buttons gone-there's the rub.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Do you know, Mr. Merchant that according to
BOyds Official List there $50 mail order houses
Each and every of these concerns issue cataogs
including supplements booklets folders, bulletins spe
cal price lists, ETC., throughout the year.
Most of the larger mail order houses issue catalogs
twice year; many of which have sections in coors and
contain fifteen hundred pages or more
The weight of one of these large cataogs, after be-
ing trimmed is about four and onehalf pounds and
recent the paper alone load lots would have
cost over fifty-fiVe cents
Some Of these houses distribute from ten to twelve
million catalogs year, the estimated cost of each
pete ctalog being about $780, with the monthly supple
ments booklets folders price lists, postage wrapping
etc. extra bringing approximate cost $3.50 to 300 for
each live name or prospective buyer on their lists.
Any person any place may secure of these large
mail order catalogs free of cost simply by mailing in
their request one-cent post card
This MEANS Mr.. Merchant, that single mail order
house will invest approximately $500 year in advertis
ing -catalogs and follow up hterature-for each
toner prospective customer residing within your
trade territory.
From figures recently compiled by the National
Buy Home Movement OF Fort Wayne Indiana, after
thorough investigation and the checkng-up of thous-
ands of country 1t proven that the
chants CT the smaller cities and towns invest
erage of only nine cents each year advertising
their local papers, for each customer prospective
toner living within a seven mile trade-zone of their
home town.
The investigation proved conclusively that the Sc
cret of the mail order housess simply per-
sisent advertising and the of liberal space in .des
crbing descriptions nearly always exaggerated) the
merchandise they have to offer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
WISCONSIN
.HOLSTElN
NEWS ITEMS
Facts of Interest Concerning the In
dustry.

Ninety-two car loads of cattle have
been shipped from Wisconsin to farms
in other states during the past six
weeks. Eighty of this number were
solid cars of Holsteins. Right now
every nook and corner of the state is
being visited by dairy cattle buyers
and practically everyone of the dairy
men whose pride lies in Holsteins have
been visited and approached this fall.
There would seem plenty of support
in the contention of the Holstein fell
lows ''What sells from Wisconsin
farms like Holsteins? 20
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
PORT EDW ARDS

Mrs. r. Cahill and family entertain
ed the Art Madsen family of Wiscon-
sin Rapids on Christmas day. Monday
the Cahill family was entertained at
the Madsen home
Miss Molly 3. Smith and mother
were Christmas Eve guests at the G
II. Subs home. Mrs. H. H. Subs of
Waupaca is spending a few days at
the home of her son, G. H. Subs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Despite the strict competition among
the various dairy states Wisconsin
breeders are getting the business of
North Dakota, Utah and Idaho in the
northwest; Missouri, Oklahoma, Kan
sas and Nebraska in the southwest;
New York and Connecticut in the east
and Illinois and Iowa right here at
home in the middle west. Our breed
ers have also recently shipped some
loads to South America, and the Ha-
waiian Islands and Mexico. The cues
ton is often asked, 'Why does all this
business come to Wisconsin ?" Our
answer is, because Wisconsin is organ
lied and the State and County Asso-
citations are the sales force The State
Association gets the orders and the
County Associations and other reliable
co-operators fill them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Babcock of
Hiles, Wis, were guests of their par
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Honesty is the best policy for every
one else.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

There are Is 900 900 dairy cows in
Exchange the United States and of this number
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29

Many of our future convicts are
driving autos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-12-29
SMILE AWHILE
(Ry Tom Symsl

(Dy ON Sy MS
Hush, little business, don't you cry
you'll be bigger-buy and buy.
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Manhattan-West Side.
SIX ROOMS

11th ST.. 1888 W. All light. s2l5.
j. Irving Walsh, 73 w. 18th st.
roth ST., 80 W.. adjoining G. p. W.
Julius Tishman Sons. Inc. $50 Mad. Ave.
l07th ST., 210 w. $1.I00.
Superintendent on premises.
127th ST.. IS w. 500 monthly.
Shaw, Rockwell Sanford, w. 125th St.
14ith ST.. $40 W. $40.
Van Damn. 702 w. 1slst st.
Broadway and 9sth ST.
Harry Schiff. Broadway and Oath ST.
Riverside Drive. 15oth-i57th Sts., The Riviera.
Sharp Co., 24S9 Broadway.
Riverside Drive. $40. New building.
Anthony Compagna, 200 W. I'D st.
Riverside Drive, 5I0-644.
Newmark Jacobs, 1912 St. Nicholas Ave.
st. Nicholas Ave-, 1866 $40.
Van Damn, 702 W. 1sist st.
Washington So. Apartments
Pepe Bros. 40 Madison Square.
Washington So Kitchenette; $500.
A. Q. Ora. 1893 Bleecker st.
West End Ave-. 500 (cor. Saith ST., San Jose.
Mr. Herter, Lenox 1000.
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
North Shore Waterfront Estate

This wonderful property OF 1lh acres. with
over I 900 feet OF fine beach; Dutch Colonial
dwelling, having on the first floor spacious
living room. library. dining room. kitchen
ard servants dining room; on the second
floor master bedrooms, baths, ser
wants rooms ono bath modern gardener $
cottage, garage, rtable, farm barns and
other buildings; owner, now living In France.
offers the same at n very low figure. on
Full particulars NAV be had from THEO-
DORE 8. HALL, ~ West 34th ST.. N. Y. City.