Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-10-06


+. E. Kellner and wife are reioic-
ing over the arrival of a baby girl
at their home Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Gettseand two
sons left Tuesday evening for Madi-
son and Lakeview, where they will
attend a family reunion. Mr.. Gets
father and mother are quite aged and
feeble, and they are DESTROYS of get
ting their children together again in
an unbroken circle.
Ray Herschleb while playing last
Saturday, fell from a ladder, some
seven feet, to the ground and broke
his left arm
A meeting of those interested in
forming military company for
Grand. Rapids and Centralia was
held at the Office of Copeland and
Vaughan last evening" Twenty-three
men were present. Considerable en-
thusiasm was shown and the gentle
men evidently mean business. A civ
IL organization was effected by elect
ing W. H. Carey of Centralia Treas
urer and B. M. Vaughan of Grand
Rapids, Secretary. The organization
was unanimously named "The Gar
diner Rifles" in honor of the Hon.
George R. Gardner.
August s, 1889
Miss Gertie Schall left Monday ev
ening for visit with friends in
Mansion.
Mrs. Lou Davis of Necedah spent
the Sabbath in this city with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Gross.
Miss Minnie Brown, typo in the
Centralia Enterprise office. is eniov-
ling her summer vacation with friends
at Stevens Point.
L. E. Mullen and Nels Noel have
been in Tomah the past week playing
baseball. Their assistance to the
Iomah nine helped them clean out
the Sparta, Mansion and other clubs.
We received letter from Mr.. John
Hall, an inmate of the Soldiers
Home at Milwaukee, but who was
formerly resident of these parts.
He used to drive stage between
Grand Rapids and New Lisbon, and
will be remembered by most of the
old settlers.
Married at the home of the brides
father, July goth, 1889, by Rev. Bit
ner, Miss Sue Smiley of Grand Rap
ids, to Mr.. Robert Grosskopf of Mer-
rill. They left on the evening train
for Horizon, Milwaukee, and thence
to Appleton. They will return to
Merrill and make that place their fu-
ture home
Workmen have commenced work
on new building for Mr.. J. D. Wit
ter, on triangular lot of land living
between the First National Bank
building and the Central Hotel. The
building will be two stories high and
erected Of brick. The lower story is
rented to Mr.. Joseph Dugas for the
American Express and city Telegraph
office. The upper story is rented to
the City of Grand Rapids and will be
used for city library purposes.
A PRESBYTERIAN minister was cali
ed to little village in Wood County
to preach. He went there and labor
ed among the natives for five weeks
and the collections in that time a.
mounted to 60 cents. The minister
concluded that the field was not ripe
enough to support him and prepared
to depart. AS me was about to leave
the thrifty layman with whom he had
been boarding presented him with a
bill of $25 for weeks board. Thus
he was out of pocket $244O, besides
his five weeks work.
Nothing slow about Kipp and Null
len as baseball battery. "No flies"
were allowed 10 roost on them.
Mr.. Louis Alexander of San Fran
cisco, Cal, ard Miss Dafter of Mari
nette, Wis, are guests of Miss Lydia
Edwards of Port Edwards, the pres
ent week.
Messrs. w. L. Wood, Will Martin
and Alex Pezaillon returned Satur
day from week s trip by boat down
the Wisconsin River to the "Dells."
They had beautiful weather and re-
port an enjoyable trip.
D. R. Coon of Auburndale was in
the city Wednesday on business and
pleasure. The weather was fine and
he and Mr.. Chapman, a merchant.
drove overland Mr.. Coon is looking