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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
PARENTS
WARNED TO
BEWARE OF
DIPHTHERIA

An epidemic of diphtheria among
public school children during the Fall
and Winter was announced as a prob
ability by Health Commissioner John
Dill Robertson.
DR.. Robertson based his prediction
on the prevalence of the disease dur
ing the summer with an increase
bound to occur when the children are
brought together at school. He issued
the following set of rules for parents
Have the children vaccinated
against the disease.
Regard every case Of sore throat as
suspicious of diphtheria.
Call a physician at once. Delay is
dangerous.
Don't be afraid of isolation. Two
weeks of quarantine is better and
cheaper than funeral.
There were 620 cases of the disease
and "A deaths during June, 418 cases
and 27 deaths in July and 421 cases
with 40 deaths in August.
The disease can be contracted from
those afflicted, or from apparently
well children who have the germs in
their noses and throats.
Similar conditions are reported from
all ever the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

things, says the bulletin First be-
ware of the man who offers you a
staple product like sugar at price
several cents below the price at the
refinery. He will make it up in some
thing else.
Second, no business man will give
his goods away, nor lose money on
staple article which does no go out of
style and which is good until used,
like sugar. He is not philanthro-
pist. He will make up his loss.
Some of the oldest tricks work best
and continue to work over and over
It would seem that the time would
arrive when all the people had been
bitten by the house that offers thing
of known value at very low price
and then compels the customer to
take something whose price is un-
known (such as bulk tea or coffee,
for example) in the same order.
1t is safer to buy from your home
merchants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
A GOOD FACTORY
HELPS THE TOWN

Why will the business men or a
fake every effort to locate new fac
tory within it's borders? Simply and
solely that the labor of the town and
community may be given an oppor-
tunity to market it's product; that
when the local and imported labor is
given employment it means that ev-
cry man having business connections
with that town and vicinity will bene-
fit as we'll as labor It is a Commun-
ity investment This labor naturally
spends its wages locally-all condi-
tions being favorable. What right,
moral or otherwise, has any man to
profit thereby, without contributing
his share in the investment-tha is
in his patronage to local merchants,
real estate and other legitimate local
investments
What would become of that COM
munity if the men who drew their
wages there, spent it with the Mail
Order Houses? In other words sup
pose all or 90 per cent of the money
of your community was sent to Chi
cago or New York-not turned into
local channels of business. How long
would it be before wages would go
down, real estate become unstable,
business dead or risky? Mail
Order Houses don't help your commu-
nifty. They are the leeches that suck
your community's life blood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
FOR A BIGGER
AND BETTER TOWN
YOUR LOCAL MER-
CHANTS AND PROFESS
SIONAL MEN
They Are Part Of Your Community
And Deserve Your Patronage

Your loyalty to the home town is
measured by your loyalty to home
business institutions. Be loyal to the
home town the same as you are to
the nation. It's neighborly. Mer-
chants and professional men of other
cities don't share your joys and sor-
lightened selfishness. Your prosper
ity is linked with the prosperity of
your community, and your commun-
ity is just you and your neighbors.
Merchants and professional men in
other cities don't help you maintain
churches, schools, parks, streets,
roads, etc., or help you solve commu-
nifty problems-home community folk
do.
Every citizen owes it to himself,
to his fellow citizens and to the COM
munity to do all he can to make the
home town a bigger and better town
in which to live and do business. It
is your duty as good citizen to do
your part. 1t is your duty to try to
get others to see their obligations of
and render all assistance
possible.
The work of making the home
town a bigger and better town is not
the work. of. few people and cannot,
be accomplished by a few. It is the
''Work of ALL for the Good of ALL"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
JURORSDRAWN
FOR FALL Term

Jurors for the fall term of the cir
cult court were chosen by the jury
commission at meeting held Tues
day afternoon at the court house.
John Werner, Pittsville, was appoint
ed jury commissioner by Circuit
Judge B. B. Park, Stevens Point, to
succeed Nash Mitchell, Pittsville, de-
ceased. The following list OF jurors
were drawn:
James Brockman, V. G. Smart,
Burt Mason, Walter Gardner, George
Hill, Jr., Will Noble, John Miles, Of
Wisconsin Rapids.
7. j. Tuscherger, George Pearson,
John Hasselback, John Juno, Adam
limerick, L. H. Felker, j. C. Dorpat
of Marshfield.
George Parker CT Pittsville; Os-
car Ward, Joseph See of the town
of Marshfeld; John Heron of the
town of Grand Rapids; P. E. Ward
of the town of Remington; w. G. Ber-
dan, w. M. Thienike, Henry Kuelin-
hold of the town of Milladore; C. G.
Allen of the town of Arpin; Mike
Michels, E. E. Royce, Julius J. Ras-
mussen and Peter R. Ebbe of the
town of Lincoln; S. N. Whittlesey
of the town of Cranmoor; Oscar Crot-
teau of the town of Rudolph; Frank
Ringer of the town Of Sigel; L. P.
Rucker Of the town of Carey; Geo.
N. Graf of the town of Dexter; John
Gadson and j. P. Esser of the town
of Richfield; John Husser of the town
of Seneca; A. U. Marvin of Nekoosa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
THE THRUSH
THAT COULD
NOT PICK UP
{ R j N B 5

A lady on Penzance who is great
lover of birds, says Mr.. w. H. Hudson
in his recently published book. Adven-.
lures Among Birds, noticed that a
blackbird and thrush always came
together to her lawn where she was
in the habit of placing food for the
birds. Then she noticed that the black
bird feed the thrush, picking up the
crumbs of bread and putting them into
it's mouth. Looking more closely, she
discovered that the thrush's beak
had been cut off close to the head,
probably by steel trap or a sudden
death spring trap, such as the children
in Cornwall commonly use to catch or
kill small birds. The thrush was in
capable of feeding itself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

Retail stores, are necessary to every
community. Spending money at home
is necessity to the prosperity of ev-
cry community. Sending money away
from home for articles that could be
purchased at home is a direct blow
not only to the local merchant, the
local bank and newspaper, but to the
entire city or town and your own per-
sonal welfare.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
GRACE LUSk NOT
To BE FREED To
MAKEPLEA

Madison-Denial was made at the
executive office Tuesday that Grace
Lusk, Waukesha school teacher, serv-
ing nineteen-year sentence for the
murder of Mrs. David Roberts in
1917, would be freed from prison to
appear before Gov. Blaine in person
to ask for pardon Sept. IA.
James Brodie, executive clerk, de-
clared that the governor was the only
person who could authorize such a
move, and that he had expressed no
such intention.
Miss Lusk is said to be in delicate
health as a result of prison conhne-
ment. She was released from prison
last May to visit her dying father at
Mosinee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
THE SCHOOLS
THAT Open
I D D A !

"Of late years the progress of A
merica's education has been absolutely
gigantic" This is an Englishman's
comment, and it is correct.
The public schools that open today
for the year 1922 have more than
100000 pupils. In size and scope
they are the wonder of twentieth CEN
tury education.
Every year few persons use the
opening of the schools to scoff at A
merican education. They have done
so this year. Mr.. Edison, Mr.. Gompers
and several less conspicuous gentlemen
have had much to say about what teach
ers do not teach and pupils do not
know.
If we all were to be judged by what
we do not teach or learn, in school or
out, the record of our ignorance would
stretch to the moon. Even Mr.. Edi-
son or Mr.. Gompers would fill few
volumes, all by himself. Perhaps the
man in the street could not tell Mr.
Edison offhand the cube root of twenty
seven, or Mr.. Gompers the membership
of the federation. On the other hand
he could ask Mr.. Edison a thousand
questions about farming and Mr.. Com
pers five hundred questions about trade
to which each could only answer, 81
don't know"
An eastern school man is shocked to
find that New York high school stu
dents know so little about politics
90 per cent ignorant, he found them
That is nothing. The political facul-
ties are the last to develop. Any al
derman could tell him that. Why does
the school man suppose a man or wo-
man IS not allowed to vote before the
age of 81?
sThe truth is that American educa-
tion has long been the most efficient
popular education in the world, with
one exception. German education, be-
fore the war, was supposed to surpass
it. But, with one-fourth the age and
four times the problems, America, in
education, was but trif1e behind Ger
many.
With many weaknesses and short
comings, with no power to work mira
cles on stupidity, with no pretensions
to make equal in intelligence those who
are delivered to it with unequal abili-
ties, but only with a colossal determin-
alton to render every boy or girl a bet
ter, keneer and abler citizen for its
training, American education is today
this Sept. 6, 1921-a modern marvel
from which no understanding man can
withhold his admiration.
Who can imagine a great nation
without family or without religion?
Only wild man.. Who can imagine
a great nation without education
Only foolish man. These are the
three pillars on which rests the Repub-
ln. And American education stands
as firm and fast and strong today as
the government to which it lends it's
massive upport.-Chicago Herald-Ex-
aminer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
1900 BARRELS
GATHERED

Jacob Searls, general manager, VIM
Sanford, foreman, and Geo. n. Wood,
storekeeper, of the Arpin Cranberry
Marsh at Cranmoor, have been busy
with a crew of pickers for the past
week gathering the crop of berries.
They already have in the sheds 1900
barrels and expect to get the crop all
in before frost.
Among the pickers and rakers they
have a large number of Indians, who
took part in the Pow Wow recently
held in this city. We secured few of
their names which follow:
David Little Soldier, Albert Thunder,
Adam Thundercloud, Jim Pigeon, Jim
Link, George, Fred and julius White
Eagle, David Green Grass, Paul j.
Mike, Eugene Wabash Gain. The In
dians are excellent pickers of cram
berries and are always on hand ready
to gather the berries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
some EARLY
LETTERS FROM
SUN PRAIRIE
State Historical Society of Wiscon

State Historical Society Of Wiscon-
sin,
Madison, September, 1921-From a
New England source the State Histo-
rical Society has recently secured
number of letters of Wisconsin pio-
neers written to friends in the East
during the years 1852 to 1856. The
writer's were Benjamin Knight, his
sons, Joseph and Edward, and his
son-in-law, c. w. Mathews The
Knight family lived near Sun Prai-
rie in Dane County The letters re-
fer mainly to the usual topics of
primitive settlements-land, the COM
ing railroad, cattle, improvements,
taxes, the school, the church (Mr.
Mathews was the local preacher)
But occasionally there is touch with
general affairs, as when one of the
writers says in 1858: "We expect to
carry the Maine law this fall"
The historical interest Of the let
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
7 OF FAMILY
FOUND SHOT TO
Death IN HOME

Ormsby, Minn.-An entire family of
seven-the father, mother and five
children-were found shot to death in
their home, APPARENTLY the victims the
the father, Frank Klacow, 49, bust
ness man.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. KlacoW, the
dead are: Fred, 16; Myrtle, IL; Glen,
12; Oliver, 10; and Leland 3, children
of the couple.
All had been shot by revolver as
they lay in bed, and there were indl-
cations chloroform had been used. The
revolver was found under Klacow's
left arm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
NEW ASSISTANT NAMED
FOR DEAN OF WOMEN

Miss Lydia Brown has just been ap
pointed assistant dean of women at
the University of Wisconsin, by Miss
+. Louise Nardin, dean of women, to
fill the vacancy left by the resigna-
tion of Mrs. Maud H. Mendenhall.
Miss Brown graduated from Vassar
IN 1913, and has done graduate work
at the University of Chicago. For
several years she has held an execu-
tive position in the University School
for Girls, Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
DO YOUKNOW


That Chef Lutjeans will be on the
job steady for three days and two
nights roasting the oxen for the Bar
becue dinner? Have you any idea how
the job is done or the immense amount
of material and food needed to feed
1000 people
Comes and see.
We are furnishing paper plates for
holding the food and paper cups for
the coffee.
Come and Eat Free at the
ADAMS COUNTY FAIR
Friendship, Wisconsin
P. S-Please bring your own hard
ware. (Forks).
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

Why is real estate and farm prop
erty more valuable in and near a
large city than in a smaller town :?
Because the trade is greater there
Therefore, the more trade your city
or town has, the more valuable s-zour
property interests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08
HOW MAIL ORDER
FAkERS BAIT UN-
Wary BUYERS
Oh, this is the day
We give sugar away,

1t you buy our unknown tea!
Such might be the refrain of the
fake grocery mail order houses, says
a bulletin from the Associated Adver-
tising Clubs of the World, which has
recently made some Investigations of
the methods of such concerns. To
make all the prices on their so-called
'cut price" list look low they will cut
the price of sugar or some well known
soap, or some other article of known
value, then make it up by. selling
something else, such as bulk tea of
unknown value, at price that will
make the whole operation pay a pro-
fit.
It is well to bear in mind two
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

The money you send to some mail
order house will never return to your
community. Your home town will be
forever short of just the amount of
money that is sent out of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

With $40 students working for the
masters, doctors and other degrees
last year, the Graduate School of the
University is rapidly becoming one of
the largest in the country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

Traffic rules are enforced in the
corridors of Bascom Hall, University
of Wisconsin, because the building is
SO crowded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-09-08

Wisconsin colleges, universities,
and normal schools enroll about 8 per
cent of the States youth of college
age-between 18 and 22-roughly,
1900.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
LEGALNOTICES
WARNING ORDER. City of Little Rock.

WARNING ORDER. City of Little Rock, Second Division, Pulaski County
 Municipal Court. M. D. Maxey, Plaintiff,
 ys. J. A. Peters, Defendant. The Defendant, J. A. Peters. is warr.l to appear in this court within thirty dave and answer the complaint in Garnishmssn,, and Attachment of the Plaintiff. M n Maxey.
 September 18th, 1921.
 H. G. DALE. Clerk ROGERS, BARBER & HENRY, Solic;tor for Plaintiff. VERNE MCMILLAN, Attorney ad Iitem 22-29-6-l3
 WARNING ORDER. State of Arkansas, County of Pulaski, ss. Olive Anna Ciese. Plaintiff,
 ys. (No. 2ll9 Harry E. Ciese, Defendant. In the Pulaski Chancery Court. The Defendant, Harry E. Giese, i, warned to appear in this Court within thirty days and answer the complaint of the Plaintiff, Olive Anna Giese. September 18th, 1921.
 H. s. NIXON, Clerk,
 F. NJ. OLIVER, D. C. VIVIAN o. BRACK, Solicitor for Plaintiff. H. J. BURNEY, Attorney ad Litem l5-22-29-6
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
IDLE WORKERS BEING EMPLOYED
LABOR CONDITIONS WHICH HAVE A BEARING UPON THE TRADE RELATIONS OF THE STATE.

Little Rock, Sept. IA recapitu- lation of the work of the Federal State Employment Service, in charge of Deputy Labor Commissioner E. I. Mckinley, in a report made to Fed eral Director T. A. Wilson recently, embracing the first half of the year, ending June 30, 1921, shows that a total of TOTO persons applied to the Bureau for work, while the total num- Der of ''help wanted" was 2,4o8, with 2,498 persons referred to employ ment. Of the number "referred'' 1898 reported to the Bureau that they had secured employment, and MT. Mckinley believes that a ma jority of the remaining GOO which were sent to the harvest fields se- cured employment but failed to mo- tify the Bureau of the fact.
 The grand total of all records made is ll,266 for the 156 working days of the half year. This total embraces cards of record made out as follows: Number of applicants seeking work, males, 6,47l; females, 599; number of ''help wanted', males, 2,227; fe- males, 27l. Number referred to employment, males, 2,l4l; females, 357; number reporting back as hav- ing secured employment and with records closed, males, 1,628; fe- males, 270, an average of 76 records were made daily during the 156 working days of the first half of the year.
 An analysis of the report shows that the month of January was the peak" month. During the month a total of l,549 made application for employment, divided as follows: Un- skilled, 1,293; skilled, l87; clerical and professional, 69.
 The ''help wanted'' records show that a total of l,627 calls were made for labor, divided as follows: Un- skilled, 1858; skilled, 200, with only IA for clerical and professional.
 The records show total of 2,498 persons were directed to employ ment Of this number 1,730 were unskilled laborers, 283 skilled, and l28 clerical and professional. The greatest number referred to employ ment in any one month was during the month of June, when 852 un-
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
THE PULAsKIAN. PULASKI HEIGHTS. ARK.

though ] have been writing a long time, getting this story written as we'll as my account of the Halstead fair, it is still raining. l got to the home stead just before dark and by the time l had gotten the Fairy spring or Fountain of Youth, which is its real name, cleaned out, after taking good drink out of it, then gone to my garden, but 1t was still raining. It rained all night and is raining so hard now that l am afraid 1 will have to go through the rain to mail this letter, for 1t is nearly dinner time.
 We'll, my place being in Fairy Land, it has to rain lots so that ev- will grow fast and all the time. It is funny, isn't it? It was so dry and dusty at Halstead and every body excepting the people, who had hay to save, wanting it to rain, while here it rains every few days and only Tuesday before last we had the big gest rain of the season, but of course after 1 visited at Halstead all week they are probably gettnig more rain than they want now
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
ARKANSAS UTILITY VALUES.

Public utility values have increased $l, ,325,lo3 in the state during the past year, according to a compilation of assessments made by the Arkansas Tax Commission. These utilities in elude. street railways, light, water and ice plants, mills and similar proper ties, exclusive of railroads. The as- sessments of these utilities this year, according to the figures compiled by the commission, total $l4,I10, 768, while the assessments for the previ- ous year, 1920, totaled SIP, 785, ,575.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
STYLE CYCLE IN
 MEMS APPAREL
TENDENCY NOTED AMONG CON- sIJMER MASS TO DESIRE OLD- TIME FAVORITES ~ SMALL FIGURED TIES ARE IN AS CENDANCY.

History seems to be repeating it. self in a measure in both clothing and furnishings. In mems clothing, there is a restoration of ideals fos- tered by men far back in history, and judging from comment heard in fur nishings circles the silk shirt, less vivid than its predecessor of two years ago, is creeping back into popular estimation, with the restoration of something like normal prices. Rain bow effects are blacklisted by par ticular men, but there is enough gala color in prevalent styles to indicate that the spirit of 1919 and 1920 has not been entirely crushed. Little novelties in walking sticks are being created as the custom of carrying a stick gains headway in New York and in holiday neekwear, stripes are being supplemented by small figures.
 Habit is strong and the silk shirt habit once acquired is hard to break While there has been a general ten deney in newspaper and magazine stories to inter the silk shirt as an obsolete exhibit, typical of the days when unskilled labor drew salaries instead of wages, furnishings men say that a steady demand high above normal will hold for many years to come. Silk shirts at $1l and $l5 and higher will have few friends, but at prices under $l0 the members of the silk shirt traffic are far from extin- guished.
 Silk shirt manufacturers have by no means given up the fight and new patterns in striped effects that are not too vivid are reported as running in volume next to plain whites, which have been generally accepted as a year-in-and- year-out article of wear by many men. Striped effects, if the colors are not too vivid, are said to be enjoying something of revival, although for a time all fancies suf- fered in the reaction that followed the revolt against the flamboyant dress ideas of the war period. The wild patterns in silks were looked upon for a time as true affinity to the high waistline coat and belted ef- fleets, and suffered from the effects of bad company.
 These shirts are coming back now, blushing modestly, and demanding acceptance as a thoroughly reformed prodigal. Small furnishings dealers are said to have taken on new cour age and are described as timidly ap- preaching the market again.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-06
Approves Plan to
 Pick Aliens Abroad

Washington.-A recent cabinet meeting was devoted to discussion of the immigration situation and ways and means of blocking efforts to bring in aliens in excess of the figures set by law, 1t was learned at the White House today.
 An effort will be made by the gov ernment to avoid undue hardships because of the enforcement of estab- lished regulations, and rules will be drafted to prevent pathetic cases of immigrants arriving in the United States, only to be sent back to their home countries.
 The cabinet approved the plan of Secretary of Labor Davis to make the basis of selection, as to aliens. who are admissible to the United States, at the country of origin, and legislation to enact these features in. to law is being considered.
 Efforts to defeat the limitation on immigration to the United States through circular routes have been un. covered and revised regulations per hitting selection on the other side IS felt to be the remedy.
 Many aliens inadmissible through their own countries are gaining ad- mission to the United States through Mexico and Canada, it is known. and Secretary of Labor Davis is devoting much n attention to proposed precau. tionary measures.