Wisconsin Valley Leader (Newspaper) - March 13, 1902, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin 81.50 PER YEAR GRAND RAPIDS WISCONSIN MARCH 13th 1902 VOLUME I NO 2 C WIS We want Men of Grand Rapids and surroundings and all others who are interested in good Clothing and wantjto know where to best buy the best to come here and see the lavish showing of from the shops of the best manufacturing tailors in America such as Hart Schaffner Marx Kuppenheimer Friend Bros and others of like prominence and reliability WeT She Merv who buy here to get clothing they'll be thoroughly satisfied with and we buy with that object in view and we keep the same purpose in mind when making the price All our clothing is so priced that men will see financial ad vantage as well as advantages in respect to styles and material A good deal of the clothing that's sold in stores is cut from the same patterns season after season and cut in quantities with a knife six to ten suits at a The Difference is that our clothing is cut by an expert tailor with SHEARS one suit at a time from terns specially designed each season to be in touch with the fashion just the same as a merchant tailor does All cloths are fully examined before the cutter touches them tested for strength and color and so is the clothing after it's made inspected for flaws in tailoring and finish When it this store its carefully gone over i Wed by Mrs A C Otto a rather laughable comedietta showed how many so when you get it it's pretty near perfect clothing and still our prices are less The wonderful creations of wearing apparel j ness and correctness of clothing is the first consideration that proved we soon prove the price can be obtain AN ACRE DEAL A Stevens Point Banker Buys Buena Vista Marsh Land for J P president of the sin State Bank of Stevens Point has just concluded the purchase of a tract of acres of land on Buena Vista marsh in the southern part of Portage county The land was bought by him from the Wisconsin Land and Improvement com- pany through H V Foster of that city This was the largest single purchase of land ever recorded in the register's office in Portage county The land was secured six years ago by the company from many individuals for the purpose of speculation It was proposed to drain the entire territory and transform it into farm lands by the digging of great es The marsh lies in Portage shara and Wood counties and in its en- is composed of acres A was introduced in the legislature some years ago providing for a special assessment against all the property ers for the purpose of paying for this drainage but it was killed and the ject of the Wisconsin Land and ment company fell through The ers of Grand Rapids are very familiar with this marsh as in days gone by it has been the favorite haunt of the prairie chicken and grouse and many a fine bag of game has been brought from there to this city A Bridal Shower Miss Kellogg was agreeably surprised last Saturday eve when a goodly number of her friends appeared at the door laden with culinary articles There was not only a shower but a complete pour down The light mug from the brand wares was fairly dazzling and the thunder followed in rapid succession After being made very welcome by Miss Myrtle the ladies repaired to the parlor where Miss soon to wed was given a place of honor and without number were showered upon her The groom being a stranger to the entire company much anxiety was manifested lest they should not catch a glimpse of the young man's photo This however was made right and many and befitting were the remarks each one adding a new tinge of crimson to the flushed cheeks of the young lady The verses attached to each article were then read causing much laughter and ment We append a few of the many Horn Little bride true go blow your horu The bridegroom cometh and is not forlorn Battle I send you a rattle here it Is Wait for tne merry noise when he's tired ef it Save it for the other boys Gems The gems bestowed upon mankind Are as the passing wind Choose for yourself which ones yon need Remember purity takes the lead Gems of Purity in word and deed I Dish pan Here is ft pan wash your dishes Aud please accept my best of wishes Flour sieve A flour sieve is my girt to you Tis nothing novel and nothing new But fls a culinary friend It will prove faithful to the eud A short program was a pleasant feature of the evening in which the Misses Waters Steib and Schnable rendered rare musical selections proving the ladies artists of no mean ability Reading was as When father winds the clock by Miss Voyer Bell is a clever little girl and seems to understand how Time is regulated by the head of the house iThe Love by Miss Georgia Griffith revealed the fact love is mighty man must dine Miss Jones reading Minnie had a little Iamb gave Myrtle many novel ways of ing of a Tou many pound gestions very acceptable to the young house wife The of Mrs FEET OF LUMBER Sold by a Grand Rapids Firm to the Wilbur Lumber Company of Milwaukee During the past week the Wilbur Lumber Co of Milwaukee through the agency of F L Tibbets the purchasing member of the firm bought the entire season's cut of the Grand Rapids Lumber Co of this city It includes about feet of pine and at least feet of hemlock and will in all amount to between and This mill is one of the most valuable manufacturing plants to this city of any that we possess as it is running nearly all the time pays fairly good wages and gives employment to about 150 men They have a splendidly equipped mill near the Milwaukee depot on the west side where they both retail and wholesale lumber Their logs are shipped in by rail from various points in the northern part of the state and by purchases made during the past year they have a supply of timber on liand that will keep the mill busy for ten years to come Death of Mrs Odegard The death of Mrs Andrew Odegard occurred at her home on Tine street Friday afternoon March 7 at 3 o'clock She had been in poor health for the past fifteen years but was very sick for only two days before her death which was caused by dropsy The funeral took place at the Moravian church on the west side Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev Groenfeldt and was very largely attended by neighbors and friends of the family Mrs Odegard was bora in Norway June 30 1854 and came to this country with her parents in locating at Strongs Prairie in Adams county Her maiden name was Mattie Tolvstad She was married to Andrew Odegard April 20 and came to Grand Rapids to make her home where she has since lived She was the mother of four children two of whom Carl aged 17 and George aged 15 and her husband survive her An adopted daughter of whom she was very fond died five months ago Besides her own family three brothers and one sister survive her OF We desire to publicly thank our neighbors the Ladies Aid society of the Moravian church and the school teachers friends of our beloved wife and mother who so kindly assisted us during her last Illness and in the funeral services CARL AJTD David Fawcett On Friday last March 7 occurred the death or David Fawcett who for the past four years has conducted a cabinet maker's shop and furniture repairing establishment on the west side He was born in Canada at Heathcote in Ontario October and came to the United States in 1893 and to Wood county in 1897 He died from an attack of monia after about a week's sickness and the funeral was held in the Methodist church on Monday afternoon conducted by Rev Peterson Six children three boys and three girls who live with their mother on the west side survive him rt Will you come and prove it yourself and profit by why take inferior sorts when the superior costs no C A ned bv cutting High School Notes Tuesday evening the school heard a very interesting address from Mr his description of the two high schools which he visited while in Chicago also of the procession of Prince Henry which he saw after holding his place on the curb of the street for an hour There will be no Forum Friday night Mar 14th it being postponed on account of the speech by State tendent Harvey The Juniors are making loud talk about down the I their Prom to be held in the near future don't buy if you _ You VC got to buy clothing j puzzle was then guessed upon Marceau receiving first honor like _ grocery A seven course dinner The senior's class play is cast aud the more you don't want to An earnest invitation is extended to you to come and settle for whether we make it worth while for you to prefer this store The fabric Black or Blue Cheviots Blue Serge Black and Blue Worsted the new shades of Scotch and Browns predominate Gray mixtures with invisible stripes of Blu and white and hosts of others too numerous to mention all silk sewed culinary spoon and Miss second a tiny rattle After luncheon the I their respective homes a Helen Miss different members who will take the large I respective parts will come out in next Steib week's paper 1 The Forum met in special meeting departed to night and the following officers f Lynn Kennie vice president Rosa V lOtS v i and Brawns predominate Gray mixtures with invisible stripes of Blues and reds the new black J for Kirk Work on the Water Works Begun Again H B Pace of Wis the fore- j held in the near future This motto rules the business: If buy it here and it goes wrong it is made right and your money back if you want it Floy Quinn treasurer The Forum is also arranging for a debate with the debating society of Marshfield to be The Forum man in charge of the work of laying the I society chooses two and the Columbian water works mains for the Fidelity and j society one the two from the east side are Wm Brown and Chas Herschleb The one on the west side is not chosen yet These three will represent the debating ability of Greater Grand Rapids We feel sure they have the best wishes of I Boys and Black Clay Worsted I Confirmation I were fortunate in a limited number of Blue aud Black Clay ages 10 to IS years j old made lined and trimmed in very best manner We i offer them as a special leader at very low prices I Hats Spring fashions for men and boys a little early perhaps yet many arc buying aud there's no doubt you should be in line Many new creations in soft and stiff own price SOc to New Ties Factories have excelled this season pretty styles handsome colorings tics as usual in all grades but especial efforts Ln Shirts HI long or short bosoms Shirts soft or stiff Shirts with Cuffs attached or with cuffs separate Ex- designs allotted to the Cameron store Price SOc to KRUGER CAMERON Ground Wisconsin Deposit Uo of Baltimore lid arrived in the city this week and got together a gang of IS men and began digging a ditch along Court House street east or Baker street Wednesday morning The frost is going out of the ground so I the patrons of the entire city rapidly it is scarcely any impediment to the work and Mr Pace says if he had known the winter would prove so mild he would not have quit work last fall There is still two and one-half miles of ditching to be done and mains to be one-half mile on the east side of the river and two miles on the west side He ex- to have a crew of 30 or 35 men at work within the coming week or two Generous View of Us The first i vue of the VALLEY LEADER edited by Cooley was received to-day The new paper is a six column quarto in size well printed aud nicely edited with a liberal supply of ad- patronage The paper will be issued every Thursday afternoon the present edition having been delayed one day on account of a delay of the patent insides The Tribune welcomes the ad- vent of the new paper the same would any other business and considers it as evidence of increasing business in our beautiful little Grand Tribune -Marriage Licenses The following marriage licenses were made out by County Clerk Kenne during the past week Harry Armstrong of Sherry to Florence V Abbey of Milladore Leo to vary Specht both of Eugene Jones to Lena Welch both of Society Notices The Woman's Club will meet next Mon- day evening with Mrs Geo- R Gardner The Travel class will meet next Tues day afternoon at the home of ilrs I E The Historical Literary club will meet next Monday evening at the home cf Mrs Quinn The 31 W K club of the west side will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Wm Scott on High street The Ladies Aid Society of the M E church will meet next afternoon with Mrs The Ladies Aid society of the church west side will meet next Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Archie McMillan The Entre Nous club of the west side will meet Wednesday evening with Miss Belle Voyer at the home of Mrs E B Kossier on Cranberry street The Ladies Aid society of the M E church east side will have a supper at the church parlors next Wednesday after- noon and n program in the evening Our line of picture mouldings can't be beaten in Wood County W L LAIN UNPRECEDENTED SEASON The Spring of 1902 Leads All In This Section as an Early Starter Not within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has the season shaken oil its winter mantle and donned the glad rags of spring at an early date For nearly a month the wise weather prophet has shaken his head dubiously and fore- told zero weather storms and fierce northern blasts to occur in March to set the warm and balmy days of the latter part of February yet spring has come to prove the weather prophet in error the frost is coming out of the earth the ice in the river is melting and we have seen the last of the winter of 1902 The ice in the Mississippi has already gone out Paper mill men along the sin river are preparing for the early ture of ice and the attending high water by loosening the ice about the dams and taking precautionary measurers Since the middle of February we have had scarcely a wintry day Happily Wedded There was a quiet wedding party over on French street Wednesday at the home of sir and Mrs Herbert Kellogg in which a profusion of roses and choice flowers added their fragrance to the happiness of the family and the con- parties Miss Myrtle C Kellogg the youngest daughter and pride of the family was at high noon joined in withR W Grenfell of Chelsea a young man of many amiable and ex- qualities united with good ness ability and training Hev W Peterson of the Methodist church formed the marriage ceremony and Jos Humbird of a friend of the groom and Miss Jessie Parrott of Merrill a cousin of the bride served the couple as groomsman and bridesmaid After the ceremony the company sat down to a sumptuous wedding feast At the newly wedded couple took the Green Bay tain for Milwaukee and from there they will go to Madison to visit the groom's uncle ex-Mayor C Ei Wheelan of that city before returning to Grand Rapids They were the recipients of many useful and valuable gifts They will make their home for the present at Chelsea but may later go to Milwaukee to live Mr home was formerly in California but for the past six years he has been a trusted employe of the seau Shepard Lumber Co of Chelsea His wife was born in this city graduated from the Howe High school in 1899 and from the Toland's business college at Wausau last year She has many friends in the city who will join us in tions and good wishes for her and her husband's happiness Conductor Smith Hurt Charles Smith of Green Bay conductor on the Green Bay and Western formerly of this city had the misfortune to slip from the caboose at a station called Arnott eaat of Plover last week and one of the wheels of tbe car ran over his foot crushing it He was taken to Amherst and was amputated at the instep Mrs Smith was formerly Miss Nellie Herschleb of Grand Rapids and the young people have many friends here who sympathize with them in their misfortune FANCHON THE CRICKET Alice is the finest brand of creams in the city Sold at Kitchen The Play and Cast of Characters Selected for Graduating Exercises of 1902 Class Fanchon the Cricket is a domestic ma in five acts dramatized from a tale of George Sands and translated from the German by August Waldauer It is a charming play of moral tone and is slated to occur at The Grand probably on the last day of school or on Friday that the first dramatic work this school lends unusual interest to the occasion and the class will probably enjoy a great audience to witness their efforts The following is the cast of DRAMATIS Vincent Father a rich Briere Twin Didier f Brothers Herschleb Savior Pierre Paul Swain Lapham Triekey Little Kellogg Mother Kelley Ward _........................Maime Daly Miller Annette..........._____.....-OphediaDessaint Act Shadow Dance Act 2 St Festival Witch of Act Will of the Wisp Act Year Real Estate Transfers Wirl to Louise s e of s e s of sw of s e sec 2 e Slav Specht to Charles Martes ff d lot 15 blocs 48 1.009 Elizabeth Case to Wm sw sec 500 T A Taylor and Wm Scott and wives to Wisconsin Central Co ptn e of se see 7 300 T A Taylor and Wm Scott and wive to Wisconsin Cen ral Co pt lot 7 sub se sec 7 700 to Wisconsin Central Co pt lots Turner's add of sub n e of s e sec 7 tp 22 r 6 e W A Galligan and wife to John II hits lots B 11 Omaha Land Co addition to Annie to Watrons lots blk 5 village of Lindsey Annie to Perry Hays lots block s village of J N Goetz and wife to Jacob Leibel s of n sec 16 tp 25 r 4 e Frank Lang to Joseph Lang Sr w of 5 e Helen Thompson and husband to G h pt w nf s w sec 7 tp -a and w of s w of s e sec li tp 25 r Frank n of s e sec 16 tp 25 r i e John and wife to John block 278 Manufacturing Co to city of pt of n e see 17 25 r Louise F to J n Potter and Kd end int In e of n o of n e sec 21 anil n w of n iv sec 22 tp M r 4 e Specht to John Specht a a of seo 3 a Jr and wito to G roBbler and husband and Adam to Jolm Specht s o of n w src 3 tp Jo 100 45 45 203 1.300 75 213
