Wisconsin Valley Leader (Newspaper) - July 6, 1905, Grand Rapids, Wisconsin 1.50 PER YEAR GRAND RAPIDS JULY 6 1905 VOL IV NUMBER 17 OUR Is of fine selected lumber We can give you any sort you LUMBER In large or small ties dressed or in the Fine Flooring bers Joist etc Give us a trial order and see how thoroughly satisfactorily it will be filled Two of the best articles on Rock Cement Plaster and always in stock WEST SIDE M G GORDON Mgr Phone 169 ISAAC P WITTER GEO W MEAD President F H JACKSON Bank of Grand Rapids West Side x Capital Stock Surplus Established 1888 t HOME SAVINGS BANKS BUSINESS SOLICITED Telephone 345 Grand Rapids Wisconsin ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft tf vii Your Groceries Chas Sons new and fresh in staple and fancy groceries kept in stock and sold as re- as they can be purchased in the city also a stock of notions ot all kinds Buy Your Cigars From Us We make the well-known LINCOLN and GEO READ cigars lOc goods also the PRIVATE the best cigar in the market THE another cigar is a great favorite with smokers All orders promptly filled ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft vfc vto its Chas Sons ito V Grand Rapids Near Green Bay Depot IT Goods See thg Lowell Compressed Air Bug Spra yer and the Reliable Gasoline Stoves Fully warrant ted and absolutely safe A NOW IS THE TIME to get your refrigerator in place hot weather is Call and look over our stock before it is badley broken up We carry the largest line of Ice Cream Freezers in the city sizes from one to quarts which can be had very low carry the celebrated Alston Mixed Paint every gallon fully guaranteed also Seal and Fattens Sun Proof white lead We have added a line of Buggies Wagons and Farm Implements to our stock as complete a line as there is in the city Our and tin shop is plied with first-class workmen who will attend to your wants Should you want to put in a plant of any description don't forget that we are here for business and you will find our prices right Respectfully Geo W Rapids Wisconsin safety deposit vault will be built for the Owing to the strong probability of raiu use of the bank's customers where nly a few had prepared to enter the in- private safes rented for a nominal parade at and this rental It is the intention of the officials was therefore not remarKably to make the offices on the second floor Rowland Sons and -1 equal to on Moberg the west side grocers j part of the state had two very attractive floats also Geo j W Purnell the east Bide hardware man Comes to firand Rapids i John H Hildeman and family and Bossert Ebert the coal and wood j depart for IN RAPIDS j he Ball Game Races ami Fire Works Principal Attractions No elaborate preparation was made for he celebration of Independence Day in NEW BANK The First National Begins New On last Thursday afternoon work was begun on the new home for the First QUITTERS AND CHANGES Some Saloons Juit Many Changes in Firms aud Location July 1st which is license pay day for BB Ul u July 131 Wlllun IS lw his city this year At a late date it was j National Bank The building will be a the more changes handsome two story stone structure I mmg brokers in this city which will be an ornament to the city mg ever occurred to Our Mn will hp tn make the m to celebrate in order to Rive ome people and sueli visitors as desired o visit the city on that day something o amuse and entertain them and from expense will be spared to make the banking room not only beautiful but ils of view the celebration was convenient and up-to-date The bank's successful Many people j funds will be protected by a amein from the surrounding country steel lined vault and besides this a large nd the town appeared full of visitors febre saloon Joe of the in knowledge There have been too many in the business for the prosperity of all In fact many of them found it difficult to pay the license and their profits were nil Among those who have gone out of business Heisler at the Green Bay Mike McCarthy opposite the Witter House Wm Berg in the old Lukaseski ia Joe's will were well represented In the afternoon the ball game ween Stevens Point and Grand and the races at the park attracted the attention of everybody and the down own streets during this time were de- Stevens Point won the game by a score of 15 to 4 outplaying the local team at every point in the contest this week Mr Hildeman has been employed in the Standard Cigar Factory for some time past having held the position of Herman Smith has moved from the building to one of Cohen's on Center street Brahmstedt Foley have bought the Jas laughlin saloon on the west side Jake Luiz who popular resort foreman He thinks a good the head of Front street has sold his 33 Anniversary Wo have just passed the thirty-third anniversary of the bank and the management takes this opportunity to thank the public for its generous patronage Organized In 1872 the bank has passed through the two great panics and is now furnishing the people security which experience alone can First Bank Grand Rapids Wis for a cigar at Grand Rapids and lie one there Mr Bildeman has followed the trade of making cigars for many years starting when he was quite young m the factory of J Allard in this city His many years of experience ia the tobacco business well qualifies him to embark in The Farmers race brought out a big business well qualifies him to embark in u v r the business and if his venture at Grand field of entries viz Eva Mae by Iv G j Rg g a Ratelle Hunger by Joe Duncan Puss by that it will not be due A H Trotter Felix B by Geo Baker to any lack of business ability or ex- and Dan by Eva Mae was on the part of Mr Hildeman Mr and Mrs Hildeman nave always neighbors r 4 A n first Plunger second and Felix B third Time I here and they will take with them to In the green race were Tommy by P j their new home the very best wishes of H Davis and Jim by John j this Independent my took first and second money in a Mr Hildeman is a brother of Mrs close contest the time Kieman the west side milliner and his business to 0 E Krause Co Richard Harvey proprietor of the Dixon House buffet is succeeded by Geo Frechette Cc Nate Anderson has rented the saloon in the basement of the Anderson House to Elmer Moberg Billy Johnson has secured the Menier saloon on Cranberry street which is said to be the oldest saloon plant in the city One new saloon spens for business in the line house with Fred Nelson and John Frauson as proprietors The real exciting event was the free for all in which were only two entries occasional visits here have introduced him favorably to Grand Rapids business S L Stevens horse of Nekoosa and and professional men He has rented a horse of Mr Stevens j comfortable house on Maple street and drove his own horse it being the first I he and his family are already quite at race ho had ever driven in and it proved I home m Graad a hot contest from the start to the finish j The heat was taken by the Wausau It ia horse by a short the second and Sew Clothing House said that a new clothing house will occupy the first floor of the New 554 Res 108 RUCKLE M D Office Wood County Bank Building PRACTICE LIMITED TO EYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT Glasses Fitted and Ear to Riverview HYMENEAL nurse i OCCUpy Ulc ui mo third heals was captured by Mr Stevens County National Bank building with plenty of room to spare Then a dispute arose over the number of heats to be trotted the Nekoosa man claiming the race was to be the best two in three now in course of completion It is i expected to be in operation in time to participate in the fall trade There is always room for one more and trade heats while tie Wausau man was just as trade every attraction helping to positive that it was the best three in rive j the general volume of business The judges decided it by dividing the money equally between the two leaving j Stevens the winner of the race es far as trotted That Sixty-five Hundred is about the figure that the i are now making on the race with four monies The entries were Topsy L by Springer Lottie by Snyder Chubb by Arpin Kate by McCarthy Pete by Walsh Maud by Stevens and Paddy by Springer Topsy and Kate led tue ho population of Grand Some yet There were seven entries in the f I place it is as high as but the first with a single half mile f figures are considered quite conservative This would indicate guin of about 2000 in five years time or about 45 per cent and we will venture the assertion that no city in the state will show a much Miss Lurena Peterson daughter of the Kev and Mrs P W Peterson 221 Fifteenth street was married to Benjamin C Kadel of Waynesboro Pa last evening at B o'clock The bride's father officiated at the ceremony which was witnessed by the relatives and a few intimate friends After the ceremony and congratulations a wedding supper was served The bride and groom left last night for the east and on day they will sail for Curacao West Indies where Mr Eadel goes for four months in the service of the United States weather Milwaukee Sentinel Miss Peterson is a sister to Rev W A Peterson pastor of the Methodist church in Grand Rapids and during her visits at his home on Oak street haa made many friends in the city Saturday morning at Justice B L Brown's office in the block by opsy an field all the way Topsy coming in first per Kate second Lottie third and gain This ratio of of an unreasonable expectation Notice to at Hospital visitors to the Riverview Hospital will on a very slow track was extremely j De kind enough to note the rule that good for amateurs and the winners were J visiting hours are from 2 to 4 o'clock in mile single dash bicycle race was entered oy Geo Blair H M Cruse j Fred Mosher and J Cruse The time Blair first J Cruse second and H M 7 to 8 o'clock in Cruse third There was a band concert in the ing from tbe Dixon House balcony by Clive S Cone's 4th Regt band of 25 pieces the excellent music being enjoyed i the evening Please note this HUMPHREY i Announcement Andrew J Hopkins of Meadow Valley married to Mas Lulu Huffman of Daly Justice Brown officiating Mr and Mrs Hopkins left Saturday noon for Meadow Valley where they will reside Miss Ella Olson of Ogdensburg and R Pugmire of Manawa were married at the home of the bride's cousin Miss Flora on kee street Monday morning Rev Fred Staff officiating After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to the family and the few intimate friends present at the ceremony Mr and Mrs Pugmire left BABCOCK F A Wright went to Necedah the of last week Mrs Sam Griffith and daughter Mrs James Griffith of New Lisbon went to vour city the middle of last week May Lombard went to Necedah the middle of last week Citizens of this village were here that on Wednesday of last week A Kelk a was instantly killed near Cassian while on duty His re- mains were through here On No 8 Thursday to his home at New Lisbon and was buried Friday in that village Mr Kelk was well known here and had many friends Josie came up from Tomah Thursday of week Mrs Tom Law went to Sun Prairie last week to visit her daughter Mrs Ed Hugh Pittsville was here the las of last week Miss Elizabeth Sullivan went to Grand Morning's Friday H Soper of Wausau visited here last week Miss Eva Miller was a caller in the Rapids Friday Mrs Henry Tombs and family went to Tomah last week to spend a few weeks Oscar Rimie aud family spent one day last week with relatives here Our has underwent some fine repairs which will be credited to Dr v me v i auu 111.1 The regular services of the Baptist -n the afternoon for Big Falls Wis pieces the excellent music being enjoyed church wju be at Spafford's Hall I where make theu by a great crowd of people gathered in follows worship at j the neighboring streets and yards i Sunday School at a Announcements Church of Ch: A H Morse P.M Jay Aldrich and family went to visit his parents in Sleepy Eye Minn Jay anticipates going on to Portland Oregon before returning home Mr and Mrs John Kice of Iowa are visiting the latter's brother and sister Miss Anna Davis and son are here from Los Angeles California visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Winters Anna was raised here in her childhood days and her many old friends are de- lighted ta meet her again after six years absence j Sunday School at a Young People's meeting at p i m and evening service at Sermon A Prisoner of Jesus Evening Vacation Time always welcome a sound since the sailors of the Russian Black Sea dumped their com- and festivities lasted until a late hour The house was crowded and nothing occurred to mar the pleasures of the Free For One Week Enlarged pictures iu Crayon or Pastel done free from the to the 13th of July Leave orders with H F Lipchow opposite Centralia Hardware store Bitten By a Tarantula A J Nichols the proprietor of the Front street restaurant in the CT W Davis old stand was bitten on the baek of his left hand by a tarantula day morning which was hidden in a bunch of bananas he was sorting Mr Nichols realized at once that he had been up against a poisonous proposition and ho bandaged the wrist to stop circulation and sucked the wound in an endeavor to extract the poison He then telephoned Or Rockwell who hastened cauterize the wound and administer I antidotes for the poison The great poisonous spider was captured and bottled and seems to be a splendid of thw Insect Early in the evening Geo W Mead who had charge of the fire works dis- play assembled his ammunition on the j morn banks of the river below the Commercial j and began the exhibition with a few hot air baloon ascensions followed by a great variety of pyrotechnics which j Good Mutineers was witnessed by crowds of people Mutiny has not half so ing both banks of the river After the fire works many young j people assembled m the opera house j manders In doing so they evened up where Cone's orchestra furnished the I long scores of abuse in comparison with finest article of music that the people of I which the violent acts of the sailors this have danced to for a long time seems almost like virtues According to some authorities on international law these mutinous crews now the Black Sea are pirates It ia a most peculiar complication viewed from an American standpoint aud would scarcely be posible in our navy The world will be careful in its dealings with the pirates because they may soon represent the regular government of Russia Farmers Institutes For Any farmer or public-spirited business man in Wisconsin who wishes to secure an Institute for his locality during the winter season of should send to us for a blank petition and letter of information Any town no matter how small or far from the railroad is entitled to an Institute provided it is located in a farming district and haa a good in which a meeting can oe held Farmers talk thia matter up Announcements Church of Christ Thursday evening 7 o'clock choir practice S o'clock prayer meeting topic nsU to Large Life In a Small Place Mrs Sherwood of Stevens Point is here visiting her brother Pet Crotteau Margret Sullivan went to Necedah Sat Charles Porter and family started for a parents in Iowa Saturday Mr and Mrs Charles are Matt j their daughter at Feud du Lac Lord's day Sunday school a m j was the guest of Maggie preaching and Lord's Supper Co operation 3 p Junior C E Miss Alma Eggert Supt topic What to Choose Deut 20 At this meeting officers will be chosen and the work thoroughly organized regular an illustrated sermon The Character Line Wednesday regular ing of Christian Workers at the home of Mrs Dunavan Remember all our services except the Ladles Auxiliary are held in the G A R hall with their neighbors aud if the sentiment seems favorable for an Institute for their town they should write us at once for application blank Address all communications to Stipt Madison Wis Saturday L Ward was a caller in Saturday Miss Nooney of Necedah visited at the Lacey borne last week A saloon of John Gunds burnt to the ground about o'clock Sunday V Law visited his brother Oscar of lug Marriage Licenses Andrew J Hopkins of Meadow Valley I at the A Miller home Nekoosa Sunday Messrs and Griber and Sullivan attended the ball game at Nekoosa Sunday and had a royal good time Mrs Seyerson and two daughters of Janesville spent the 4th here the guests to Lulu Hoffman of Babcock Martian Witt of Portage county Martha Henke of Nekoosa Births daughter to Mr and MM Joe Glice went to Merrill Sunday to j for a few days There being no celebration here the 4th quite a number went to different neighboring towns All reporting a Mrs Richard Johnston of Front street Sunday sou to Mr and Mrs George of Fond du Lac Mrs was formerly Miss Nellie Payne of this city daughter to Mr and Mrs B O'Day this Thursday morning good time Society Notices The west old society ot the will meet afternoon with Mrs Ernestine Fontaine Tho east side ladies aid society of the M K church will meet Wednesday daughter to Mr mid afternoon with Mrs M Pillar Mrs Wednesday The Indies aid society Baptist will daughter to Mr and Mrs meet afternoon with Mrs K of Kollner Saturday I A