News: Greenwood 15 years ago - Oct. 1894 (14 Oct 1909)

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Surnames: Wollenberg, Williams, Klein, Weilen, Bryden, Mead, Esch, Andrews

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 14 Oct 1909

A tender and bashful Pleasant Ridge youth wrote to the Gleaner for light on the subject of making love. The editor must have had considerable experience, for he replied to the young man thus: "You don't need any light on the subject, dear boy; it is better in the dark." In the following issue of the Gleaner we notice that the "old maid" who edits the Pleasant Ridge column is on the war path for that young man, and says if she finds him, there will be a wedding in broad daylight.

Ed Wollenberg shot two deer.

Fred Williams was wearing the scalp of an eight prong buck.

Peter Klein raised 33 1/2 bushels of onions from 20 rods of ground.

Richard Weilen received the material for the building of a new house.

James Bryden received a pair of Poland China pigs from Leeds, the cost of which was nearly $40.

Geo. Mead's 13-month-old child had its neck tapped for an abscess by Dr. Esch of Neillsville, which saved it from strangulation. An inch and one-half of solid tissue had to be cut through in order to reach the abscess.

A large crowd assemble in the opera house Saturday last week to witness the entertainment and carnival given by the businessmen, public school and Baptist Society. The gross proceeds were $63.35. The receipts were equally divided between the Baptist Building Society and the school, which were used in the erection of the Baptist Church.

Uncle Steve Andrews joined Coxey's Army and was seen wearing the uniform.