The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-03

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s Miss Clara Allen will give drive
whist party to-morroA evening at her
home near the Park. '.3''l :, - y : L.
Eq = Maria, wife of Matthias. Schmitt, Of this
city, died Monday night. at the age of t63
years, and s months: Funeral Wednesday.
One Of the most enjoyable occasions of
| New Years day in this city was the ban
quet and reception given by the Ladies'
Auxiliary in the Y. M G. A. rooms. The
ladies Of this society were busy large part
Of the forenoon and until two o'clock p. M,
preparing the tables in, the gymnasium and
spreading the feast. The reception room,
office aSd reading room were filled with in
vited guests. About twenty minutes after
O'clock about one hundred persons seated
themselves at the tables. Standing at
the tables, they sang praise God from
whom all blessings flow" and heard the in
vocation by Rev j. Hartley, after which
they proceeded to do justice to the substan-
tial repast that had been prepared for them
by the ladies. = During the dinner Mr. w.
3. Lewis tateasecretary Of the Y. M. c.
A., Of Milwaukee,, and Mr.. F. E. Anderson,
Of ,Rlacine, came in amid the applause of
the assembly. The Association orchestra
opened PEI edith the post-prandal program: with one
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Of their best selections. According to the
printed program, Mr.. James Cavanagh was
70 e have addressed the gathering, but he was
utnavoidably> absent, and Col. NJ. Frank
arose III his place and made a few remarks
in his stead. The ;Arion quartette then
sang What Beams so Bright" were en-
cored and sang "The Three Chafers." Rev.
VII. Bray then responded to the toast,
%"The Coming Year" In a few words of ret
rospeetion and encouragement Rev. J. j F..
Hartley diated upon the inspiring subject,
''The Ladies' Auxiliary He made some
good points, gave the 81. M. C.. a. some
good advice and rendered the need of praise
Edue the ladies for their very important la
-bors in the work of the Association. Miss
Daisy Lane followed with beautiful solo
we'll rendered. Miss Lanes voice displays.
many very admirable qualities and they
manifested themselves in very effective
manner. The Arion Qqartette, were then
called on again. Mr.. W. E. Lewis took
Mr.. c. B. Willis place on the program and
responded to the toast, "'Opr New Building"
ana Nj: g. E. Anderson addressed the As
ISOLATION Tor a few moments in a congratu-
latory strain. Mr.. Leonard Lee was then
called upon and made few remarks.
Messrs. Arthur Sager@ and Geo. Beachel
gave the audience a sample Of another kind
OF oratory. The exercises closed with mu-
sic, BY the orchestra and singing the doxol-
ogy. May the :Assoeiation and the Ladies'
Auxiliary live to see many more such &C.
casions. This one was certainly very pleas
ant and inspiring. y~
r.----Onerof the best. examples Of thrift and
success ito besfound in enosha and a: good
| example of the opportunities of acquiring a
business competence offered by Kenosha is
cen in the thriving firm Of Chas. G. The
leen. g. Co., ;.,- While in conversation with
one Of Kenoshas prominent business. men,
he referred,to3 theabove named firm and
stated that MIR. Theleen came to Kenosha
| about eight years ago with. but, very little
money, but rich in energy and hope ~ Mr..
Theleen bought a small stock of furniture
and began business in the Young America
building He had graduated with the first
honor from one. Of the best embalmlng
schools in Chicago and prepared to do an
undertaking business. Within these few
years Mr., Theleenshas built Up a.syerySSres-
pecstaqbie. business II furniture and uphol-
STEERING, moved on to Main street and now
occupies two stories IN ,KimbaIPs Block.
lie Has increased his stock each season,
both in quantity aud style until now he.car-
rles an assortment which is a credit to the
city. The first floor is occupied by bed.
room setts *ins antique oak antique ash,
cherry and initiation mahogany /. sideboards,
tables, chairs, fancy and otherwise, and all
the accessories to civaizedIife usually found
in such estabIishlnentsS MOn, the second
hoor.ahe. has dispEa IL dSiis parlorS sttssiites,
rangin TOM the eheap 81 t:g radss up tosthe
best .mohair plush. TheT front roomsu
stairs is fitted up as casket room and here
he has the latest device for handling cas-
kets and cofailliis u Thesstoas Of caskets lie
carries astonishea aie Reporter. $ET17 Every srisy
style of casket was to bezfound there, from
the cheap sshQspital cas-" anpp thgnlest
magnificent, covered With SIX plush and
proadcloth.1...*.: Tie. stock of medium grade
Baskets is very complete Mr.. Theleentiis771
played unusualsk ii his embal lining work
in2seheol and has done some work in dem
onstration ineboth Milwaukee, and Chicago
since he has been in business here HE
giyes1his personal attention to the depart
ment notwithstanding. His work of this ma
tuee Has IL ways, been very satisfactory.
Last February Mr.. Theleen took Mr.. r.: B.: