The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-06-10
SOMERS
Merchants & Savings Bank of Ke-
,nrhn ic rnorrr oman for business

Merchants & Savings Bank of Ke-
nosha is now open for business
Elder Lyman j. Strong gave very
interesting report Sabbath evening of
the action of the General assembly of
the Presbyterian church at Eagle Lake,
Ind, of which body be was commits
sioner from the Milwaukee presbytery,
an honor which comes to man but
about once in life time.
About thirty of our young people at
tended joint Epworth League meet
ing at Pleasant Prairie last Sunday
evening The next meeting of the kind
will be held in Somers M. E. church
Sunday, July IL.
If the wheelmen or others of Kenosha
want pleasant ride we would suggest
they make Somers their half way point
next Friday evening and join the base
ball boys in the strawberry social at
Bain's hall.
The concert Friday evening drew a
full house. All parts were well rem
dered.
Pike Woods defeated Somers club
last Saturday by a score of Is to IL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Strang, of Mil
burn, are visiting their daughters, Mrs.
Balm and Mrs. Yule.
About four rods of the road has been
graveled east of the station. This is
the beginning of what will undoubtedly
be a we'll graveled road in the course of
| time.
The Methodist church people are
papering the church and making other
| improvements on the looks of their
property. Clemens, of Racine, is doing
the work.
The Henry Biehn district in Paris,
Miss Bishop, teacher, enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first school in that
town to raise the stars and stripes over
their building.
Geo. Lytle, who has been in Green
Bay for the past four months, is enjoy
ing vacation with his SOmers friends.
It is a pleasure for the writer to no.
tice from time to time the recognition
old Kenosha county boys receive at the
hands of their fellow citizens in their
adopted states. The following relative
to one of our young men who left here
some fifteen years ago With nothing. but
the metal farm life can put into one
and determined will to succeed in any
undertaking, shows to his old SOmers
friends they are not the only people
who have been watching his career.
That Everett has maintained and de-
veloped those high traits that marked
him as young man worthy of trust is
evidenced from the following from the
Jewell, Ia, Record:
"In this issue of the Record we print
the announcement of E. [. Johnson, OF
Williams, for the Office of county treas
urer, subject to the will of the repub-
lican nominating convention, which
meets in Webster City June so.
{" In Mr. johnson we have candi-
date that started in life a poor boy.
He was brought up on farm in Wis
consin, and when about II years old
started out for himself. He worked on
a farm for So per month and from the
time he became II years of age has
made steady advancement, at the
present time being president of the
State bank of Williams. He is young
man 80 years of age and is now enjoy
ing the best years of a mans business
life. He came to Williams about four
teen years ago and is now recognized
as one of her best and most influential
citizens. He is solid republican and
his influence for the party has been felt
in the northeastern part Of the county,
where a once democratic victory has
been changed to a republican victory.
He is a man of strict moral persuasiOns
and his home township is for him to a
man.
" Mr. johnson has made a clean can
vass for the nomination, having only
the best of words for his competitors.
He is making the race on his own per-
sonal merits, and believes that, should
the convention select another candidate
it is his duty to work early and late for
the success of the ticket. Mr.. John
sons candidacy is of no small proper
tions and he will enter the convention
with large, loyal following"
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