The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-02
SHORT ITEMS.
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year in population.
Sheriff Whitcher has fine ice skat-
ing rink for his boys.
Family parties and reunions galore
in Kenosha Christmas.
Mrs. F. E. Stocking, of Ravenswood,
is visiting r. J. Lewis.
Robert McDermott, of Chicago, is
visiting with his parents.
Chile wants new loan Of $25,OOO,-
600. She is bound to have war.
All of the merchants claim the
largest sales ever had in Kenosha.
MI Swezey, of Chicago, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. w. S. Lamb.
Misses May and Rose Ryan, of Mil
waukee, spent Christmas in Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Starkwearther
spent Christmas with e. Fl. Hollister.
w. G. Klehm is spending a few
days in Kenosha the guest of Eugene
Huck.
Albert Lauer is quite seriously i'll
with ap attack of infammatory rheu-
matism.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Higley went to
Rockford, ILL.,, Wednesday to spend the
holidays.
TIL boys and girls at the Badger
Brass works are enjoying two weeks
vacation.
Buffalo meat seems to act on the
Pawnee Indian like whiskey does on
white men.
Miss Elizabeth Bell, of Chicago,
spent Christmas with her sister, Mrs.
Louis Utter.
The Pastime Pleasure Club are ar
ranging to give a masquerade in the
near future.
M. Nussbaum, of the High Art,
visited with his family in Chicago
Wednesday.
Attorney Henry Toner, of Chicago,
ate his Christmas dinner with his par
ents in this city.
Fred Barry, of Cincinnati came to
Kenosha Wednesday for a short visit
with his parents.
There were more "jags" on the
streets Wednesday than have been
seen for some time.
And the learned Bostonites had a
free-for-an fight on Christmas day.
Wouldn't that jar you.
F. c. Cu11ey returned home Tuesday
evening after weeks visit at his old
home in Fremont, Ohio.
Miss Jessie Wells, of Chicago, spent
Christmas day here with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wells.
The eastern railroad companies viii
not exchange pass courtesies with the
western roads the coming year,
Another new incandescent electric
light has been patented to save on<
half the expense. Come again.
Miss Addie Wright has resumed he1
position as stenographer at the Meisel
bach factory after a short vacation.
Spalding and the base ball men are
getting mixed with lawyers. Now II
surely is the great American game.
Frank Fay, of the Western News
company of Chicago, spent Christmas
with Night Operator Warren Stone.
RIP. Gupti1 has returned to Keno
sha from Chicago, and is now in
charge Of the Y. M. c., A. bowling
alleys.
The new fiat building belonging to
Pat Ward at the corner of Wisconsin
street and Ashland avenue is nearing
completion.
Little Miss F1orentine Meyer was
the lucky winner of the prize in the
letters to Santa Claus rattle given by
the Bazaar store.
It seems that the Kenosha police
were all eating Christmas dinner at
the same time, for there was a fight
right on Main street in the afternoon
which lasted over fifteen minutes and
drew a big crowd-but no policemen.
An effort is being made to secure a
hall for indoor base ball and basket
ball. AS soon as hall can be secured
some pretty fast games will be played,
as number of challenges from other
cities have been received for both
games.
The court records of Racine county
would seem to show that marriage is
not an entire success, at least in that
section. Thirty divorces have been
granted there in the past year, and
between twenty-five and forty cases
are now pending.
One breath at time is ali you can
inha1e, so don't borrow any trouble
as to how you are going to get air
enough to fill your lungs tomorrow.
When tomorrow comes the matter will
be properly attended to, with plenty of
air left over for next day.
Chicago is short of coal and the deal
ers from that city are bidding from
three tO Fl We dollars in advance of fhe