The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-29
NEWS NOTES.
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York, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Yule.
Tom Graves was home from Mil
waukee to spend Sunday with his
parents.
b. D. Dunning, of Fostoria, Iowa, is
spending afew days with friends in
Kenosha.
Manager Edward Al1eman, of the
Kenosha base ball team, spent Sunday
in Chicago.
Messrs. Frank and Ed. Murphy and
their wives spent Sunday with re1a-
tives in Brighton.
Misses Bertha and Anise Palmatier
will sail early next month for an ex-
tended visit abroad.
J. A. Fletcher, who has been on an
extended business trip through the
East, returned home Sunday.
Edward Abel went to Milwaukee
Saturday evening to attend the ball
given by the brewers of that city.
A. Gulick, of Woodwork, who was
quite seriously injured by fall, is i'm
proving as rapidly as could be expect
ed.
Miss Eva Perry, of Milwaukee, who
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Harry
Picken, returned home Saturday even
ing.
Otto H. Lowe, the new principal of
the Durkee school, has arrived from
Oshkosh and begun his duties at the
school.
Rev. l. w. Corey, former pastor of
the Baptist church will be one of the
chief speakers at the dedicatory SER
vices on next Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parker, who
have been visiting in Keposha for the
past two weeks, returned to their home
IA Eau Claire Monday evening.
The members of the Baptist church
are planning many social events in
connection with dedication week at the
church. The formal dedication will
take place on next Sunday,
The special committee of the city
council having in hand the proposed
telephone franchise, will abe ready to
report on the measure at the next
meeting of the body. The report will
probably be favorable one.
With the opening of spring in Ke-
nosha the various contractors are ex
pecting boom in building and build
ing materials. Many new houses are
being planned and they will be started
as soon as the weather permits.
The supervisor of assessments is
preparing for the people of the county,
a complete statement of the taxes and
taxable property in the county. The
interesting will be sent. out in few
days
Plans are being put on foot to pro
vide for street fair in Kenosha early
in next summer. The last fair seems
not to have made favorable impress
sion, but it is possible that the bust
ness men will decide to give it another
trial.
A very dangerous practice being in
dulged in by number of young men
and boys of this city is that of walk
ing on the ice cakes far out into the
lake, and the Coroner is liable to have
a job at most any time if it is not
stopped.
The High School boys and girls
have begun to make preparations for
the annual contests in defamation
which will be held in March. Kenosha
has always stood high in the district
contests AID the declaimers are promis-
ing to carry out the record this year.
By the stipulation of the attorneys
the famous srit OF Mrs. Catherine M.
Pierce, against the Racine Womau's
Club by which the plaintiff sought to
epjoin the club from expel1ing her
from membership, was settled ont Of
court Saturday morning without costs
to either party.
1t is reported that the North Western
railway company will build two more
tracks between Chicago and Milwau-
kee during the coming summer. This
will give the company four tracks and
make it possible for them to run
freight and passenger trains on an in
dependent schedule.
An effort is being made, through a
bill introduced in the Legislature BY
Assemblyman Root of Outagamie, to
restore TO Mayors of cities voice in
the appointment of police and firemep
by making the Mayors members of the
Police and Fire Commissions created
by civil service law to keep the police
and FIRE departments out of politics
The real intent IS to abolish the civi
service commission law altogether and
the proposed bill is but an entering
wedge.