The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. A. Foote, Of Mil.
waukee, visited Kenosha friends Tues.
day evening.
Joe Messier who has been out to
Lake Geneva for several weeks has
entirely recovered his health and will
return home in another week.
Kid Van VIE of this city and Jack
Olson of Racine, have been matched
to go six rounds at the athletic show
to be held in Racine on the evening OF
August 6.
The government harbor master re.
ports that the lake business iii Keno.
sha has been lighter this year than
ever before. The boats ali seem to be
passing right by Kenosha.
The ministers of the city are getting
ready to take their summer vacations
and in the meantime the devils will be
working overtime to get ready for the
revival meetings next winter.
Several of the unpaved streets in the
city used by the railway company are
in very bad condition and the company
should be forced to see that they are
restored to first class condition.
The work of repainting andsredecor-
ating the Rhode opera house was
started on Monday. It is probable
that the house will be ready for open
ing by the latter part of August.
The mem ers of the Kenosha Club
are making preparations to entertain
the team of the Oshkosh Club on next
Saturday, and the Northern Wisconsin
golfers are assured warm welcome.
The Kenosha golfers are busy get
ting ready for the state golf meet
which will be held in Racine next
week. The list of entries for the big
contest will not be issued until Mon
day.
Quite number of cases of typhoid
fever are being reported by the doctors
OF the city, and every precaution
should be made to keep the city scru-
pulously clean during the summer
months.
+. W. Storms, a pioneer tavern keep
er of southern Wisconsin, died yester-
day at his home in Burlington at the
age of SO years. The deceased was
known to many of the earlier settlers
of Kenosha County.
The berry crop in Kenosha has been
one of the largest in the history of the
county. Few of the berries remain at
the present time and the market is be-
ing supplied with shipments from
Michigan and other northern states.
The recent Racine Chautauqua as.
sembly proved so profitable that some
of the people of Kenosha are talking of
holding an assembly here next year.
Many people have signifed an inten-
ton to assist if such move is carried
out.
The move to establish a new bank in
the city seems to have fallen through.
President Komp of the Kenosha State
Bank is now in business in Chicago,
and the affairs of the local bank are
being wound up by the Bonding COM
pany, which agreed to pay the debts of
the concern.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Clark enter
tanned party of friends at their home
on Pomeroy street Tuesday evening in
honor of the anniversaries their
wedding. The evening was pleasant
ly spent with games and conversation.
Those present report very pleasant
time.
Mrs. Jean M. Hyde, who is on.her
way to do literary work at the Chau-
tauquas throughout the West, is ia Ke-
nosha to visit her friend, Mrs. J. H. B.
Brooks. Mrs. Hyde is also the Ma
tional representative of the work for
the purity of literature and art for the
W. c. T. y.
1t has been reported that the T. B.
Jeffrey company would open an Ath-
1etic track in connection with the new
track now being built for testing
autos. This is denied by the manage
ment of the company, who state that
the track will be used entirely for the
needs of the company.
A very pleasant surprise party was
given at the Lawrence home on Eagle
street Saturday evening in honor of
the birthday of Mrs. John Lawrence.
Friends of Mrs. Lawrence to the num-
Der of twenty gatheredIat the home and
spent the evening very pleasantly with
music and dancing. AT midnight re-
freshments were served. Those pres
ent report very jolly time.