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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
LIVES A CENTURY
Grandma Getting, of Richmond,
ILL.,, Formerly Of This County,
Celebrates tooth Birthday
ALL RICHMOND PAYS TRIBUTE

On Tuesday of last week a most
unique celebration took place at
Richmond, ILL.,, when Mrs. Sally Cas-
we'll Dixie Getting celebrated the Tooth
anniversary Of her birth. The event
was interesting to many people in
kenosha county on account of TIE
fact that Mrs. Getting formerly re-
sided in this county and still has
many relatives in both Kenosha and
the town of Bristol. Mrs. Getting
was born in the East in 1905 and
came to Southport when little over
80 years of age. A short time after
she removed to Richmond, ILL.,, where
she has since resided.
The celebration of the centennial
anniversary Of the birth of Mrs. Cot
ting was the greatest event in the his
tory of Richmond. AS a tribute of
respect to the standing of Grandma
Getting all of the stores and other
places of business closed for a portion
of the day and the people of the vii
lage turned out in force to do honor
to their oldest and best known resi-
dent. The most interesting feature of
the celebration was Mrs. Getting.
Although she had passed the century
mark, she was able to be about her
little home and personally received
the great number of friends who
gathered to congratulate her. More
than ESQ guests we're present at the
celebration, large delegations coming
from Bristol, Spring Grove, Win
netka, Rockford, Wa1worth, Mound
Prairie, and other places where de-
scendants of Grandma Getting are
now living.
The favors for the afternoon were
charming pictures of Mrs. Getting,
on which had been written a short his
tory of the life of the we'll known
lady.
Mrs. Getting is thought to be the
oldest woman in Northern Illinois.
She is remarkably preserved for her
age and is still able to look after the
housework of her home.
Many of the earlier people of Keno
sha county will remember Mrs. Cot
ting and be pleased to extend con-
gratu1ations to her.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE postmasters in session at La.
Crosse, who passed resolutions asking
for legislation making it unlawful to
use postage stamps for small remit
tances, have attempted to start re-
form at the wrong end. Postage
stamps are used in this way as mat
ter of convenience, and until some
substitute equally inexpensive and
equally convenient is provided, the
privilege should not be curtai1ed. For
some years there has been move
ment under way to secure post
check currency which, if secured,
would remedy the evil of which the
postmasters complain. For various
reasons, however, the post check cur
rency scheme has been treated to all
the delays which are consequent upon
Legislation, and at the present time it
is simply ."hung up" The people
are not especially anxious to use post
age stamps as currency, but they are
virtually compelled to do it as a mat
ter of convenience. Fond du Lac
Commonwealth.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
A BIG TIME PLANNED

AT a meeting Of the Modern Wood
men of America arrangements were
completed for County Class Adop-
tom to be held in Kenosha on the
18th of November. This is the first
time that the County Class Adop-
ton" has been tried IN Wisconsin, al
though it has been very successful in
other states.
The members of Pike Woods Camp
M. w. of A. of this cityaare earnestly
working to make this a grand success.
What is meant by Ca county class
adoption is that each camp in Keno
sha county will hustle for members
from Sept. to Nov. 1, put the new
member s insurance in force now, and
then bring all their candidates to Ke-
nosha on Nov. IA I'D be adopted. 1T is
expected that the class will reach the
two hundred mark. After the adop-
ton a big banquet will be- served.
The camps taking part in the event
are Kenosha, Somers, Salem, Pleas
ant Prairie, Wilmot, Bristol and
Trevor. Deputy Alfred H. Simons
will have charge of the work Tin Ke-
nosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
METHoDIsTs WILL MEET
Annual Conference of Eastern District
to be Held at Wausau

Annual Conference of Eastern District
to be Held at Wausau
The annual meeting of the Wiscon-
sin conference of the Methodist Epis-
copa1 church will be held at Wausau
from September 20 to Is. This con-
ference will bring to Wausau some
l2C0 ministers, some of whom are
among the most noted of their calling
in the country, and who come not only
from the territory Of the conference,
but from the various states of the
country. Many of them will be &C
companied by their wives.
This conference will be presided
over by Bishop L. B. Wilson, of Chat
tanooga. Its principal business will
be the assignment Of ministers to the
various parishes of the conference
district and the discussion of routine
matters. The 200 ministers in attend
ance will be entertained by the mem
bers of the church at Wausau and by
their friends in the city. Among the
eminent men expected is DR.. Frank
C. Gunsau1us, of Chicago, who will
speak at one or more meetings.
The Wisconsin conference com
prises the eastern half of the state,
and in it there are 299 churches with
us pastors, who receive S157, $50 in
salaries, and total membership of
%, AS, while the Sunday schools have
a membership of u, 900 and the church
property is valued at 81, sos. 72o, and
the amount raised for missionary and
other benevolent work is $32, 328.
This is the first time that the con-
ference has come as far north as
Wausau to meet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
GOING TO DENVER
G. A. R. Veterans to Attend Ma.
tional Encampment in
September
WILL HAVE SPECIAL TRAIN

Complete angements. have been
made for the Wisconsin Department
special train to the national encamp-
ment of the G. A. R., to !be held at
Denver in September. LouisNSholes,
of Milwaukee, chief of Department
Commander F. A. Cope1and's staff,
who has charge of the special, has
already received 200 reservations, and
the expectations are that $50 people
will go on the special.
The train, consisting of six sleep
ers, will leave Milwaukee over the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
on September 2 at s O'Clock p. M, ar
irving at Denver on September 4, at
ESQ O'Clock a. m. The department
commanders car will leave La Crosse
on September at noon, arriving at
Milwaukee in time to be coupled to
the special. AT Savannah, ILL.,, two
additional cars from La Crosse will be
attached to the train.
The department commanders car
from La Crosse will have on board
twenty members. Among those who
will accompany the party will be Ben
jamin F Bryant, past department
commander; A. G. Weissert, Milwau.
kee, past communicative chief; ]. P.
Rumble, Milwaukee, past department
commander; Pliny Norcross, past de-
partment commander, GAINESVILLE; AS
sistant Adjutant General Willis Os-
borne, La Crosse; Assistant Quarter
master General F. A. Arid, Madison;
Senior Vice Department Commander
A, L. Tucker, Berlin, and other mem
bers of the Wisconsin department..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
MARRY IN MICHIGAN

Robert G.. Drake and Mamie Honnecker
of Kenosha, Married at Ishpeming
Announcement was made in Keno
sha this morning of the marriage Of
Robert C. Drake, son of w. H. Drake
the well known florist and Miss Mamie
Honnecker, we'll known Kenosha
girl which was celebrated at the
parsonage of the First Presbyterian
church in Ishpen1ing, Mich, on
Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Mr.. Fuller
pastor of the church.
After short wedding trip Mr.. and
Mrs. Drake will make their home at
Ishpeming, where the groom is
employed by the Marquette County
Gas, Light and Traction company.
The announcement Of the marriage
came as surprise to the friends Of
the young people in Kenosha but
their many friends will be pleased to
extend congratulations.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
TO ACCEPT SEWERS

Council Will Accept New Sewers as
Soon as Approved by Committee
Kenosha people owning property
along the routes of the new sewers
now being put in have been given as
surance that they will be allowed to
connect with the sewers before the
coming of winter. The committee on
sewers of the city council is now IL
specting the short stretches of sewers
completed, and it is probable that the
committee will be ready in few days
to give out permits for connections.
It was planned to wait until the entire
system was completed, but the alder
men fear that this would make it too
late for connections to be made, so
they have decided to open the sewers
to the property owners as soon they
are completed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE federal grand Jury has return
ed three indictments against the gov
eminent employees implicated and the
scandal surrounding the manipulation
of the cotton crop estimates in the De-
partment of Agriculture is to be
thoroughly aired in the courts. Presi-
dent Roosevelt evidently does not
propose to have any crooked work
covered up during his administration
and by his orders the prosecution of
these. cases will be pushed with the
utmost vigor no matter who is in
volved. The president has no fear
that the public will misjudge his mo-
tives and he believes with all his
heart that no scandal affecting the
administration" which is exposed can
be half as harmful as one that is
hushed up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

WE hear much of defa1cations,
breaches of trust, malfeasance in Of
fee, and there are pessimists who de-
clare that we have fallen upon cor
rupt times; that we are decadent;
that the public conscience is du11ed
On the contrary, there never was an
hour in all our splendid history when
there was more acute moral sense
among the great masses of the people
and more uprightness in their rela-
tions of life than there is today. The
standard of civic duty was never
higher than it is now.-Vice President
Fairbanks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
SEEK ELoPERs HERE
Acting Chief Newhouse Asked to
Search for Couple From GalesburE

Acting Chief Newhouse Asked to
Search for Couple From Ga1esburg
Acting Chief of Police Newhouse
has received a letter from Sheriff c..
F. Hurburg, of Ga1esburg, ILL.,, ask
ing him to make an effort to find some
trace of Anna E. Doran and William
Mnlvaney, who are alleged to have
eloped from Ga1esburg two weeks
ago. The parents of the young
woman have opposed the marriage
and are making every possible effort
to locate the couple. Mu1vaney is %
years of age. while his supposed bride
is but II.
Letters have also been sent to the
county clerk seeking to find if the
couple have been licensed to we'd in
this county. An examination of the
records of the clerk and the county
judge fail to show the issuance of
such a license.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THERE has been more tall lying IN
this Trevor murder case, which is to
come up at the next term of court,
than in any case that has come up in
the county in years, and while it may
not be possible to convict anybody of
murder, even in the fourth degree,
the District Attorney may be able to
land some of the gang for perjury.
If they all get off scot free it will be
an awful miscarriage of justice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

Mr.. ARNOLD certainly talked fair
enough on the transfer question
whenever the subject was brought up
during his brief visit to Kenosha, but
what the people of Kenosha want is
transfers, not explanations. It may
be that Mr.. Arnold will adjust the
matter on his return from Canada,
which will be in about ten days, but
if he fails to do so the authorities
should bring some kind of an action
in the courts to test the right of the
company to charge double fares, and
to ascertain just how much power the
city has to force the company to live
up to the terms of it's franchise in
every particular. 1t is time we found
out where we are at.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE farmers of the county who
sold land during the last year or two
for the routes of the various railways
either building or planned, got good
price for it, but in most instances, no
more than they would have received
under condemnation proceedings.
The roads expected to pay for what
they got and they have no kick COM
ing, and all appear to be generally
satisfied with the bargains they
made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
PLAN MANY EXTENSIONS
New Wheat1and- Burlington Telephone
Company to Enter New Territory

Company to Enter New Territory
The exchange of the new Wheat
1and-Burlington Telephone company
which was recently organized in the
town of Wheat1and, with Henry
Runk1e as president, promises to be
one of the strongest exchanges in this
section of the state. Although only
organized few months ago the COM
pany has installed phones in nearly
every home in the towns of Wheat
land and Ranney, and the wires are
now being extended to surrounding
towns and villages. It is planned to
open line to Silver Lake and Will
mot at once.
The exchange at New Munster has
been connected with the exchange of
the Wisconsin Telephone company in
Burlington, and in this way the COM
pany is offering long distance serv-
ice to patrons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
$4,000 COLORADO AND RETURN
Chicago, Union Pacific & Northwest
ern Line


From Chicago daily August 3Oth to
September 4th, account G. A. r. En-
campment at Denver. Correspond
ingly low rates from all points. Only
one night to Denver from Chicago.
Two fast trains daily. Special per-
sona11y conducted G. A r. trains
leave Chicago September ID. Through
without change. From Denver. num-
erous inexpensive personally con-
Quoted side trips afford opportunity
to visit some Of the most wonderful
mountain scenery in the world. For
itinerary of special trains. listsof Col
orado hotels and boarding houses,
side trips and s1eepingsgcar reserva-
tions and full information, address
w. B. Kniskern, p. T. NJ, Chicago,
Illinois. VIZ
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
Many Go to Waukegan to Attend
Opening Of Zion City Branch
Chicago & Milwaukee Ry
DOWIE ENTERTAINS ROYALTY
Guests Look Over the Big Indus.
tries of Zion City and Then Sit
Down to a Banquet at Elijah
Hospice This Afternoon

Many Kenosha people, including
city officials, judges, justices of the
peace and just private citizens went
to Waukegan at noon today to attend
the ceremonies marking the opening
of the new spur of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway COM
pany running from Waukegan to Zion
City.
The work on the road had been COM
pleted on Friday evening and this will
be gala day in the history of Wau-
kegan, Zion City and the North Shore
towns.
The Kenosha company was headed
by Mayor German and a number of
the members of the common council.
The members of the party were met at
the station with carriages and escort
ed to the Swartz hotel from which
point the trip to Zion City started a
short time later. The first cars over
the new portion of the line reached
Zion City at O'Clock and Dowie and
his assistants entertained the visitors
the only city represented in the cere-
monies as prominent citizens from all
of the towns along the North Shore
took deep interest in the opening of
this new part of the road.
The special cars arrived at Zion
City shortly after O'Clock and the
guests were met at the depot of the
company by the general overseer and
the members of the Zion City cabinet
and by great lconcourse of business
and professional men from Zion. The
band and guards were also in evidence
and the guests falling in line behind
the band marched to the administra-
ton building where DR.. Dowie held a
reception and personally welcomed
the guests to Zion City. Dowie has
been a great friend of the railway
company and he voiced his approval
of the new line at the reception in no
uncertain terms.
Later in the afternoon the guests
of the company went to Elijah
Hospice where arrangements had
been made for a banquet at which
covers were laid for 800 guests.
This was p1imentary banquet
given by President A. c. Frost and
other officials of the company. Among
the speakers at the banquet were A.
c. Frost, DR.. Dowie, and many of
the mayors from cities along the line
between Zion City and Chicago.
After the banquet is over the guests
will be given the freedom of Zion
City and the rest of the afternoon will
be spent in visiting the various inter
esting points in Zion. During the
afternoon the workmen of Zion had a
holiday and the Zion band rendered
concert in honor of the visitors.
With the opening of the line in this
formal manner it is stated that cars
will be run every half hour between
Zion City and Waukegan and the rate
of fare will be about half the rate
charged on the steam cars. During
the afternoon many of the visitors
took bus and went out to see the
progress of the work on the line in
Wisconsin, and it was formally an
nounced that the opening of the line
north from Zion City to Kenosha
would take place on Dec. /.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE Wisconsin cities that are dis.
satisfied with the state census will
have to abide by the result and wait
for the federal census of 1910 for vim
dication of their claims to a larger
population than this census gives
them. Most of them will have grown
to within striking distance of their
claims by that time if they keep
hust1ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE Pedd1ers' state license law is
working well in this county, and it
will soon make the peddlers' nuisance
a thing of the past. The peddlers
have been immune for so long that
they do not yet seem to realize that
they must pay up to do business in
this state, but the authorities will
soon teach them to seek other fields of
la hOr
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE decision of the Council to al
low property owners to use the new
sewers as soon as they are completed
and accepted is wise one. It will
accommodate large number of peo-
pie and will not make particle Of
difference with the contract for the
unfinished portion of the sewers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

THE Council had better go little
slow in selecting a city engineer, if it
is necessary to get one to succeed
Engineer Moth. An incompetent man
would be an expensive proposition
just now when so many public i'm
provements are either being built or
are under consideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
THURSDAY, AUGUST 81.

THE latest developments in the
street railway situation put the build
ing of the branch line to the southern
limits of the city and the cemetery
further off than ever.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

If President Frost makes good his
promise to have the Waukegau-Ke-
nosha branch of his electric road
opened in December, that will be the
best Christmas present he could give
this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

Mayor German, City Clerk Harring-
ton, other city officials and the
members of the city council have
received a special invitation to attend
the opening of the new ZION City
Branch of the Chicago and Milwaukee
road. Most of the officials will accept
the invitation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

KENosHA may not have any more
money to spend for new breakwaters,
but it will have to spend little on
those already built if they are to be
made to last much longer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Brown, Mrs.
Seth Doan and Miss Edith Brown at
tended the matinee production of
ssThe College Widow" in Chicago
Wednesday afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

IF the city has not the money to in
crease both the police and fire de-
partments, the majority of the tax
payers will probably approve of the
action of the council in taking care of
the fire department first.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31

Now is the time for the development
of rabies among the dogs of the city
and it is just as well to keep close
watch of the animals.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-31
COUNTY OFFICERS
In effect on and after May IS. 1905.
SOUTH BOUND.

KENOsHA 8 ROCKFORD LINE,
EAST.
No 406-Mi1k Passenger, arrive........ 500
No 412-Way freight, arrive. 12:40
WEST.
No 423-Freigft, depart. ......... 49,. 2:40 o ID
No 411-Milk Passenger, depart. 4:10 p M
f. SEYMOUR. Agent.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24

The Best Commercial Job Printing
at the Herald Prtntery. 30 Wishkah st.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
A New Atlas

OF the Northwestern, Western and
Middle Western states, with maps of the
island possessions, Japan, China, United
States, and the world, has just been
issued by the Northern Pacific Railway
jointly with the Burlington Route and
the Great Northern Railway. 1t treats
OF boundaries, history, population, sta.
tistics, school population. state institu.
tons, families, farms, manufactures,
railway mileage, postoffices. minerals
and state government of each common.
wealth travelled by the railways men,
toned. A mine Of valuable information
for $lOO. A. NJ. Cleland, General Pas.
senger Agent, Northern Pacific Railway,
St. Paul, MINI. tt
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
ELMA
M. M. Wakefield made a business trip
to Seattle last week,

M. M. Wakefield made business trip
to Seattle last week.
Mrs. Barrie, of Summit, spent Monday
with her sister, Mrs. Reynolds.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Smith left Tues
day night for their home at HuInptulips.
Mre. Ed. King, OF Montesano, spent
Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. Noah
Taylor.
A merry hay rack party went to Koch's
grove tuesday evening and enjoyed a
dance ny moonlight.
Miss Cora Watson left Thursday for
Dryad, where she will spend the summer
with Mrs. Claude Beeson.
The six year.old son Of Andy Estes fell
from the back of horse Wednesday and
sustained severe injuries to his head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Callow and son
returned Sunday afternoon from Port
land after a weeks visit ut the fair.
Miss Maude Clay gave prog' essive
five hundred party in honor OF her sister,
Mrs. Beth Clay Moore, who is visiting
with her.
Prof. Walton came over from Tacoma
Wednesday on his bike. He will remain
in Elma until he takes charge OF the
superintendent Office.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1905-07-24
COSMOPOLlS.

The town is rapidly filling up, most OF
the better empty houses being filled with
families.
Front street is being improved by hav-
ing the plankin. on the roadway repaired
and replaced.
TIE Grays Harhor Commercial Co.
has moved its old bunk house to site
near the railroad: on the river. and is
adding a new two. story building to the
front.
The Grays Harbor Commercial Mill
Co. is repairing and improving the Cos.
mopulis hotel. The house is now being
furnished and will PROBABLY be opened
about the LIST OF August.