Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-08
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

bNlEF NOTES Or
X GENERAL INTEREST 5
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Mrs. Rosa Eckerman. pillar in the
/ Methodist church at MuskegO, Mich, an
ardent W. G. L. L. worker and q society
woman, was found guilty of selling
hquor to minors from her drug store.
| When the Rev. J. H. Carnes at Sulli-
| van, Ind, asked Miss Fannie Crawford
| who stood before him with Andrew
| Haynes, if she would take this man to
| be your lawful husband" she said No"
| She explained that she had changed her
mind.
! Secretary Bonaparte has received a
| draft for So, accompanying a resolution
! of the Woman's Relief Corps and the
| Grand Army Of the Republic of Polo.
! H.. condemnlng the discrimination
| against the uniform of the enlisted men
/ OF the navy at Newport, X, L., and sub
| scribing the amount named for the prose-
| cutlon of the suits which have been in
| stituted against the Newport Amusement
/ company.
| School children in Columbus, O., ac-
! cording TO the report of the penny saw
| ings system for the last four years,
! AAl'tbC " Ncupls oNlANdAiy nave uCtuluuldI-
| ed in round numbers $4,000, or over
! 500 apiece for the 3TO0 that have taken
| out the savings bank books. The schools
| IN the poorer districts show the most
surprising figures, the saving there be-
ing more than double those in the richer
residence district.
| The romance of a cloak model with
| a wealthy business man was brought to
happy ending in New York ciry the
other day, when Bessie Bropst, a di-
yorcee, was married to ID. trederick
Iurnbull, who has important financial
| interests in PHILADELPHIA. 1t was only
"a few weeks ago that Turnbull was di-
ftprced from his first wife, bur he had
been counting Miss Bropst in the ex-
pectatlon of his freedom. She has been
divorced two years.
Because his young son was severely
chastised Tor refusing to march from the
school room beside a negro girl, John
Berger, accompanied by an attorney.
appeared before the school board at
Coraopolis. suburb of Pittsburg. Pa,
and demanded the dismissal of Supt.
Z. .. Marshall. Mr.. Berger served no
tee on the board that if the superin-
tendent was not dismissed he would
take the matter into the courts. Supt.
Marshall will be asked to resign.
False modesty cost Miss Maria II
Carmack of Philadelphia just S1O6. and
she is lamenting its loss. Miss Carmack
grew that sum from bank and put it in
her stocking for safe keeping. While
walking along the street her garter
broke. Believing it would be an unpar-
uonable oftenSe to repair the damage on
the street, she walked proudly along.
leaving trail of bills behind her. When
she reached home her stocking was as
| rs IAF Ii. L
But her modesty was saved.
Chancellor Z. Benjamin Andrews of
Nebraska university is determined TO as
| certain whether it is necessary for n law
student to get inspiration from tobacco
cneWlng as well as from Blackstone.
Whlle the chancellor does not attempt to
pfohlDlt the mastlcation of the weed by
embryo attorneys, he objects to target
practice at the cuspidOrs where the aim
is not true. He has even gone so far
| as to post a notice that where bad
craftsmanship becomes habitual the of
tending student shall be expelled.
When John Brand, n McKeesport
merchant, attempted to assist Mrs Mary
Bell, aged 40, from a street car at
Plttsburg, Pa. the woman. misinter-
pretlng mis- intentions, struck at him
with basket she was carrying. Several
ANNh' lAiAAAAillS DEdilu WAS dlldCklUS the
woman. rushed at him and knocked him
down. \ crowd collected. but Brand
escaped, ran home and quickly came
back. waving a sword in one hand and
hrlng a revolver with the other The po-
lice overpowered him and he was taken
before Il magistrate and fined
Trap door" hats are the latest de-
vices used by women shOplifters to aid
them in stealing from the big down town
department stores. Two women who
wore large hats entered a Cleveland
store and were spotted" as shoplifters
| by the police. One of the women leaned
over counter, picked up a silver cCiai.
and showed it through a trap door in her
hat htted with springs so it could close
securely: The women were arrested and
| II was found that the hairs contained
number of stolen articles The women
who Were well dressed gave fictitious
names TO the police.
Judge Frank Lowe of Ninton. Ia,
arraigned, fined and assessed costs
against himself for violating the state
game laws in using seine. Judge
Lowe then fined his brother. both pay
Ing $50 and costs. The Loves were
indicted on four counts and both en-
tered pleas of guilty. As Il result of the
novel legal procedure Deputy State
Game Warden Henry Yordy of Water
loo has been indicted for eXtortion on an
| action brought by Judge loves broth
er, and the Judge in turn required $500
| bond. furnished by State Warden q. +.
Lincoln. Cedar Rapids.
Jesse James. Jr.. son Of the famous
outlaw of that name. was in police
court ut Kansas City. No. recently
70 prosecute his brother-in-law. Luther
Mc(iowan, for. taking his horse without
permission and misuins ii. McCiowan
pleaded guilty aud said he had been
drinking.
You are his brother-in-law: what do