Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-10-12
BRIEF NOTES OF
GENERAL INTEREST

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Teddy much tooth; much smile;
strong grip" That's the way President
Roosevelt impressed Hitachiyama. cham
plon wrestler of Japan, who was intro
duced to o., the President in the white
house, This was the way Hitch" ex-
pressed himself after his return from the
white house.
\ buck and wing dancing contest for
the local championship aud $50 in gold
was the feature of the ball of the
Fourth Ward club in Bayonne. n. j.
The contest was won by Henry Blaire.
legless painter, who carves his own
legs and wears shoes. He introduced
steps his competitors never had seen.
When ]. Pierpont Morgan alighted
from the train at Richmond, Ind, as
delegate TO the Episcopal convention he
was met by newspaper reporter who
introduced himself.
Il don't want to see YOU" grutily said
Morgan.
Il don't want to see You either, but
the city editor sent me here to have a
talk with you," said the reporter.
That Harry Huber and $. f.. Bar
ret, two young men of Wichita. Kan.
put dynamite ON the Santa Fe railroad
track four miles north of the city Au-
gust 10 TO win Carnegie medal and
a reward from the railroad company was
the confession of Barrett in court Then
they tagged the train and duly reported
themselves as heroes. Their arrest Col
lowed an Investigation.
There are advantages that minis
ter has in speaking in the dark. He
cannot see those members of his congre-
cation who are asleep" said Rev. Il. IL.
Montgomery, pastor of the First preshy-
terrain church of Warsaw, Ind, by way
OF prefaclrg a stereopticon lecture
Those persons who have been in the
habit of sleeping through the services
need have no fear of being discovered
at this lecture" he continued
Dressed in pair of blue overalls, a
black coat. a fedora hat, red sweater
and smoking a corn cob pipe. Solonmoni
Zonlawoski. girl 16 years old who
says she arrived in Chicago the other
day from Austria in this attire, was ar
rested in a south-5ound Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad passenger
train. She was accompanied by Alexan-
der Czuecgelowski, "a years old, n tailor
living on the west side, and they We're
bound for South Chicago when she was
arrested.
Eighty-year-old Thomas Crossley Of
Frosty Valley, Pa, awoke to find bur
glar in bed with him, The man was
cursing because Crossley had pulled the
bedclothes from him. He Knocked the
old man when he called for help, for he
said he knew he was alone in the house.
The burglar lay in bed with Mr.. Cross
ley until nearly daylight. threatening to
kill him. Grossley gave the alarm as
quickly as possible, but the man, who
had ransacked the house, got safely
away.
VIII Sherwood, aged Is, and Miss
Nora Graves. aged Is, for whom OIL
GERS and relatives have been searching,
were found near Rochester, Ind. walk
ing the railroad track, and were brought
home to Kokomo They said that
they went to Michigan City. where
Sherwood had his pockets picked, losing
his money and return tickets They
started to walk home. For three days
they were shelterless and had no food
except green apples. When found they
were foot-sore and exhausted.
Marshal Collins. the bugbear of auto
mobile speeders upon the government
roadway out of Washington along the
Potomac who by his arrests on several
occasions has come near precipitating in
ternational complications, has been re-
moved from the field of his activity and
a former soldier will police the road
By preventing Maryland officials, who It
is charged are anxious to make a record.
fPnfD Interfering with ftsA ntauanPu a.
diplomats, the government plans TO save
the diplomatic corps much annoyance.
A novel effect of the rise in the price
of food stuffs, particularly meat, is TAX
ing place at Augusta Me. Nearly 1900
people of Kennebec county are in open
revolt against the high prices demanded
for meat and have pledged themselves to
abstain from all meat for ten days 1t
is hoped by this method to force prices
down. The date on which the strike will
become effective has not yet been an
nounced, but the fasting will begin in
Augusta. Gardner HalIowell. Winthrop
and several of the smaller towns at the
same time.
Mrs. Catherine Cereal, 66 years old
widow, living at 9141 Luella avenue.
South Chicago, was saved from probable
suffocation and drowning by John
Moyniban, 1915 Oglesby avenue, when
she fell into puddle of mud and water
at Ninety-third street and Terrence ave
nue.. Mrs. Cereal was returning from a
shopping trip and in the dark she stepped
off the walk into n puddle Of mud and
water more than a foot deep. Her cry
as she fell was heard by Mr. Moynihan.
the father Of Aid. +. Fl. Moynihan, and
he ran to her aid.
The Teddy bear attacked as propa-
gator II race suicide and destructive Of
the mother instincts because it takes the
place Of the doll, is approved By The
Mothers Congress Of Illinois. Mrs l..
X. ellison Of Wilmette. president 81 the
National Congress Of Mothers at Cham.
paign, appeared as the champion o. the
alleged enemy of maternity in the fu-
ture when she described the work Of
the national congress az the jamestown
exposition.
She said TEDDY bear was fur
held for a number Of years at a large
salary / attribute my rise in the bust
ness world, not TO any ability, for bad
none-I was absolutely without training
or fitness for the work ] had 10 debut
TO the fact that | was always prompt