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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
MARRIED IN'KENOSHH
haywood, III, Couple Announce
Their Elopement After Many
Months Of Silence
SURPRISE THEIR FRIENDS

ess -
Two children of haywood, I1l,swere
married last October, after an elope-
ment to Kenosha. They were a 10
year old girl and II year old boy.
Their parents kept the secret. until
yesterday, when it was learned that
the girl bride had just given birth to
a boy baby. It had been intended to
keep the wedding al secret until the
children had grown up, but
Goodness, and she never told us!''
Explanations like this were card in
the afternoon at meeting of the
Delta Sigma Psi sorority, when they
learned for the first time that one of
their number was the heroine of a
romance more fantastic than any
thing their imagination could con-
.ceive. When they learned there was
a three weeks-old baby their Obs,
Abs, and subsequent conversation
consumed the remainder of the after
noon.
Gertrude B1umenauer was the name
of the former sorority girl. Now she's
Mrs. Carl Roberts, 10 years old. She
still is in the haywood hospital,
where her baby was born, so she
couldn't listen to the good wishes Of
her wondering friends, nor hear their
compliments.
Mrs. Blunenauer made the an
nouncement herself. eyes, girls"
she said, 81 may as.weu tell you the
truth. My daughter lis married to
Carl Roberts, and they have a fine
baby boy. I'd have announced it be-
fore, wel1-O, well, they're so
young we thought we'd wait until
they got older-and now-that is
we'll, you must come and see u.s."
The girls wanted togo right away
to the hospital and see the baby and
Gertie-that rascal, Gertie
mo, not now," Mrs. B1umenauer
said, and smiled. "I'm afraid you
would make too much excitement"
1t was the romance of two school
children. Both were in the second
year class of the Austin High school.
They had been sweethearts for
year, but they had never told their
parents they wanted to be married.
Then, one day, last October S, they
took trip to Kenosha. A few days
later they broke the news to their
parents. Since that time they have
been living at their respective homes,
but had seen much of each other. No
one in the town, however, was aware
that they were married, so closely h I'D |
the secret been kept.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
WOMEN ARE RELEASED
Wives Of acknowledgements A1e
Discharged When Arraigned in Court

Wives Of acknowledgement Bankers A1a
Discharged When Arraigped in Court
Mrs. John Absellor and Mrs. Ivan
Ivankof, the wives Of the two saloon
men who were arrested on charge
of being accom- plices to the two men
in a conspiracy to defraud creditors
and men who had eposited'money at
the saloon at the corner Of Main and
Pearl street were released from cus-
tody lates Friday afternoon. There
was not sufficient evidence in the
hands Of the district attorney ITO Sc
cure the conviction Of the women and
the district attorneyswas unwilling to
force them to spend a long term IN
jail pending strial. The women had
grown accustomed to Jail life and
they did not seem to be anxious'to get
away from the,sheriff's residence. 1t
is thought that the women will at
once. leave thescity to join their hus-
bands.
The whereabouts of Ivankof have
not as yet been discovered. 1t is
thought, however, that he is in hid
ing somewhere near Akron, Ohio.
Absellor, who was arrested at Akron
and later released on the orders of
the Kenosha officials, is expected to
return to Kenosha to take care of the
wives of the two men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
FARMERS ARE EASY /
Little Trouble Getting Free Drinks and
Hand Out from Farmer Employers

Little Trouble Getting Free Drinks and
a Hand Out from Farmer Employers
The backward condition Of the crops
owing to the weather, is causing
harvest for the tramps and hoboes
who throng to all the little villages
and hamlets in this section of the
country. The farmers are at present
experiencing almost nprecedented
difficulty in securing labor in harvest
ing their crops. The tramps are turn.
ing this want to their own advantage.
At Somers, Salem, Twin Lakes and
other places on the railroad lines,
numerous hoboes gather daily to wait
for the bucolic employer of labor, who
by years of tradition is the rightful
prey of the hobo.
When one of the tramps is ap-
preached and offered a job, the tramp
invariably accepts after short hag-
CLING over the terms. Then it is the
custom for the farmer to celebrate the
occasion by purchasing numerous and
sundry drinks for the new found en-
ploye. After properly cementing his
bargain with the employee the farmer
returns to the grocery to make what
purchases are necessary and the
tramp after securing several drinks
and possibly some money in advance,
promptly disappears to hire out again
to the next land owner who desires
his services. Some Of the knights of
the road have spent several weeks at
the different towns in this county and
have hired out to every large land
owner in the county.
h The delay in starting the harvest
this season is so great that the far
mers are bound to take advantage Of
every moment Of time, and male hel p
is getting higher price than ever be-
fore. Two dollars per day, in addi-
ton to food, lodging and washing, is
refused everywhere by available men,
who demand even larger recon1pense.
Considering the fact that the money
received is clear gain over and above
all living expenses and the work is
far pleasanter and more healthful
than that of factory work in the cit
les, the wages received are much
higher in comparison than in the city,
but no men are available even at that
price.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
DISSOLUTION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given thatlthe firm
and copartnership heretofore existing
between Alfred hrogh apd Theo. M.
Mathews, under the Bfrn name of
Krogh & Mathews, conducting tailor
ing business at 165 Park street, Keno-
sha, Wisconsin,. is, by mutual consent,
this day dissolved.
All bills due and owing said firm
must be paid to said Alfred Krogh,
and all bills and accounts owing by
said firm are to be paid by said Krog h.
Said. Alfred Krogh will continue
the business Of said firm at the afore-
said number.
Dated July "a, "A. d. 1907.
ALFRED KRoGH, SIS
*i24-31-a7 THO. M. MATHEWS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
DIED IN CHICAGO
Mrs. Rebecca Southworth Bacon. Pios
neer Teacher of Kenosha. Dies

Mrs. Rebecca Southworth Bacon, Pioa
neer Teacher of Kenosha. Dies
Letters received IN Kenosha on
Tuesday announce the death of Mrs.
Rebecca Southworth Bacon, one of
the pioneer teachers Of the Kenosha
schools, who died at the Augustana
Hospital in Chicago on last Saturday.
Mrs. Bacon was a teacher in the Ke-
nosha High School IN 1860 and re-
NAMED in the schools for several
years after which she went to Chicago
and was the first of the great
number of Kenosha teachers who have
since been taken from Kenosha to
Chicago. AS 4 graduate of the Keno
sha High School her success aided
many other high school graduates to
secure positions in Chicago schools.
Mrs. Bacon was married in 1864 and
her husband and two sons and two
daughters survive her. The funeral
was held at the chapel at Graceland
Cemetery on Monday.
Mrs. Bacon was one of the most
enthusiastic members of the Kenosha.
Chicago club and she was the first OF
the club members to return to Keno.
sha to attend the biennial reunions of
the Keuosha high school. Mrs. Bacon
has many friends in Kenosha to whom
the news of her death will come as
personal sorrow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
OFFICIALS TO MARCH
Kenosha Council Invited To Take Part
in Ceremonies of '',Waukegan Day.


in Ceremonies of ''Waukegan Day"
Kenosha officials and the citizens
OF the city have been invited to take
part in the annual celebration of
Waukegan Day which is to take place
IN Waukegan on August 5th. The
arrangements for. the celebration of
the day are most elaborate and it is
expected that no less than fifty
thousand people will be in Wauke.
gan to take part. Mayor German has
received the following letter from the
committee IN charge of the. ceiebra-
N1AYoRaG ORMAlv,a Kenosha, Wis.
Dear Sir. The Honorable Mayor,
City Council and citizens of Kenosha
are invited tosattend the fourth an
nnal "Waukegans Day" picnic on
Monday, August 5th. If you will
kindly let Us know if you can be here
and on what train yon expect to ar
rive | will have special committee
to meet you at the train.
Very truly yours,
RoBT. J. ERsKINE,
Chairman of Invitation and Reception
Committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

THE action of the American Thread
Co. in doubling the price of cents a
spool has raised storm of protest
and the combine is properly subject
of government investig alton. The
raise in the price of raw material
might warrant fair increase in the
selling price of the finished produce,
although improved methods of manu-
facture should Offset that to consid-
cradle extent, but an arbitrary in
crease Of 100 per cent is an unjus-
tifaDle imposition which falls hardest
upon the class Of consumers least
able to stand it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

IT'S noticeable that the automobiles
have been running a good deal slower
everywhere in the city ever since the
police department showed evidences
of an intention to enforce the speed
law as it should be enforced. The
greater number of the automobiles
themselves favor the stricter enfor ce-
ment of the speeding laws and there
is no doubt as to the feelings of the
general public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
BUILD WALKS
Postmaster Maloney Gets Instruc-
tons From Department in
MS
. Regard to Sidewalks
MAY MAJ LOSE FREE DELIVERY

Postmaster Ma1oney promises to
give great aid to. the city in enforcing
the law for the building of sidewalks
in5the city, as he has received a COM
nunication from the post Office de-
partment to the effect that free de-
livery is to be eliminated in the city
where the owners of property do not
provide proper sidewalks for the use
of the mail carriers and provide for
the numbering of the houses. The
new force of mail carriers went into
office a week. ago and the laying out
OF the new routes for them on the
north, west and southwest of the city
has revealed the fact that the prop
erty owners have taken no steps to
carry out the orders of the government
IN regard to the construction of side
walks and the new carriers find that
1t is almost impossible for them to
complete their work in the time al
lowed on account of the fact that
there are either no sidewalks or the
walks are sadly in need of repair. In
board walks were laid when the sub
divisions were opened these walks
have worn out and the property own
ers ia many places have taken no
steps to replace them with more sub
stantial walks.
In some sections of the new terri
tory few good walks have been laid,
but it is almost impossible to reaa
these walks and these property own
ers who have complied with the law
may De forced to suffer on account of
the negligence of their neighbors.
The carriers have begun to make re-
ports Of walks in bad condition and
as soon as this report is complete the
postmaster will send copy of it to
the City Council.
The property owners can force the
building of walks on all Of these
streets by sending strong petitions for
the work to the Council. The work
of numbering the houses on the
streets must also be. done at once if
the free delivery is to be continued.
This is the first rule of the post Office
department that free delivery is
granted only where the streets are
properly named and the houses pro-
perly numbered. The number of a
house on any lot can be secured from
the city engineer and the numbering
of the houses can be done at little or
no expense to the property owners.
The scheme for name posts for all of
the streets of the city has been laid
before some of the city officials and it
will probably be taken up at an early
meeting of the Council. For the past
three years some of the members of
the Council have been seeking to get
posts for the marking of the street
boundaries. The good markers
painted years ago have nearly all dis
appeared. A system Of street naming.
to include the entire city would prc-
baby cost several thousand dollars
but It will be absolutely necessary for
the city to take some step in this
direction within a very short time.
The stranger in the city now finds it
almost an impossibility to find some
of the streets of the city and most Of
the name posts now standing are
those erected by real estate men
interested in the sale of lots in some
OF the new subdivisions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
FORM NEW LAW FIRM
James Cavanagh and Chester D, Barnes
Form New Law Firm

| Announcement is made today of the
| formation of a new law partnership
IN the city which will be known under
the firm name of Cavanagh & Barnes.
Ihe members of the new firm are At
torney James Cavauagh, one of the
oldest and best known members of the
kenosha bar, and Attorney Chester
d. Barnes, who began his pra ctice in
this city only few years ago, but
who has risen rapidly in his profess
sion. There is a pretty little senti-
ment In connection with the new firm,
for years ago when Mr.. Cavanagh
first began his practice at Stevens
Point, the firm with which he was
connected was known as Barnes &
Cavanagh, and the senior member of
the firm was the late Walter Roswell
Barnes, the father of Chester D.
Barnes, who now becomes the law
partner of Mr.. Cavanagh. Since his
graduation from the law school of the
University of Wisconsin and his ad-
mission to,the bar Mr.. Barnes has had
LIE StOSCSt% AC4dllOuS WITH t. Cav.
anagh and it has been understood
that the partnership would be formed.
Mr., Barnes has been close student
and is now we'll acquainted with the
practice of his partner, so that the
business will in no way be new to him.
While in practice but few years Mr..
Barnes has already established for
himself an enviable place among the
lawyers of this circuit.
The new firm will have Offices in
the new First National bank building
and when completed the Offices will
be the fines used by any law firm in
the southern part of the state. The
present Offices of Mr.. Cavanagh will
be enlarged. and the entire suite will
be reftted for the uses of the new
firm.
The success of the firm is assured
as both of the partners have a long
list of clients, and they will engage
IN all lines of general practice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
LOCAL ITEMS,

!
Paul Pabst is i'll at the Kenosha
hospital.
A. H. Kruckman, of Wilmot, was in
Kenosha Monday.
Paul Lehman is here from St. Paul
for short visit.
Miss Dora Fisk has gone to New
York to spent few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Halves are re.
jolcing over he birth of son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Crow are re-
joicing over the birth of son.
Mrs. Martin Slosson has gone to
Bay View, Mich, for a short outing.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kroncke, of
Charles street, have a twelve pound
son.
Miss Elsie and Berna Letsom have
gone to Union Grove for two weeks
visit.
Mrs. P. c. Torrey is again very
seriously Ill at her home on Congress
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Long, of Es-
canada, Mich, spent Monday even
ing in Kenosha.
Peter Gales has gone to the North
ern Lakes for two weeks fishing
and hunting trip.
Fred Lundstrom and Marie Lind
holm, both of Kenosha, have been
licensed to marry.
Mrs. j. c. Dexter and children, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, are visiting rel-
atives IN Kenosha.
Mrs. George Barber is here from
Long Beach, California, for visit
with Kenosha friends.
A license has been ISSUED for the
marriage of Mathew Karar and Anna
Indihar, both of Kenosha.
A plat of new addition to the
Wilmot cemetery has been filed for
record with.the register of deeds.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Keeler, of High
land Park are spending few days
with friends and relatives in Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fox, Of Aber-
deem, S. D., are spending a few days
with friends and relatives In this city.
Mrs. L, II. Walsh and daughters,
Nina andBAnna, and Miss Maude Kirk
have gone to Silver Lake for a two
weeks outing.
Mrs. F. E. sWalton, of sturgis,
Mich,, and Mrs. T. G. Kent, of Chi
cago, spent Monday evening with
Kenosha friends.
After1his rather strenuous session
of the Legislature. Senator Isaac T.
Bisnop'wil1sgo to Nebraska next week
for visit with,his brothers.
The street assessment COMMITTEES
met this afternoon to open bid for a
large batch of new sewers. The total
contract price of the sewers will be
more than So, $50.
The members of the Kenosha Elks
party are now seeing the sights at
the jamestown Exposition and they
Will not return home until the latter
part of the week.
The building and grounds committee
of the Board of Education have begun
the work of getting the school build
ings into condition for the opening of
the new school year.
Former Chief Of Police Baker of the
Madison police force has been elected
chief of the Racine police force to
succeed the late Fred Pfster. 1t is
expected that he will accept the ap-
pointment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
Report of Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric for Past Six Months
Shows Large Increase
TRAFFIC PAYS
Opening of Lines To the North More
Than Doubles the Earnings of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway Company

Showing net earnings of $40, 153
for the six months ending June 80,
the statement issued today by the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric road
displayed remarkable showing and
an increase of $50, O74 for the first
half of the year. The gross income
for the period was S434, sos, compared
with 1881, 872 the corresponding time
last year, an increase of S1O2, 635,
while the opera ting expenses were
amplifed only $50, sol. The details
are given below:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

In the resignation of John Barnes
as Chairman of the State Railroad
Commission the people of Wisconsin
lose the services of an exceptionally
able public servant and one whose
place will be hard to fill. His sue
cessor will have to be man in whom
absolute confidence can be placed if
the Commission is to maintain its
high standing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

THE sale of liquor to minors is
strictly prohibited of course, but we
are not SO sure as we would like to be
that there is not more or less of it go.
ing on all the time. Evidences are
not lacking that few more prosecu-
tons on this charge will soon be in
order and if convictions are secnred
the Council will be expected to deal
severely with the offenders.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
FOR sELF-MADE STUDENTS

Lawrence President Will Help Boys To
Work Their Way Through College
The servant question in Appleton
is about to be solved. DR.. Samuel
Plantz, the energetic president of
Lawrence university, has been forced
into a sort of employment agency
business by numerous requests. from
hign school graduates who desire 10
work their way through the univer-
sity by assisting in housework IN APP
pleton homes.
Lawrence is noted for the self
made students it has turned out, and
DR.. Plantz says he is glad of an op.
portunity to help others. Room and
board, he said today, can easily be
earned by work outside of school
hours-work of high class.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

BEcGs and. Frost are said to have
come to satisfactory understanding
in regard to certain Milwaukee streets
and it might be possible for, them to
get together here in Kenosha. Both
sides would have saved some money
by reaching an agreement long go.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

THE revolt of the Milwaukee milk
shippers shows that sanitary regula-
tons are rigidly enforced in that city
and is in way high compliment 10
the Milwaukee Board Of Health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

STATISTICS are convincing argu-
ments, if properly presented, and a
few figures on the cost of temporary
repairs of public highways ought to
appeal with telling force to the tax
payers who put up their money for
road work year after year without
getting any permanent benefits from
the expenditures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

The horse thieves are working tht3.
section of the state again and if the
authorities do not succeedirt breaking
up the gangs pretty soon the farmers
may have to organize for mutual pro-
protection.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

ANY resort keeper who protects the
violators of the game laws is doing
his best to injure his own business.
1t is mighty short sighted policy on
their part to let one man spoil the
fishing for hundred possible patrons
of the resorts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

Do EVEN the members themselves
really believe that there was any real
necessity for about six hundred of
those six hundred and Sseventy-seven
neF laws fFhata the Legislature
ehacted7 The state must be m bad
va IS all. those new flaws were
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

THE failure to enforce the deg
license ordinance has resulted in a
large increase in the number of home
less ours roaming the streets, and we
are about due for another mad dog"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25
needed,

IT will be no fault of the Legislature
that has just ''given up the ghost, if
policy holders in the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company find
that the semi-annua1 dividends on
their policies are not considerably
less hereafter than they have been IN
the past.-Be1oit Free Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

EVERY once in a while case comes
up in the courts which shows that the
Humane Society is still attending
strictly to business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

Rock COUNTY is making splendid
start in scientific road building but
Kenosha is still content to fritter
away it's money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-25

IT will be noticed that the autoists
hauled into court for exceeding the
speed limit seldom ask for a jury
trial