Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-08-10

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Mrs. y. Nicholas, wife of farmer
near Germania, n. j.. had a Fremont
ton several weeks ago of approaching
death ~untf told her husband that she
would not live until August July Both,
after working in the field until late, she
SAID: My days and life's work are
done; but before l die l will take my
last bath"
Her husband paid no attention to her
remarks, but when he returned to the
house he found her dead in bed Ply
sIcians said she died from natural caus-
The woman was 60 years of age and
had always been in good health.
Master John Rensselaer,. Jr., Of Mar
shall, Mi9h., swallowed his Teddy bear"
The much cuddied supplanter of dolls
nearly caused the death of johnnie. and
It was only through an operation by DIR.
Garfield at the University hospital that
Teddy was rescued. 10 be cuddIed once
more and Johnnie saved to do the cud-
ding.
This particular member of the large
and ever growing Teddy" family is but
an inch and three-quarters in length and
occupied situation in human ornamen-
The little boy was hurried from Mar
shall. For fear he might not live until
Ann ArbOr was reached. stop was
made at Battle Creek, where an effort
to remove the toy was unsuccessful. 1t
was accomplished there. however, and
Teddy and Johnnie are doing nicely.
harvest hands are so scarce in Ma
ron. o.. and the surrounding country
that farmers are forced to pay 81 day
ana furnish cool beer instead of water
10 drink
Scores of harvesters have demanded
the amber fluid and to get-their threshine
done as quickly as possible many farm
ers have met the demand
Farm hands practically are Arohibi-
tive quantity in this section of Ohio. and
the only class the farmers can draw from
Is the tramps These refused to work sim
ply Tor the money, but when the farmers
offered cool beer as an additional IN
ducement the hobos tiocked to work
Eugene c. MaNivet, an attorney. has
begun action in the. probate court at
Cleveland to regain possession of his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Bessie II. Robin
son. Mathivet resorted to a habeas cor
puS proceeding, declaring that Mrs ID.
Is. Stricken has induced Mrs Robinson
to leave the Mathivet home and remain
with her. He says that Mrs. Robinson.
on account of her age, is easily per-
see her have failed. All the parties con
cerned IN the action reside in the fash
lonable East End neghborhood Mrs.
Strlckler Is no relative of Mrs Robin
son. but the two have been lifelong
friends.
Millions of writing worms that make
lain
in the Crania glacier by Il party of sci
entists from Chicago, headed by Prof
John h. Flett of Tacoma and Professor
CoWleS, who were making an ascent to
Mount Rainier.
The discovery astonished the scientists.
who could hardly believe their eyes I'M
I'll they had cut into the hard ice and
removed some OF the worms for miscros-
copic examination.
The worms are about an inch in length
and Me size Of hair, and presented
Wrlggllng, squirming mass in the solid
ice In places the ice was almost black
with them.
ID. A. Romano, an Atlantic City bar
Der, sold his luXuriant black moustachc
to New York visitor for so. after
lively five minutes of bidding on the
part of the stranger.
The purchaser of the hirsute appen-
dage of which the barber was most fond
followed OutspOken admiration for the
moustache with an offer of $3.50 for its
ownership, but was coldly refused. Lat
er. however. he returned and offered n
50 bill to the barber to cut it off This
offer was also refused. but when the
stranger increased his offer to Il new so
gold note the barber succumbed and
clipped off the mOuStache.
1t was neatly wrapped up and deliv-
cred, and the stranger left the place with
out giving any reason for his strange
whHs.
Hiram Stoutenberg. an aged farm
hand living near Port Huron. Mich. is
one of the heirs to Il S15.000.000 estate
according to advices received by him
from Walter G.. Elliott, a New York
lawyer
The letter states that Stoutenberg and
his four brothers and three sisters own
1900 acres within the corporate limits
of New York city. the lease for which.
made by his great great grandfather,
when New York was called New Am
sterdam, has expired
The other heirs in Michigan are john
Stoutenberg of Port Sanilac. James of
Cedardale, Albert of Augres, Jacob of
Prescott, Mrs. Melinda English of For
estvile, Mrs Mary Ann Ernest of APP
plegate and Mrs. Elizabeth Hyman Of
Port Sauilac.
The afternoon watch of the New York
ship news reporters made an effort with
unsatisfactory results to get John W.
Gates To say something about anything
before lie sailed for Liverpool ON the
Caronia. His son Charles was more
communicative. regretting that Pop"
had thrown the boys down" Tie
young man said he and Pop" were GO
ing To Stay abroad about three months:
that chautfeur> with automobiles would
meet the family and they would make a
tour If England and Scotland. He said
there was M TRUTH in the rumor that
the~r9HreS fatiiily We're going To give up
America entirely He said Pop had
won big money on the races and been
successful on the street and that he and
Charles needed rest and recfs'ation. and
Jhat was why they were going ia En-
rope,
Hezekiah Wright, rich farmer of FL
wood. Ind, who. TO induce farm-hands