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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-11
THE COUNTY NEWS
BraytOn And Oakfield

Leone Gearhart returned on Friday
from visit with friends in Atlantic.
Mis- Larsen invited in a number Of
friends on Sunday June Z, 1908, to
help him celebrate his fiftieth birthday
and everyone passed very pleasant
day.
Mrs. Henry Hansen suffered a slight
attack of appendicitis, last week, but
is much better now.
Mr.. Anderson and wife, of Atlantic,
visited over Sunday at the Mis- Larsen
home.
Doctor Newton, of Extra, made q
professional call at the Bous home,
in Oakfield.
Helen Cotton, of Council Bluffs, ar
| rived in Brayton last week and will
visit a couple of weeks with friends.
Mr.. Higgins and wife, of Audubon,
were Sunday guests at the Markley
home in Oakfield.
Emil Fries was attending to business
in the county seat one day last week.
There was birthday surprise party
at the Sheakley home on Friday night
June 5, 1908, in honor of Miss Clara
Sheakley eighteenth birthday. About
thirty of her friends we're present and
all passed very enjoyable evening.
Doctor Koob was called to Omaha,
Sunday, on professional business.
Nels Thompson and wife spent Sun
day at the Sam KEGS home at Lorah
Mrs. Lily Reynolds returned Mon
day from Omaha and reports that Cecil
Zentmyer is no better.
Josh Cousins and wife went to Au-
dubon, Saturday, and visited over
Sunday with relatives.
Emma Larsen and Mayme Essing-
ton attended the Danish celebration
at Elk Horn, Friday.
Horace Bartlett had business call
ing him to the county seat, Saturday.
Mesdames Cornell, Temple, Rowe,
Dilger, Abbott, Miss Henry came up
from Atlantic, Thursday, and passed
the day with their former neighbor,
Mrs. John Curry.
Ruby Chamberlen closed success
full school at Number Four, Oakfield
township, Friday.
Mrs. Mary Koob, of Anita, was here
the past week visiting relatives.
Mrs. Henry Hansen, Lutte Freeman
and Lola PARROT were shopping in
Extra, Wednesday.
William Thielen shipped three cars
of cattle to Chicago, Saturday, and he
went with the stock.
Mrs. L. p. Rasmussen, Mrs. Nels
Audubon, Thursday, and passed the
day with the latter's sister; Mrs. Chris
Thompson.
| John Ashby, of Audubon, was in
Brayton, Monday, and made call on
FL. M. Bartlett, south of town.
Rayme Miller and L. P. Rasmussen
drove to Atlantic, on business, one
day last week.
Anna, Gertie, Chris and Sidney
Nelson went to Council Bluffs, Mon
day, to attend the funeral of their cous-
in, daughter of ]. L. Anderson.
Frank Lambert, Charles Sykes and
| Calvin Dimick returned Friday from
Audubon where they had been serving
on the jury.
T. J. McGovern and Fred Petersen
went to Elk Horn to celebrate Fifth Of
June.
| Krestense Anderson and Minnie
Miller passed one day last week with
relatives in Extra.
Mrs. Mis- Larsen spent few days
last week in Atlantic the guest of her
friends.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-11
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-11
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-11
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-11

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
OPENS CLUB ROOMS
Kenosha LaFoIlette Presidential!
Club Plans for Systematic
Boostof Senior Senator
SEND OUT MUCH LITERATURE
(From Thursdays Daily.)

The La Toilette Club Of Kenosha
County yesterday closed deal for the
lease of a suit of offices in the Scholer
and Funck building at the corner Of
Main and Park streets, to be used
as the headquarters of the club during
the preliminary campaign for the selec-
ton Of delegates The plan is to have
the campaign headquarters open every
evening and meetings will be held there
and in other places for the discussion
of the work of the Senior Senator and
for the advancement Of his candidacy
for the Presidential nomination. The
club will also use these headquarters
as the distributing center for sending
out large amount of literature which
it is expected will do much to advance
the LaFollette cause in Kenosha coun-
ty. At the present time this literature
is limited to a postal card which bears
a photograph Of the Senator and re-
commentator of his candidacy recently
expressed by Governor James O. Da-
wilson. The club has mailing list
including practically the name of every
voter in the county and it is the purpose
to see to it that these people have
plenty of literature in regard to the
work that has been and is being done
by the Senator. Later in the year the
club will have a number of speaking
meetings in the county but as yet none
Of these has. been arranged for. The
club will have charge of the circulation
Of the various petitions for the La
Toilette men who seek to go to the
National Convention as representatives
Of this district.
Buttons are also being sent out by
the club members and it is planned to
have the men show their colors if they
are favorable to LaFollette Letters
were sent out yesterday from the
headquarters announcing meeting of
the Lincoln Club Of Racine to be held
on Lincoln's birthday at which fifty
Kenosha men are to be present. Dis
trict Attorney McGovern Of Milwaukee
is TO be the principal speaker at the
meeting. The work Of the club here
will be under the direction of President
R. V. Baker and Secretary M. F.
Zens who have been most active in the
LaFollette organization for several
years
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
PICTURES OF CRIMINALS
Green Bay Reformatory and Waupun
Prison Furnish Interesting Data

The Police Department Of the City
and the County jail are receiving from
the various state penal institutions
photographs and Bertillion measure
ments of all the men and boys who have
been sent from Kenosha County to
these institutions and these pictures
and descriptions will be added to the
gallery at the Kenosha police office
and the county JAIL The pictures are
all made at the various institutions
of reform and on the back of each
picture is placed a complete descrip-
ton OF the man photographed and all
Information possible is given in regard
to his criminal career and the charges
of which he was convicted when sent
to che institution. In the past year
Kenosha has sent nearly a score of
people to these institutions, and the
pictures are forming decidedly in
terestlng exhibit. The officers will
make an effort to get photographs of
all the prisoners who have been sent
up from this county and it is thought
that these pictures will prove very
valuable aid to the officials in the
future years. Most Of these men re-
turn to che county when released from
the institutions and many of them
get back into the hands Of the police
soon after their release.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
County School Officers Unwilling
To Even Consider Uniform
Text Book Proposition
MAY NAVE MORE HIGHSCHOOLS
Convention Brings a New Interest in
Higher Schools in Rural Districts
and Plan Is Regarded With
Favor by Many Towns

The smooth plan of some Of the great
school book publishing companies to
secure the adoption Of books for use
in all the schools of the county got a
hard bat at the close of the School
Officers convention at the court house
on Wednesday afternoon when the con
vention adjourned without the officers
taking any action in the matter of pro-
viding for uniform books, and when
the matter was proposed by County
Superintendent Kerwin, just before the
close of the session the storm of
"NO's" that followed showed that the
plan meets with absolutely no support
among the school officials Of Kenosha
county and it will not be adopted at
the present at least. Under the law
passed by the past legislature the school
officials of the various counties are
given the power to provide for the use
of uniform text books in all the schools
of the county. The work of selecting
and purchasing the books under the law
is left to an educational committee to
be selected at the annual convention
and the law provides that repositories
for the books may be named in different
parts of the county. The proposition
is not in any way to furnish free books
to the pupils of the rural schools but
simply to secure uniformity Of books
used in the different districts Of the
county. The same plan may be adopted
by both the city and the county but it
is pretty certain that there will be no
attempt to bring about such an agree
ment, as the books used in the city are
often more extensive than those used
in the county. The talk of Rural
School Inspector Wood in regard to
Township High Schools has caused a
great deal of thinking among the Off
Gals from the various towns in the
county and it is pretty certain that
the talk will bear fruit i'll the way of
the building Of several township schools
within short time At the close of the
meeting Sydney Jones, the Clerk of
the Town of Pleasant Prairie declared
chat he would take the matter up with
the people of that town at once with
a view of providing for the erection of
a high school. The plan also met with
considerable favorable comment from
the representatives of the town of
Bristol, present at the meeting. Both
Of these towns are now sending large
number of pupils to the Kenosha High
School and the education of the pupils
in Kenosha is proving quite financial
success to the two towns.
The cost of high schools in these
towns would not be in excess of 5000
and there is no doubt but that they
would awaken a new interest in educa-
tion among the younger people of the
two towns. Inspector Wood gave it as
his opinion that it would be an easy
matter for the rural districts of Keno
sha county to support at least three
more township high schools. These
with the one now in operation in the
village of Wilmot would make a total
of four for the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
MRS. ROBINSON RELEASED
Chicago Court Issues Order Releas-
ing Kenosha Woman

The Judge Of the Juvenile Court of
Chicago has issued an order discharging
from custody Mrs. Gertrude Robinson
and her sister Mrs. Nanette Franks.
who were arrested in Chicago recently
on a charge of kidnapping Gertrude
Robinson, the little daughter of one
of the defendants. In his order the
court directed that the further settle
ment of the custody Of the little girl
be taken up in the Circuit Court and it
is probable that the court will be asked
to reopen the divorce case recently
tried in Missouri, by which Robinson
secured a divorce and the custody of
the child. Mrs. Robinson had left the
little girl in the keeping of the Ben
edictine Sisters, pending the decision of
the Juvenile Court and the Judge di-
recte1 that the child remain there pend
ing hearing of the case in the Circuit
Court. The decision was complete
victory for Mrs. Robinson and people
who attended the trial declare that it
is an assured fact that she will finally
get the custody of the little girl. The
two men arrested with Mrs. Robinson
and her sister were also released.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
Chicago Engineer Resents Having
Judgment Passed on Plans Be-
fore He Submits Report
MAY SUGGEST USE OF TIDES
Report on Removal of Pollution From
River Is Delayed and May Not
Come for Some Time.-Con.
sidering Many Plans

Heanlth Officer DR.. J. B. Spalding
has received letter from John w.
Alvord Of Chicago, the consulting en-
gineer employed by the city to find
some plan for the disposing of the
sewage products in the Kenosha river,
in which he states that he may not be
able to get his report ready for the
consideration of the Common Council
for some time. In his letter Mr.. Alv-
ord states that he would be very willing
to give up the commission entrusted to
him by the city, but that the work is
just about half done and that he would
plan to complete his report just as
soon as possible. He stated that the
work had been delayed on account of
the death of his mother and illness in
his own family which made it impos-
sible for him to consider the conditions
Of the Kenosha river or any possible
solution of the difficulties confronting
the city. Engineer Alvord has. been
considering plan of utilizing the lake
tides in the disposing Of the refuse in
the river but it has developed that this
plan is not pleasing to some Of the
people interested in the matter and
Mr. Alvord is somewhat put out that
the people Of Kenosha should attempt
to pass judgment on any plans he was
suggesting until after his report had
been submittde to . the council. In
speaking Of this matter Engineer AL
word says: elm regard to your com
munication in which you speak of my
idea Of utilizing the lake tides not
being favorable received, I confess to
some surprise that judgment should
be passed on my conclusion in advance
of my own Judgment.
My idea has been to consider every
practicable method, estimate its cost.
and present it to you for conclusion.
and if your council is satisfied they
want septic tank and nothing else,
why have me report at all9
[ am sure that on second thought,
you will not feel that it is advisable
for me to abandon the consideration of
every method which seems to open any
reasonable solution Of the problem -
Many of the people of the North
side are urging action on the matter
but it is probable that this communica-
ton will result in their being willing
to await the report of the engineer
employed by the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
CHANCELLOR KENOSHA
St. Louis Lawyer Has Large Plant
in Prospect Which Might Be
Secured for This City
TURNED OVER TO REALTY MEN

Mayor James German has received
a letter from Henry A. Ashoff, a St.
Louis attorney, offering Kenosha the
first chance to secure the location of
new industry. The Mayor has not in
vestigated the matter out he has made
public the letter of the attorney and
the real estate men of the city may
look into it, The letter follows:
Hon. Mayor, Kenosha, Wis.
Dear Sir:-I have three clients who
contemplate going into the stove ma
nufacturing business; one of these
gentlemen has had over twenty years
of stove foundry experience, another
is one of the highest salaried statesmen
in his line in this country, the third
is an expert accountant and advertiser.
These gentlemen would be willing to
subscribe to an amount of stock COM
mensurate with the total of capital in,
vested, and would locate in your city
provided proper financing can be ae-
complished.
Ny clients have definite plans for
the production as we'll as disposition
Of stoves They do not believe that
much can be produced that is new or
original in stove making, but they are
firm believers that any article which
is better made will find ready market.
In order to carry out their ideas
of production, it would be necessary
to import into the city of location
numbers of skilled workmen. These
workmen as rule, are sober, indust-
rious men Of families, who receive
very large pay for their work. A
factory run along the lines and plans
formulated by my clients would be
of inestimable benefit to your city.
No city can hope to endure and in
crease rapidlyGin population without
manufactures. It is safe to assume
that a plant such as my clients are
capable Of building up would advertise
your city so thoroughly that other
factories could be more easily induced
to locate with you.
The idea that the east is the only
section where manufacturing can be
successfully carried on is obsolete, for
each community is facing the issue
by doing it's own manufacturing.
This proposition will stand open in
estigation; [ would therefore ask that
you kindly bring this letter to the
attention of your business men and let
me hear from you at an early date
what you have done. Respectfully
yours, Henry A. Ashoff.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
WON BY A SECOND
(From Thursdays Daily.)

In fast game Of basket ball at the
7. M. G. A. last night the Cubs Of
Chicago Y. M. G. A. were reported to
have won the game by the score of
1887. The official score keeper, how
ever, shows that Kenosha won by 1886.
The mistake was made in the second
half when Froome scored basket after
the whistle was blown and it was not
allowed by the referee, but the Chicago
scorer marked it down to their credit.
The Cubs played fast game in form.
Matter, center for the Cubs, scored all
their 10 points in the first half. He
was easily the star of the game. The
baskets were scored by: Kenosha-
Haag, 3; E. Smith, q; F. Smith, A.;
Lippert, 2; Kent, 3. Cubs Matter, g.;
Froome, |. Free throws Matter, Is;
Kent, 8. Referee, Sargent. Umpire,
Glerum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
REQUEST TO KEMPER HALL
Will oflLate Judge Sherwood, of Elgin,
Makes Request to Kenosha School

The will of the late Judge D. B.
Sherwood former Probate Judge at
Elgin, ILL.,, which was admitted to pro-
bate at Elgin on Wednesday, provides
for bequest of $4,000 for Kemper Hall
in this city. Tt is to be PAID to the
Sisters of st. Mary for the uses Of the
school, on the death or re-marriage of
the widow of the deceased iurist. 1t
is to be considered as a gift from the
first wife of Judge Sherwood, VINO died
several years ago, and it is 20 be used
as an endowment for the education of
the daughter of some clergyman of
the Episcopa! church The method of
using the fund is left entirely in the
hands of the Sisters of st. Mary, and
they will be permitted to select the
young woman for whom the products
of the bequest are to be expended
Judge Sherwood and the members Of
his family have always taken a lively
interest in Kemper Hall and he has
often come to Kenosha to attend church
celebrations held at the hall. He died
in Elgin on Jan. of this year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
HANSON GIVES UP
Man Who Aided in Robbing WinberR
Store Surrenders to the Sheriff

Man Who Aided in Robbing WinberR
Store Surrenders to the Sheriff
(From Thursdays Daily)
Harry Hanson, who was with Ollie
Hertzberger when the attempt was
made to rob the store Of J. A. Winberg
on Tuesday night after spending We'd
nesday in Chicago came back to Ke-
nosha Wednesday night and surrendered
himself to the sheriff In giving HIM
self up he stated to the sheriff that he
felt convinced that it would be i'm
possible for him to evade the police
and that he was ready to take his
medicine. This morning Hanson made
complete confession to Chief O'Hare. :
He admitted that it was he who had
robbed the Winberg store at noon
Wednesday and that he got $3.50 out
OF the cash register and that he and
Hertzberger had spent this. Wednesday
afternoon before they returned to the
store seeking larger amount in the
evening He declared that they had
seen Bloxdorf watching them but that
tney ala not know why he was on
guard. Hanson and Hertzberger were
arraigned before Justice McCarron this
morning on charge of attempted burg
larry and the hearing was continued
until next Tuesday. Both men have
stated that they will waive examination
and be held to the Circuit Court for
trial
Joseph Hertzberger, who is widely
known as a boxer under the name of
Kid" Hertz. wants it distinctly under
stood that the Hertzberger arrested
gave the sheriff and the police the
wrong name and that he is Ollie and
not Joe Hertzberger. The two boys
will probably go into the county court
and plead guilty to the charges against
them and be sent to Green Bay.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
RECOVER THE COAT
Constable of the Town of Somers Ar
rests Clothing Thief


Wearing two suits of clothes and an
overcoat and carrying another overcoat,
a man giving the name of John Downey
attracted the attention of persons re
siding on the Lake Shore road Wednes-
day morning while walking from Ra-
cine to Kenosha and I'll. C. Truesdell,
constable Of the town of Somers, be-
lieving that the overcoat Downey car
ried had been stolen, he telephoned the
local police station, and learning that
an overcoat had been stolen from Will
liam Bowman, Waterman at the Hol-
brook-Armstrong factory in Racine,
Truesdell went in pursuit Of Downey
and placed him under arrest after a
chase of two miles Downey was taken
to Racine by Truesdell and taken to
the police station where the overcoat
Mr. Bowman.
Downey told the police that he had
been in Racine for two days, coming
from Milwaukee and was on his way
to Chicago expecting there to obtain
employment harvesting ice. Downey
CLAIMED that at s O'Clock Wednesday
morning he went into the alleyway be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets and
there found the overcoat he carried. In
less than an hour after finding the
overcoat Downey had "hiked" to
Central park where he was arrested.
The police do not believe the story
told by Downey. Some person broke
into the Holbrook-Armstrong shops
during the night and stole the over
coat belonging to Mr.. Bowman, the
Waterman, and he reported the theft
to the police.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
FRANK MISCHO DEAD

Frank Mischo, aged 80 years, well
known resident of Kenosha, died at st.
Mary's hospital in Racine late Thurs
day evening after a short illness from
appendicitis The deceased had gone
to the hospital just week ago and he
had been nm a critical condition since
that time. He was son Of Mrs. Helen
Miseho and had spent nearly all of
his life in Kenosha. A widow and
one child survive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-23
MAKE SIX ARRESTS
Police Take Boys Into Custody on a
Charge of Jumping on Bob SIeds

Six boys, all members of well known
families of the city, were taken into
custdy Thursday evening on a charge
Of jumping on bob sleds. The boys
were taken to the police office and
booked and released with others to re-
port to the station again t'is evening.
1t is not as yet decided wlat action
will be taken in the case. The Chief
Of Police mindful of accidents that
have occurred in the past is making
every possible effort to put an end to
this practice among the boys of Ke-
nosha. People who use sleighs are
protesting to the police daily on account
Of the actions of these boys and it is
claimed that when these boys are re-
fused the right to ride they have re-
peatedly insulted the people in the
sleighs and some of them have been
bombarded with snow and ice. It ia
certain that some Of the boys will be
fined if the jumping on hobs is not
stopped.