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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
Police Search Along the Lake fer
Traces of Body ofIrene Gresh
Missing Since tuesday
CAN'T EXPLAIN MYSTERY
Little Girl Left Home at Two O'Clock
in the Morning and No Trace
of Her Has Been Secured
Since That Time
From Friday S Dailvl

The police of the city this morning
began searching along the lake in an
effort to find some trace Of the body of
Irene Gresh, a fourteen year old girl,
who disappeared from her home on
West Main street at two O'Clock last
Tuesday morning and the parents and
friends of the little girl now believe
that it is possible that the lake will
solve the mystery Of her disappearance.
On account Of the indefinite statements
that have been made to the police the
Life Saving Crew has not been asked
to drag in the lake or river, but if no
trace of the girl is found today the
life savers, will be asked to take up the
matter tomorrow.
John Gresh, father Of the missing
girl, has been driven all but insane by
the disappearance Of the child and he
went to Chicago this morning to seek
the aid Of the Chicago police thinking
that it was possible that the child might
have gone to that city.
The story in regard to the disappear
ance Of the child was given to the police
several days ago, but at the time the
details were not known to the police
and it was thought that the child had
gone to the home Of some friends for
the night. The details Of the story
show that the child left her home at
two o'clock Tuesday morning, taking
all her clothing with her. She is very
small for her age and so far as her
parents know she had no reason for
leaving home. She had been in the best
Of spirits when she retired early Mon
day evening and when the mother and
father heard her moving about her room
early in the following morning they
thought that she had left the bed room
to get a drink and in the morning they
found her room empty. All sorts of
theories have been advanced to the
police in connection with the case It
was thought possible that she had gone
to New York, but dispatches from New
York announce that the child has not
arrived here. It was thought possible
that she had been abducted, but the
parents of the girl can think of no way
she could have been induced to leave
her home at that time in the morning.
1t is limited that there was possibly
a romance Of childhood that caused her
to leave and that when she left home
she was met by a boy lover and that
the two have gone away together
Gresh formerly lived in Chicago, but
he came to Kenosha three months ago
to take charge of saloon ON West
Main street and the young girl came
with him.
The case is one Of the most pulling
ones that has been presented to the
police Of Kenosha for solution in many
years
Pictures of the little girl are being
sent out to the metropolitan police de-
partments today in an effort to find
some trace of her. 1t is claimed that
Gresh was formerly active in Chicago
politics and it is thought possible that
some Of his enemies in that city may be
responsible for the disappearance Of the
little girl
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
TINEELINESS or STATE PROPOSE
TON

The members Of the new State Park
Board created by the last legislature,
who are performing the duties imposed
upon them without compensation and
mostly paying their own expenses, seem
to have created favorable public SEN
timent concerning state parks. With
hardly an exception the principal news
papers OF the state are encouraging the
proposition. 1t appears to them to have
been an opportune time to awaken in
terest in the project. The result Of the
work will probably be the purchase by
the state after the next session Of the
legislature Of several large tracts which
the members of the board are now ex-
aiming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
.FAVORS OLD PLAN
State Fire Marshal Urges Use of
Lightning Rods for the Pro-
lection Of Property
LOSS ALREADY is VERY LARGE

State Fire Marshall Thomas NJ Pur-
/ tell of Madison, has sent out a letter
to the leaders Of the fire department in
/ the different cities in the state in which
he strongly recommends the use of
/ lighting rods for the protection of
property. In his letter to Chief Iser-
mann he says in part:
''The season Of property loss from
| lightning is at hand. With the coming
of spring comes the electrical storms
and this is followed each year by an
increasing loss to property owners to
the increased number of large buildings
and the gradual decrease in, the timber
throughout the state, which in the past
acted as Natures conductor for the
electric current. With but two electric
storms 50 far this year, four losses with
/ in the state have been reported to this
/ department destroying property to the
extent of $10,385. Practically the un
animous opinion of authorities who
have given the subject careful study
and consideration leads to the conclu-
sion that science today offers almost
a positive protection against property
| loss from this source through the medi-
um of improved and properly construct
ed lightning rods. This loss has been so
enormous and has increased so rapidly
with the decrease of timber that the
Importance of the subject has led sci
entifc Investigations to be made, not
Ionly by those who are interested in a
commercial way, but also by our own
national government and in a recently
issued pamphlet by the experiment sta
tion at Washington the value of prop
erly erected lightning rods has been
very strongly urged and has even gone
so far as to adopt a system of protec-
tion from lightning for all the buildings
/ in the various yards Of the U. S. Navy.
The competition in the insurance
business today is SO strong that all in
4 surance companies are endeavoring to
furnish protection at the least rate pos
sible which viii furnish them living
profit and for this reason any means of
protection which appears to make prop
erty less liable to destruction by fires
is given, consideration by them in the
making of rates
The question of lightning losses and
the measure of protection furnished by
the lightning rod has been receiving a
great deal of attention and considera-
ton for the past few years, and while
material results are not shown to a
very large extent as yet there is no
question but that the time is coming
soon when buildings provided with APP
proved protection will be insured at a
lower rate than similar buildings which
are not protected This statement is
borne out by the fact that the Western
Fire Insurance Company of Lincoln,
Nebraska, one Of the stock companies,
has recently issued pamphlet instruct
ing their agents to make the following
reductions on buildings which are pro-
tected by copper lightning rods. TWEEN
Ity per cent below the regular rate is
allowed on all barns; ten per cent on
dwellings, churches and school houses
and ten per cent on live stock in past
ures where wire fences are properly
grounded. -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
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Miss Blanche FAIR has gone to Iowa
for a three weeks visit with friends and
relatives
Jno. Anderson Of Pittsburg, Pa, is
spending few days with friends in
Kenosha,
Miss Nellie Gleason is here from
Dover for a few days visit with friends
and relatives.
VIM J. Morgan the well known Nil
waukee real estate man was in Keno
sha Wednesday.
Miss Clara Musselman Of Chicago, is
spending a few days with friends and
relatives in Kenosha.
Mrs Harry Vale and son Of Beloit, are
spending a few days with her mother
Mrs. G. M. Simmons.
Miss Grace Swenson and Miss Olga
Larsen Of Chicago, spent Wednesday
with friends in Kenosha.
Mrs. Andrew Stahl and Mrs Charles
Bechman, spent Thursday afternoon
with friends in Racine.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Brown left Fri
day for Toronto, Canada, where they
will make their future home.
Ell. E. Remer who has been i'll with
appendicitis for some time was able to
sit up on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. George w. Harrington and son
have returned home after visit with
friends and relatives at Dover.
Competent farm help is very scarce
and the employment offices are besieged
with calls from the farmers.
A large number of Kenosha fight fans
went to Waukegan Wednesday evening
to witness the Coulon-Scully battle.
Mrs Simon Barr has returned to her
home in Grand Haven, Mich, after
spending the winter with her daughter
Mrs G. Glerman.
[ do all kinds of millinery work, al
so have frames and trimmings at my
home, 269 Wisconsin ST. Prices reason
able. Mrs. S. Race. *w1
Just received another car load of
choice eating potatoes and also seed
potatoes. For prices call Peter Jacobs
& Co., or phone 1913. If
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kratz and
children who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. John Pofahl, have returned
to their home in Akron, New York.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
First Postal system.

The first letter post, in the modern
acceptation of the word, seems to have
been established in the Hanse towns
in the early part of the thirteenth Gen.
fury. A line of letter posts, connecting
Austria with certain towns in Lom-
hardy, followed in the reign of the EN-.
ward ". was at war with Scotland a
system of relays of horses was estab-
lished in the north in order to provide
the king with the latest news from the
seat of war. The first regular post
route between England and Scotland
was established by Charles l. in 1885.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
DEATH OF MISS GILLETT
Pioneer Teacher Of City Dies Suddenly
AT Her Home on Grand Avenue

Miss Lucy Augusta Gillett, daughter
of the late Judge Girdin GiIlett and
one of the pioneer teachers Of the
schools Of Kenosha city and county,
died at the Gillett homestead on Grand
avenue just after five clock Thursday
evening. While Miss GiIlett has been
i'll with pneumonia for several weeks
she was improving and her death will
be a great shock to her friends.
Miss Gillett was native of Genoa.
New York, where she was born Jan.
% 1888. She came to Kenosha with
her parents more than fifty years ago
and had since resided in the city. For
a number of years she taught in the
schools of the city and county. She
was woman of lovable character and
a great favorite among her friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
EXAMINE CHRISTENSEN CASE
Institute Takes Up storJ Q
Melancholy Dane in kenosha

The story Of Nels Christensen, the
Kenosha County Dane, who was taken
to the State Hospital at Mendoza Tues.
day, and telling a remarkable story of
how his arrest and death had been for
told by a seer in Denmark, has attract
ed the attention Of the scientific world
and this morning Sheriff Charles Pfennig
received a letter from DR.. James H.
Hyslop the secretary Of the American
Institute for scientific research asking
that the institute be furnished with all
the details Of the story of Christensen.
The secretary stated that it was the
intention Of the division of the institute
interested in psychical research to fully
examine into the remarkable case. The
case will in this manner soon find it's
way into the annals of one of the most
famous scientific societies in the world
Christensen is at the State Hospital and
so far as the Kenosha officers have
been advised there has been no change
In his condition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
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LOCAL ITEMS.

L. J. Marshall Of Appleton, was in
Kenosha Friday.
Mayor Scholey spent Thursday after
noon at Eagle Lake.
Mrs. Henry DeBerge and son are Wis
iting in Milwaukee.
Frank Anderson Of Aurora, Ill, spent
Thursday in Kenosha.
w. V. Hall of Waukesha, transacted
business here Thursday.
Alfred Jung of Sheboygan, spent Fri
day evening in Kenosha.
A. c. Quigley Of Beloit, spent Thurs
day afternoon in Kenosha
Fl. A. Mueller Of Milwaukee, was in
Kenosha Wednesday evening.
Frank G. Osbourne Of Chicago, spent
Thursday evening in Kenosha.
Roy S. Wheeler of Valparaiso, Ind,
spent Friday evening in Kenosha.
Howard Sershon and John Conwell
spent Wednesday evening in Waukegan.
Mrs. Frank Senne is reported seri-
ously i'll at her home on the west side.
Situations obtained and help supplied
at information Bureau. Tel III, 224
Main st. dwtf
Helena Hammond and Amy Penne-
feather are spending a few days in
Chicago.
Sam Van Zouten has returned to
Grand Haven, Mich, after visit in
KenOsha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07

VIRGINIA:
Gold Medal Flour makes delicious baked
sJulT RHODA.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07

A lion that had been i'll asked a
sheep if his breath was bad. The sheep
said Yes" and the lion bit off her
head fol-. fool. A wolf, asked the
same question. said No" Him the
lion killed for a liar. foy in an
swer to the question said he had a
cold in his head and could not smell.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07
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Kenosha fight fans are planning to
pull off real exhibition of the manly
art in one of the theatres here on May
30. 1t is planned to make it the big
gest boxing carnival ever held in Ken
osha and some top notchers will be seen
in the bouts
Charles Moore Hackley nephew of
Charles Hackley the Muskegon million
aire formerly of Kenosha, was badly
injured by being caught under the de-
bris Of dynamite explosion. It is
feared that the young man will not re-
cover from his injuries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-07

Miss Blanche FAIR has gone to Iowa
for a three weeks visit with friends and
relatives
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12
AN ESTIMATE OF w. J. BRYAN
AS Great in Defeat as He Would be in Wet.
DRY, He Hopes for Success Of Reforms
He Urged

j. Bryan is as great in defeat as he would be in victory
has place
is and exalted In time his will
higher pinnacle ustrious predecessor Henry
whose tomb at Lexington KY rises granite shaft the top of
which is bathed In clouds.
Bryan, of things charitable mind and with
cty Of spirit party
as much equanmy ordinary life
hopes for the reforms for which he fought and clearly into the
future that the will this
legislation he urged will by people who
fuse IT, The day OF Republican party epedency will find its end
disaster Then will be that the by the
political wilderness will be needed reform
talks OF his country
following way
The against by majority
turns are all present
them or TO say what contributed the Republican victory
We made our' fight platform which embodied believed
people people
Of government they
prefer publicity which
American people uh the election Of senators M the
people viii the
position that will result the elimination people private
nopoy a,.
legislation and the tariff reduction
am confident that the educational this will
result In securing protection depotor
are the most prominent reforms for which and believe
that these reforms will come more regua
ton OF RAILROADS and independence the Filpnos
II desire our committee
entirely Mack chairman and with mem
an they did and as for myself effort
cure victory for
voters; have obeyed their
WS VIII not express gratitude for the devotion which has
shown by millions Democrats during the last
am able to adequately the
which spoken could regard the
Feat purely personal would
misfortune relieved the
an office that Is attractive only
unity to render larger public
In private capacity public require
things OF He only requires that improve opportunities
presented and shall opportunesbr
vice presented by private life. y" r1a t..,, ,
In this hour OF national defeat ! lind
cordial support given by neghbo the citizens
by the people OF the state Nebraska governor
and Democratic legislature shall put practice
much of the Denver platform legislation
that our state will set that good on
the nation"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

character and purpose that would
not permit them for the sake OF an
increase in financial gain to with
hold from the public vital truths that
will operate for good or eyil--as the
case might be--of the entire popula-
ton. At the next meeting under the
auspices OF the Potter County Medi-
cal Society the subject of typhoid
fever and its prevention will doubt
less have consideration, along with
that of tuberculosis
In the meantime the physicians OF
the city will urge upon the city coun-
Gil the necessity Of adopting such
regulations as will assist in carry
ing out the ends believed by them
to be necessary to the preservation
of the public health. This will in
clude the formation Of a board of
health, the enactment of additional
sanitary ordinances and the stricter
enforcement Of those upon the stat
ute books all This time
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12
AMARILLO PHYSICIANS WARN
AGAINST DANGER.

The physicians OF this city are de.
termined that Amarillo shall have
board OF health--one that will be
active in the discharge OF its varied
duties, looking to the betterment OF
the health OF the community. For
months the local medical practition-
ers have realized the need OF better
state OF sanitation. They have dis
oussed the matter with the city Of
ficials, and are now to urge upon
those in authority the necessity for
a greater amount of consideration
for the health and well being OF the
people,
Several of the physicians have
taken a bold stand in this matter,
bntrit y probable that Drs. Fly and
Bedford have been more strongly in
slstcnt upon an immediate consid-
Grafton of the causes that underly
dangerous state of affairs. DR..
Fly Is known throughout the state
as an advocate of pure food laws and
a fighter against tuberculosis trou-
bles and DR.. Bedford as one who
has had much experience as a city,
county and state health official in
his dealings with the various conta-
gious disease, and especially with
typhoid fever, known as the curse
OF the higher attitudes.
Every physician in the city is in
line for this movement for better.
public health showing a nobility of
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12
AN IMMUNE.

Florence Vidette.
If you are a poor man and steal
something for yourself and family
to eat you are thief and ought to
go to the penltentiary But IL you
are a millionaire manager OF a trust,
and squeeze the last dollar out of
the hands of the widow and orphan,
you are a captain Of industry; you
are bigger than the people; you are
too big for the courts; nothing can
touch you; you can not be punished
because OF the power possessed by
the money you have either stolen
or inherited from a succession of
forefathers who stole It, No man
should own a million dollars worth
OF property.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

laws Of Texas.
Amarillo is now a place OF about
$4,000 inhabitants with street car
service and all the modern civic
equipment of an up-to-date city.
Though the country Immediately
around 1t is especially adapted to
grain and cattle raising, that part
OF the Panhandle little to the south
OF II is winning recognition as a
fruit growing center At one point
on the Santa Fe where three years
ago absolutely nothing was shipped,
200 cars OF grain we're delivered for
shipment last year, and this on the
borders of that Oklahoma strip that
a few years ago used to be known
as mo Mans Land"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

business of growing and improving
seed corn, kaffir corn, broom corn,
cottonseed, cowpeas and Others crops.
They get larger yields to pay for
their work and little advertisement
at the proper season telling what
they have TO sell makes them wish
they had a hundred times as much.
This sort of thing puts farmer into
business right away and it interests
the boys and holds them to farm
life because it opens up something
OF its possibilities Others give
attention to the production of pure
bred hogs and make greater profits
by selling the best OF them to other
farmers for breeding purposes. Those
not so sold are more profitable as
feeders than ordinary scrubs and
thus this speciality is made to pay.
Some turn their attention to the
raising Of pure-bred cattle or horses
and thus do important work for
the community as well as secure
greater profits for themselves. Many
have found that II the town man
can make money from pure-bred
poultry on few city lots, the farm
or can make a great deal more. SO
we have farmers growing large NUM-
bers of fancy poultry and selling the
best of them and many OF the eggs
to others who wish to improve. And
those not sold for breeding purposes
bring in more money than the scrubs
ever did. Many are going into
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12

In congress are going to find, unless
we miss our guess, that the new man
in the White house is a full sized
man, and a broad-gauged American.
We should have been glad TO see
Mr.. Bryan win, but the fates were
against him. Mr. Bryan, like Henry
Clay and James G. Blaine, will take
his place in American history as q
party idol, who long asplred to but
never quite reached the highest hon
or. There will be other national
elections, but there will be no more
OF Mr.. Bryan as party nominee.
For twelve years he has been the
president OF nearly one half the
people, enshrined in their hearts and
followed with idolatrous fervor. But
his reign is at an end,
The majority is wiser than. any
OF its units. That is the cardinal
doctrine OF democracy. When the
majority speaks its will. 1t is up
to the losers totake their medicine
smiling.
The Chronicle congratulates Mr..
Bryan upon having fought the good
fight bravely against mighty odds.
and extends to President-elect Tart
its best wishes for a wise and pros
porous administration.
Now let's all take the advice OF
the Chicago bard, who sang:
by golly, we've saved the country;
The things been done TO a charm.
An ! reckon as how
We'd better go now
An proceed to save the farm.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-11-12
THURSDAY, NOV. Js, 1908.
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Houston Post: Lord, let the land
slide all over them and let the wa
tiers Of tn ;Nal wave swallow them
up so that the righteous may en-
Joy the good things Of politics for
ever and forever
TT. Worth star. That was an
earnest prayer, but the landslide did
not come worth a cent, and II looks
like the Republicans will enjoy the
good things of politics forever and
forever" Anyhow, Texas Is all
right. The people rule here, and
with our rich lands extending from
the mountains on the north to the
seaboard on the south" and from
Arkansas to Mexico and money COM
ing In by the millions what need we
care about the good things OF poll
ties" by which, we suppose, is meant
few political Jobs. Texas Demo-
Gratis don't want Jobs like that any
way. THE grapes are souri,