The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-02
Interesting Review Of the Events
Which Made the Year 1907
Noteworthy One
MANY EVENTS OF INTEREST
Pleasure and Pain is Mingled in the
Annual Review of the Year Just
Closed-Many Meet Violent
Death in KenOsha

With the closing of the old year the
EVENING News following its custom
of several years presents for its read
ers this evening a review of the prin-
cipal events of the closing year. The
year 1907 has made history in Keno
ssha. It has not been the greatest
year in the growth of the city, but
the year has witnessed many changes
Of more than passing note. The rec
ord is one of pleasure and sorrow.
The most important events Of the
wear in the year follow:
JANUARY
/ Attorney General of the State
files suit to Gust Powder company
from Pleasant Prairie.
Death of John p. Lane. Death
of Mrs. H. H. Holbrook, of Bristol.
Eight men lose their lives in an
explosion at the Latin. Rand Powder
plant at Pleasant Prairie and com.
pany suffers property loss of $4,000.
| ~ Fierce winters storm plunges
Kenosha into darkness at midday.
New county officials are installed in
Office. City Council passes railway
extension ordinance.
Victims of Powder explosion bur.
led. Thomas B. Jeffrey notifies the
School Board that he will equip a
higher manual training school.
William Henry Har 'son sends
bill to state legislature for more uni.
form salaries for teachers.
10 Russell HI. Jones elected county
clerk. DR.. Clare S. Larned, of Som
ers, meets death in Chicago.
| II Bold burglars loot boarding
houses in the city securing large
booty.
IL Contest of the will of the late
Nancy Glover started in County Court
10 ST. Alphonse church at New
Munster destroyed by fire. Death OF
Peter Niesen,
IA Mysterious disappearance Of
John Gillett.
Is George Yule gives the Kenosha
Hospital Association S., $50 as nucleus
for new hospital fund.
| II Members Of First Ba ptist church
hang pictures of pioneers in audi
| toriuni.
18 Delian Society wins annual joint
debate among High School students,
Remains of unknown man supposed
to have been murdered found at Twin
| Lakes.
10 Death of Nels Busch. Marriage
of Josephine Jacoby and Peter
Heaton.
| u Death of Mary Ann Wallis.
% The Rev. C. Hansen resigns
the pastorate of the Danish Rhtherar
church. The Civic Federation holds
great mass meeting at Guild Hall
Thomas LAWYER, pioneer iceman, dies
Sat Twin Lakes.
q Congress appropriates 1000
for Kenosha harbor.
% Chicago officials place ban or
milk from Genoa Junction and sur.
rounding territory.
u Death of Chester c. Shepard al
Bristol.
% William Davis fires two shots al
bride of two days. Annual report OF
Water Commissioners show profit OF
more than 5000 for the city.
% Jacob Gerbovitz makes an at.
tempt to kill his wife and hen turns
revolver on himself. Kenosha Gale.
DOMAIN Society celebrates anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns. Church
census shows Catholics lead all de.
nominations IN the city.
81 Mary Ann Wirschem dies very
suddenly.
FEBRUARY
Feast of Publication is ce1e-
brated at Keniper Hall. Charles
Voight, Jr., dies as result of taking
strychnine through accident.
Train strikes auto at Prairie
avenue crossing and two men narrow
ly escape death. Kenosha capitalists
organize company to build kraut and
canning factory.
z Bishop W. w. Webb delivers a
stirring address before Mems Club of
ST. Matthew's church. Latin & Rand
Power company pays families of men
killed $500.
Remains of Felicia Cappello are
found frozen in the ice on the lake.
9 Bill for esta blishment of Munich
pal court in Kenoshag introduced at
Madison. It got no further.
II frederick w. Bell dies as resu1s
of injuries when assaulted by an IN.
known man.
II Many bogus checks circulated
in the city by Chicago swindlers.
Marriage of N. F. Schmitt and Miss
Ida Powell at Wheaton, I'll.