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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
GASOLINE STOVE EApLoDEs
Mrs. E. T. Button Badly Burned by
Explosion of CooNlng Stove

Mrs. R. t. Button of Silver Lake,
went to light her gasoline cook stove
Friday When she attempted to apply
the match the whole room seemed to
burst into flames. Either the stove
had sprung a leak or the valve had got
turned on for the gasoline had gather
ed in the back of the stove and had
run onto the floor With heroic pluck
Mrs. Bufton grasped the stove and
started to pull it out doors. Her hand
puhned, but with the vision of burn
ing house before her she hung on. The
stove got caught in the doorway, but
luckily neighbor came to her assist
anee and between the two they got
the stove out of doors and the danes
subdued A severly burned hand and
seorched WOODWORK was the. sum total
of the damage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

When the use Of the election ma
chimes becomes general there will be
none Of the weary sitting around for
the returns election night. The total
vote of the city was in this Office,
tabulated and footed within half an
hour after the polls closed, but the
returns from the county which voted
by ballots took the usual time getting
in and some of the towns could not
report until very late,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
OCTOBEE WEATHER
Month Just Closed Set Record For
dry Spells, in This Section

LILY 0pC4A0 LII 1l4O EJCCGLOA
October was undoubtedly the most
delightful fall month that people in
this city have experienced for years
At no time was the temperature at
soaring heights nor was it at any time
SO cold as to be uncomfortable. A
mean temperature Of 51.2 degrees was
the result of the variations during the
month. Only on one or two occasions
did the thermometer reach the freezing
mark. On the 31st it was down to 26
degrees, the coolest during the month
On the 18th the thermometer was as
high as eighty, AAis was the warmest
, day Of the month.
The mean minimum for the month
was 1925. The mean maximum was
sixty. The daily temperature was very
uniform and only on a few occasions
did TIE thermometer register a change
Of more than eight points in one day.
The total precipitation for the month
amounted to 1.3 inches. The greatest
in twenty-four hours was .S5 Of an inch
and that on the Oath, One hundredth
Of an inch or more Of precipitation was
recorded on seven days during the
; month.
There were sixteen clear days, elev
en- cloudy and four partly cloudy.
Not serious frost has taken place
during the latter part Of the month.
Only one killing frost was registered
and that on the second f.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
TO STUDY FARMING
Kenosha Students Entering Agri-
cultural College of the State
University
MANY CHANGES ARRANGED

A representative delegation of farm
boys from this county will attend the
short course in agriculture at the Col
lege of Agriculture, University OF Wis
consin, which opens December 5. Those
who will return for a second winters
study are:
r. G. Bullamore-Kenosha.
Fred Priee-Kenosha.
Arthur Price-Bristol.
VIM. Jno. Robers-Burlington.
The following have registered for
the first years work:
John A. Christensen = Pleasant
Prairie
The facilities for instruction at the
college will be increased this winter
by the $4,000 live stock pavilion now
being constructed. The prospects for
the year are especially bright and the
enrolment for the long and middle
courses has increased over go per cent.
During the past years this county has
sent Is boys to take work in the short
course, and it is hoped that a, large
delegation will go this winter.
The training given in this fourteen
weeks course is intensely practical,
adapted to being put into immediate
use upon the Students return to the
farm. No time is wasted on abstract
subjects, but helpful lectures and ex-
ercises in stock judging, feeding, dairy
ing, crop production, soil management,
agricultural engineering, veterinary
science, and horticulture, ETC., are Civ
en-. Other young men desiring to take
this course should make early appliea-
ton to Professor D. H. Otis, superin-
tendent of short couse, Madison, Wis,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Some of the candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket-those that supplied the
sinews of War-must be wondering this
morning if little Of that confidence
in the final result that has been so
marked in the Democratic camp for the
last month, was not assumed for their
benefit, but it appears to have been
genuine enough. There was a whole
lot of work done for the county ticket
especially for Schilz Greenwald and
Tully and it is rather surprising that
it did not show more in the returns.
The net result of all the campaigning,
plots, combinations, and trading done
in favor Of these men and their com
rades on the ticket was mighty small
for the effort it required.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Right up to the time returns began
to come in the leaders Of the Democ-
racy maintained that they would car
ry their county ticket and the best
joke Of the whole election is that a
good many other people who should
have known better thought 50, too.
Still, little uncertainty does no harm.
It all helps to get out the vote.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
TAKE DEPUTY SHERIFF
Police Take Frank Molinaro Into Gus
today While He is Working at Polls

L O14CC AchO I 1 d1lk LAO1Ind1O 1IlGO JUS
today While He is Working at Polls
At the orders of Mayor M. J. scho-
ley, Frank Molinaro, an Italian Deputy
Sheriff was taken into custody by po-
lice officer John Zievers on Tuesday.
Molinaro was working as a Republican
worker at the polls and the action of
the mayor occasioned considerable com.
ment Molinaro was not arrested, but
WIS taken to the police office where
he was promptly released at the orders
of the district attorney and he returned
to his work at the polls later in the
day. It is declared that there was no
occasion for the arrest Of the man
more than that he was working pretty
hard 70 get out the vote. NO charges
were put against him and the case is
closed today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
DEATH or MRS. LUNDsKow
Died at the Kenosha Hospital After
Illness From Typhoid Fever

Mrs. ResTnina Lundskow,. wife Of
Peter Lundskow and woman well
known in the city, died at the Kenosha
Hospital on Monday afternoon. after a
two weeks illness from typhoid pneu-
monia. The deceased was thirty-six
years of age and native Of Denmark.
She had resided in Kenosha for the
past twenty years. She is survived by
her husband, and a large family Of
children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
OTATE OF CONSIN-COUNTY COURT
y For Kenosha County-In Probate.

CTATE OF CONSIN-COUNTY COURT
~ For Kenosha County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby gwen that at a general term
Of the County Court to be held in ard for said
County, at he Court House in the City OF Keno
sha, in said County, on the first Tuesday, being
the First day of December, a. D 1908, at 10
O'CLOCK M, the following matters will be
heard and considered:
In tie matter of the last will of John l..
Stevens, deceased.
The application of Mrs. Belle Stevens Leach
ct al, for the examination and allowance of
their final account as executors of the will Of
John K. Stevens. late of the city of Keneeha III
said county. deceased, ard for the assignment
and distribution of the residue of the estate Of
said deceased.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph W. Gas
coigne, deceased
The appl IS tloA q Annie Gascoigne for the
ap1oiftr7< t OF ~ "a nsiai-t'3 cor of the estate
q i,eepn ". Ca, coigte Iste of the town of
5orners in said County, dfcea>.d.
In the matter of the estate q anie1 Marsh,
deceased
The application of Edith B Faulkner for the
appointment of an administrator of the estate
of Daniel Marsh late of the town of Salem in
said County, deceased.
By the Court
RUSSELL II. s5LOSSON,
wS0 Ccunty Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
GRASS FIRE LIGHTS SKY

Big Blaze in Grass Along Barnes Greek
Excites People on Tuesday Night
People of Kenosha had some excite
ment between six clock and midnight
last night on account Of a. great grass
fire on the prairies along Barnes Creek
south Of the city. It is not known
how the fire was started, but it burned
over a large territory and kept the sky
red for several hours The fire did not
do any great damage, but a number
Of fences in the path Of the fire were
burned to the ground and a number of
piles Of wild hay were burned. Many
people believed that some building
south Of the city were burning and
several automobile parties went out to
the fire early in the evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
FRANCIS LARRABEE DEAD
Well known Former Resident of the
County Dies at Salem Wednesday

SOul4Gy LIES DIT oct1Glll w GStI4GSudy IS.
Francis Larrabee Of Eddyville, New
York, former resident Of Keno
sha. county died at the home of Mrs.
Emily HOLSTER in the village of Salem
at an early hour Wednesday. Mr.
Larrabee was 80 years of age. He had
come to Kenosha county for visit
ten weeks ago and since his arrival in
the county he had been failing rapidly
His death was not unexpected. The
deceased lived in this county for sew
eral years and was widely known
among the residents Of the western
part Of the county He is survived by
"a widow and two brothers. The re
mains will be sent to the late residence
Of the deceased in New York on Fri
day and interment will take place
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
Boy BADLY INJURED
Little Son of Frank Magill Falls Under
ana is Badly Hurt Monday

The six-year old son Of Frank Magill
Of Pearl street, met with very serious
injury late Monday afternoon when he
was run over by wagon in front Of
the Magill home. The little boy had
caught hold Of the wagon when he
was thrown ard the wheels went over
him in such way that his right arm
and right leg were broken. The in
iured boy was taken to his home and
Or. r. Ripley called to attend him
he will be Ia-. up fol some time as
a result Of the accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

NIRCUITs COURT-KENOSHA COUNTY.
" Lena Sa1esi, Plaintiff, VS. William Salesi,
Defendant.
The State of WisGopsin:-To the Said Defen-
dart: You are hereby summoned to appear
within twenty days sfter service of this sum
nous, exclusive of tile day OF service, and de-
fend the above entitled action in the atore-
said; and in case of your failure so to do judg-
ment will be rendered against you according TO
the demand of the complaint; of which a copy
is herewith served upon you.
MIG. O,DONNELL
wa Plaintiffs Attorney
P. O. Address Kenosta, Kenosha County. Wis
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

What the politicians mistool1 for
apathy was only settled conviction.
The people knew that they we're going
to rule and they evidently knew how
they were going to vote weeks ago,
and when the time came they swarmed
to the polls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

OTATEo OF sCoNSIN-CoUNTY COURT
y For Kenosha Connty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at Special term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the Court House in the City IF Keno
sha, in said County, on the second Tuesday,
being the 8th day of December A D. 1908. at 10
o'clock A. NJ, the following matters will be
heard and considered.
In the matter of the estate of Joseph A1thoff,
deceased.
The application of Agnes A1thoff for the ex,
animation and allowance of her final account
as administrators of the estate of Joseph AL
thoff. late of the town of Wheat1and III sid
county, deceased, and for the assignment and
distribution of the residue of the estate of said
deceased
By the Court.
RUSSELL 81. SLOSSON,
w30 County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Did you notice how that man John
son ran up in Minnesota? He will be
the logical candidate of Democracy
four years from now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

When Debs said that four years ON
now there would be no Democ, acic
party, only Socialists and Republicans,
he must have been thinking Of the
second precinct Of Pleasant Prairie.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

And it really showed today. The
first snow fall Of the season came Just
before noon today and there was just
enough Of it to make the Democrats
think that the weather man was at
tempting to rub It in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
A GREAT TIME.

Second annual ball given by the
Brotherhood Of Railway Clerks at Ger
mania Hall, Tuesday, Nov. II. It viii
be one of the greatest events Of the
dancing season in Kenosha. We guar.
antee a good time Music by Smith
and Douia 5. orchestra Admission SOC
couple. Extra ladies free. mic
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
NOTICE TO KENOsHA

housewives. Do you know where
can get man to do some work.
Yesl Call up Bynum Mcdowell Per
kins Bros. He is the best in town. *n5
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Mr. Bryan begins work on his new
book, "The Third Battle" this morn
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Shall the people rule?' Yea,
verify.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05
POTATOES

Another car Of white famous pota-
toes on track. 75c per bushel for cash
Lay in your winter supply. See Fred
T. Joerndt, $50 Milwaukee Ave. M
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100000
LEGAL NOTICES

~~~Go~~~~Oo-~-o~~~~Oo4~
OTATE OF wIsCo7IsIN-CoU COURT
- for Kenosha County-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, AT the Court House in the City of Keno
sha, IN said County, on the first Tuesday, being
the ist day of December A. D. 1908, al 10 O'Clock
a. M, the following matters will be heard and
considered:
In the matter of the estate of Newell G. Parks,
deceased
The application of Arthur W. Parks for the
appointment of an administrator of the estate
of Newell G. Parks. late of the town of Salem
in said county. deceased.
Ir the matter Of the last will and testament of
William V. Cet1, deceased.
The application of William Y. Gull and b.
raham L. Gull to admit to probate the last will
and testament of William V. Gull late of the
town Of Brighton in said county, deceased.
BY the Ccurf,
RUSSELL a, SLOSSON,
WY County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

That will be about all for Mr.. Bryan
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Incidentally there.is something else
to be thankful for now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Kenosha county resented the claim
that it was among the doubtful coun-
ssies Sn great shape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

Mrs. Warren French is visiting her
brother in Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-11-05

DEE-LIGHTED!
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-17

a .s.4 4 4 +
''Tell you what think I'd better
do" said he. "The nearest settlement
Is some eighty miles away. and l can
get there and back in twenty days.
Suppose make the trip, get team
for our wagon and come back for
your
The idea of being left alone and
well nigh helpless struck dismay to
my heart. but there was no help for 1t,
and | assented. Dave put matters
into shipshape. piled wood in our dug
out, cooked quantity of food and put
1t where l could reach 1t without ris-
ing and fetched several days supply
Of water Mother, ever mindful OF
my education. had put some school
books in the wagon. and Dave placed
these beside the food and water. When
Phillips finally set out. driving the sur
viving OK before him. he left behind
very lonely and homesick boy.
During the first day of my confine.
ment l felt too desolate to eat, much
less to read. But as I grew accustom'
ed to solitude | derived real pleasure
from the companionship of books
Perhaps in all my life l never extract
ed so much benefit from study as dur
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-17

MS JeGL"
sible for dispatches and messages writ
ten on tissue paper so as to avoid all
unnecessary weight to be carried that
distance on the backs Of swift ponies
In from eight to ten days. The route
chosen is now traversed by the Union
Pacific railroad, In those days an al.
most trackless wilderness. swarming
with Indians and highwaymen.
On the Sd Of April, 1859. two riders
started, one from st. Joe, Mo-, and one
from Sacramento, Cal. At the start
the dispatch bags would be thrown
over a pony's saddle. The rider would
mount and ride at top speed to the
first relay station. There fresh pony
would be waiting, on whose back the
dispatch bags would be hastily thrown,
then OF again, and 50 on till the ere
lief rider would snatch the bags and
dash OF with them for the next lap Of
the long race. The relays averaged
fifteen miles apart Forty-fve to 105
miles semiweekly each way at full
speed over rough country was riders
daily stunt. Riders started at forty
ave mile trips and 40 they became
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-17
BY BUFEAAIO BIN
COPYRIGHT. 1908, ,.Y nnLL1Ar1r.coDr

- WAS fourteen when became a
pony express rider. ! had one
or two adventures in that pur-
suit which may prove interesting
to read. They were certainly inter-
esting enough to me at the time. The
Job was worth $125 a month and
meant ceaseless danger.
The Importance of the pony express
has to a certain extent been lost sight
of. but 1T might be well to impress on
the reader the fact of it's value at that
time in connection with the great trou-
BILE occurring shortly after its incep-
ton between the sections of our coun-
try-the civil war of 1861. The diff
culties of communicating with the
newly acquired empire on the Pacif,
through the route via Panama or th,
passage around Cape Horn woult
have left effective information stale
fat and improbable on account Of th'
time, and the fact that the southwes
section was not open for communica
ton to the Union authorities at Wash
ington emphasized its necessity.
The pony express, by giving the gov
ernment facilities for quick communi
cation-quick for those days-was en-
abled to keep in touch with every
movement and counteracted in an eff
fective manner what might have re
suited in a separation from us of oul
grand Pacific possessions.
Its service had been repeatedly sug
gested to congress, but after severa
years of agitation it failed Of govern
ment assistance through the then dis
united aims Of many congressional
leaders. and eventually It was under
taken by Messrs. Russell. Majors, Wad
dell & Co. at their own risk and re
sponsibility. public spirited. patri
otic action for which they never re
ceived proper financial recognition.
This was the great government
freighting firm under whom hat
served as courier between it's over
land wagon trains. Its object was tt
cover the vast telegraphic gap be
tween New York and San Francisco
which began at st. Joe. Mo-. and ended
at Sacramento. CAL. with greater
speed. a distance Of more than 2,0O(
miles through country totally unin
habited. bar savage indians. At tha
time 1t took months for congressmer
and government officials to reach tht
Golden Gate or to arrive at Washing
ton. and it took from twenty-five tt
twenty-five days to send message
from New York to San Francisco
across the continent. 1t had taker
stagecoaches three weeks or more t.
60 from the Missouri! river to Sacra
mento. By means Of relay stations, 20t
in number. employing 600 hardy po
MES and from eighty to hundred e1
pert riders. my employers made it pos
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-17

The reader can imagine that 1t was
lonely. 1t demanded endurance above
the ordinary to defy the summers
heat and winters snowstorms and
billiards.. skill in crossing temporary
bridges and dangerous streams with
shifting fords and treacherous quick
sands. which had to be often got over
at night. sometimes swollen torrents.
and horses and riders had to swim.
momentarily liable to ambush by the
ever alert savages, then the monarchs
Of the prairies. The reader will under.
stand that the Indian was master Of
all the country outside the rife range
Of a station or fort. This gave to the
very atmosphere a sense of continual
peril, making possible death so hor-
rible that its possibility was as trying
to the imagination as capture made its
decree certainty. with all the horrors
of torture.
That many riders met this fateful
end is history. while other escapes
were simply miraculous. Those who
came out alive on the arrival at sta
ton often found that one of the riders
had fallen a victim to the savage foe
and had to take up his burden. and in
such cases he had to pound the saddle
over the stiff country for another hun
dred miles. The fact that the dead
body was often somewhere along the
trail. of course. did not add pleasant
| thoughts to the journey. Nothing but
quick perception and rapidity of action
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-12-17

1Onen urea.
and seemingly intuitive knowledge
when danger threatened and the angel
Of good luck assisted me to escape
many a close call. Several times I
had bullets through my buckskins.
twice through my saddle. and on one
occasion my sturdy mount received
bad flesh wound. On two occasions
my good craftsmanship saved me at
the expense of the roster Of the Sioux
braves by sending two at different
times to their happy hunting grounds.
On several occasions / had to resume
the route of slaughtered couriers. nota-
bly, on one occasion which stands as
possibly a record in the story Of this
dangerous duty.
While riding between the Red
Buttes of the Platte and the Three
Crossings of the Sweetwater l had
what was considered a most difficult
and lonely route. On reaching Three
Crossings I found the rider Of the
next division had been killed the night
before. which necessitated my cover
rider who should have been on hand
had not turned up, having been killed,
as was afterward ascertained. so l
was compelled to ride the two routes
without stop, except for meals and
change of horses. successfully making
sleep, only stopping to change horses
and snatch a hasty meal. This ride
created sensation, so | will quote
from an authority best able to place
it on record as a historical fact-name-
ly. Alexander Majors himself in his
book of Seventy Years on the From
tier"
Among the most noted and daring
riders Of the pony express was Hon.
William F. Cody, better known as
Buffalo BILL whose reputation is now
established the world over. While en-
gagged in the express service his route
lay between Red Buttes and Three
Crossings. 1t was most dangerous,
long and lonely trail. including peril
Gus crossings Of swollen and turbulent
streams. An average Of fifteen miles
an hour had to be made, including
change Of horses, detours for safety
and time for meals Once upon reach
ing Three Crossings he found that the
rider on the next division had been
killed during the night before, and he
was called on to make the extra trip
until another rider could be procured.
This was request the compliance
with which would involve the most
taxing labors and an endurance few
persons are capable Of. Nevertheless
young Cody was promptly on hand for
the additional journey and reached
Rocky Ridge, the limit Of the second
route, on time. This round trip Of
821 miles was made without a stop,
except for meals and to change horses,
and every station on the route was
entered on time. This is one Of the
longest and best ridden pony express
journeys ever made, the entire dis
tance. 321 miles, being covered In 21
hours and 80 minutes"