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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
SIMMONS AIDS COMRADES ,
Starts Fund to Send Band With Dele
cation to National. Encampment


That E. w. Ketcham, Indiana, past
department commander of that state,
and former attorney general will be
chosen commander of the Grand Army
of the Republic at its reunion in Salt
Lake City, is the prediction of Col.
A. G. Welssert, past commander.
The Wisconsin dividsion will be rep
resented by full brass band at Salt
Lake City. When the report that the
old soldiers had decided they could
not pay for band this year came to
the ears of y. G.. Simmons, of this city,
he and several iothers of Milwaukee
agreed to divide the expense and to
send the band as a gift.
Col. Weissert expects that he will
be unable to attend the Salt Lake
City convention. 1t will be the first
reunion he has missed for twenty-five
years. The Wisconsin delegates left
for the reunion Friday morning,
going from Milwaukee to Madison,
where they will be joined by other
state delegates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
SALEM

Some of the farmers have their
threshing done.
Arthur Bloss has a new automobile
Andy Foster went to Kenosha Sun
day to play ball.
Mrs. G. Pfeiler and daughter return
ed to Chicago Sunday.
A. W. Burdick has well drilled by
A. S. Higley.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mutter visited
Sunday with their daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Madden entertain
ed relatives from Kenosha last week.
Mrs. A. w. Burdick and Mrs. C.
Pfeller took trip to the lotus bed
at Grass Lake, nl., Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Foster visited
Sunday with their daughter Mrs. c.
Bronson
Mrs. j. Evans is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Schlax entertained
relatives last week.
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Mrs. Cnas. Lacey and daughter Mrs.
Mcintyre visited at the home Of VIM.
Perrigo last Wednesday.
Mrs. Andrew Hansen entertained
the Larkin Club last Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence CornweH of
Kenosha, spent Sunday at the home of
A. R. Cornwell.
Mr.. and Mrs Leslie Holbrook came
out from Kenosha in their new auto
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benson of Chicago,
spent part of last week at the home
of T. J. Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rowe and son
and Mrs Tom Rowe of Genoa Junction.
spent Sunday at the home of &. M.
Bishop.
Miss Edith Snyder is entertaining a
friend from New Mexico.
Mrs. Zietler and children of Milwau
kee, are visiting her sister Mrs. Beer
mink.
Miss Genevieve Shotliff spent the
first of the week in Silver Lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
Wisconsin Lake Shore Poultry
Association Completes Ar
engagements for Show
MANY PRIZES ARE OFFERED
Cash Prizes Win be Offered in All the
Glasses and in Addition to This
Silver Cups are Hung up
as Trophies

At the regular meeting Sunday of
the Wisconsin Lake Shore Poultry
Breeder S Association of Kenosha and
Racine, held at Eagle Hall, Rug. W.
Barth was elected president and C. j.
Huber, elected to fill the vacancy on
the Board of Directors, W. R. Cropley,
former president, resigning, being I'M
able to give the office proper care, and
j. G. Jenson, resigning on the Board
of Directors for the same reason
The report of the show committee
was accepted as outlined and reads,
viz: one large silver cup valued at
$50 to be given for the best display
in show room, all varieties competing,
but each variety must have competi
tion in every class to count as display
points. Display points counting as
follows: every first prize awarded an
exhibitor to count as II points, second
prizes 10 points, third prizes points,
and fourth prize points, every bird
entered but not winning a prize shall
count as / point. A large silk ribbon
will also be given with every special
prize won.
A display must consist of at least
ten birds in order to complete for dis
play prizes
Further cups will be offered on best
display zone variety, competition neees-
sary, in the American, Asiatic, Medi-
terranean and Engnsh classes
$4,000 IN gold will be awarded to
members only, five members competing
in every class, to be placed as follows:
$1,000 for best Pen American class;
$40 for best Pen Mediterranean class;
$1,000 for best Pen Asiatic class;
$1,000 for best English class and $1,000
for best French class, handsome en-
bellished special ribbon to accompany
each $1,000 gold special.
Handsome embellished special rib
bons will be given for. highest scoring
bird in show room, best display, best
pens, and best males and females in
every class.
The entry money will be divided up
as follows; for every four entries in
a class first prize ord to receive fifty
cents; second prize bird twenty five
cents; third and fourth, ribbons
Money to be doubled every fourth en-
try. Pens must have five entries,
first prize to receive $3.50; second
price $3.50 and third prize seventy
five cents, for each additional five en-
tries mcpey doubled.
The association will have boxing
matches between the different classes
of birds which should prove very en-
PERTAINING and many other special en-
tertainments Will be provided for. The
association will aim to have a display
of birds from every country in the
world on exhibition at the Kenosha
show, which SHOULD prove very inter
esting
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
PLAN FOR BIG SHOW|CALL new MINISTER
Rev. Nordgren of Duquesne, Pa,
To Succeed Rev. Johansson
at Swedish Church
ACCEPTS CALL TO KENOSHa

The trustees of st. Paul Swedish
Lutheran church have issued formal
call to the Rev. P E. Nordgren of
tDuquesne,, Pa, to become the pastor
of the church and his acceptance of
| the call was announced at the services
OF the church on Sunday. The Rev.
Mr.. Nordgren will succeed the Rev.
Alfred Johansson, who resigned the
pastorate of the church a week ago in
order to go to lnola to take up work
| II the mission fields of the church
whittier he had been called by the
leaders of the missionary societies of
the church, The new pastor will not
begin the regular work of the pastorate
until the first Sunday in November and
until that time the pulpit at the
church will be filed by ministers of
the North Chicago district. The new
pastor was in charge of several
churches in the neighborhood of
Duquesne and the members of these
churches objected to his being released
to come to Kenosha, but as the church
here offers him wider field of labor
they finally consented to withdraw
their objections and Mr., Nordgren will
come here with the best wishes of his
former parishioners.
The new minister is tbirty-eight
| years of age and he has been in the
ministry for a number of years. He
is a son of the Rev N. Nordgren of
Galva, ILL.,, one of the pioneer minis
| tiers of the denomination in this country
and while he is American born he
| speaks both the English and Swedish
language fuently He was graduated
from the Augusta College at Rock Is
land and ordained as a minister sew
eral years ago and since that time he
has been continually in PASTORAL work.
He comes strongly recommended by the
Rev. g. K. Starke, the founder and
first pastor of the Kenosha church.
| The Swedish church in Kenosha has
shown great growth iii the past few
! years and it Is now enc of the strong
est church organizations in the city.
1t has a membership of more than ITO.
The members of the church are plan
ming to give the new minister and his
wife great welcome to Kenosha and
his installation early in November
will be made one of the red letter
| days in the history of the church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
FORMER KENosHA MAN DEAD
James A. Swift Born and Raised in
Kenosha Dies in Chicago

James A. Swift son of ahe late
John Swift of this city, born and
raised here and resident of the city
until after he had reached his majority
died at the Jefferson Park Hospital in
Chicago, Saturday at the age of 40
years. Mr.. Swift had been employed
by the Chicago & Northwestern Rail
way Company for more than twenty
five years and was widely known
among railway men throughout this
section. For several years he had
been conductor in the yards of the
company in Chicago. A year ago he
was injured while at work and he
never fully recovered from his injuries.
He is survived by widow and four
children. John Swift employed by
the Northwestern road in Kenosha is
a brother of the deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
INSTALLING NEW SYSTEM
Northwestern Railway Co. Installs Tel
ephone System for Handling Trains

epnone system Tor Handling Trains
The Northwestern Railway Company
is installing telephone train dispatch
ing system that will include Kenosha
as well as every other north shore
town and city.
Telephone connections, long in use
at North Chicago, Lake Bluff, Lake
Forest, Highland Park and other places
are now being installed at Waukegan,
Zion City, Kenosha and every station
on the Northwestern from Chicago to
Fond du Lac.
The wires for the dispatching system
are already installed in the Waukegan
station and are being installed at Zion
City
The st. Paul road has system of
telephone dispatching in operation at
present, but the Northwestern system
is said to be better and simpler than
this one.
The system has not thus far affect
ed the local telegraph operating sys-
tenn or number of operators employed
and it is believed that in the case Of
Kenosha and large cities the two sys
TENS will be worked side by side.
New copper wires have been strung
along this division.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
Remains Of Fred Hartung Found
Floating 10. Baldwin Slip
Thursday Morning
MISSING ONLY A SHORT TIME
He is Supposed to Have Fallen into
the River While Temporarily
Deranged-Had Been Ill
for Several Months

The remains of Fred Hartung, a
well known resident of the city were
found floating in the waters of the
Kenosha harbor just before seven
8 clock Thursday and it is sup
posed that Hartung was drowned either
Tuesday or Wednesday. The body
was found by Herman Haag and Henry
Dumpke, two men employed at the
Simmons Manufacturing Company as
they were on their way to work. 1t
was floating only short distance
from the docks and Coroner Andre was
at once called and he ordered the body
removed to the Miller & Cosgrove
morgue where an inquest was held this
afternoon.
The death Of Hartung is shrouded in
mystery. No one has been found who
saw the dead man in the neighborhood
where his body was found during the
past few days and his relatives thought
that he had left town. The finding
of the body came as a great shock
to them.
Hartung had been i'll for many
months and his relatives feared that
he was suffering from some mental
trouble. He formerly lived at the
Park Street Hotel, but six weeks ago
at the advice Of his relatives he went
to the Pennoyer> Sanitarium for treat
ment for nervous trouble. He seemed
to be greatly improved after leaving
the sanitarium and his relatives had
been hopeful that he would recover
his health. His brother Warner Har-
tung saw him on Tuesday afternoon
and at that time he seemed to be
greatly depressed and he told his
brother that he thought that change
Of scene would improve his condition
and that for that reason he had deci ded
to go to some other town. This was the
last time his brother saw nm, but he
thought nothing OF his absence as he
supposed that he had carried out his
plan and had gone to some other city
for a visit Of a. few days or a week
Hartung was a familiar figure about
the streets of Kenosha He was a
son of the late William Hartung one
of the wealthy pioneers Of the county
and was born in Kenosha some fifty
one years ago. He had spent his
entire life in Kenosha and as n.s
father had lett him independent at his
death he had not identified himself
with any special line Of labor. He was
a reserved man and had few intimate
friends and for this reason his absence
was not noticed earlier. The appear
ance of the body seems to indicate that
it had been in the water but a short
time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
First publication August Il, 1909.


CTATE OF WISCoNSIN-County Court for
- kenosha Cornty-In probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court to be held in ard for said
County, at the Court House in the city of Keno
sha, in said county, on the first uesday. be-
ing the 18th day of September A. d 1909, at 10
O'Clock A. M the following matters vii b.
heard and considered
In the matter of the estate of John Humn1e1,
deceased
The application of Barbara Hummel for
the appoiu tmeut of an administrator of the
estate of John Hummel, late of the city of Ke-
nosha< in said county deceased.
In the matter of the estate of Caroline ].
Wallis, deceased.
The application of George Wallis for the ap-
pointment of an administrator of the estat. of
Caroline ]. Wallis, late of the city of Kenosl1a
in said county deceased.
In the matter of the estate Henry L. Adams,
deceased.
The application of Horace r. adams for the
examination and allowance of his final account
as administrator of the estate of Henry L.
Adams, late of the town of Bristol in said
county, deceased, and for the assignment and
distribution of the residue of the estate of said
deceased.
In the matter of the will of Eta Agatha
Trede, deceased
The application of Gustav Baun1ann for the
examination and allowance of his final account
as executor of the vii, of Eta Agatha Trede
late OF the town of Randall, in said county,
deceased, and for the assignment and distribu-
ton OF the residue of the estate of said de
ceased.
s~ Py the court.
RUSSELL. TT. SLossoS,
WlS County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
PARIS

N. j. Fonk of Kenosha, spent Sunday
at his home in Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Benstine were
Milwaukee visitors last week.
Hogan Hansen spent Sunday with
Chas. Sumpter and family.
Mrs. DIANA Bulls returned home
Sunday after spending two weeks with
relatives in Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Crane and family
spent Sunday evening at Lewis Will
hams.
Mrs Matt Fonk is spending the
week with her daughter Mrs, Lawrence
Molitor of Brighton.
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4 OUR
4 COUNTRY "
|: CORRESPONDENCE.
SOMERS

On Tuesday evening, Aug. "a,
lawn social will be given at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Bullamore
for the benefit Of the Methodist
church. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend.
Rev. Brody of Gibson City, ILL.,, oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. Rev. Brody
was formerly pastor of the Presby-
terian church in Somers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henning and
daughter of Racine, visited at the
home of Mrs. Leet over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. e. Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Rasmussen and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. A. Stetson in Kenosha.
Master Charley Barrows is visiting
with his aunt in Zion CITY, ILL.,
Rev. and Mrs. Brody of Gibson, City,
Ill, are visiting among friends in
Somers, as46&H
Messrs. Fred and George Leet ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Henning and daughter of Racine,
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Ozanne
made a trip to Zion City, ILL.,, and
Winthrop Harbor, ILL.,, Sunday morn
ing
Mr.. and Mrs Elmer Barrows and
children of Union Grove, visited with
Mr.. and Mrs j. j. Barrows and family
over Sunday.
Misses Arville and Della Bishop
have returned to their home in Chicago
after visit at the home of their
grand parents Senator and Mrs l. 7.
Bishop,
Miss Ella Gitzlaf underwent seri-
GUS operation for appendicitis at the
Kenosha Hospital last week.
Albert Jensen of Kenosha, spent
Thursday and Friday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris, Rasmussen.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. E. Thompson and
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Rasmussen accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Stetson
of Kenosha, spent Sunday afternoon
in Zion City, i'll
Mr.. and Mrs. James HI. Bullamore
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. E. G.
Ozanne spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. e. E. Pearson at winthrop Har-
Dor, III.
Misses Eva and Lillian Hanson of
Racine spent the past week with Mrs.
Chris. Rasmussen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank linstroit of
Berryville, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Barrows.
Mrs. c. w. Bush and children of
Franksville, are visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bishop
Mrs, Thomas Gascoigne, Mrs. Mary
Gascoigne and Mrs. Annie Gascoigne
and little daughter spent Sunday with
friends in Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurer entertained
friends from Chicago during the past
week.
Mrs Andrew Oleson of sylvania,
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Gascoigne Saturday.
Miss Minnie L. Gibbon spent Sun
day in Milwaukee.
F. w. Hiddle is laid up for few
days with a rheumatic attack.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
OVERCOME BY THE HEAT
RolIa Wade Falls From His Wheel
When Overcome by the Heat

Rolla Wade, a well known carpenter,
residing on Fairfield avenue, was over
come by the heat near the corner of
Milwaukee avenue and Division street
just after four o'clock Friday after
noon. Wade had been working on the
south side and had started to ride to
his home on bicycle when he was
suddenly stricken as a result of the
intense heat. He was picked up and
taken to the hospital after he recover.
ed sufficiently to go to his home.
While his condition is not regarded as
serious it will probably be several
days before he is able to resume reg
ular work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
FILES VOLUNTARY PETITION
J. NJ. Cleary, Former Kenosha Grocer
Files Petition in Bankruptcy

James M. Cleary, formerly Of this
city and formerly junior member of
the well known Main street grocery firm
of Sullivan & Cleary, has fled a yolun-
tary petition in bankruptcy in the
United States Court for the northern
district of Illinois. The first meeting
of the creditors will be held in that
court on Tuesday. Several of the
claims against the estate of the bank
rupt are filed by Kenosha business
men.
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BRISTOL,

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Reinold of Ke-
nosha, spent Sunday at the home of
G. H. Whitcher.
Miss Hazel Pike visited Helen Jud-
son Of Evanston last week.
The Missionary Society met on Tues
day afternoon with Miss Anna Hart
wig.
Miss Bessie Benson returned to her
home at Platteviua Lass Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
John Lang, Well Known 10 Brigh-
ton, Arrested at Medford on
Charge Of EmbszzIement
MAX LUDWIG COMPLAINANT

kilograms received by the police de-
partment from Medford announce that
John Lang, formerly a we'll known
man of the town Of Brighton in this
county, is in Jail in that city charged
with embezzlement. Lang was arrest
ed OH warrant sworn out in the MI
icipal Court here on the first day of
July and Assistant Chief Of Police
Newhouse left for Medford this morn
ing to bring Lang back to Kenosha for
trial Lang was formerly employed
by Max Ludwig, one Of the best known
men of brighton, as butter. maker
and it is claimed that the two men
had a contract that Lang was to re-
ceive half Of the money secured for
the butter made by him. On the
date mentioned IN the warrant Lang
is alleged to have brought butter to
Kenosha and sold it and the amount
claimed to belong to Ludwig is
poo. He is charged with the embez-
Element of this amount.
The warrant was issued on July /
and since that time the police of the
city have been trailing Lang through
different cities in the state. The
Friends Of Lang refuse to believe that
he is knowingly guilty of embezzlement
and they insist that there must be
some mistake in the matter. Lang is
expected to arrive in Kenosha this
evening and he will probably have a
hearing in the Municipal Court tomor-
row. Lang is forty years of age and
has a wife and several children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

The eigth annual basket picnic of
the Racine and Kenosha Counties Vet
Grams Association will be held on Labor
Day, Sept. 8 in Kruegers Grove which
is situated on the M. R. & X. road.
midway between Racine and Kenosha
The officers of the association are ar
ranging for the program which will be
announced later. ALOHA
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

The Liberty Cemetery Helpers Will
meet with Mrs. Newcomb Crowley
Tuesday P. M, Aug. II, 1909. All are
cordially invited to attend. Maudc
IS. Robbins, secy.
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SOUTH BRISTOL

The Epworth League of Wesley
Chapel will give an entertainment, Sat
urday evening, Aug. ID. There will
be dramatization of Hiawatha, en-
livened by the ever popular Indian
songs. Ice cream and cake Will be
served. Admission Is cents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12

Edmund G. Harder Of Milwaukee.
who graduated from the University Of
Wisconsin in 1905, is co-author with
E. F. Burchard and Sidney Paige, on
a chapter on iron and manganese in
new government publication Of the
Geological Survey on economic geology.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
Leo Bloom and Paul Lisowski,

Leo Bloom and Paul Lisowski, two
boys OF tender age, were arrested by
Chief of Police O'Hare Monday on a
charge of stealing tickets from the
ticket wagon of the Gollmar shows.
On account of the tender age of the
two defendants Judge Randall has been
asked to suspend sentence on them
and he will take this course
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-12
List OF Personal Property Assess
ments for Year Shows an In
crease Over Former Year
FACTORIES SHOW INCREASE
Assessments Returned Show That the
Business of the Manufacturing
Interests is Picking UP
Rapidly After Panic

The Board of Assessment of the city
closed up it's books on Saturday night
and within a few days City Clerk
Harrington will begin the arduous labor
of adding up the tax roll and getting
it in readiness for the making of the
annual assessment of taxes, The com
pleted tax roll is a matter Of encour
agement to the assessors as it will
show large increase over the former
year. This increase in rough figures
is placed at a million dollars, but it
is believed that it will slightly over
run this amount. There has been big
increase in real estate assessments on
account of the large number of build
ings erected in the city during the year
just closed and in addition to this the
personal property assessments show de-
cided changes. Several of the fac
tories have voluntarily made notable
increases in their assessment and it is
rather remarkable that the Board of
Review has not been forced to call a
single one of the factory managers to
appear before it on account of the
figures given for personal property.
The increase in personal property is
an indication that the Kenosha indus
tries have entirely recovered from the
recent panic and all of them are
shown to have large stocks of finished
products as we'll as raw material on
hand.
Nearly all of the personal assess
ments as returned by the manufacture
ers and by otner large payers of per-
sonal tax were passed by the Board
without change IT is interesting to
note that there has not been single
reduction in any of the larger assess
ments for personal property this year,
but in nearly all cases of factory as
sessments there is an increase.
While it is not possible that even
with the increased assessment that the
city viii be able to get along with a
one per cent tax it is certain that the
increase will aid materially in keeping
down the assessment to the lowest pos
sible figure. The finance committee
has already begun to discuss the levy
for the coming year and its report will
be sent to the Council at the first
Monday in December. A list of the
larger personal assessments as com
pared with the assessments for last
year follows:
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NOTICE

The Hosmer Cemetery Helpers So
ciety will hold an adjourned meeting at
the home of Mrs. NJ. J. Bryant, Bris
toll, Saturday afternoon, Aug. IA, at
$3.50.
Mrs. E. L. stonebreaker. Socy.