Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-04-30

I s31fS N'SA'AlSs NAt5 -
Mrs L. G. Wheeler, vice e-president Of
the Federation of Women Clubs in this
district, gave the Inter Sc Club talk
at their last meeting, on The Benefits
Of the Federation" !"
The ladies of the Congregational
church are to collect car load of pa
per for the Appleton Paper Mills. Any
one wishing to donate their old papers
for this work win please notify Mrs.J.
o. Myers who is chairman of the com
mittee and some one will call for them
at your home
program of speakers, all of whom
are known at the Rescue Mission as
former down and cutters, will speak
at the Y M. c. A. in Milwaukee next
SUNDAY afternoon as one of the chief
features for the campaign for s75, 900
for the new Rescue Mission. Let the
good work go on.
Judge Turner last Tuesday afternoon
signed an alternative writ of mandam-
ms ordering the county board to pay
the heirs of Gustav Meiners the price
awarded them by jury for their land
in the Meuomonee Valley which was
needed for the erection of the Grand
Avenue viaduet. The jury awarded
them $1,000.
EE-Congressman Joseph W. Babcock
of the Third District of this state. died
at Washington, D. c., last Tuesday.
Hewas Congressman from this state
| for fourteen wears and was chairman
of the National Congressional commit
tee for sometime. The deceased has
been in poor health for the past few
months
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the L. 0. G. Il. lodge
last Monday evening: c. T., Miss Isa-
bel Skinner; V. T., Mrs. Propp; Sec, c.
Z. Benoy; L. Sec, Cecilia Kaad; Treas,
Mrs Benoy; Mar, l.. Propp; Pia., II.
Rose; Press Rep, Lydia Cain. The Off
GERS will be installed next Monday
evening.
Advertising is no good" said the
man in old clothes ut never helped
me none" The millionaire merchant
smiled, That is because you tried it.
John, as the Indian tried the feather
bed A Indian took feather, placed
it on plank and slept on it all night.
Ia the morning Ire egrowied: .'paIeface
say feathers heap soft. Paleface heap
fool, ugh"
Miss Cornelia Wheeler, daughter OF
John Wheeler, for many years resi-
dent of Wauwatosa, was united in mar
riage, at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
Mary Mcllvain, Oak Park. H., to Ber-
tram c. Iiopeman, u promising young
manufacturer of Rochester, n Y. Miss
/ Wheeler has many friends in this city
who will join in wishing her and her
husband a long and happy welded life
James II Waldie, formerly of this
city and now of Whitewater Wis, was
one of a party of five drygoods mer-
chants who were struck by Chicago
e Northwestern train last Monday
evening at Barnard's crossing about
| twenty miles west of Chicago. The
party were on their way in an automo-
bile from Chicago to Sycamore, H.. to
attend a buying convention. Mr.. Wal
Dire was cat back Of the head and his
| legs were bruised, but no doubt lie will
recover
| The Wisconsin Baptist state conven.
/ ton board is now in session in MIlwau-
! llee. On Tuesday afternoon the first
! of series of meetings was held at the
y. M. c. A building, followed by one
in the evening at the South Baptist
/ church. The chief subject to come un-
/ der consideration on Wednesdays meet
/ ing in the Y. NJ. c. was the appropria-
/ ton of Si77 900 for building purposes.
The fund is part of the bequest of the
Roundy estate. 1t was agreed that
Rev. d. w. Hulburt of this ..ity, who
has been previously known as the
general missionary" viii hereafter
have the title superintendent"
Most men who own a watch think
they know all about it, They have the
number fixed in their memory in case
it is stolen. They could probably pick .
it out from so other watches with their
eyes shut. But how many men know
that their watch is a compass ana will .
tell north from south as accurately as
it will tell the time Of day? Stanley, /
the explorer, did not know it until he /
had groped his way through the darl, .
continent and met Belgium sailor Oh .
the coast. Every watch is a compass .
II you point the hour hand to the sun,
the south is exactly half way between
the hour and the figure XII 10 the dial /