The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

day afternoon IN Chicago.
F. E. Adams of Milwaukee, visited
Kenosha friends Thursday.
C. W. Douglas of Fond du Lac, was
in Kenosha Thursday evening.
William Meredith is in Columbus, O.,
attending the funeral of an aunt.
Miss Marie Ole of Racine, is spend
ing few days with friends IN Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H, Hanche of
Berryville, are rejoicing over the birth
of son.
Attorney George f. Thompson of Mil
waukee, spent Thursday afternoon in
Kenosha.
Mrs. Albert F. Frantz and son have
returned home after a visit with
friends and relatives in Milwaukee.
Miss Mary Langan has been named
as assistant to the city treasurer to
aid in the annual work of collecting
the taxes
The Y. NJ. G. A. is planning to give
a Christmas dinner for the entertain
ment OF the men in the city who are
away from home.
Ralph Curtis, Ralph Cooper, Alvin
Hansen and Charles Jackson are home
from Lake Forest University to spend
the Christmas holidays.
Miss Perdita Dewey is home from
Northwestern University to spend tine
Christmas vacation with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Dewey
The police of the city are still COZ
Letting dog taxes and several of the
dogs of the city will receive license
tags as Christmas presents.
The Hyde comedians played to a good
house at the Rhode Opera House Thurs
day evening, but the attendance has
been hard hit by the Christmas buy
ing.
1t has been rumored that the Balm
Wagon Company was planning to take
up the manufacture Of automobiles, but
the rumor is denied by the officials of
the company.
The North Shore Electric Company
is planning to invade Zion City with
electric lights and it is said that the
company is planning to extend its lines
to Kenosha later on.
Assistant City Health Officer Chas
Steinbach is finding plenty of work to
keep him busy. His services, however,
will. be needed great deal more with
the opening of the spring and summer
months.
Sheriff Joseph Flanders of Walworth
county, well known to the officials of
this county, dropped dead at his home
at Ell1horn on Thursday. He was eat
ing his dinner when attacked by heart
disease.
Secretary of State Frear declares that
there is no danger of Wisconsin lack
ing any money for any extended period
and that the appropriations will be more
than taken care of by the new levy
of taxes.
Since the recent order of the police
and fire commissioners the members of
the police force are on their good be-
havior. They are always pretty good
lot, but just at present they will stack
up with the very finest in the land.
Report has it that large automobile
factory will be established at Zion
City. The promoters of the factory
are said to be Detroit men and it is
thought that the managers of the Chal-
mers-Detroit Company are interested.
The mayor is still waiting for Super
intendent Daily of the Northwestern
to come to Kenosha and arrange for
the improvements promised by the rail
way company and it is now stated that
the superintendent will be here the first
of next week.
The full list of heirs to the estate of
the late Leander E. Merrick has been
determined and the executor of the
will is now distributing the estate. Two
people sought to claim an inheritance
under the estate who are alleged not
to have been lawful heirs but they
never sought to push their claims in
the county court.
James P. Torrey, superintendent of
the Stephenson farm in the town of
Somers, has just disposed of his crop
of sugar beets for the year and the sale
of the beets shows that the business
is decidedly profitable. The Stephenson
! farm had thirty acres of beets this year
and the total crop amounted to 600
tons which were sold for just $4,000.
This is about the most profitable crop
ever reported in Kenosha county, the
crop netting 800 to the acre.
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