River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-03-03
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tors have declared war on those
who carry lodge contracts. Resolu-
lions were adopted whereby any
physician who enters into contract
to treat family during a certain
period of time for given rate will
be suspended from their society.
There will be efforts made to get all
the physicians in the county to join
the society and sign the resolutions.
The doctors declared that lodge prac-
tice was unfair to the people and be-
Titled the profession.
GlanWood. ~ The Prairie Farm
and Southwestern Railroad Com
pany. recently organized at Prairie
Farm, has purchased the old Glen
wood & Northeastern right of way
from Grayton southeast to Emerald
on the 500 line. The consideration
is said to have been $500. Ties are
now being contracted for and the can.
vass for stock is continuing. It is
the inteneion of the company to
construct the road in the next
year.
Fairchild has been bound over in
1000 bail to the Eau Claire county
court. Bail was furnished. Cole is
charged with manslaughter in the Sec
ond degree Mrs. Maud Bennett of Mer-
rillan died August 25, it is alleged,
from a criminal operation. The plain
tiff is the deceased womans sister,
Mrs. Hannah Vincent of Mcmillan
The dead woman was married and had
two children, and had parted from her
husband.
Beloit.-Prof r. B. Way of the
Beloit college, department of his
tory, has been given a years leave of
absence by the trustees in order that
he may accept an invitation of the
University of Indiana to spend year
there filling a full professorship tenn
porary A similar invitation was de-
clined a year ago in order that Prof.
Way might better organize his depart
ment at Beloit before leaving it for so
extended time.
Green Bay. - A call was eX-
tended by the Union Congregational
church of this city to Rev. Edwin A,
Ralph, formerly of Beloit, to take
charge of the local pastorate. AS as.
sistant pastor of the Second Congre'
gational church at BelOit, his health
failed, and he was compelled to spend
last summer in the northern woods.
Since then he and his wife and baby
daughter have been making their
nome at Amigo.
Chippewa Falls. - The general
merchandise store of A. F. Weide-
man at Cornell, 25 miles north of
here on the Chippewa river, burned
The fire started from a defective chin
ney, and the flames gained big head.
way before aid arrived. The entire
stock and all household goods of the
Weideman family were consumed. The
total loss is $4,000 with insurance OF
$4,000.
GAINESVILLE. ~ The batting mill
owned by r. r. Burns burned
The fire was caused by two of the spin
dies crashing against each other, caus-
ing spark which ignited the plant
The fire was hard to fight, owing to
the extreme amount of smoke. The
loss is estimated at about $4,000
About $4,000 worth of material was
saved.
Racine-The police department
of this city has been requested
TO locate Gilbert Johnson, Is years old
prominent member of the Y. M. G.. A
and an athlete of some prominence
Three months ago he left his home
and went to Milwaukee to attend a
theater and was never seen or heard
from afterward.
Menasha.-John Pawer, &c years
of age and unmarried, was ground
to death beneath 500 line
freight train in the local yards. Pawel
was a member of the section crew and
attempted to board the train when he
slipped and fell. His body was
dragged a distance of 500 feet.
Green Bay.-A slight scratch on
a finger of his right hand proved
fatal to Felix Rowinski, a resident OF
Hofa Park, Shawano county, death
following within a week in a hospital
in this city. Blood poison developed.
La Cross. - Alexander Hyslop
who, with his business associ
ates in the lumber business at Black
Falls, amassed fortune, died here oil
paralysis from which he had suffered
for five years.
Merrill.-Andy Garland, David Ros
seau and William Burhans, who
held up Henry Neitske and re-
lieved him of SIS, were sentenced to
four years each at Waupun by Judge
Reid.
Green Bay.-Fire in the factory
of the Automatic File and Index
Company wrecked that structure and
partly destroyed warehouse adioin-
ing, causing a loss of $4,000
Winneconne.-Geo H. Miller,
cashier of the Union bank, died
quite suddenly from stomach trouble
He had been i'll only short time.
New London.-Herman Zitske, step
ping from a train at Marion, slipped
and fell under the cars and was in
stantly killed.
Hayward.-Louis Futcher of Still
water, Mimi, aged SO years, a
married man with eight children, was
instantly killed at the North Wiscon-
sin Lumber and Manufacturing log
landing. He loosened the chains hold
ing the logs with an ak, the logs roll
ing over him.
Denmark.-Denmark is having a
mad dog scare and many of the
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