River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-01
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1911 Ob0uCAt SOC1CIy VI OOpC1'
hagen, Denmark, who are making a
tour of the United States, arrived in
Racine, and on leaving the train werO
greeted by 1000 Scandinavian resi-.
dents Of the city. The visitors were
escorted to automobiles and driven to
the Racine Country club, where they
were the guests, at dinner, of for
mer Mayor A. J. Horlick Later they
were given an automobile ride about
the city and were given receptions and
1uncheOns at the halls of the Danes
society and Danish Brotherhood soci-
ETY.. The singers gave concert at
Racine theater.
Racine-When the divorce case of
Hannah Harcus against John Harcus
was called in cirCu court the defend
ant failed to appear, and ten minutes
later message was received that Har-
Gus had committed suicide by blowing
out his brains with a revolver on his
farm in the town of Norway. Harcus
was married 20 years ago and was the
father of nine children He was for
merly a resident of Racine and well
known here and at Kenosha. Domes-
tic difficulties, 1t Is said, have caused
no little dissension in the family. The
his entire family out of their home.
Observation-Disclosures the heroic eff
forts of his fourteen-year-old brother,
Philip, to drag him away, Samuel Lip
pow, aged one year, was run down and
Instantly killed by runaway horse,
which mounted the sidewalk where the
child was seated in baby carriage in
front of Franke's bakery, 486 Third
street. Plunging onward for several
feet, the horse struck an iron tele
phone post and suffered a broken neck,
dying Immediately.
Algoma-During an electrical storm
the Monahan residence in Lincoln was
struck by lightning. Miss Katherine
Monahan was instantly killed and the
dwelling was damaged by resulting
fire.
Neenah-Capt. ]. B. Schneider, COM
handing company l, has been In
formed that the stats school for in
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will be held at Camp Douglas on June
ST. Maj. J. e. Morrison of Fort Leav-
enworth will be the instructor.
Ripon.-Robert Lyle, aged eighty
five, a pioneer resident, is alleged to
have sent a bullet into his brain with
suicidal intent while in the office of
his son here. His death appears GER
tain His wife recently divorced him.
Racine.-Carl E. Thorkelson, a grad
uate of the University of Wisconsin,,
has been elected by the board Of
health to fill the newly created office
of food inspector for the city.
Oconto-Oconto is threatened by a
flood owing to portion of the dam at
Stiles giving away. There are mil
lions of feet of logs in the different
landings above Oconto, and should
these get start the city would be in
grave danger
Gray's Lake.-Two were killed and
two seriously injured when two 500
line freight trains met in a head-on
collision near here. The dead:
James S. Carey, conductor, Fond du
Lac; F. M. Miller, fireman, North
Fond du Lac. The injured: r. E. Da-
Wis, brakeman, Fond du Lac; s. J..
Bunk, brakeman, KOlZe. The north
bound train, an ice extra, was in
charge of Conductor B. Mccarthy and
Engineer John Rapp, both of North
Fond du Lac. The south-bound train
was in charge Of Conductor Carey and
Engineer lyman. Both engines were
wrecked and IA cars smashed In the
collision. Fireman Miller was in
stantly killed Conductor Carey was
caught in the wreckage and died be-
fore his body could be extricated.
Madison. = That great quantities
of cutworms are ravaging the
entire field of garden crops, while
green plant lice are beginning their
depredations on apple and plum trees
and roses and shrubs, is the warning
sent out by Prof. J. G. Sanders, head
of the department of economic en-
tomology of the college OF agriculture
of the University of Wisconsin, in an
effort to get farmers and others to
protect their fields and orchards by
a vigorous campaign of spraying.
Baraboo.-A man giving his name
as James Berkee went into Wild's fur
niture store, after banking hours, and
purchased $40 worth of furniture, in
payment of which he offered check
of $50 on the Wisconsin Bridge COM
pany, which was accepted, and ne re
ceived a balance of $40. Later the
proprietor discovered that the check
was raised from SO to $9e. He notified
the police, who arrested Berkee at the
Warren house, charged with forgery
Sheboygan.-The Doege-Trier camp
of Spanish War Veterans has
started a movement to erect a
monument costing from $1,000 to
$4,000 in Fountain park here as
memorial to deceased veterans of
whom eight are buried here. The
monument will be Of granite with a
broad base ten or twelve feet high
surmounted by life size figure Of a
soldier. A fund has already been
started.
notwithstanding will rival San
Antonio as military center on July
3-5, IL the plans of the citizens COM
mittee, the Industrial club and local
camp of the Spanish War Veterans are
carried out. In addition to a big
Fourth of July celebration, the state
encampment of the U. S. w. V. will
be held here at that time.
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