Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-05-01
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Appleton.-Chester AlIing, son-in-
law OF ex-Mayor B. c. Wolter,
was sentenced TO seven years in the
reformatory at Green Bay in the mu-
nicipal court. Re had pleaded guilty
to the charge OF embezzling $4,000
from B. C. Wolter & Bros. while a
bookkeeper.
Rhinelander.-The following Off
GERS of the Oneida County Fair
association were elected at the annual
meeting: President, c. P. Crosby; vice
president. Barney Moran: secretary.
J. ]. Reno; treasurer, George +. Ma
honey: directors. w. E. Brown, f. s.
Robbins, G.. H. Dawes; superintendent
of speed. DR.. j. A. Whiting; superin-
tendent of other departments, w. G.
Orr.
Independe nce-The hearing of Mrs.
Charles yVeidemann. accused of
numbering her aged husband.
was begur. The state Will place in
evidence the blood.stained clothing
which it Is alleged Mrs. Weidemann
discarded before notifying neighbors
of her husbands death Mrs. Weide-
mann denies any knowledge of the
crime.
Waukesha.-A. C. Rankin. an
evangelist of Chicago. who spoke
on Obligations of the State to the
Church and Society,"" at the Methodist
church, declared that the enforcement
OF the state liquor laws should be
vested in state officials rather than
local authorities. Mr.. Rankin stated
that the present method of liquor law
enforcement is over 100 years old.
Racine.-The local ticket office of
the Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul
road was entered and IS in money
and papers we're taken from the safe.
Manitowoe.-Miss Marguerite Chris
Hansen OK this city, campaign
manager OF the Wisconsin Wom-
an Suffrage association, and Clarence
Prim OF Chicago were married at New
York The couple were students to-
gether at the University of Chicago
and both are graduates of that school.
Mise Christensen has recently come
into prominence ~ being appointed
manager OF the woman suffrage propa-
ganda in this state.
Manitowoc.-- Manitowoc is prepar-
Ing to conduct an organized cam
paign against the spread of tuber-
culosis and for the enforcement
OF laws for the quarantining and re-
porting OF contagious diseases. At a
public meeting Miss Clare Harper.
trained nurse, employed by the Anti
tuberculosis society, outlined the
movement The first movement will
be for the procuring of list or
houses I'm which tubercular families
have lived and in which death has
occurred and an effort will be made
TO secure a rigid enforcement OF
fumigation laws. Miss Harper has
been engaged for six months here.
Miss Edythe Tate OF the same asso-
citation is cooperating The county
will build $4,000 sanitarium.
Madison According to the state
ment OF Prof. X. II. Whitbeck of
the university. those addicted to the
use OF chocolate are as truly the vic
tins OF a drug habit as the opium
! fend and the absnthe drinker The
university instructor left the discus
sion of economic problems long
enough TO advance the theory that the
excessive use OF chocolate is often
due to the craving for stimulant, Of
fered by the drug which the confec-
ton contains. The statement was
modified, however. when the professor
! explained that the desire is probably
| the least harmful of all drug habits
and In spite of its alarming classified
ton, commendable rather than in
furious.
Ashland.--Has man a right TO
kill man who insults his wife?
This question was answered af-
| irmatively by an Ashland Jury In
the acquittal of Alvin Davis for the
murder OF Thomas Pruss. Davis and
his wife arrived at Ashland on an
evening train last December He left
his wife standing outside hotel when
he went inside to inquire for room.
Pruss, a drunken lumberjack. came
OH. Of a saiocn and grossly insulted
the woman. Davis. coming out OF the
hotel, flew 1T the insulter like tiger.
knocked him down twice and killed
him with his bare hands Davis has
been held without bonds since De-
cember 10.
Fox Lake BENJAMIN Card. an anna
leur electrician, who Is still in
the high school, has been award
ed $4,000 by the United States
government for rat trap that will
solve the problem OF exterminating
rats on board warships, according to
notice received by young Card. an
uncle OF Card residing in the east.
who financed the experiments. will re-
celYe half of the award. It is an
nounced.
Waukesha-G. B. Rhoads, su-
oerintendent of schools, has inaugu-
rated a unique plan for the advance
ment OF corn culture In Waukesha
county. Circulars have been mailed