Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-04-10
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STATE NEWS |
Oshkosh.-The body OF Sister Coro-
nata, who has been missing from
the Notre Dame residence at ST.
Eincent's Catholic church since No
vember Is, was found frozen fast in
the Fox river. The woman, whose
name was Anna Menke, and whose
home was Milwaukee, disappeared
mysteriously from the home during
the early morning and up to this time
not the slightest trace or clue to her
whereabouts had been learned 1t is
not known whether her falling into
the river was accidental, as she was
subject to fits of melancholia, and
may have ended her life while under
the influence of one of these spells.
Racine. Forcing an entrance
through side window, thieves
entered the shop of the Novelty Skirt
company, corner of Sixth street and
College avenue, and secured loot val
ued at $3.50. The theft was not dis
covered until workmen arrived at the
skirt factory. They picked out thirty
three of the best skirts, in addition to
four tailor-made coats, and three sam
pie suit cases with bolts of cloth.
Kenosha-Rev. Gerrit K Hemkes,
aged seventy three, and Mrs. Jantie
Van Hoven, aged seventy-two, both
of Grand Rapids, Mich, were mar
ried here by Rev. Edward Tannis,
pastor of the Holland Reform church,
whose wife is a granddaughter of the
bride. The marriage license was Sc
cured from County Clerk Jones and a
special dispensation from Judge RAN
dali.
Sturgeon Bay-The state fish hatch
cry commission, including former
Gov. J. o. Davidson, Superintend-
ent James Nevins, R. Scheibel
and Leo Claude of Madison, are in
vestigating Sturgeon Bay and She
boygan locations, where new hatch
cries will be established. Plans and
SpSClIlCdClOuS Will NC SSISCISu Oh Iu0
present tour of the commission.
Green Bay-The School Principals
association Of Green Bay is de-
termined to put ban on smoking
by the schoolboys here. A com.
mittee will secure evidence against to-
bacco dealers who sell cigarettes and
tobacco to youths and prosecute them
in court. Any boy caught smoking on
the school premises will be expelled
Kaukauna.-The city board of edu.
cation acted favorably on the mat
ter of a manual training and do
nestle science course adapted to ali
departments of the public schools, sim
liar to that adopted by Park school
some time since, with the addition of
a commercial course added in the
high school course.
Eau Claire.-The lifeless body of
an infant, to all appearances sew
eral weeks or months old, was
found by two small girls while picking
wintergreens on the top of hill
across from the paper mills and near
the new roadbed of the Omaha raal-
way on the west side of the Chippewa
river.
Madison.-Martin A. Graettinger, /
Milwaukee, for several years sec
rotary of the Wisconsin Bankers
~
the Merchants and Manufacturers
bank and for the last year in the bond
and commercial paper business at Mil |
waukee, has been appointed state
bank examiner by Commissioner OF (
Banking A. E. Kuolt, to succeed A. Il
Geilfuss, Milwaukee, resigned.
Madison-The first county dem
onstration station in Wisconsin |
has been awarded to Superior. The |
last legislature authorized the estab-
lishment of three, to be under the con-
troll Of the University of Wisconsin ag.
ricultural college The county will
furnish $500 a year for five years and
the state $1,000 for the same period.
Madison.-Mrs. Ruth Balzell-Hat-
tori, wife of Japanese for
merly employed at the University |
club, and daughter of John r. Balzell,
former police judge and mayor of Mad
ison. was adjudged insane and her
two baby daughters were committed
to the state home for dependent chill
dren at Sparta.
Rhinelander-One county's first
farmers course came to a sue
cessful close Several hundred far
mers were in attendance. Prof. K. |
l.. Hatch, secretary of the extension
service of the Wisconsin College OF |
Agriculture, was one of the speakers. |
A large exhibition of choice Oneida
county pure bred cattle was a feature. |
Neenah.-C. w Price, mem
Der of the state industrial COM
mission, and Deputy Factory Inspec- |
tors Ira Lockney, ]. P. Norris and A.
L. Kaems are visiting the paper and |