Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-11-05
BADGER NEWS
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from November IL to November IA
Neenah.-The Theda Clark hospital
will be enlarged to accommodate the
increasing number of patients wanting
admittance.
Bancroft.-The barn, cattle shed, the
farm machinery and all the hay and
grain on the G. S. Varnes farm were
destroyed by fire which started from
the thrashing machine.
Stevens Point.-A lighted match
dropped into some oil waste at the 500
line station destroyed the storage
shed. This is the second time fire
has destroyed storage sheds there.
Marinette.-An unknown man was
found dead near Engadine, Mich,
on the $500" road His pockets
had been turned inside out. 1t is
surmised that he had been robbed.
Eau Claire-John Olson, fourteen
years old, admitted to the police that
his desire to see certain moving pic
ture show overcame his prudence and
he robbed cash register to get the
needed money.
Appleton-The county clerk has
issued a marriage license for Miss
Wanda Wenzlaff of the town of Cicero.
fifteen years old. She isthe youngest
bride in the county. Her husband is
twenty-seven years Old
Neenah.-This city vas without wa
ter for Is hours when a de-
fective main caused all the water to
run out of the standpipe. The schools
were forced to close down as result
and business houses were handicapped.
Madison = Assemblyman Judson
Hall of Hartland, who was in
Madison on his return from business
trip up the state, said he found
growing sentiment favoring Speaker
Merlin Hull for the Republican nomi-
nation for governor.
Ashland.-The city administration
will no longer grant licenses to
clairvoyants or fortune tellers in Ash
land, Mayor Dennis says. Il would as
soon license larceny" The citizens of
the city are behind Mayor Dennis in
| his action.
Grand Rapids.-Mathew Jonas, Jr.,
aged seventeen, of Baskerville, was
instantly killed when struck by
west-bound Northwestern train at
Mcmillan. The boy was returning
home from a dancing party and fell
asleep at the station.
Green Bay.-The First German
Lutheran church Will observe it's
golden jubilee on November 2. The
IT, hod
but four pastors since its organization,
Rev. Jacob Siegrist, the present pas
tor, being here 80 years.
Green Bay.-Harriet c. Weddner,
nineteen years old, Menominee,
Mich, in municipal court plead
ed guilty to a charge of culpable
negligence in smothering an infant at
the Green Bay General hospital. Judge
N. J. Mcmahon withheld sentence.
West Bend-Strube's hall, one of
the largest dance and amusement
halls in Wisconsin, was Quilted by
fire which started from unknown
| origin. After a three-hour fight fire.
men got the flames under control. The
| fire started in the basement and the
| dance floor, 80 by 100 feet, fell in.
The loss will amount to $4,000.
Marinette. first meeting of
| the committee of five officers of
! Wisconsin cities named to devise
| and recommend a plan for Badger
cities to form mutual organization
! for self-insurance will be held at Osh.
kosh in November Mayor Joseph
Fisher of Marinette, president of the
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
named the committee.
Menomonie.-The body of an uni
Identified man was found on the
Omaha railroad east of Elk Mound,
with the head completely severed from
the body From the position of the
remains it's is believed the man DELHI
! erately placed himself in front of the
freight train that killed him. He was
of middle age and dressed as la
! borer.
Fond du Lac.-A monster black
eagle measuring six feet eight
inches from tip to tip of it's wings and
weighing twelve pounds was shot at
Calumetville. Peter Thuerwachter of
that village discovered the bird
perched in the top of lofty tree and
brought it down with a single shot.
The eagle has been seen repeatedly in
the vicinity of Calumetville during the
past year and many shots have been
fired at it, but without effect, and it
was of the opinion the eagle was gum
shot proof.
Waukesha.-Henry Stablefeldt and
Stanley Marich, alleged highway
robbers, were bound over to the
March term of court by Judge Muckle-
sion Sam Niceli, the complaining
witness, charges the two men with re-
lieving him of $50 at the point of
revolver some time ago. The men
were commanded to Jail in default Of
paying $1,000 bonds each. Joseph s.
Cummings was fined S25 and costs for