The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-09-19

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tight and stronger.
| STANTON - William Mcnamara
more than twenty years ago accepted
the job of postmaster here. Then he
had a f1ourishing business in postage
stamps. The rural service was estab
lished and now he is trying to resign
but the department refuses to allow
him to quit He asks that his office be
abolished and his present customers
served entirely by the rural service
| from the near by towns. The postof-
flee department holds he must remain
as long as the postoffice exists or un-
| til he can find substitute.
| BANGOR - Mrs. George Robin
son, who is wealthy widow of this
| city, is frantic over the continued alb
sence of her daughter, Mrs. George
Palmer, who disappeared from her
home in Minneapolis, July s, and who
| has not been seen since.
One letter has been received, post
marked Chicago, but no address was
! given in it. George Palmer, Minneap-
oils, husband of the missing woman,
has asked the Chicago police to look
for his wife. He thinks she is hiding
in that city.
NEW RICHMOND - Charles Bell,
Jr., aged about twenty-four years. and
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Clure hydro-electric power transmits
sion plant of the New Richmond Pow.
er company on Apple river He was
in charge of the plant and alone at
the time of the accident the exact ma
ture of which is unknown. He receiv-
ed the full force of $500 volts and
was killed instantly He leaves
wife and a small baby.
MADISON - So very high in
the esteem of the public is preventa-
tive medicine coming to be that the
regents of the University of Wiscon-
sin have established special one
year course in public health work for
the purpose of supplying trained men
to communities. This course is open
to physicians and others qualified TO
do this work.
FOND DU LAC-August Bisting,
resident of New Albany, Ia, has
been awarded the contract for Kidding
Lake Winnebago of rough fish, espe-
cially the carp, and will begin work
Sept. Is. The contract was awarded
by the state game warden under the
provisions Of the state law, which
gives him the authority.
MILWAUKEE - Mrs. L. NJ Bud
long, the widow of Senator Budlong.
of Jefferson county, celebrated her
ninety-second birthday at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. S. w. Tallmadge,
in this city Mrs. Budlong was born
near Rochester, N. Y, coming to Wis
consin in 1856. Since 1879 she has
made her home with Mrs, Tallmadge.
LA CROSSE - With brass
band playing rag time at his elbow.
and $50 couples tangoing to the mu- |
sic, Oscar Twedt. tweaty-one years of j
age, leaped over the rail of the excur-
sion steamer Purchase and was drown
ed in the Mississippi river at Ores
bach.
SUPERIOR, WIS. - Spike KEEL
ly of Chicago had slight shade the
bacf IF II with r,oropoxy Cboobon -.
of Chicago, in their ten-round fight in |
this city. Johnny Tillman of st. Paul I
outpointed Jimmy McGovern of Chi
cago in fast ten-round bout.
GAINESVILLE = Charles H. Har- |
mon, a poor workingman here, re.
ceived a letter from a San Francisco
lawyer notifying him that he was one
of three heirs to the $4,000 estate of |
an eccentric old uncle, who had just
died on the Pacific coast.
MARlNETTE - AS the direct re
suit of slight scratch she received
two weeks ago, when she stepped on
a rusty nail, Mrs. Herman Verhayen,
aged forty, wife Of farmer liyina
near Marinette, is dying of lockiaw
at local hospital
MiLWAUkEE--The lake schooner
George W. Wescott, reported as
week overdue from Glen Haven, Mich.
arrived at Milwaukee. It had been
wateTlogged Of Ho.iey's T-e,,s,e~ aasi
was toNed to St,ae5eon E...S A
pairs.