Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-09-18
News Notes IL WISCONSIN

Green Bay Mayor Winford
Abrams, president of the Century
club left for Lake Gogabic, Mich, to
preside at the annual outing of that
organization. The club is composed
Of conductors of the North" estern
road. The members have pledged
themselves to live to be 100. No
deaths have occurred thus far in
their ranks. About 100 conductors
from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and
Michigan will gather for the outing
A clam bake is to be an attraction.
Marinette-Mr. and Mrs. Ogle j
Shaw of Au Train, Mich, think they
are entitled to recognition of some
kind or other. They were married
fourteen years ago and had ten chill
dren, when the stork left three more
youngsters, the tTiplets being all
healthy boys. The Oldest son, Or
vile, was born on July 4, and the old
est daughter, Rhea, on Thanksgivinx
day. The mothers birthday is on
Christmas day. The father thinks it
was some mistake that the triplets
did not appear on Labor day.
Marinette.--While on top of a silo
which he was helping to build near
Cooks, Mich, Adolph Johnson had d
narrow escape from death when a
sudden storm began to rock the IN
completed silo so that the movement
was peTceptible to Johnson. He knew
that in another instant the structure
would be wrecked and he jumped for
Il hay stack forty-iYe feet below. He
landed safely and the next instant
the silo was blown over.
Ashland-Five carloads Of gaunt
cattle from the drouth stricken re.
gions of Kansas arrived here con,
signed to a farmer He turned them out
in his pasture preparatory to fatten
ing and shipment to Chicago.
Marinette-While al work in fac,
.Jry at Gladstone, Mich. Adolph Nal
lenberg, aged 35 years, was Overcome
by heat and died two hours later al
his boarding house. He was single
and his home was at Sturgeon Bay.
Appleton.-The Citizens Nationa
bank of this city has adopted the fin
ger print system for the identification
of patrons Of the bank and for thu
signing of checks and other papers.
Madison.-State Treasurer Henri
Johnson has called on banks acting
as repositories of state funds TO send
him $4,000,
Racine.-A number Of boys robbed
melon patch and, sitting down b.
the Northwestern tracks when
northbound passenger train camt
along. the lads threw melon rinG.
through the windows. Two passen-
gers. a man and woman, were en-.
by the glass. When the police arrived
the boys had fled.
Marinette.-Joseph Devilers Of tn
town of Lincoln is under ARE
charged with manslaughter. He j.
held responsible for the death Of
Joseph Lemy, whose thumb he nsa.-
ly bit off in fight. The affair W.
the result Of a row at dance ball.
La Crosse-Miss Alice Fruit
daughter of the late Judge John j
Fruit Of the sixth Wisconsin circuit
was found on her bed in her room
dead from asphyxiation. 4 tube at
tached to a gas jet, told how death
had come. The motive for the sui
eide is attributed to illness.
Racine.--John Cote was arrested
at the request of Ann Arbor, Mich
police. Cole is charged with having
married a third wife in Michigan
without the formality of diyorcine
the other two. He is also wanted
in the Michigan city on a charge Of
rcbbipg a hotel safe Of $100-
Ravfeld.-A unique affair given by
coI r. NJ. Woods at his summer home
IN Nebraska Row on Madeline was
the dinner to G. a. r. veterans and
a few others, covers being laid for
thirty. The veterans represented
widely different localities, a few resi-
dents Of Bayfield, and others, summer
guests at this resort.
Green Bay-Bert Baldwell, a tin
smith, sneeZed harder than usual.
Later he experienced an acute pain
in his side. A physician discovered
BaldwelI had cracked rib.