Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-02-21
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APPROPRIATENESS on the head |,
falling limb of a tree. George r..
mann sustained injuries which cans.
his death
Marshfield.-Mr. and Mrs. Ignath.
Kimber of this city have Just celeb.
ed the fiftieth anniversary Of their wss
ding. OF their ten living children Sew
attended the celebration.
Superior-With $4,000 worth d,
negotiable paper lying before him
the thief who entered the OFF,
of Luse, Powell & Luse. took s9@
in cash and let the greater sum lie
Neenah.-The twelfth annual ba,
quet of the Wisconsin commanders
the Military Order of Foreign Wan
will be held in this city on the Dipb
- February 81.
FOND du William Baths
forty-two, of St Killian, was killed !.
Theresa when train struck his team
and wagon at a crossing. The team
was also killed.
Amigo. - The Langlade CouDr
Medical society elected DR.. r
Watson, president; DR.. H. G. West
Dhal, Polar. e-president, and DR..
II. Wright, secretary-treasurer.
Janesyille.-Gov. F. r. McGoYen
addressed the Twilight club On
the high cost of living. He adys
Gated the proposed market commis
sion as a possible means of lowern,
the present prices.
Racine.-John Adamson, a tipnr
in the employ Of the Racine Stod
Manufacturing company, placed 4.
red hot solder bar in a pail OF case
line. An explosion resulted, the fac
tory was set on fire and the fire de
partment was called
La Educators have a cam
paign on to compel the placin,
OF woman on the La Crosse scbodl
board. Mayor ORR J. Sorensen is head
ing the woman member advocates
while President William Leuning 81
the board is fighting the plan.
Misunderstanding Krogstad n
farmer of KEENAN,, is dead from
burns received when his bed CLOTH
inc caught fire 1t is believed ths
fire originated from lighted pine
which he was in the habit Of smoking
in bed He was found by neighboB
He lived alone and was sixty years old.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS farm
er whom he resembles, an IN
known man swindled several persons
out of more than 500 by taking or
ders and accepting money for meats
and produce which he claimed be
would deliver the next day after Sc
curing the orders.
Waukesha.-The dedication ser7.
ices of the new German Lutheran
church at Wales win be held on Sun.
day Rev Otto Hitzeroth Of Hamp
shire. H., viii preach a German ser.
mon in the morning and Rev Albert
Menkins, pastor of the church viii
conduct an English service at night
Racine.-The Racine Commercial
club has applied to the Carnegs
medical commission for recognt
ton Of Joseph F. Dodd. a fire fighter
who last summer, at the risk Of his
life, jumped into the river and saved
a chauffeur from drowning when his
car went over the bridge railing.
Oconto.-Preparing to wash he'
baby, Mrs. Edward F. Dunn, thir1
years old, passed behind a heater and
her dress caught fire She was 50
badly burned by the time her husband
reached her that she died. She We:
badly burned about the face, neck and
body. She is survived by her husband
and three small children.
Madison Wanderers with ten DAY
sentences IN the Menomonie JAIL
who expected to get out in tint
to 90 south during the cold weather
are undergoing a grievous disappolni
ment The sheriff at Menomonie live
in the Jail. One Of his children ha'
scarlet fever The entire jail wa
quarantined. prisoners and sheriff. an'
a marshal set to watch them.
Madison.-An old silver Swis
watch and a violin, formerly ta'
property of the first white woman set
tier OF Madison, Mrs. Eben Peek @
Baraboo. are now the property o. th
state historic museum. The gift
made by Mrs. Wisconsiana Fictori
Peck Hawley, Mrs Peck's daughle'
the first white child born in Madison
who lives in Baraboo. Mrs. Peek use
the violin to play for many settlers
dances which we're attended by goFeI
nOrs and legislators.
Madison.-The state capital com
mission awarded a contract TO
7. c. Mccarthy OF Madison to do ID
structural work on the north wing
the new capitol for s7S.47f. The oa-
other bidder was the Wisconsi1 tol
struction company of Chippewa Fay.
which offered to do the work for S'S
600. Only one more contract is TO 2
let for the new capitol, that for 70
interior finishing Of the north VIE
which win complete the work Of 20
building The new capitol has 0es
under construction for eight years az
when finished win have cost $1,yv'
mn