The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-30
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La Crosse-While out hunting with
his brother the weapon the old
er boy carried was accidentally
discharged. The shot entered the head
of Lester Campbell, twelve years old,
of Webster Creek. He died a few
hours later.
Neenah. - Rev. John Hummel of
the Cathedral parish at Green Bay
will probably be transferred to st.
Mary's church, Menasha, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Rev.
Peter Schmitz a month ago.
Glenwood.-Mrs George Bennett,
wife of prominent farmer, drowned
herself in Sand creek mill stream
here. She leaves her husband and
three children. She left note giving
domestic trouble as the reason.
Sheboygan. - Cornelius Nelson,
eighty-one years old, is dead as
the result of falling into drainage
ditch at his home on North Eighth
street, while walking about the yard.
He is survived by wife and ten chill
dren.
La Crosse.-The sum of $500 was
the amount awarded David Engler in
suit to recover damages for the loss
of his nose. He lost the major part
of that organ in a fight with Lars
LOthen.
Sheboygan.-Mrs. Barbara Voelker
| died at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph Wick in Kiel, at the
age of ninety years. She leaves eight
daughters, three sons, as grandchil-
| dren. 104 direct descendants.
Milwaukee.-Trade in all products
used by the nations at war in
Europe is booming. One local firm
| announced it had received an order for
leather to make 100000 pairs Of
Shoes Hosiery mills and machine
shops report big gains in the last few
days.
Jackson.-Peter Quinn of Jackson,
in the lumber business at Jack
son for the last 40 years, is dead
aged seventy-two years. He was
Civil war veteran, county treasurer.
school board treasurer and justice of
the peace at one time.
Madison.-At the sixty second an
nual meeting of the State His
torical society of Wisconsin on Thurs
day. October %, Worthington C. Ford
of the Massachusetts Historical soci-
ETY. delivered timely address on ''The
| Treaty of Ghent--and after" The
treaty of Client marked the end Of
general European war that in many re-
spects resembled the world conflict
now going on, and the conclusions de-
rived from it by Mr.. Ford are sure to
be of present day interest:
Sheboygan.-Shock, caused by the
explosion of a lighted lamp which
she threw at her guardian, restored
the mind of Miss Grace Green
wood, who shortly before had become
violently insane. In a sudden fit Of
anger she picked the lamp off the table
in her boarding place and hurled it
with all her strength. 1t missed her
| guardian and struck the wall The
house caught fire. When the excite
| ment was over it was found that Miss
| Greenwood again was rational.
Wausau.-The meeting of the
| Methodist Foreign Missionary soci-
ETY. of the Appleton district elected off,
GERS as follows: President, Mrs. c. r.
Builey, Green Bay; vice-president,
Mrs. A. Newing, Green Bay; recording
secretary, Mrs. Cora Martin, Green
Bay; corresponding secretary, Mrs. FL.
S. Cooke, Kaukauna; treasurer, Mrs.
C. Flock, Wausau; superintendent OF
childrens work, Miss E. Herschelb.
Grand Rapids, and superintendent Of
literature, Mrs. F. H. Brigham, Apple
ton.
Superior-"The middle West right
now seems the most prosperous
part of the country, and Wis
cousin looks about the best of ALL"
is the declaration of Lyles Black, a.
representative of large hotel interests
of New York city, who is spending a
short time in Superior. Business, he
says, has been quiet in New York, but
is improving, and he believes the les
sons of thrift and frugality the Euro
pean war is teaching Americans will
be one of the best things this country
will gain from the conflict
Neenah.-George Meyer, eight years
old, is = dead and women and
girl may not recover from injuries
received when the automobile in which
they were riding suddenly died
while going over the 500 line railroad
crossing, five miles from the city, and
was struck by an oncoming train. Mrs.
Rusk Brown and her daughter, Miss
Gertrude Brown, occupants of the ma
chine. are in a hospital and are not ex-
pected to survive. Mr.. Brown, who
drove the car, also is in the hospital.
but his injuries were not considered
serious. The party was returning
from visit with relatives in Marion
when the accident happened. Young
Meyer is a relative of the family. His
body was picked up by the trainmen.
The engineer said the collision was
unavoidable, as he applied the air~
brakes as soon as he noticed the auto
mobile.