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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

The catch hasfns fin this vicinity srt being cleaned out by the city etreei department men.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Mrs. Charles Gay of Boswell avenu, has returned after spending a few days in New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Men were engaged Thursday morn ing in repairing the water main shut off at the corner Of Front and South 4 street.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
Personal Mention.

Robert Wilson was visitor i Thamesvflle Wednesday afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
Personals.

George Gardner has returned homo after visiting Q, few days in Froyi- dence.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Christopher Hed1er of wYIItmantic has been visiting here for a short while with his brother, Gustave Hedler,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Entertainment and food sale. also aprons, fancy articles and fce cream at St. Andrews Guild room tonight.- adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
TAFTVILLE

Hon. John H. Barnes Gave Talk on Friendship at Congregational Church -. p. C. to Give Mock Trial Sacred Heart Basketball Team Or. sani<ed-other Locals.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

Miss Florida Marsan, who has been visiting for the past week in Hart ford and New Haven. has returned to her home.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11
SuA. lEOon aad rides.
GREENEVMLE NEWS

Six hours after htzh water It iS low eide, which is followed by hood sEde.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-11

We make an excellent showing of Silks for wasting, both washable and fancy-a pleasing and practical gift-price range 59c to $3.oo a pat tern-in holiday boxes If desired.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Indicative Of the enormous growth
Iof life insurance companies in the
United States and Canada, the vari-
Gus companies distributed $646, $50 900
lin 1918. The payments on death
claims and matured endowment poll
cies alone amounted to $41S, 800. 900,
while insurance was written to the ex-
tent of $3,360,000 600. Increase in
business over 1912 amounted to
|$152,000,000. The most significant
fact connected with the publication Of
the figures was that business condi-
tions in the country had caused loans
to be made against life insurance poll
cities to the extent of 500, 1926 900, or
500, 100000 in excess of the previous
year. This feature has caused an ex-
tensive Investigation to be made by
the various companies The published
statement made by several presidents
of insurance companies is: tsUnder
present policy provisions, times of
financial stringency lead to the de-
struction of vast amount of insur-
anee by placing loan membranes on
policies which are never removed. =,
This phase of raising money is eaus-
ing the insurance companies much
oncern.-Insurance Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

The numerous heavy rains of the
to emphasize the need of extending
the sewer system of Kenosha to serve
the western part of the city and it is
evident that one of the first big jobs to
follow annexation will be providing
drainage for the new territory. Con-
siderable sections in the western part
of the city are under water after even
moderate rainfall and the people
whose cellars are filed and whose
walks and streets are overlooked after
every storm are not going to tolerate
present conditions moment longer
than they can help. Intercepting and
possibly trunk sewers of sufficient ca
pacitv to take care of the surface drain
age and all the sewage that can ORR
ginate in these sections when they are
thicklv populated will have to be built
and the part of the expense of doing
this work that falls on the city will
have to be taken care of in the tax
levles of next year or the year after
or raised by bond issues, The mis-
take must not be made of building
these sewers too small They must be
Of sufficient capacity to take care Of
the maximum amount of sewage that
can drain into them when the terri
tory they serve is thickly populated.
The trouble with most of the public
improvements made in Kenosha in the
last few. years is that they did not
take into account the future growth
Of the city and with the records the
city has made in the last ten years to
base estimates on there viii be little
excuse for repeating the same errors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
TO ADVERTISE KENosHA.
Cooper Underwear Co. Drops white
Cat and Puts Kenosha on Map.

With view of advertising Kenosha
and making the name of the city more
widely known the Cooper Underwear
Company has decided to drop the fam
Gus old trade name "The White Cat
and in the future the output of the
company instead of bearing that name
will bear the name sKenosha. 2 It is
now the 'tKenosha Klosed Krotch I'M
derwear. !" Every garment sent out
from the big underwear plant in the
future will bear on it the name Of the
city in which it is made and Kenosha
viii be featured in all the advertising
matter Of the company. This is an
other step in the big movement among
manufacturers of the city to advertise
Kenosha and to associate the name of
the city with the products which have
made and are making good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
UNCONSCIOUS IN CELLAR
House owned by Chief of Police o Hare
Is Struck by lightning and Badly
Damaged Storm Again Tears Down
Telephone Wires West of Kenosha.

John Dittler, well known resident Of
Kenosha Heights, was near to death
Friday afternoon when the Dittler
home in that portion of the city was
struck by vagrant bolt of lightning.
Dittler had gone into the basement of
the house to get some water from a
pump and he was busy pumping the
water when the lightning hit the
house. A quarter of an hour later
members of the family found him I'M
conscious on the floor of the cellar.
Physicians were called and after he
had been restored to consciousness he
told the story Of the lightning hitting
the house. No damage was done to
the house and the bolt seems to have
come through window and struck the
pump at which Dittler was standing.
He is still suffering from the effects
of the lightning stroke today but it is
not thought that his injuries are of
La permanent nature.
The electric storm was exceptionally
strong in the south and southwest
suburbs of the city. Out on the south
end of Edward street, a house owned
/ by Chief of Police O'Hare, was struck
/ by the lightning. The bolt hit the
north peak Of the house scattering
six rafters and tearing a great hole in
the roof of the house. No one was in
the house at the time and woman who
was sitting on the front porch failed
to feel the shock of the electric dis
charge. The house was damaged to
the extent of 800 and the loss was
fully covered by insurance.
Reports from the territory west of
tie city indicate that the storm on
Friday afternoon was the worst cleo
trio storm of the summer in Kenosha
and many small buildings throughout
the county were damaged and several
cattle killed. The reports of the work
Iof the storm in the western part of the
county could not be secured today on
account Of the tangle of telephone
lines left by the lightning. Lines
were struck all over the county and
the repair gangs of the company were
kept busy today making an effort to
Iget the service restored. The telephone
lines in the city and county were
damaged to the extent of hundreds Of
dollars by the storm. The storm on
Thursday night put several hundred
phones out of commission and the
work Of restoring service was only
started when the second electric storm
came and worked even greater havoc.
1t is expected that all the phones in
the city will be in working order by to-
night, but out in the county poles have
been struck by lightning and it will
probably be several days before these
can be replaced and the wire service
restoed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
BLIND MAN" SEES IN COURT.
W. King, Who was Charged With Fax
ing People, Held as Vagrant.

William King, man forty years
of age who wore dark glasses and who
was alleged by the police to have
represented himself as blind in order
to secure money from the people of
the city, was brought before Judge
Randall in the municipal court this
morning on charges of vagraney. The
fellow had been picked up by the po-
lice three times in succession and the
officers claim that there is nothing the
matter with his vision. King pleaded
"guilty" to vagrancy in court and
Judge Randall imposed sentence of
ten days in solitary confinement with
a bread and water diet. King has de-
clared to the police that he viii get
out of Kenosha and stay out just as
soon as he has served the ten day
sentence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
MEN TO OTHER CITIES
Sheriff is Notified That Claims Against
Kenosha County People For Income
Tax Must be Collected and Property
Sold to Satisfy County if Necessary.

District Attorney A. L. Drury and
County Treasurer Philip Hartman are
busy today preparing warrants for the
collection of delinquent income taxes
and next week the sheriff and his men
will be expected to serve these warrants
and take property Of delinquents to
satisfy the demands Of the county
When the income tax roll was turned
over to the sheriff some three months
ago there was outstanding a little over
$4,000. Collections made since that time
have greatly reduced the amount but a
demand has been made that every cent
Of the income tax be collected and the
law is to be enforced to the letter In
former years no property has been sold
in Kenosha to enforce the payment of
income tax, but it is certain that such
sales will have to be made this year.
A final notice has been sent to every
delinquent on the list ten days ago and
every one of these people has been
advised that if the taxes are not paid
the property will be seized and sold.
Thus far the sheriff has not been
successful in locating a number of men
who were former employees of local
plants and have left Kenosha, leaving
a large bill for income tax behind them.
The matter has been placed in the hands
of the district attorney and he is now
seeking to locate these men and if they
can be found they will be made de-
PENDANTS in suits for the collection Of
the tax. Several Of these men left Ke-
nosha shortly after the income tax had
been assessed and while it is known
that notices from the city and county
treasurer were delivered to the men
they paid no attention to these notices
Several of the men in question have per-
sonal property in Kenosha and this will
be seized if they fail to pay the de-
linquent taxes. Under the law both
real estate and personal property may
be seized by the sheriff in these coll
lections.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
old roll of income taxes has not as yet
been cleaned up the new assessment of
taxes will be made within the next few
weeks Assessor Dalton is now busily
at work on the roll of income assess
ments for the present year and it is ex-
pected that the individual roll will be
in the hands of the clerk by the first
day of July. It is said that notwith-
standing the business depression of the
past year the income roll for the coun-
ty will be greater this year than in
either of the preceding years. Nearly
all of the people of the city and county
properly chargeable with income tax
have filed statements and the assessor
found it necessary to make arbitrary
assessments in only few cases. The
first meeting Of the board of review
to adjust income tax difficulties will be
held the last week in July, and it is
expected that both the corporation and
individual rolls will be ready by that
time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
LEASE eoNNERMANN BUILDING

Demos Brothers, proprietors of the
American Candy Kitchen, have leased
the store building at the corner of Main
and Market streets, formerly occupied
by Isermann Bros, of Charles Conner
mann. The store will be Immediately
remodeled in every respect, the floor
lowered, neE- front put in, and the
place redeeorated. The store viii be
used as an ice cream parlor and candy
kitchen and viii have all of the finest
and latest fixtures On the market.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
OPEN NEW DRUG STORE.
Milwaukee Ave. TO Have One of the
Best Equipped Pharmacies in City.

Milwaukee avenue will have one of
the finest drug stores in the city after
this evening as the store of the Mayer
Pharmacy at the corner of Milwaukee
avenue and Schwan s court will open
Sunday. No expense has been spared
in the equipment of the new store. 1t
has a complete sanitary equipment, all
the furniture being of oak finished in
the new French grey finish. Harry
r.. Mayer is to be in charge of the
new pharmacy and associated with him
in the business is Prof. F. G. Mayer of
Marquette University. The new store
expects to entertain a large number of
guests at the formal opening Sunday
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
Magazine Agent Advertising
Said to be Lure Used by
white Slave" Agents.
POLICE KEEPING CLOSE WATCH

AS result of statement made yes
terday by Captain John Halpin of the
Chicago detective bureau, the police
of this city are taking great pains to
investigate all the alleged magazine
agency offers that have been made to
young girls residing in this city.
1t is the belief of the police that
there is a plan on foot which has for
its purpose the downfall of the girls
who are unwary enough to answer the
ads inserted in papers These ads for
the most part ask for girls who are in
terested in travel work and who have a
natural desire to get out and see the
world. When one answers they are
told how they can earn good living
and at the same time travel by sell
ing subscriptions to magazines.
Yesterday all police departments in
this locality were asked to aid in the
search that is being made for Pearl
Harris, fourteen year old girl who
disappeared from her home at Burling-
ton, Ia, after she had answered an ad
for magazine solicitor. She has been
missing since June 10th and it is the
belief Of the police that she was en-
ticed by the writer of the ad to leave
her home and enter a life of shame.
This theory is advanced by the police
as no other trace of the child has
been found.
These magazine agencies have been
actively at work in Kenosha for some
time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
TO GET TARDY RECOGNITION
Aldermen May Decide to Place Por-
traits Of Former Mayors in Council
Chamber and Have Permanent Book
Made of All Former Officials.

Miss Maude Brogan. assistant city
clerk of the city, is just completing a
most interesting piece of work and in
the near future the city of Kenosha
will issue complete roster of all the
officials who have served il during the
more than sixty years that have pass
ed since Southport laid aside its
swaddllng clothes and became Keno
sha. Miss, Brogan, after searching
musty volumes and appealing to the
memory of some of the oldest residents
has finally managed to complete the
roster of the city officials from 1850
down to 1889 and the rest Of the work
is comparatively easy as since that
time the records are very complete
and accessible
This is the first time that work of
this kind has been attempted and the
result is decidedly interesting Many
men who were most active in the af-
fairs of the city have been well nigh
forgotten by posterity. In fact there
are a number of men who served the
city in the capacity of mayor the men
ton of whose name today would bring
no familiar sound to lot of the peo-
pie of the city. With the names of
all of these officials carefully secured
and their terms of service arranged in
chronological order the historical data
will be of unusual interest. In MAX
ing this directory of the past Miss
Brogan has listed not only the men
who led the city administrations, but
also the men who served as city clerk,
city treasurer, assessors and even JUS
tees of the peace. She has gone
farther and has listed the men who
served as chief of the police and fire
department and her list will show the
name of every man who held the posi-
tion of alderman and school commits
sioner. In all it is the most notable
contribution made to the historical lit
erature of kenosha in many a year.
With the preparing of this list of
officials suggestions are being made to
the members of the council that some
plan be adopted to hand down to
posterity In more public manner the
story of the service rendered by these
men to the city. 1t has been suggest
ed that tablet be placed In the city
hall on which will be inscribed the
names and dates of service of all the
mayors of the city and that a per
manent record attractively bound be
arranged to hand down to posterity
the names of other officials. Some
time ago plan was inaugurated to
decorate the council chamber with the
portraits Of former mayor and with
the list completed this plan will pos
sibly be carried out. When the last
few years of the work is completed it
will be given out for publication.
Many of the members of the com
mon council are now bending their en-
ergy to have another great work done
and that is the compilation and publ
cation of the book of ordinances. Tt
Is expected that this will be a matter
of considerable expense, but members
Of the council are hopeful that the
work viii be provided before the end
Of the present year.
The city has not in years had COM
pilation of its ordinances and one is
decidedly necessary if the ordinances
are to be. properly enforced.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

It will be noted that part of the
last appropriation made by the Wis
|consin Telephone Company for the i'm
provement and extension of its plant
and lines in the city is to be used in
installing conduits for underground
wiring in the business section of the
city and the other companies main
tanning overhead wire systems would
do well to follow the lead Of the tele-
phone company in preparing for the
going into effect Of the underground
wire ordinance passed by the council
some years ago. The reasonable
time allowed in the ordinance for
putting the wires underground is pass
ing rapidly and there is no question
but that demand will be made on
the city authorities for the strict en-
forcement of the ordinance at the
earliest possible moment. It is doubt
full if the attempt to force the wires
underground OF all the streets of the
city would be upheld either by the
courts or the state railway commission
but the right of the city to clear the
business district of the overhead wires
is unquestioned and all Of the corpora
lions maintaining overhead systems
will be only manifesting the proper
spirit if they do as the telephone com
pany is doing and get ready to carry
out the terms Of the ordinance without
waiting to be forced to do so.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
BROKE JAIL AT EVANSTON.
Police Search in Kenosha for George
Francis Wanted by Evanston Police

Folce search III henoSna Ior george
Francis Wanted by Evanston Police
Police officers of the city were busy
today seeking to find some trace of
George Francis, Is years old, who es-
capped from Jail at Evanston, H., on
Friday and who is alleged to be in hid
ing in Kenosha. Francis managed to
find the Jail door open and took
French leave" A half hour later the
police at Evanston were informed that
boy answering his description had
bought a ticket for Kenosha and was
making the trip on an electric car. Eff
forts were made to find him on the car,
but these proved futile and the Evan
ston police then appealed to the Keno
sha police for aid. No one answering
his description has been picked up by
the Kenosha officers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mrs. Mary Goodale was the guest of
honor at a very pleasant surprise party
held at her home On South street on
Thursday evening. Thirty-fve were
present and the evening was pleasant
ly spent In games and music.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02
CARVER" GRADE rEoTrER.

Formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
Of Kenosha, now the property of A..
F. Mcneil of South Bristol, Kenosha,
Co.. Wis. Carver viii make the sea-
son at the stables on the Barker Pic.
kens farm in South Bristol Registered
No. 1874. Terms: SO to insure live
fOai advwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

E. L. Grant was one of the con-
testants in the lumbermans golf tourna-
ment recently held on the links of the
Edgenoor Club and he won the gold
medal offered in the match for golfers
over fifty-fve years of age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Harry Timme, recently parolled after
sentence on charges of habitual drunk
enness, violated his parole on Friday
and Judge Randall ordered that he be
taken to prison this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Felix Nowacki, Jr., SON of Felix No
wacki, Gabryel Balazs, son of George
Balazs, and Louis Robsel, Jr., a son of
Louis Rohsel, are attending the summer
school at the seminary at st. Francis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Announcement has been received
acre Of the marriage of August Eau
De-, one of the teachers of the German
Lutheran School of this city, to Miss
Meta sehroeck of New Ulm, Mimi.
Inc marriage occurred June "a, at New
YIN. The young people will reside in
Kennsha returning after August /.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Louls Gappelle, arrested on a statu-
tory charge on Thursday, secured his
liberty Friday evening when friends
furnished bonds in the sum of $1,000.
Cappelle had been held for trial at the
next term of the municipal court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

The final hearing of the estate of the
late Frederick J. Gottfredsen was held
II. the county court this morning and
Judge Taylor issued q formal order
distributing the estate
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Beals enter
tanned a large party of their friends
at the Masonic Temple on Friday even
ing in celebration of the twelfth ami
versary of their marriage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs Charles III. Dumke and
family and Miss Lillian Dumke have
gone to Grand Haven, Mich, to spend
few weeks with friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Palica and
daughters are spending week at the
cottage at Twin Lakes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Eph. Fountaine and
daughter Virginia of Sheboygan were
the guests of Captain Fountaine on Fri
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. A E. Buckmaster and
children are at their home at Twin.
.akes for the summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. White, of Han
over, Ill, spent Friday afternoon in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

The Kenosha Realty company has
moved into its new Office in the Burke
building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-02

Joseph C. Sassenberg Of Kenosha and
Miss Marie L. Binz of Chicago have
been granted license to marry in this
county