Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-04-08
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD


Norwegian Lutheran church has decid-
ed to erect a new church to cost about
ten thousand dollars.
Superior.-The congregation of the
Presbyterian church at Itasca has
decided to erect new building
which will cost about two thousand
three hundred dollars.
Marinette.-The strikers in the local
paper mills here who walked out re-
increase of 20 cents day. They
asked for rs cents.
Chippewa Falls.-John Yorke, four
years old, of the town of Ruby,
was found, after a search Of sew
eral hours, in the hot pond Of the mill.
Death had occurred some time pre-
viously.
Couderay.-The post Office here was
robbed. An entrance was forced
through a window. Some small
change and book of money orders
was taken. All signs indicate work
of professionals No trace was left.
Edgerton.-A county conference OF
the Rock county Y. M. c. A. was held
here. The meeting was opened with
an address by l.. A. Markham, sec
rotary, followed by the election of Off
GERS
Superior.-The annual banquet Of
Superior and Duluth graduates of
Wisconsin university was held at
Hotel Superior. Prof A. Pyre of the
university faculty was the principal
speaker.
Tomahawk.-Gov Francis e. Nc
Govern will deliver an address at
the fortnightly dinner of the Mems
club on April 8. He will come here
from Superior, where he speaks the
night before.
Madison-Gustave Wight, Is, of
Fond du Lac, has been appointed
junior orator to give the response to
the seniors at the university 1914
commencement, by President Bull OF
the junior class.
Kenosha-"Let the wife be given
the custody of the child and the
automobile" This was the substance
of the decision of Judge Belden when
he awarded Mrs. Bertha Newman Of
Silver Lake a divorce from William
Newman.
Madison.-Two men from the depart
ment of insurance have gone to
Superior, where they will appraise
the loss at the state normal school,
recently destroyed by fire, and insured
in the state fire fund. They are c. E.
Bennett, fire prevention inspector, and
c. Halbert, engineer.
Maiden Rock.-A telegram was re-
ceived from Denver, Colo, stating
that Laura Meadows, seventeen
years old, and her foster brother, Roy
Dean, fourteen years old, who disap-
peared from their home at Spring Val
ley five weeks ago, were in Denver In
a destitute condition.
Kenosha.-In the circuit court at
Kenosha, Ernest Delahoyd, a ven
der of glass novelties visiting coun-
ty fairs, secured verdict of $50
against the Western Union Telegraph
company for failing to deliver prompt
ly a telegraphic order to Chicago
house for goods needed.
Kenosha. = The body Of George
Earl, former Kenosha business
man, who disappeared last No
vember, was found in the lake just
north of Winthrop Harbor. Earl had
been in i'll health and respondent for
some time prior to his disappearance,
and it is believed that he committed
suicide.
Marinette. = Several hundred en-
ployes of the Menominee & Mar
inette Paper company, one of the
largest concerns of its kind in this ter
ritory. have threatened to strike I'M
less a daily advance Of % cents is
Immediately granted. H. A. j. Upham
Of Milwaukee is president of the COM
pany
Milwaukee.-The body of an uni
Identified woman, terribly charred
and so badly disfgured that it
was at first impossible to determine
the sex of the corpse, was found by
laborers who were clearing up the
debris Of the Windsor hotel, burned
March 10. 1t has developed that
Racine quarryman named William Har-
ris has not been seen since the fire,
though he was thought to have been
staying at the hotel The woman was
apparently burned as she slept, being
practically nude.
Grand Rapids-The next conyen-
ton of the Eighth district Wcm-
ems clubs is to be held in Marshfield
on May to 7. The Eighth district in
cludes 10 clubs, located in Grand Rap
ids, Stevens Point, Wausau and Wau-
paca, and it is expected that full two
hundred visiting clubwomen will re-
spond to the invitation extended by
the Marshfield clubs. Among the
prominent speakers will be Mrs.
Strathern of Kaukauna, state presi-
dent of the Wolnen's Federation of
clubs, and Miss Ellen Sabin of Milwau-
kee, president of Milwaukee-Downer
COLLAGE Tho Ia eft district meeting. was