Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-19
State News
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nestle use.
Antigo-The first cases of hog
cholera in this section of the country
was discovered in the herd owned by
John Knox, a farmer in the town of
Amigo.
Superior-A district conference Of
delegates from Women's Christian
Temperance Unions in five northwest
ern Wisconsin counties will be held at
the Thompson Avenue Methodist
church, this city, early in September.
Merrill.-The Lincoln Good Roads
club, recently organized in this city
and which has been doing excellent
work improving roads throughout Lin
coin county, has mapped out a plan
for improving streets in this city.
Neenah.-Mrs. Herman Blank of
this city, mother of ten children died
at an Appleton hospital, following an
operation for gallstones. The de-
ceased was 40 years old She leaves
a husband and the children.
Antigo.-Four Amigo residents-Mr.
and Mrs. John Hanousek, Miss Maude
Brewster, assistant principal of the
Langlade County Training school, and
Miss Anna Crop, teacher in the high
school, are in Germany.
Palmyra.-Mrs. Pamela Vandenburg,
ninety-two years old, a pioneer of the
state and Palmyra's oldest resident,
is dead. She is survived by three
children, Homer Vandenburg. Milwau-
kee; Mrs E. j. Hooper, Elkhorn, and
Mrs. j. H. Gosa, Palmyra.
Green Bay.-The church and school
building Of the st. Jacobs Catholic
congregation in Cooperstown, which
were destroyed by fire recently, will
be rebuilt at a cost of $50, 600 The
school will be ready by December l
and the church by July 1, 1915.
Superior William Donalds, age
twenty, member of a prominent
Superior family. was found dead in
the Reiss coal dock transformer house,
evidently having been electrocuted.
Donalds has been a contestant in state
high school and normal oratorical con-
tests and active in athletics.
Superior of violating the
L,
twenty-five years old, was arrest
ed as he dropped off a passenger train
en- route from his home at Drummond,
Wis., to the Dakota wheat fields. The
information upon which he was taken
into custody was forwarded by Drum
mond authorities, who will at once
send an officer to take him back to
that place.
Grand Rapids-During the week
past the office of A. B. Bever,
clerk Of the court, has been crowded
with aliens who desire information
as to the taking out of naturalization
papers. Many of the applicants do
not want to return to fight for their
country and the inquiries made are
with a view of learning whether or
not they can be forced to return If
they are naturalized A hearing on
naturalization papers will be held
September &c.
Portage-Robert B. Wentworth,
eighty-seven years old, one Of the
most prominent residents of this por-
ton of Wisconsin, died at his home in
this city. He had been in failing health
for some time Mr. Wentworth came
to Wisconsin in 1848 and has resided
in this state ever since. In early
days he located at Madison and was
state printer from 1850 to 1852, print
ing all the state work on hand press.
in 1853 he removed to juneau, where
he established the first newspaper in
Dodge county, the Gazette.
Superior.-For purposes of mutual
helpfulness and cooperation the
retail clerks Of Superior have
formed a union which is TO be aff1liat-
ed with the Superior Trades and La
Dor assembly The officers are as fol-
lows: President, Gust Peterson; vice
president, Ernest Dickman; secretary,
Reuben Johnson; treasurer, Charles
Tonsberg; recording secretary, W. nj.
Ludwig; guardian, William Bradley;
committee on constitution and bylaws,
Reuben Johnson and Gust Berglund.
Milwaukee.-Ex spaces are be-
ing assigned in the Auditorium
main hall for the national convention
OF monument Q0hl6Io, oCHC0u1OO ASA
the week of August II. The monument
and tombstone men intend to show
their products to an aggregate worth
of $4,000. The American Granite
company of this city alone will have
an exhibit costing $500. Reserva-
lions also are coming to the Au-
ditorium management from machinery
manufacturers for the convention OF
national and state engineers, to be held
the week of September 4. The Photo
graphers' Association of Wisconsin
will hold it's 1914 convention in the
Auditorium on September l, 2 and 3.
| The exhibits at this meeting will fill
Kilbourn hall On September 19 to 20
| the Wisconsin Association Of Master
| Bakers will assemble IN convention in
The Auditorium.