The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-08-14
State News
In Brief
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neer citizen and business man of
brentwood, succumbed to heart failure
while on a fishing trip.
Kellnersville Plans are being made
by St Joseph's Catholic congregation
of this city for a $4,000 church and
parish house.
Racine. Forty Racine Russians
have left for their native country to
enlist in the czar's army. They ex-
pect to join large force at Chicago.
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
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.
Neenah.-A cucumber, measuring
foot and half in length, was raised
on the John Buser farm, west of this
city. The cucumber is one of the
most unusual freaks seen here in re-.
cent years.
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 plan
for improving streets in this city.
Ashland.-Harry E. Corson, head
of the local order of Railroad Con-
ductors, was killed. Two cars ran over
him in the 500 ore yards. He has been
resident of Ashland for 80 years.
He leaves a wife.
Ashland-Edward Dugan, Chicago,
was instantly killed at Hurley by
being electrocuted. He was engaged
in bridge work for the north
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which was near high powered cleo
trical transmission lines.
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. ]. II. 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 cost of $4,000. The
school will be ready by December
and the church by July 1, 1916.
South Range-The new $4,000
workhouse on Douglas county's re-
Gently purchased penal farm, near
here, has been occupied. All prison
ers and equipment were transferred
from the old workhouse. at Rock
mount.
Observation-Disclosures not supplied
with life preservers in accordance
with federal laws, are being caught i'll
a campaign inaugurated by customs
officers in Superior harbor. A. Fl.
Adrian has paid 500 for having less
preservers on board than his boat re-
CURED.
Green Bay.-Rt. Rev. Joseph Fox,
bishop of the Green Bay diocese,
,.nf IL H.. dod
the George Washington at Bremen
July 25. before there was any sign Of
war. Three days later, on the ocean,
We received a wireless message an
nouncing the declaration of war. The
captain was informed that French
warship was on her way north and was
told to be on his guard.
Madison.-The state railroad COM
mission ordered the 500 Railroad
company to- refund to the Merrill
Woodenware company of Merrill $780,
Sc as excess freight charged on a ship
ment of wooden bolts from Manson and
Bradley to Hartford Junction. The
railroad commission issued an order
authorizing the Cascade Telephone
company to increase it's rates % per
cent.
Racine-Rev. Casimir Olszewski,
pastor Of st. Stanislaus' Catholic
church, died at st. Mary's hospital
after brief Illness. He was born and
received his early education In Mil
waukee. He completed his studies at
st. Francis seminary and for a time
was professor of Polish and Greek, as
well as Christian doctrine, at that liz
stitution. The remains will be sent
to Milwaukee for burial
Green Bay. - Rev. Father An
thony, o. F. NJ, head of the Fran
ciscan order, Green Bay, which con-
ducts a college at Pulaski, announces
that building will be erected on the
grounds in that village. The new build
ing Is to be added to the college group
and will be 130x50 feet and four stories