Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-06-03
Wisconsin NesDs
Tersely Told


sin has $4,000 schools, and less
than half of the little army of teach
ers in them have had any sort of
training fitting them for the work, "
SAID Theodore Kronshage, president of
normal school regents, before the COM
mitee on finance of the legislature.
The committee heard the Albers bill
providing for two new normal schools
in northwestern Wisconsin. "One often
hears the remark that Wisconsin has
too many normal schools" continued
Mr.. kronshage, but if the normal
schools are good for anything, then
the state is warranted in the es,ab-
hshment of enough of them so that
the schools can meet the demands of
the public for trained teachers" The
various cities which are bidding for
the proposed two schools presented
their claims to the committee.
Kenosha.-Milton B. Ketcham, sec
rotary and treasurer of the n.
R. Aliens Sons Tannery company,
and one of the most enthusiastic mem
bers of the Kenosha Country club,
has temporarily abandoned the golf
game. He drove a ball into the creek
from the tenth tee. Seeking to re-
cover it by using a club, he lost his
balance and fell into the creek. His
left leg was broken. The small bone
broke in two places and splintered,
and the large bone had a clean break.
ketcha1n floundered about in the wa
ter until members of the party came
to his rescue. He was then removed
to a hospital.
Kenosha.-Joseph C. Newhouse,
assistant chief of police of Keno
sha, had his left leg broken at
the hip and four other persons suf-
fered severe injuries and a score of
others we're badly bruised in a fire
and panic at Germania hall, the larg-
est hall in Kenosha The Heiss court
of the Catholic Order of Foresters
was celebrating the twenty-fifth an
niversary Of it's founding and an in
experienced photographer attempted
to take 1ashlight picture of the 500
people gathered about a banquet table.
TIE fire was communicated to the
decorations, which burned rapidly.
Kenosha-A hundred Wisconsin
women interested in the home mis-
sion movement in the churches of
the Milwaukee district of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church came to Ken
osha to attend the eleventh annual
meeting of the district organization,
held at Park Avenue NJ. E. church.
Mrs. Peter F. Stair, president of the
organization, presided. Large delega-
lions were present from all of the
Methodist churches in Milwaukee and
from Waukesha, Racine, Burlington
and many of the smaller cities of the
district.
Observation-Disclosures Polanis, aged
fifteen, a messenger boy, was saved
from death under street car
at Third street and Grand avenue,
by Patrolman Lawrence Hurley.
Polanis was riding east on Grand ave-
nue. and was turning south on Third
street, when a rear wheel of his bicy-
Gle was struck by an eastbound street
car, throwing him in front of a car
going in an opposite direction. Hurley
rushed into the street and dragged
the boy to safety.
Observation-Disclosures Little Italy"
containing some LOO Italians, is
for war With the announce
ment that Italy had declared war that
portion of the city was gay with 7 al
Many will return to Italy at once, sew
eral having already offered their serv-
ices to the Italian consuls in Chicago
and Milwaukee
JanesYille.-The italian settlement
here is much exercised as to
whether passages will be paid so that
reservists may fight for Italy. A dele
cation has gone to Chicago to Italian
consuTs to see If they cannot receive
free transportation, as the majority
have not enough money to pay their
own passage.
Beloit-Rey. J. G. X. Preus, pas
tor Of the Trinity Lutheran church,
has gone to the meeting of the
Norwegian Synod of America at
San Francisco. He will join the Lu-
Their college band at Omaha. He &C
companied the band on it's European
trip last year as press agent.
Commonwealth ordination serv-
ices Sunday at Nashotah house, Vivian
Petersen was installed as a deacon of
the Episcopal church. Graduation ex-
ercises at Nashotah house will be held
Thursday.
Beloit-Arthur Smith is the latest
Beloit man to be drawn into the Euro
pean war He is an expert mechanic
and has been called to his former po-
sition in the WooIich (Eng) arsenaIs.
Grantburg.-The heavy frost of the
early part Of the week damaged the
BURBERRY crop, which promised to be
plentiful in this vicinity.
Marinette.-Rev. H. c. Westphal of
Florence has accepted a call from the
Trinity Evangelical church of this
place.
Stevens Point-Triplets were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Newly Of
Buena Vista. Two of the babies weigh
five pounds each and the other four
pounds. All are well developed and
give every prospect of growing to
maturity. This is the third instance
in the history of Portage county, as
far as known, where triplets have
been born.
Waupaca.-Mrs. Anna Brown is in
custody on the charge Of setting fire |
to the house from which she had Just
moved. The building was discovered
in flames about fifteen minutes after
the last load of furniture left.
Edgerton-ReV. W. A. Coggins, who |
was the pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church at Fulton for two years, |
has accepted a call from the First Con |
al, L.