Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-02-27
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four children.
Marinette.-His mind temporarn.
deranged from cold and suffering Tob.
Anderson, a woodsman, was brougE,
to the Marinette hospital for tra,,
ment for a frozen foot. He was wort
ing at Cedar River in a lumber cam
Wausau.-Ethel Bachman. eleven
years old. awarded hero medal "a
Ralston company for saving hs
life of Fred Thorsen. who wen,
through ice when skating. and whom
she saved by pushing sled over thin
ice.
Bayfield, the annual meeting
of the Bayfield, Peninsula Frut
association the following officers
were elected: President, H. c Hale.
vice-president. John Hauser; secro.
tary w S. Powell. ard treasurer. j
II. Sykes.
Wausau.-Marathon county bankers
want Wisconsin banks TO belong
to the seventh federal reserve dis
trict, with Wisconsin as headouar.
tiers. instead of belonging TO the ninth
district, with Minneapolis as their "a.
serve center.
Green Bay.-The condition of Rev
Father L. A. Richlin of St Johns
| church. who has been suffering
from hemorrhages for the last sew.
eral weeks. is showing no change. and
there is doubt as to his recovery. His
brother of Oklahoma is in charge NJ
the parish
Stevens Point.-Miss Agnes Smoke
Of Auburndale, about twenty years
old. employed in the home Of ]. H.
O'Brien, local yardmaster for the
500 railroad, was instantly killed by
500 train No. u, in attempting to
cross the tracks near Shaurette
street She was struck by the engine
and hurled from the track. but not
run over.
Madison.-Fred Boehmke OF Mad.
son was sentenced to serve one year
in Waupun on October II for steal.
ing chickens. His wife appeared be.
fore Gov E L. Philip and asked that
her husband be granted a pardon be-
cause he is the only source of sup,
port for herself and two children.
Governor Philip granted a pardon, 70
take effect March z
Shawano.-At the annual meeting
of the Twelfth district of Odd Eel.
lows the following were chosen for
the coming year: President, Julius
Prenslow of Clintonville: vicepresi
dent. Charles Fink of Shawano; sec
rotary. E. ]. Scott, Shawano: treas
urer. J. J. Miller, Marion. and chap
lain, Rev. ]. A McGreaham. Shawano.
The next convention will be at Marion
Marinette-"Me jumped too late"
said Mike Cohinski as he was dug
from snow bank near here after be
ing struck by Chicago & Northwest
| ern passenger train. Cohinsk owes
his life to his turkey" or pack Of
clothes which he carried on his back
and took the majority of the shock
when he was struck. He was thrown
down an embankment and landed in
i snow pile from which he was
dragged by the engine crew which
found an unmarked man in place Of
the corpse they expected The lum'
bertack refused to ride to the next
station on The train, saying that he
had had enough to do with the engine
without riding behind it.
Kenosha.-Johnny Geshay, a seven
teen-year-old Kenosha boy. accord
ing to the records. is a ward Of the
state school at Sparta. but he was
arraigned in the municipal court here
on charges of burglary and sent to
the Waukesha school A letter from
the superintendent of the Sparta
school says Geshay escaped and ef-
forts to find him have been futile
Geshay, on the stand, declared that he
had been at his home here since last
August and that. so far as he knew
no efforts of any kind had been made
to find him and return him 10 the
state school An investigation vii.
probably be demanded from the gov
ernor.
Milwaukee. Albert Schaller Of
GAINESVILLE was reelected president
of the Wisconsin Retail Lumber
Dealers association at the closing SEES
sion of the twenty fifth annual con
vention at the Hotel Pfister. George
W. La Point. Jr, and Charles Hustis
of Cuba CITY were elected directors
The former secretary. Adolph Pfund,
will continue in that position That
the credit system had been carried
too far and lumbermen should strive
to return to a cash basis. was stated
by c. H. Ketridge of Evanston JILL.
in addressing the meeting. Credit
has become 4 burden on the retail
dealers, said Mr. Ketridge They
have been doing a free banking bust
ness. No proper inducement has been
made to the cash customers. The Tea-
son mail order houses take so much
business from local dealers is that
they make proper inducements for
cash business"
Wausau.-Gottlieb Staege. nire.g
one years old. a pioneer farmer q
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