The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-12-31
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who enlisted with Canadian reg1-
ment will sail for England in Febru-
airy.
London. - Rev. William. Stewart,
who for 40 years has been mis-
sionary of the Church of Christ in
Wisconsin's unsettled territory, died
of apoplexy. He has been a clergy
man 81 years, performed 1000 we'd
ding services and OBLIGATED at nearly
that many funerals.
Oshkosh.-Mrs. G.. H. Hartley, wife
of G. Fl. Hartley, general man
ager Of the Wisconsin & Northern
railway, died here at the age of fifty.
five years. Mrs. Hartley was well
known throughout the Fox river val
ley. She was active in social, benevo-
lent and religious organizations. Sur
viving are her husband, two sons and
a daughter
Milwaukee, - Nanny" Johnson.
colored, Miiwaukee's Oldest resident,
celebrated her birthday. She is
one hundred and fourteen years
old, according to her reckoning. She
was formerly a slave and has been
blind for many years. Until recently
she lived in an alley near Fourth and
Wells streets with a daughter
Madison.-Plumbers of Wisconsin,
have until midnight, December 81,
to renew their state licenses. Fail
ure to do Sc, according to the attorney
general, is cause for forfeiture of their
licenses for 451 plumbing contractors,
662 master plumbers and 1,l76 jour-
neymen plumbers. The renewal fee
for contractors is $40, fer masters SIS.
and for journeymen 81.
Madison.-K. J. Rowell whose flu
neral was held, made provision in
1907 that the public should know
the details of his life when he
died He found out from the local
papers that they would publish an
obituary notice of 200 words. and
wrote the story of his life. giving d.
rections for having it published when
he died Rowell was a machinist
Oshkosh - Leo Burster, son Of
from the war. where he fought with
Canadian regiment. AS he is only
twenty years old. his parents obtained
his release through the state depart
ment. Burster was in the trenches
five weeks in France and Belgium. He
says there was piano in his trench
Germans in a trench 80 yards away
could frequently be heard singing ac-
companied by violin.
Madison.-The state board of ed
ucation announced the total enroll
ments III the Wisconsin normal
schools for the first quarter as 4,403.
an increase of 251a per cent over last
year. The attendance at the Milwau-
kee school was 996; La Crosse. 484;
Oshkosh. $40; Plattvil}e, 298; River
Falls, 59S; Stevens Point, 566; SUI
perior, 464; Whitewater. 445. The in
crease at the Whitewater normal
school was 81 per cent
Waupaca.-Notice has been re-
consin have saved $25O.00O in freights
by the action of Gov B. l.. Philip,
who acting in private capacity as
president of the Union Refrigerator
company, private car line which he
owns, succeeded in getting the inter
state commerce commission to revoke
the permit to railroads to charge SIS
for each refrigerator car hauled in ad-
dition to regular freight rate
Medford.-As result of a raid on
Wardens G. F. Asmuth and w. F.
Elliott arrested Paul J. McCurdy and
Otto Meier of Holcombe and George
Hall and Meyer Madison of Arnold for
having venison in possession during
the closed season. The four hunters
were arraigned here and each pleaded
guilty. Meyer Madison was fined $25
and the other men were sentenced to
80 days each in the county Jail
Madison. = Probably the highest
price ever paid for deer in
Wisconsin was negotiated when the
state conservation commission sold to
a Milwaukee hotel 200-pound buck
at 80 cents per pound, making the net
price $50. The venison will be served
by the hotel to it's Christmas guests.
The buck came into the hands of the
commission by confiscation. 1t was
being shipped out Of the state on a
nonresident license tag, but the pro-
ceeding was irregular and warden
held the shipment up at Milwaukee.
Madison.-Despite the fact that
during the years from 1909 to
1914 there have been only three
new laundries established in the state
of Wisconsin. the capital invested in
plants in the state have increased from
$1,S79.7S0 to $1,794,533. or 30.1 per
cent, and the value of the output from
$1,S40 1873 to $2,353,1S3. or 27.9 per
cent. according to report just issued
by the census bureau of the United
States department of commerce at
Washington, d. c. In 1909 there were
147 laundries in the state and last year
there were $50. In Milwaukee no new
concerns began business during this
period, the number of establishments
remaining at 80.