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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
IN ANNUAL MEETING.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Kenosha County Build
ing Loan and Investment Association
on Tuesday, June %, 1915, the follow
ing persons were lected directors for
the term Of three years: Henry w.
Reith, Louis J. Hammond, A. B. Me-
Call and G. R. Stanhope. The reports
of the officers show that the associa-
tion is steadily growing in member
ship and assets. The resources of the
association are now $4,000. The OBJ
ject of the association is to encourage
its members in saving small sums
and provide for them safe invest
ment for the same by loaning its
money to members of the association,
who desire to buy or build home and
pay for it by making monthly pay
ments on same. The directors will
meet on Wednesday, June 30, 1915, for
the purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Miss Ethel Redeem and Christian Van
Covering Married on Tuesday.

Among the many notable ceremonies
of the month, one of great interest to
many people of the city took place
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock at the
home Of the bride, IA Rice Ave-, when
Miss Ethel Redeem, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Redeem, and Christian Van
Covering, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chris
tian Van Covering, were united in holy
matrimony. Rev. Stair read the cere-
mony, and Miss Edith Redeem, cousin
OF the bride played the wedding march.
The bride was charmingly attired in
a wedding gown Of white crepe meteor,
and carried beautiful bouquet of
white roses. She was attended by the
groom's sister, Miss Gertrude Van
Covering, who wore gown of light
blue pussy-willow silk, and carried a
bouquet of pink roses. William Redeem,
brother of the bride, was best man.
The home was beautifully decorated
with smilax, ferns, palms and peonies.
After the ceremony, a wedding sup
per, the guests were delightfully."- en-
laid for forty guests. During the sup
per, the guests were delightfully."- en-
tertained with several piano solos by
Miss Edith Redeem, who is an accom-
plshed pianis5e.
Following the supper, Mr.. and Mrs.
Van Covering left for short wedding
trip. They will make their home at 81
Erie street, and will be at home to
their friends after July /. They have
the sincerest wishes and heartiest con-
gratuiations of large number of
friends and relatives for a happy and
successful future
Among the many guests were the fol-
lowing guests from out of town: Mr..
and Mrs. Van Covering and daughter
Gertrude of South Norwalk, Conn;
Miss Mayme Won Bendegon of Polo,
ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Van Covering
and Miss Peterson of GAINESVILLE, Wis;
Mrs. Won Bendegon of Grand Rapids,
Mich; Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Redeem
and Miss Edith Redeem of Rockford,
Ill.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
COURT rs ECONOMICAL.
Annual Report of Municipal Court
Shows Total Cost of Court is $5,737.

Another record of accomplishment
has been brought to light in the fling
of the annual report of the expenses
of the municipal court of Kenosha
county. The report shows that the
total expense of maintaining the court
during the past year was $5,737.95 of
which amount $3,S25.30 is to be paid
by Kenosha county and the remainder
$1,912.65 is to be paid from the city
treasury. The court has been entirely
self sustaining during the past year
and in addition to this it has paid a
profit in real money to both the city
and the county In fact the amounts
turned over to the city and county
treasurer are nearly double the cost of
maintenance of the court. The ex-
penses listed include the salaries of the
Judge, the clerk and all of the inciden-
tai expenses of the operation of the
court for the year. 1t is declared that
the court is the most economical court
in Wisconsin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
Miss Miriam Frost is Bride
of Ralph Y. Cooper at a
Pretty Church Ceremony
NOTABLE As SOCIETY EVENT

The marriage of Miss Miriam
Bailey Frost, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter j. Frost, and Ralph Yocum
Cooper, son of the late Charles F.
Cooper, was solemnized at the First
Congregational Church at eight o. clock
Wednesday evening, the wedding
service being read by the Rev. Theo-
dore r. Faville, pastor of the church,
in the presence of more than three
hundred friends and relatives of the
bride and groom. The wedding serv-
ice was one of the most interesting
events on the social calendar of Ke-
nosha as both the bride and groom are
prominent in the younger society
of the city.
In honor of the wedding ceremony
the church was charmingly decorated
in white and green, ferns and palms
and bridal wreaths being used in
profusion.
Claudius G. Pendell, organist of the
church, presided at the organ and
played a notable program of music
during the evening.
The bride who was given away by
her father, was attired in a wedding
gown of white satin and carried a
shower bouquet Of lilies of the valley
She was attended by Miss Elizabeth
Lyman as maid or honor and by a
charming retinue of bridesmaids, in
Guiding the Misses Gertrude Mat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
THURSDAY, JUNE "a, 1915.

e'The cities are full Of pride,
Challenging each to each
And the men that breed from then
They traffic up and d0Un
but cling to their cities hem
AS q child to the mothers gocr. u
Wien they talk aotth the stranger
bands,
Dd@ed and RelGlg alone;
HVben tbey q0GIE IN the stranger lands,
By roaring streets NRk11O1on;
Blessing her Where she stands
For strength above their otcn.
ION high to hold her fame
ThGt stands all fame beyond,
BIZ oath to back the same,
Most NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.;
JfdEtng her mere breGthed name
Their hand pDon their bond.)
Surely IN toll or fray
Under an alien sky
Comfort 1t is to sag;
'Of no mean city am r."
--KIPLING.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Kenosha IS bid for fame as the only
city in Wisconsin in which a real legal
execution took place is threatened.
Tuesday afternoon in the Federal Court
in Milwaukee Judge Geiger sentenced
James Waupoose, an Indian who had
plead "Guiltyo to charges of murder
in the first degree, to be hanged on the
Indian reservation near Keshena on
the morning of August is next and un-
less the president of the United States
commutes the sentence of the Indian
the federal marshal must carry out the
sentence and the old record of Kenosha
will be broken.
If the Indian Waupoose is hanged in
Wisconsin his name will be linked with
that of John Mccartney, Kenosha
man who was the only man ever legally
executed in Wisconsin. The hanging
of Mccartney took place in Kenosha on
the twenty-second day of August in
1851. There are still few of the real
old people Of Kenosha who recall the
historic day. John Mccartney was a
Kenosha laborer and he lived with his
bride of three months in a two-story
house along the railway tracks in the
southwest portion Of the city. On the
night of July %, 1850, Mccartney
drowned his wife in shallow cistern
in the rear Of their home. McCaffrey
was arrested and indicted on charges of
murder in the first degree and was con-
victed at the May term of the circuit
court in 1851 with Judge Wilton pre-
siding. The prosecution of Mccartney
was conducted by S. P. Cone, attorney
general of Wisconsin. McCaffrey was
sentenced by Judge Wilton TO be hang
ed on the same day that the verdict of
the jury was returned.
| The execution was public and it took
place on sand knoll southwest of the
city where rough scaffold had been
erected on ground which was more re.
Gently known as the brick yard on FIRE.
mont avenue. Hundreds Of people
witnessed the hanging of Mccartney
and there are still many people who
remember the tragic events of the day.
Deputy Sheriffs White and Croker
were in charge Of the arrangements for
the execution. McCaffrey as he mount
ed the scaffold to meet death made a
full confession of his crime, embraced
religion and announced that he was
ready to pay extreme penalty. It was
after / clock in the afternoon before
all of the ceremonies attending the ex-
ecution were over and the trap sprung.
Relatives of Mccartney claimed the
body and no one ever knew where it
was buried. 1t was the execution ~of
Mccartney that brought the wave of
feeling against capital punishment in
Wisconsin and at the next session of
the legislature a law was passed pre-
venting the capital punishment of de-
PENDANTS in Wisconsin. The law has
been i'll effect since that time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

No child permitted to enter school, after be-
ing out two successive days, without permit
from physician or Health Dept.
A number of pastuerizing plants which elm
mate all danger of Typhoid, Diphtheria,
Scarlet Fever and Septic Sore Throat, which
may be carried in the milk.
A new tuberculosis Sanatorium now under
construction.
City Physician and Visiting Nurses working
all the time
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

.Theleen of the Kenosha Retailer IS AS
ISOLATION, was put into circulation this
morning. 1t is not picture book, but
just little folder packed full of in
teresting information which every resi-
denG of Kenosha should know and
which it will be interesting for people
of Kenosha to tell their friends about.
There are a lot of things in the book
which will be news to people who live
right here in Kenosha. The statistics
have been compiled with great deal
of care and they are every one true
This is not Blowing Kenosha IS
Horn but just telling people what
Kenosha has to- offer.
Special attention has been given to
show the standing of Kenosha as the
most healthful city in the United
States and in giving the facts lot of
things have been brought out to show
why Kenosha is the best city in this
section of the country, not only as a
home, but also as manufacturing
city. The little book was issued es-
pecially for the use of the Home Com
ing committee and it is expected that
copies of it will be taken far and wide
throughout the country. It is a real
boost for Kenosha along right lines
and the compilers of it evidently spent
a lot of time and money to get the ma
terial into just the right shape. Here
are some of the interesting things con-
tanned in the little booklet:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
HOME COMING TOO STRENUOUS.
Jeffrey Salesman Unable to Run After
Strenuous Events of the Home Coming.

strenuous Events OF the Home Coming.
One Of the most exciting events Of
Home Coming week occurred this noon
when a 100 yard dash for purse of
gold was run between Gordon B. Muma
and A. E. Creeger of The Thomas B.
Jeffrey Company. The race was run
down grade from the corner at the
Borup Hotel to the lake. It all started
with Mr.. Muma IS tales of his old time
speed prowess-ending with the boast
that he could still outrun any man in
Kenosha in spite of the fact that dur
ing the past few years he has added
about one hundred pounds avoirdupois
to his former weight. Creeger, who
also carries about one hundred more
pounds weight than the law allows,
immediately accepted Muma's challenge
and after all bets had been made, the
two men toed the mark and waited for
the starting gun. Away they went
slow at first, for it takes time to get
500 pounds of human flesh under way
but gaining speed as they hit the down
grade. Cheers resounded, for Muma
was making good his boast. He was
easily ten feet in the lead when he
struck the steepest part of the hill and,
in spite of all his effort to apply the
brakes, lost his balance and plunged
headlong onto the pavement, tearing
off sleeve of his new coat, which he
had bought for Homecoming, and leav-
ing the better part of trouser leg in
the rear. Muma's. face was a grand
sight for Creeger to look back on as he
passed the finishing line and received
the winning purse from the hands Of
Harold Hart, another Jeffrey salesman
in from his Iowa territory. Although
Muma may not be wonder at keep
ing his balance at high speed on a
steep hill, all corners take their hats
off to him as seller of automobiles
He is in from his territory in Texas to
help Kenosha celerate Home Coming
week. Creeger's territory covers Ohio,
a state of many fine cities, but he says
there are no towns in the Ohio state
like Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Fred Pfeffer of the famous old Chi
cage stonewall, declared on Tuesday
that he had decided to be a Kenoshau
in the future. He came up from Chi
cago to umpire the Cubs-Kenosha game
and stayed over. Mr.. Pfeffer declar-
ed that he was insulted when it was
suggested that he be paid for his serv-
ices and he insisted that he was guest
at the Home Coming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Kenosha people are proud of the
great advances that have been made
in the past few years in every line
and they are facing the future with
confidence and hope. Some of the men
and women who are now in the city
for the Home Coming celebration, play
ed great part in laying the founda-
lions for the remarkable material and
moral advancement of Kenosha and
the debt the city owes to them is free.
" and gratefully acknowledged by the
leaders of thought and action in the
city today. These pioneers in city
development may have fbuilded bet
ter than they knew but they can
take an honest pride in the results of
movements they initiated and we hope
that they will feel that no effort they
made for the betterment of the city
has beenawholly wasted We would
not have them think either that the
citizens of Kenosha are content to rest
with what has been accomplished, but
have them rather look upon the city
Is it is today, not as ian end, but as
beginning Much has been done. No
bne who loves Kenosha will not admit
khat much remains ito do.
=
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Kenosha is being filmed to death.
Three moving picture companies were
making pictures in Kenosha today. A
big company of movie actors were
working over at the north side ball
park making special film of Kenosha
while other picture artists were busy
taking pictures of the fire run and all
other events of interest in connection
with the home coming.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

The exhibits from the collections of
f, n Lyman on display in the Barden
and Scholer window are attracting
great deal of attention. Space in
front of the windows has been at a
premium all through the day and even
ing ever since they were installed and
they are easily the feature of the Home
Coming. The owner of these collec-
tions has offered to donate them to the
city practically in their entirety just as
soon as suitable place to house them
has been provided and it is hoped
that the interest being shown is an
indication that a movement will be
started to comply with the conditions
under which the city can become the
owner of these collections. Kenosha
will then have something that no other
city in the state can possess, for these
collections cannot be duplicated. They
are priceless and Kenosha will lose an
opportunity that will never come again
If the city permits these articles to be
scattered or go to some other city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
JAMES BAILEY INJURED.
Well Known Insurance Man Run Down
by Auto on Prairie Avenue Tuesday

James Bailey, the well known insur-
ance man and well known as must
clan met very serious injuries on
avenue near West Main street just be-
fore noon Tuesday when he was run
down by an automobile driven by Geo.
Head. Mr.. Bailey was riding on a BIZ
cycle. He was thrown to the pave
ment. Mr.. Bailey was suffering from
very serious bruises and is confined to
his home today. His injuries are said
to be very painful and he may be kept
in bed for several days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Here is real recognition of public
spirit and hard work. Charles II.
Goodman, who was in charge of the
plans for the installation of the new
lights, has been presented with a medal
by members of the Retailer 5 Associa-
tion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

The opening day and night OF the
Home Coming were all that anybody
could have hoped for and if the other
days Of the celebration can keep up the
pace some records will be broken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Two Of the biggest crowds in the
history Of the city were out Tuesday
afternoon and evening and the way
they were handled by the police is
something of which the chief and every
member of the force can well be proud.
1t was due to the work of the depart
ment alone that there were no serious
accidents to mar the pleasure of the
day and the efficiency of the depart
ment with its small number of men ex-
cited the admiration of visiting of
fcials. 1t was very noticeable also
that there was no friction. The crowd
oheyed orders and there were no un-
necessary orders given to arouse OPP
position. The officers were just as
anxious as the members Of the Home
Coming committees that everybody
have a good time and they showed it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
Welcome home.

Every resident Of Kenosha is on the
reception committee and ready and
sanxious to serve visitors in any way.
MAKE your wants known.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

The country boy is not migrating to
the city as he did. 1t is beginning to
dawn on him that when he drops the
raising Of food products, he is selling
out his interest in commodity that
is rapidly raising in price. Nobody
ever advanced in life on that princi-
pie. And as the boys stay on in the
country, the girls will stay too. The
farmers are going to own more auto
mobiles in the year 1925 than the boys
who left the farm to accept posi-
itions'' in the big cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

Emil Clausen, the motorcycle police
man, put an added thrill into the fire
run on Milwaukee avenue this after
noon when he came down the avenue
at a speed exceeding seventy miles an
hour. Now you know what you have
to beat if you want to get away.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
Shipping Passenger Service.


Kenosha, located on Lake Michigan midway
between Chicago and Milwaukee on the main
line of the G. & N. w. Ry, SO miles out of
Chicago.
Daily steamboat service to Chicago and Mil
waukee.
Excellent shipping and switching facilities.
Kenosha takes Chicago freight rates.
Two interurban electric railways entering the
city from different directions
135 passenger trains (steam and electric) in
and out of the city each day.
Excellent natural harbor
Municipal
Population (1915) 100000 $3.50 incr in 10 yrs
AZ square miles in area.
Municipal owned water plant
New plant under construction, estimated cost
S250O0O
4S miles of water mains.
so miles of sewers.
20 miles of paved streets.
miles of main trunk sewer under construc-
ton
Assessment valuation $32,000,000.
Bonded Indebtedness, 100000.
Complete motor-equipped Fire Dept.
4 fire stations; 20 paid 1remen.
Very efficient Police Dept.
25 policemen
motorcycle police
Motor police patrol.
New $4,000 City Hall.
6 Public Parks.
Municipal Green House
Municipal Bathing Beach.
Most efficient Health Dept in the State.
New Decorative Street Lighting System.
Of General Interest.
10 public schools.
parochial schools.
l high school.
business colleges
| girls school.
School Recreation and Play Ground Dept
80 churches.
70 secret and fraternal organizations.
theatres.
/ large Coliseum and exhibition hall.
Is hotels.
hospitals
10 moving picture houses.
5000 900 people living within radius of 100
miles of Kenosha.
One of the finest 1S-hole golf courses in the
country.
banks, resources, $5.300,000.
1 daily newspaper
weekly newspapers.
Post Office receipts-1910 63S5569.
1914 97522S9.
Three Express Companies american Adams
and Southern.
amusement resorts just outside of the city.
500 automobiles owned in the city.
$500 telephones in use; SO phone exchange
operators.
Kenosha located on the proposed yellow
stone" Trail New York to the Coast.
Why Kenosha is Good City to
Live In.
Death rate 1913 95 per thousand.
Death rate (1914l per thousand.
i death from Scarlet Fever in ~ years.
1 death from Typhoid in 1914.
No death from Diphtheria in 1914.
No death from Measles III 1914.
Infant mortality under year in 1914--14.
Children born during the year 7S9
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
Interesting Facts Which Will BE News
to Many People of the City Are to
be Sent Far and Wide Throughout
the Country by Retailers Association.
"Facts about Kenosha," a clever
little booklet prepared by Secretary
Industries

Over 100 manufacturers in Kenosha.
10000 men and women regularly employed.
Average weekly payroll $4,000.
Manufactured annual output exceeds $780,
100000.
No labor troubles
Largest manufacturers of Iron and Brass
Beds, Pleasure and Commercial Vehicles,
Harness Leather, Brass and Copper, Sheet
and Roll in the world.
Manufacturers Assn. of Kenosha (free en-
ployment bureau)
Kenosha Retailers Assn. Industrial promo
tom.
Some of the Things Made in Kenosha.
Automobiles pleasure and commercial,
Wagons, farm and dump,
Beds, brass, iron and STEEL spring.
Tables and chairs, cribs,
Spring bed machinery,
Leather harness and sole,
Brass. and copper, sheet and roll,
Automobile and cycle lamps,
Plumbing supplies,
Hosiery,
Underwear,
Sweaters,
Steel cable,
Fly Paper,
Washing Machines,
Railway lanterns and supplies,
Automobile carburetors,
Wire mattresses,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
Second Legal Hanging in
History of Wisconsin Or
dered By Judge Geiger.
RECALLS HISTORIC EVENTS

John Mccartney, Who was Hanged in
Kenosha in 1851, had Distinction of
Being Only Man Legally Executed
Indian to be Hanged for Murder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-06-24

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