Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-13
Kenosha health board reports death

will be buried in Marinette, on Satur-
day.
Herman Zastrow, of Merrill, caught
black fox, the skin of which is thought
to be valued in the neighbornood of
$4,000.
The attorney general has advised
that county boards must appropriate
money to pay claims under the moth
ers' pension law
Many Racine pupils found them
selves barred by the order of the
board of health because they refused
to submit to vaccination.
A logging firm, the Langlade Lum-
Der company of Milwaukee filed ar
ticles Of incorporation in the office of
the secretary of state.
A Milwaukee girl, Miss Lois
Richardson has been named circuit
court reporter by Judge Gregory. Her
salary is $4,000 year.
All parents Of Wisconsin are adj
vised by the state board of health to
keep children home from school when
they show signs of Illness. ~
Florence copnty has many teams and
men employed in hauling iron ore
rock on the county roads. The rock
will be spread in the spring.
At Grand Rapids, Wis, Mrs. Helen
Cave, one of the oldest residents Of
that city, died as the result of a fall
she sustained some weeks ago.
The Metropolitan church organization
at Waukesha, known as the Holy
Jumpers, are planning to hold series
of meetings at Oconomowoc this win
ter.
A new street car equipment is de-
manded by the city Of La Crosse in a
petition for improvement of service
filed with the state railroad commits
sion.
c. H. Pitcher was given four years in
the state prison, after having admitted
to Judge Backus in the Milwaukee
court that he had been married to
eight women.
Inspectors report IS per cent Of
spectors report that IS per cent of
the commercial hotels and so per cent
Of the others now comply with the
long bed sheet law.
A child of Albert Hanchel, of Tomah,
will probably die as the result of
drinking quantity of kerosene from a
baking powder can. The child found
the can in the absence of it's mother
Mrs. Wilhelm NJ Mueller, seventy
two, widow of George Mueller of Kiel,
committed suicide by hanging in the
basement Of the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Schwartz, of Sheboy-
gan.
Jacob Mes, 72, more than thirty
years a resident Of the village of Sill
verlake, Kencsha county, was instantly
killed in a fall down the cellar steps
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Her
man Schwartz.
The grave of ex-Gov w. R. Taylor,
granger executive of Wisconsin, will
be marked by a suitable monument.
Governor Philip appointed a commit
wv
for the monument.
Plans reveal that the year 1916
promises to be the biggest paving year
in Grand Rapids, the council having
decided to pave three of the principal
residence streets. Concrete will be the
main material used
Senator LaFollette will not run as a
candidate for delegate at large to the
Republican national convention in Chi
cago next June as the primary election
law prohibits a person from running
for two offices at the same time.
At Superior, Wis, Robt. Kelly, ST., |
vice president of the First National
bank, and general manager of the
Land and River company, is dead alter
a brief illness with pneumonia, which
followed grippe. He was born in New
followed grippe.
Kenosha sanatorium for treatment
of tuberculosis, will be opened on Feb.
l. At the meeting of the board of
trustees Miss Alice Gonzen ach of
formerly superintendent of
the Greenfield sanatorium, was named
superintendent.
James E. Durgin, public administra-
tor and past grand master of the Ma
sonic order in Wisconsin, is dead at
Rochester, Mimi, following an opera
ton for stomach trouble. He was pre- |
siding officers in the Wisconsin consis-
tory of the Shriners
Chas. L. Jones, of the Falk company,
and his son Cary, fifteen, were killed |
at Milwaukee when their automobile |
went through the railing of Lafayette
bridge, near Mckinley beach, above
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail !
way tracks, the machine dropping for
ty feet.
Following an explosion at Amigo at
3 a. h. fire destroyed Il e high school |
building declared by underwriters to be
a fire trap. 1t would haze been inn |
possible for all the pupils to have es
capped had it caught fire in the day |
time Tho thermOmeter at % degrees |