The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-12-29

The business center or Park Fails
was practically destroyed by fire. the
losses aggregating 100000.
Mrs. Adelaide Mathews, colored
woman who was born slave, died
after a residence of many years in
Beloit.
Ole Hansen, seventy years old, re-
tired lumberman, fell dead from heart
trouble, while seated at the breakfast
table at Eau Claire.
With two cases of diphtheria, which
have been treated at the Isolation hos
pital, discharged, Ashland is practi-
cally free from contagious disease.
! Through the efforts of the Fort
/ nightly and Mothers clubs a $1,000
ambulance has been given the city of
Rice Lake by Mrs Britain of Beloit.
| With the closing of navigation, the
keepers of lights and their assistants
in the lighthouses on islands in the
Apostle group will soon be leaving for
their homes.
Michael Heating, one of the earliest
pioneers and a continuous resident on
the same farm for over sixty years,
near Askeaton, is dead at the age of
ninety years.
The material necessary for the con-
struction of the new 500 line "cut off,
has been purchased, it is said The
line will terminate at Cayuga rather
than Mellen.
John LaBelle, sixty-three years old,
for fifty years a resident of MaTinette,
was found dead in his bed. He lived
alone. Pneumonia was given as the
cause of death.
The new Lutheran church, built at
a cost of $4,000, was dedicated at
Green Bay with special services, the
Rev. w. d. All of Oshkosh preaching
the dedicatory sermon.
Herman Knab, adjudged insane in
county court, ended his life by hang
ing with a shoe string in the city hall
at Wausau Knab had made several
previous attempts on his life.
The Whittier Motor Truck company,
recently incorporated with a capital
stock of $35O,OOO, completed it's or
ganization at Kenosha by the election
of Martin P. Whittier as president
The Rev. FIR. F. G. Tulley, pastor of
Our Lady of Lourdes church at Mar
inette, was the first Marinette man to
pay his income tax. Father Tu1ley
handed the city treasurer check for
$3.50.
Real Spartan spirit was exhibited
by H. Hoffman, farmer in the eastern
end of Brown county, when he
brought his son to Green Bay because
warrant for the boys arrest had
been issued.
! Ole Scar, twelve years old, went
through the ice on Big Birch lake at
Brentwood while skating. A sister of
the drowned boy skated through the
ice on Cedar lake recently and had a
narrow escape.
David Colby, seventy-eight years old,
a member of the G. A. R., c; his
throat and died soon afterward at Be-
lott. His frequent statement that he
would never live to be a sick man was
recalled by his act.
Squirrel hunting proved expensive
to Ray Ter1en of Depere, who was ar
rested, charged with hunting without
a license, and fined $50 and costs. The
squirrel he killed is said to have cost
in the neighborhood of SGT.
With the squealing of one of their
number the police have uncovered an
alleged gang of youthful thieves at Be
lott who had loot in their possession
worth 5000. The boys range in age
from nine to fourteen years.
z. B. Wallin, a graduate of Oshkosh
normal and University of Wisconsin,
has been engaged by the board of ed
ucation of Depere to act as superin-
tendent of the east side schools fo,.
the remainder of the school year.
The lumbermen attending the North
ern Lumbermen's Salesmanship con-
ference, the first craftsmanship con-
ference ever held in the north by the
lumber industry, were taken into the
Wisconsin forest and given a lumber
camp dinner
Members of the Green Bay city
commission have decided to make a
special study of the Green Bay public
school system with a view to combin-
ing activities now duplicated and in
that way get greater value for the
money expended each year.
An Oshkosh wholesaler of shoes
claims one cause of the high cost of
living is the effort of women to fol
low the dictates of fashion in high top
ped shoes, and he says the sex can
overcome the tendency toward $40
shoes by wearing OXfords and spats
Several Chicago people have avail
ed themselves of the Wisconsin com.
mon law marriage contract privilege
recently. According to papers issued
by the Milwaukee county register of
deeds office, six Chicago couples with
in the last few days have signed con
tracts.
Alleging that on account of failure
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