The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-21
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The Third regiment left for the
South in three sections, July II.
Fred Mueller, former sheriff of She
boy2an county, was found dead at She
boygan.
Samuel Der, character of Oshkosh,
hanged himself in the police station,
using his suspenders as a moose.
Distribution of silver nitrate for pre-
vention of infantile blindness was
made by the state board of health
Mrs. Anna Beigman, resident o
Grand Rapids, aged fifty-two, widow,
died from the effects of taking paris
green.
The west side school board of Be-
lott voted at the annual meeting to
take steps to build another ten room
school,
G. l.. Smith, aged 6S, former veal
thy merchant of Williamsport, Pa,
died suddenly from heart disease at
Kenosha
Fifty automobiles of tourists for the
state dental convention at Wausau
visited at Waupaca lakes and Stew.
ems Point
Mildred, aged II, daughter of Walter
Parsons of Plover, was assaulted by a
strange man while blueberrying with
some other children.
G. Hubbard, Stevens Point, for fifty
nine years resident of that city, was
killed when thrown from the top Of
a tree he was cutting
The Inland Athletic club, Milwau-
kee sporting organization, has filed ar
ticles of incorporation in the Office of
the secretary of state.
Arthur n Mikkelsen, student IN
Kenosha High school, has gone to
West Point to enter the United States
military academy there.
Il. G. Simmons, business man,
was elected the first president of the
new KenOsha Chamber of Commerce
by the board of directors.
Carrie Hubbard, whose home is at
Manitowoc, Wis, and Albert VIE
land of Peru, Ind, were married at
Valparaiso, cards announce.
A. G. Krembs, appointed postmas
ter of Stevens Point, has received his
commission and taken charge of the
office, succeeding d. E. Frost.
While insane VIM. Coughlin, 80
years old, unmarried, painter, killed
himself at his home at Madison, by
cutting his throat with a razor.
The corner stone of the elegant new
Baptist church at Stevens Point was
laid Sunday afternoon. The Reverend
D. D. Gulburt of Milwaukee spoke
George R. Kirkpatrick, who is
the Socialist candidate for vice
president, opened the Socialist Ma
tional campaign in Milwaukee, July
16.
The city school census of Beloit
shows al increase in the children
of school age last year of 259. En-
rollment on the east side, 1,749; west
side, 2,704.
The Mississippi in the La Crosse
section claimed its sixth victim
of the season when George Sian
key, aged ten, was drowned while
swimming with playmates
The Guardian Fire Insurance com.
pany with headquarters at Salt Lake
City, Utah, applied to State Insurance
Commissioner NJ. J. Cleary for a Ii
cense to do business in Wisconsin
Marvel Kracht, schoolgirl of Mad
ison, and Vaughn l. Griffin, secretary
of the Pantorium Clothes Cleaning
company, surprised their friends by
going to Chicago and getting married.
Arthur MarotZ a balloonist of
ShaWano, is in a critical condition in
Green Bay with a fractured skull,
the result of falling from his balloon
while giving an exhibition at Shaw
ano.
Frank Foster, known in Kenosha as
Shorty Foster, sought death when
he dove from the fourth story window
of the Public Service building in the
heart of the business street of the
city
Heinrich SCHNEIDER. who. June Il,
in a wagon near Phillips killed his
daughter, Mrs. M. Gulbin, with an ak,
pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge
Risjord to having committed the
crime.
While Fred Van Sickles was at
tempting to pass an automobile on the
road near Bowling, his machine roll
ed over an embankment and upset,
pinning him down and breaking three
of his ribs.
Chiffon Masonic lodges celebrated
their golden jubilee. The only surviv-
ing charter member, Ansel Watrous,
editor of the Daily Express. Fort Col
Inns. Colorado, read sketches on the
other charter members.
Joseph Windlen, aged so, employed
by Observation-Disclosures Power com