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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-02

Misses Opal and Beaulah and Car
rail- Perry spent last Sunday in Ellis
with friends.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-02

However, unless congress is called
in special session the new congress-
woman will not have a chance to cut
any ice before December, 1917. and
by that time you will have forgotten
her name. Perhaps you have forgot
ten ii already?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-02

An Illinois friend, who feels dis
appointed over the election of Wilson
writes as follows: 81 expect we wi
live through it, but we may neve
look like anything again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-02

Also just after an election is the
time to hear alleged reasons, excuses
and explanations of the way iu hap
pened. One Trego county lady was
overheard to say that she voted for
Mr.. Wilson because she didn't like
Mrs. Hughes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-12-02

CASTOR also seems to think that
congratulations TO success
full opponent is a foolish custom, but
this writer believes it is more COM
m endable than the s'card of thanks
fad, in most instances.
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WHEATLAND.

VIM. Ziebell and wife Of Burlington,
visited at Gust Ziebell on Sunday.
Walter Crane and family visited at
Silver Lake Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Steffen and daughter,
Elise, visited at Mic. Barbian at Wheat
land on Sunday.
Mrs. Dyson and son Otis, visited at
Salem on Sunday.
Mrs. Walter Crane and Mae Crane
went to to see the Birth of Nation
at Burlington Saturday.
Henry Busse and family of slade
Corners, visited at FRANKIE Schmidt on
Sunday.
Chris. Rosenhauer and wife of Slade
Corners, visited at Herman Kessler on
Sunday evening.
"Hark, Wedding Bells ask soon.
MARITIME ziebell visited friends at
Silver Lake on Sunday.
By the number of automobiles that
passed by here Sunday the price of
gasoline makes no difference as long
as the roads are good.
Mr.. and Mrs Smith of Kenosha, Wis
tied at FRANKIE Reith, Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Gartz and two children
are visiting at Ben "Kaskern.
Carl Marks and wife of Vienna, Wis
tied at FRANKIE Riehl.
School closed in Joint District No.
2 at High Street with picnic in the
basement on account Of bad weather.
FRANKIE Schaal and family visited at
Henry Kaddatz at Flower Lake on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mathews from the
northern part of the state of Wiscon-
sin, are visiting at HI. w. Newbury IS.
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NEWS OF
KENOSHA COUNTY
WILMoT.

WILMOT.
Robert Wilson Of Brighton was
caller in the village Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Darby, Mrs. L. Hega-
man and daughter, Vera, and Miss
Panknin autoed to Whitewater Tuesday
to be present at the commencement ex-
ercises there.
Mrs Luis Hines and children arrived
from California early in the week and
are guests in the home of their uncle,
Edwin Wright.
Frank Richardson Of Walworth was
seen on our streets the last Of the week.
Mrs. A. G. Pacey drove to Antioch
Friday to see the new granddaughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Carey and daughters
autoed to Fond du Lac and spent a
couple Of days the middle of the week.
A. Anderson and daughter were call
ing in Antioch Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lily Darby arrived home Sat
urday from Seattle, Wash, where she
has been teaching for the past year.
Mrs. Mattern, an old and much re-
Bprcted citizen Of Wilmot, passed away
te her home Sunday evening. Mrs.
Mattern has been patient sufferer
with heart trouble for number of
years, and was anxiously waiting for
the rest to come.
Miss Sadie Boulder and Alice Button
returned early in the week from Mon
tana, where they have been teaching
the last ten months.
A. G. Pacey was transacting business
in McHenry early in the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gardner arrived
in the village the last of the week from
California and are guests in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Owen.
"The Somers Greys" travelled all
the way out to Wilmot Sunday only to
be defeated by the strong team of that
town by the score of to 2. The feat
ure of the game was the continual
coaching Of their manager.l Louis
Moran.
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

The annual school reunion at District
No. 2 will be held this week Saturday
at the school grounds. A jitney will
meet the ten clock electric car at
Balm road. Dinner will be served
promptly at IL O'Clock. Come early,
you are all invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Berry and Mrs.
r. T. Berry of Avon, S. OAK, Mr.. and
Mrs, ii. G. Berry of Tyndale, S. OAK,
and Mrs. 0. E. Gouker and daughter
of Mt. Carroll, ILL.,, were guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p Torrey last
week. They came to visit their father,
R. G. Berry, who is very i'll.
Miss Gunther of Galesburg spent the
past week at the home of Edward Bar
ter.
Mrs. Ada B. Winslow of Oxford, CAL,
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. j. Brady few days the past week.
j. j. Geer of Wilmington, Del, Wis
tied the powder plant Thursday and
Friday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Martin have pur-
chased the house owned by R. @. Berry
here.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Clausen Monday morning. Mother and
baby are doing nicely.
Rev. Harry Simmons of Newburg,
Ind, has been appointed pastor of Wes-
ley and Pleasant Prairie M. E. churches
for the remainder of the conference
year. He will occupy the pulpits next
Sunday.
Agnes Henricksen, Marjorie King and
Linden Bergman will 60 to Paddock s
lake Friday to receive their diplomas.
Marjorie King win render musical
Au1nber for the program.
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SALEM.

Robert Clark of Kenosha, spent Sun
day in Salem.
Mrs. Robert Gronzo is entertaining
her mother.
a daughter of Lincoln Gull is here
visiting relatives. Her home is in Ne
braska.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Robbins of
Washington, are visiting his father
II. Z. Robbins.
Henry Epping has rented rooms at
Mrs. Van Wie's and will move this
week.
Miss Olive Hope went to Milwaukee
Monday to attend summer school
M. W. Acker and family spent Sun
day in Richmond.
Miss Stella Rhodes came home from
Beloit on Sunday, where she has finish
ed her third year at Beloit college.
J. a. Foster, IT., spent Monday in
Chicago.
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VlOuOsls c@SO
THE PEOPLE
Kenosha, Wis, June Is, 1916.
My Dear Mr.. Editor:

My Dear Mr.. Editor:
have read with disgust the mis-
statements that have been made by
various parties who are interested in
the parcel Of land directly north Of the
Green Ridge cemetery.
It will be recalled by everybody in
this community, who has lived here any
considerable length Of time, that the
north and the west sides of the GENE
terry were, if anything, in a more dis
graceful condition than the frontage
bordering on Park Avenue. When il
was decided to go ahead and try to
improve the cemetery and make it a
place of beauty-which had been neg
lected from generation to generation
one of the essential moves was, if it was
at all possible, to work out some kind
of a definite plan to take care of the
old brickyard that some of US used fol-
swimming hole in years gone by. The
city owned small piece of this prop
erty in dispute. AS chairman Of the
finance committee of the Cemetery AS,
ISOLATION, I purchased the property in
that vicinity, some it Of Mr.. Priddis
some of Mr.. Wallis and other owners.
We paved the street through from Park
Avenue to Ashland Avenue, plantea
trees, built a cement sidewalk. and
graded a part of the proposed play
ground. This piece of land was bought
with the knowledge of the AUDITING
property owners that it was intended tc
be used for play ground for children
1t was SO understood by the Commou
Council and it was arranged that We
were to furnish the money and that the
city was to reimburse us in equal an
nual payments until it was paid for
Never at any time was it suggested
that this was to be made into a park
and nobody understood it as such. We
arranged with the Northwestern lean
& Trust Company to advance the mona9
to pay for the paving, and the prop
erty. Mr.. Charles T. Jeffrey, Mr.. C. q
Brown and myself were nominated as
trustees, and the deeds forythe property
were deposited with the Northwestern
Loan & Trust Company in escrow until
the city had completed its part of The
contract by paying for the same. This
has all been cleaned up now and the
property turned over to the city.
11paYaop4xv OWN OPS a,s.,
]ect to the location Of playground
they as tax payers can expect a cor
tinuation Of the laWlessness and The
building and making of criminals of
children. Today here in this thriving
city we have yet not one well regulated
playground for children to PLAY Oh.
The acquiring of this property in dis
pute was the first attempt outside of a
parcel Of land on the West side, which
IS manipulated largely as a park instead
of maintained as a playground
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UNION GROVE.

Fleming Rennie spent the week end
with the home folks.
Horace and Upham Smith of Chica-
go, came up TO attend the alumni ban
quet held at Dixon's hall on Friday
evening.
Mrs. Myron Moe and sister, Miss
Edna Payne, were Racine shoppers
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Sarah Dixon and Mrs. Jennie
Nelson were shopping in Racine last
Thursday.
Miss Mary Skunk, Of Yorkville
visited relatives here Monday.
Miss Vera Dixon is recovering from
severe attack of the measles.
Miss Gertie spillum, of North Cape
has been visiting her sister, Maggie
and Miss Emma Sorenson, the past
few days.
Wedding bells will soon be ringing
P. w. Dunkirk and ). r. Collier
represented the local order of Odd
Fellows at the grand lodge conven.
ton held in Racine last week.
Miss Kate Burkhardt of Milwaukee
visited the weekend with Mrs. Fred
Minton.
A. M. Young was a Burlington
caller on Sunday.
Mrs. Leo Nelson was shopping II
Racine on Thursday morning.
Mrs. Fred Dixon has gone to Crane
Rapids, Mich, to represent the loca
order of Mystic Workers at the con
vention now in session there.
Mrs. Goldsworthy entertained rela
tives from Iowa last week.
George Ball, Henry Swartz, Unior
Grove, and Wesley Skunk of Yorkville
were business visitors in Racine OF
Monday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial club was held at Dixon /
hall Monday evening. Rev. J. w. Car
ter of Racine, gave an illustrated
lecture.
Miss Blanche Roberts has resigned
her position as supervising teacher fol
Racine county and has accepted the
position as assistant principal of the
county teachers training school which
opens in the new high school building
in September. As yet, Miss Roberts
successor has not been named.
Don't forget the Old Settler s pic
mic today.
The high school graduation exercises
Of the class of 1916 were held at Dixon i
hall The program was as follows
Music, Union Grove orchestra; invoca
tion, Rev. Jacob Anderson The adj
dress, which was greatly enjoyed BY
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BRIGHTON.

Mrs. Fl. Profit and Mrs. Joe Wagner
are aiming the victims of the measles
at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Molitor en-,
tertained thirty of their friends on
Sunday afternoon in honor Of their
tenth wedding anniversary.
Lily Ludwig spent the past week
with Union Grove friends.
Claude Dixon and Louis Ambofn
graduated from the Union Grove
High school the past week.
Jake Weber spent Friday at Kenosha
Frank Dixon, of Marion, Ia, was
the guest Of his daughter, Irene, part
of last week.
A number from this vicinity attend
ed the "Birth of Nation at Burl-
ington on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Molitor and
daughter, Rose, Herman Molitor and
Willie Fonk of Kenosha, autoed out
Sunday to spend the day with Law
renee Molitor and family.
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The Cemetery Association has spart
over and above the amount Of money
that the city contributed, $4,000 for
wo1k on this property and acquiring
OF property. If the city is to turn shls
into park in violation of the original
contract, the Cemetery Association will
of course want the $500 that they
have spent refunded to them. This
amount they can make good use of in
continuing the Improvements so much
needed at the cemetery.
Mrs. Newell understood fully before
her Memorial Chapel was built Just
what disposition was going to be made
of the property to the north The i'm
provement Of this piece of land has
greatly added to the value Of the sur
rounding property, and so far as know,
the leading spirit in this opposition TO
its being used for the purpose originally
intended, built her home after these
improvements were installed, and she
could very easily have found out the
disposition that was to be made of the
vacant property to the north of the
cemetery.
If the Common Council is going to be
influenced by complaints, fancied or
otherwise, we citizens will get nowhere
with public improvements in Kenosha.
The argument that playground should
be made God knows where-I presume on
a farm in the western end of the county
would meet with the same opposition
should there be any people in that
neighborhood that objected to the happy
voices of children at play. The further
argument that a regulated playground
is nothing but carousal and the voices
! of children at play nuisance, is an in
suit to the childhood of everyone of
US, and should not be needed by any
right thinking citizen.
would like to see the original plan
carried out and a reasonable amount
of money appropriated for swings and
all the apparatus for O wholesome out
door playground, and just as soon as
we have this one built, to at least build
one on the North side and one on the
West side. No better use of money
could be made by the taxpayers, nor
could they make an investment that
would bring so rich return in good
citizenship and healthy city life.
Yours truly,
2. g. Simmons.
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cRIMP1NG CATCHING DISEASES


Students are constantly decreasing
the number of conceptions Of possible
avenues through which contagious dis
ease may be spread from one Individual
to another. This is most important be-
cause it we can fix responsibility on a
small enough number of avenues we
shall be able to dispose of our defen-
sive forces so as to shut off those chan
nels effectively. In the past we we
been buster than a small boy at three
ring and elevated platform circus try
ing to watch air, water, toys, dishes,
books and other things which surround
a patient, and keep them from carry
ing the contagion to new victim.
What concentration might promise
IN guarding against disease germ enc
mics may be illustrated by our Mexi-
can episode. If our soldiers knew that
Villa had but two or three avenues of
escape open to him, they would doubt
less have him under lock and KEY or q
tombstone by this time. His safety
and our difficulty lies in the fact tn lat
ne could choose one of many routes and
at best we could only guess which one,
with fine chance of guessing wrong.
Evidence is accommodating that it is
people, animals, and insects that must
be watched and that for many diseases.
at least, we can ignore the lifeless OBJ
Jects that sick people touch or live
among. Thus, Wagner, after studying
several measles epidemics, was unable
to find any evidence that this disease
was carried by lifeless objects or by
people not sick of the disease,
The same belief is held concerning
many other diseases. Chaplin, one of
the greatest authorities on contagious
disease, is exceedingly doubtful if life
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15

Miss Palmatier of Michigan, visit
ed Mrs. Ward Bloss over Sunday.
DR.. Charles Loescher of Chicago
spent Sunday in Salem.
The children IS day exercises Sunday
morning were attended by full house
and were enjoyed by all present.
Miss Winnie Ripley, formerly Of Sa.
lem, now of st. Francis, visited rela
tives here last week.
Mrs. J. A. Foster, Jr., will entertain
the Priscillas, June 18th.
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MUST GRIN AND BEAR TT.
Supreme Court Holds That State Has
Right to Collect Taxes in Cities
for Building Rural Highways.

Cities of Wisconsin are going to CON
tinue to pay taxes for the building of
permanent highways in the rural towns
of the counties. The supreme court on
Tuesday afternoon handed down de-
cision holding that the law providing
for the collection of such a tax was
constitutional. The city of Madison
made a test of the law and invited
other cities in the state to aid in the
fighting of the case in the circuit and
supreme courts. Kenosha declined to
have any part in the movement. In
this city there has been little protest
against the payment Of the highway
tax although in some years more high
way tax has been assessed against
Kenosha than was assessed against
Madison.
The city of Madison has refused to
pay approximately $4,000 assessed
against it under the state highway law
for road improvements in Dane county.
The action is brought by the county
treasurer Of Dane county to compel
the city treasurer to pay over the
amount. The city of Madison consid-
ers the highway law an unjust and
unequal tax burden placed upon cities,
and violation of the constitution.
Judge Reid sustained the validity of the
law and the city Of Madison appealed.
"This contest is not due to any
spirit of parsimony on the part of the
common council of Madison, or any
opposition to the construction Of bet
ter highways throughout the state, =
declares the brief fled by the city Of
Madison. "The law presents a ques-
tion, as we view it, which has never
been decided by this court-namely,
whether the legislature can enact a law
which in it's very language evidences
an intent to tax the whole state for
the benefit of a portion of the state,
and absolutely denying, under all cir
cumstances, to certain portions the
benefit Of the expenditure of that tax.
If the law is sustained, it appears to
US, it will open to the Legislature an OPP
portunity to mulct the cities for the
benefit of the towns and villages
The decision in this case affects
every city in Wisconsin.
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all, was given by DR.. James W. Laugh.
lin, and was entitled "The Search fol
the Golden Fleece Glass prophecy
Leona Swartz and Gertrude Ibson,
presentation of diplomas, Prof. W E
Stone; graduation song, class of 1916;
music, Union Grove orchestra.
The alumni banquet was held al
Dixon's hall on Friday evening with
about one hundred and twenty-five
members present. Ofhcers for the new
year were elected, followed by a very
Interesting program by members, af
ter which a fine supper was served BY
Mrs. J. FL. Young and Mrs. Addie
Hansman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15

Miss Anna Mayer, $50 Market street,
was hostess at "children IS party"
Tuesday night in honor of Miss Edna
Ravens whose marriage to Elmer Ped
ley is announced for tomorrow at $3.50
P. m. The dozen young women who
were guests at the "children s party
came in pinafore's, played children IS
games and had the menu that all chill
dren like when supper was served.
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less objects commonly spread disease.
Speaking of money as possible dis
ease carrier he says: 'SThere is no
good evidence that money has ever
actually been the means of spreading
disease.' He has failed to find any
more contagious disease among bank
clerks, street car conductors, or treas
ury employees than among other
classes of people.
But disease still spreads.
And children and grown people who
have contagious disease go about
spreading it. There are enough of
them to account for all the contagious
disease we have. This is especially
true because of another fact that is be-
coming well fixed in the minds and
writings of the authorities, and that is
that it is the early days of measles,
whooping cough, scarlet, fever, etc.,
that are most dangerous. It's the
early cough and sneeze and not the
whoop or the skin scales that spread
disease primarily.
Parents, teachers, children, and even
the health authorities need to learn
more about these new conceptions be-
cause it is in these new conceptions
that the hope of our wiping contagious
disease out Of existence lies. Instead
Of being less on guard, however, we
shall need to be more so. The differ
ence will be that II concentrate our
watchfulness like the deer hunter who
sits on trail instead of tramping
across miles of country in the hope of
seeing or hearing a deer farther and
quicker than the deer sees him.
Catch that cough or sneeze in a
pocket handkerchief.
pocket handkerchief.
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A little coterie of men up at Madison
seem to think that they are going to
dictate who are to be members of the
legislature next year. just wait till
they run up against the people of the
various districts. They will learn that
the people are going to decide who is
going to represent or misrepresent them
during the next two years.
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Mrs. Joseph R. Clarkson, 4s4 Elk.
change street, is back after a month
spent in Auburn, Md, and Washington,
D. G. Mrs. Clarkson made many ex-
cursions into the in-lying towns while
in Maryland and with the interchangeable
spirit of the collector which does not
slumber even when its possessor Cor
should one say the one it possesses) is
off on a vacation trip, Mrs. Clarkson
sought and found many antiques in old
Maryland villages, and some of them
she was able to acquire and has brought
back with her.
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Miss Ruth Crook, daughter of H. G..
Crook of Pleasant street, is home for a
short time. She has been studying in
the Chicago Art institute for two years
and, having finished her work there, is
to continue her studies in New York.
She is to leave for New York after a
short visit with her father.
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MEET AT PADDocKs LAKE.

There will be a meeting Of the
Kenosha and Racine County Holstein
Breeders association at Paddocks Lake,
on the afternoon of June 22nd at 200
O'Clock. John B. Irwin, one of the
most successful and prominent breeders
Of the Black and Whites, will be speak
er of the day. A good attendance Of
the members is desired and any one
interested in better Holsteins are scr
cially invited to attend.
adv II. P. Torrey, sesv.
They say Mr.. Wilson 5 smile was
short lived
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Mrs. Theresa Reckinger went to
Ripon today where she will be dele
gate from the local Woman Relief
corps to the annual encampment of the
order of the state. The golden jubilee
of the state W. R. G. will be celebrated.
On her way back Mrs. Reckinger will
stop in Madison to visit her son, John
Reckinger, who is a student in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Koenes, FOG
Jenne street, were host and hostess
at a pleasant family party Tuesday
night in celebration of Mrs. Koenes
birthday. The thirty guests were all
sons, daughters and grandchildren. The
fourteen grandchildren ranged in age
from six months to fourteen years.
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Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. Crane and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stolenwerk of the town of Paris
spent Tuesday afternoon with Kenosha
friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-15

The Mystic Workers held memorial
service Tuesday night followed with in
itiation ceremonies and supper. The
Bristol lodge of Mystic Workers sent
a number of representatives to the
meeting.
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Sister Mary Eugenia, superior of st.
James school was presented today
with a silver watch and chain by the
pupils of the class of 1916. #