The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-05-26

Bay, Cecil Duclon and George Lemon,
boys of 10 years, barely escaped losing
their lives.
Fort Atkinson-Twent -four cans of
pike and bass fry numbering hundreds
of thousands of tiny fish were received
here from the Madison state fish
hatchery and planted in Rock river.
Milwaukee-Dr. John e. Guy Of this
city was elected president of the Wis
consin Homeopathic Medical society
at the annual session at the Hotel
Wisconsin.
Fond du Lac = In response to his
own request, G. 0. Cleveland, three
times chief of the Fond du Lac fire
department, was retired from active
service and placed on the firemen's
pension roll.
Heterogeneous are now
being completed for the second annual
Wisconsin DAILY banquet in commem-
grafton of the admission of the state
to the union, which will be held on
Monday evening, May 20, under the
auspices of the Sheboygan Association
of Commerce.
Superior - Elaborate preparations
have been made by Superior members
of the Knights of the Grip who will act
as host this year for the eighteenth
annual con- ention of the Wisconsin
Grand Council United Commercial
Travellers of America. The conven-
ton will open here Thursday, June l.,
and will continue through for three
days. Several thousand members from
throughout the state are expected to
attend.
Superior of boats is caus-
ing the Great Northern docks here to
become so congested with ore that
only early relief can prevent serious
handicaps to shipments from the
mines. More than 100000 tons are
now in the pockets of the docks;
enough to fill over thirty great
freighters, and $500 carloads are in
the yards to await handling which is
impossible until vessels are secured.
Merrill-Me rrill is to have a city
week" A committee has offered
prizes for the best fly traps made by
the boys of the city or others who are
interested. A first prize of S., a Sec
ond prize of So and third prize of So
have been offered. This will be of spe-
cial interest to students in the manual
training departments throughout the
city, and will also assist the city in
becoming rid of the numerous flies.
Beloit-President Edward d. Eaton,
Beloit college, announced that next
year there will be no discrimination
made in the freshman class regarding
attending chapel exercises, which
Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer, OBJ
jected to last fall. The archbishop de-
clared Catholic students would be for
hidden to attend the school if they
low Catholic students then attending
college to complete their courses, the
faculty compromised with the arch
bishop and made chapel attendance
optional.
ilwaukee-Surrounde by mob of
200 East Troy citizens, Barney Ward,
who married Miss Grace Carneth on
her deathbed at a Milwaukee mater
nifty hospital, was ridden out of town
on rail with instructions never to
return. The ceremony" attendant to
Wards farewell to East Troy, follow
ed the funeral of his wife and babe.
Ward did not attend the funeral. The
crowd which took part in the rail rid
ing party was composed largely of
church folk, who, angered because OF
Wards wronging one of East Troy's
reputable young women, determined to
teach him a lesson.
Kenosha = Two million dollars will
be expended at once in the rebuilding
and extension of the plant of the
American Brass company in this city.
The proposed extension will include
the erection of rolling mills and cast
ing shops and a new Office building.
Formal announcement was received
from the central Offices of the Ameri-
can Brass company at Waterbury, that
the work is to be started within the
next two weeks with the understand
ing that all of it will be completed
within two years. 1t is said the ex-
tensions now planned will double the
capacity and give Kenosha the big
gest brass plant in the United States.
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OcOnOmoWoc The annual COM
mencement exercises of Nashotah
House Theological seminary at Nash
otah will be held May 81 and a class
of FIVE young men will graduate.
Spooner - w. G. Croker, pioneer
Spooner postmaster, has been succeed
ed by J. H. Sullivan. Mr.. Croker held
the office continuously for twenty-six