The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-09-15
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crosse owns an automobile.
Frank Kuchera, badly injured victim
of the automobile-train collision near
Two Rivers Sept. 8, is dead
President Wilson and family have
been eating Oconto county canned
peas raised on the farm of John f.
Spies near Gillett.
Cedarville. in Marinette county,
is believed to be the smallest pace in
the world having duly organized an.
ti-tobacco club.
The Mills hotel which had been
a Green Lake landmark was de-
stroyed by fire and for time the en-
tire village was endangered
Rev. ]. A. Steman closed an eleven
years pastorate at the Presbyterian
church at Stevens Point and will go
to Ripon to reside. He will do supply
work for time.
Richard Thatcher, 10, of Smithville,
Mo-, was struck by lightning and kill
ed as was also Italia Aubrey,
a horse valued at $1,7OO, in barn at
the Dane County Fair grounds.
An almost all copper boulder weigh
ing half ton and worth nearly $500
at the present price of the metal has
been recently discovered on the farm
of Chris. Eimon at Rockmont
On Labor day Fairbanks-Morse com
pany employees and their families to
the number of several thousand join
ed in a monster picnic outing at
Yost's park. A barbecue dinner was a
feature
Miss Lucy Deneven, aged 50, daugh-
ter of one of Fond du Lac county-s
most historic families and lineal de-
scendant on her fathers side of
French aristocracy died at Wesley
hospital, Chicago.
Alexander Hungerford, who had
been a resident of Wisconsin
seventy-three years, is dead at the
home of his son at Johnson Creek,
aged eighty years. He was a veteran
of the civil war.
Well diggers of Athens, down.
seventy-seven feet, struck a good
sized log. How the log got there is
puzzling This is the second log to
be struck by well diggers in the vi
cinity of Athens.
Chief J. II. KratZ, of ManitowOc fire
department, was arrested by police
for speeding on the streets in his au-
tomobile when he was not going to
fire 1t is alleged he was going at
twenty miles an hour.
West Allis is growing fast. It has
2,S06 children between the ages OF
four and twenty years, according to a
school census The increase over last
year is placed at 3O2. There are 1866
boys and l ,440 girls.
G.. Mckinley, Madison, was named
assistant to DR.. E. A. Fitzpatrick OF
the University of Chicago, in charge
of the reference and statistical bureau
at the western campaign headquarters
of the Democratic national committee.
A very considerate thief broke
into the garage Of J. F. Steiner OF
Milwaukee at Pewaukee lake and
stole a Ford touring car. In it's gar
age was a larger and more expensive
model which might have been taken
as easily dS Cu6 QUIET.
Judge ]. Ludwig of Milwaukee cir.
cult court died suddenly, aged sixty
five years. He was on the bench for
twenty-four years, having been ap-
pointed judge of the superior court
in 1892 by Governor Peck. Judge Lud-
wig was taken i'll with acute stomach
trouble
The tobacco crop of Dane coun-
ty is vaued at close to $3,000,-
600. More than 22,0G0,000 pounds of
tobacco, the largest crop ever grown
in the county, is being harvested,
more than IS per cent of which has
already been sold to the large man
ufacturers.
Sturgeon have been increasing in
numbers in the Wisconsin river until
now they appear to be the most nu-
merous fish in the river. Few are be-
ing caught, however, but il the late
evening and early morning they may
be seen and heard splashing in the
eddies and shallow places.
Assessor of Incomes John Ross, in
a statement says that Waukesha
county Is enjoying prosperity Seldom,
if ever, heard Of before. To back his
statements he cites figures to show
that the bank deposits within the last
fiscal year have gained almost mil
lion dollars over the previous year.
w. Wagstaff, farmer, had $4,000
fire south of the village of Omro. The
barns filled with hay and grain, the
Wacstaff residence containing much
ANTIQUE furniture, g forty foot cream
ery. two hog houses and half dozen
smaller structures We're DESTROYED,
Three thoroughbred Jersey heifers
were cremated
The most successful tour OF Wiscon-
sin motordom came to close when
the Milwaukee Automobile Dealers
tate fair booster party returned to the
city after a six day motor journey
through the state. The On, which