River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-01-06
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hof plans to provide work on the city
farm for prisoners in the county Jail
held for petty offenses.
Fond du Lac-Mourned as dead for
four years, William Libow, aged eight.
cen years. has been restored to his
parents at Sheboygan.
Racine.-A grippe epidemic has
hit Racine and Kenosha counties
so savagely that all social events, in
Guiding New Years watch night serv-
ices in churches, have been called off
IN Rochester and Waterford, Racine
county, and Somers, Kenosha county.
Applet0n.-Three hundred workmen
were imperiled by a fire of sup
posed incendiary origin which broke
out Tuesday night in one OF the
buildings of the Du Pont Powder com
pany at Barksdal, near Washburn, &C
cOrding to District Attorney Mark Cat
lii.
New London.-Rev. William Stew
art. for 60 years a minister of the
Christian church, died at his home
near here, following a second stroke
Of apoplexy. He retired from all &C
tive work in August, after having cele-
brated over one thousand weddings
and oficiated at many funerals.
Fond Gu Lac.-Congressm Reilly
predicted that Roosevelt would be
the candidate for the East for
the Republican nomination for pres
ident. He declares that Roosevelts
rabid nro-ally denunciation of the
Wilson administration makes him
the presidential hope of the strongly
pro-ally eastern people and press.
Kenosha.-At the annual meet
ing of the Old Settlers club of
Kenosha county the following officers
were elected: President, Perkins c.
Torrey; vice-president, 2. G. Sim
mons; secretary, Charles M. Bishop;
treasurer, Charles O. Brown; trustee.
former Assemblyman Charles II. Pfen-
mig.
Janesville.-John NJ. Whitehead,
former state senator from Rock
county, has formally announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for United States senator at the
September primaries in letters which
he has written personal and political
friends and formally to Governor
Philip.
Janesville.-It is estimated that one
out Of every four residents Of
| GAINESVILLE is suffering from the
grippe. Manufacturing plants, rail
.oads, Offices and stores arc badly
crippled by the number of employees
suffering from the disease, which, in
many cases, has resulted fatally, pneu-
nonia and other complications setting
n.
Waukesha.-Charles CaspAr, furni-
.ure dealer and uneqertaker, died
suddenly at his home here. Heart fail
are was the cause. Mr. Caspar was
BORN in Waukesha December 6, 1849.
He was the youngest person to enlist
IN the Civil war serving with Com
pany c, Thirty-ninth regiment, Wis
.onsin Volunteer infantry
Monroe.-The coroner's jury in
vestigating the death of Edward I'm
ierwood, struck by an automobile
Christmas morning and thrown against
he curbing, as the result Of which his
Skull was fractured, returned q verdict
IF accidental death. No blame was
placed on William Gnagi, son of DR..
". B. Gnagi, city health physician,
who was driving the car.
Mineral Point. = Two University
Of Wisconsin graduates have Sc
cured passports for journey to In
1ia, where they are to undertake
new experiment in mission work for
he Methodist church. They are Gle1,
D. Spoor Of Kenosha, II, and his wife,
who was Miss Ella Richards of Min
Bral Point Their work will be in con
nection with a plantation industrial
colony near Singapore.
Stevens P0int-Miss Helen Park
burst, director Of the primary train
ing department in the Wisconsin
Normal school, who has been studying
under Nine. MOntessori, has been
named director of all the MOntessori
method schools in America. Nine.
MOntessori has just returned to Spain
10 supervise the installation of her
teaching methods there.
Madison.-Under a law passed by
The last legislature, town and vii.
lage boards and common councils
Of cities, may, by two-thirds vote
extend the time for the payment OF
taxes without the usual two per cent
penalty from February to March 1.
It was reported to the state treasurer
that many town and village boards and
city councils were preparing to extend
The time.
Madison.-A new edition of in
structions for the use of state lab
oratory of hygiene has been published.
and copies were mailed to physicians
veterinarians and health officers Of the
state. They contain the announce
nent that whenever necessary the lab
oratory will make special sanitary en-
cheering investigations for determin
ing the efficiency of water publication