The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-06-30
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The st. Croix Valley Old Settlers
association will meet at Hudson on
June 80.
The annual convention of postoffice
clerks and carriers will be held at
Stevens Point on July 4.
Or. Christian u. Sem of Ripon and
Miss Harriet A. Smith, a registered
nurse. of the same place, were mar
ried.
Civil service examinations have
been ordered to be held on July %
for postmasters at Gordon, Mount
Sterling and Ridgeland.
An unidentified man, apparently 25,
was run down and killed by a freight
train on the Milwaukee road, four
miles west of Racine.
Frank Kologeski, a Grand Rapids
lad twenty-three years old, had his
foot cut off near the ankle when he
attempted to board a H5ight train.
A. Alscheimer, Madison, died from
the effects of burns he received when
he accidently set his clothes on fire
by dropping a lighted cigarette on
them
The kneebone of John Esterbrook,
recently injured, was removed by Dr.
T. c. Clark at Oconto and the upper
and lower bones of the leg were joined
together.
Mrs. Ward S. Gould, 70 years old,
and a pioneer of New Richmond, is
dead at the home of her daughter,
Mrs George A. Wells, in Des Moines,
Ia, following a stroke of apOplexy
The improvement of grounds and
buildings to amount of 100000 are
being made on state fair grounds and
will be ready for this years exposi,
ton, the dates of which are Sept. II
to 16.
H. r. Morrison of Morrison's Mills
at Brentwood, Wis, claims that nc
broke his neck in a fall at the mill
where he is employed, but jerked the
vertebrae back in place with a quick
movement of his neck.
Miss Matilda Harmon, Brentwood
ner were married at the home of the
former. Mr.. Wagner was principal of
the Clemon's school of Iowa. Miss
Harmon taught in the Spooner public
school,
Three hundred students of the
GAINESVILLE high school took part in the
Shakesperean pageant in the natural
theater in Courthouse park. It was
costumed throughout, the gowns and
paraphernalia all being of home manu-
facture.
The body Of M. J. Mccormick, vet
eran Milwaukee road conductor, who
was killed by falling from his train,
No. 5, near La Crosse early in the
morning was taken to Oconomo-
voc for interment in st. JeroEe's
Catholic cemetery
The state has issued a charter
to the Farmers and Miners bank of
New Diggings, Lafayette country, with
capital of $4,000. The incorporators
are George w. Watson, c. L. Vickers
H. ]. Murphy, L. d. Andrews, B. G.
Berg and T. M. Priestley.
Donald Whittemore and Eddie Bed
nored, two Princeton lads, each elev-
en- years old, were rescued from drown
ing by Floyd Mulhern, twelve years
old, who pulled them into boat by
the hair after they had become ex-
hausted and were near death.
The state of Wisconsin has issued a
charter to the Farmers ard Mer-
chants state bank of North Crandon.
The capital stock of the bank is &c.,
co., The incorporators are H. L. Roe.
J. S. Ulimer, Conrad Kolb, John NJ.
Boland and Ralph L. Fausler
James Sophia, piano agent living
at Merrill was shot in an argument
involving his sister, Mrs. Thomas
Linsday, and died almost instantly
S. A. Thomas, who is believed to be
fatally injured will be charged with
doing the shooting, if he RECEIVERS.
The Marshfield Telephone company
at Grand Rapids has made a
preliminary move for the improve
ment of their system by placing the
telephone wires under ground it be-
ing the intention to later carry the
entire city lines under the surface.
The law of the 1915 legislature,
granting the taxes collected from
docks, grain elevators and other rail-
way terminal properties to the vari-
GUS municipalities in which they are
located, was upheld by the court. The
test case was brought by the city OF
Superior.
The tax commission ordered re-
assessment for the village of Port
Edwards and the city of Grand Rapids
following the investigation of mum.
Der of complaints. The unimproved
sections were valued too high, while
the improved property did not receive
a high enough valuation.
BREAD instead Of bullets as a solu-
ton of Mexican difficulties, was sug
gested in kilograms dispatched to
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