The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-07-28
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Steve Bemet, aged 20, was drowned
IN Lake Michigan, near the Kenosha
municipal bathing beach
The general store of E. A. Glover
at New Richmond was robbed Of ap-
proximately $1,000 in silks.
S. w. Dahlberg, aged Sc, attorney f
Milwaukee, was run down by tour
ing car and died few hours later.
Fred Isali of Cadott, II years old,
was decapitated by 500 freight train
at Irvine while attempting to steal a
ride.
Racine plans to change the name
Of Villa street. No Mexican names
for Racine, those behind the state
ment say.
Jefferson will get free mail delivery
Boxes and numbers are now being put
up and as soon as this is done, deliv-
cry will start.
]. Mcfarland, GAINESVILLE, was killed
in a twenty foot fall in his barn He
was prominent in republican politics
in southern Wisconsin.
Little William Bloch, of Marinette,
the two year old son of Gustave
Bloch, while barefooted, walked into
bed of live Goals and was badly
burned.
Captain Archibald Randall a retired
lawyer and civil war veteran. is dead
at his home in Brodhead, as a result
of injuries sustained in tripping over
a croquet arch.
Beloit college has decided it will
aid in preparedness and will give mill
tary instruction. The college will al
so give credit to young women for
Red Cross work
Struck by lightning during a storm
which broke over Green Bay, Mrs.
George Marchland is in a critical con-
dition. One side of her body is par
TALLY paralysed.
John Cunningham, So, president of
the Rock County Bar association anQ
exalted ruler of the GAINESVILLE Elks,
suffered a stroke of paralysis and is
in critical condition.
Edward Schoengarth, Neillsville res
ident and assistant cashier of the Com
mercial bank, shot himself through
the head while temporarily deranged
by long illness and worry.
A. A. Fink, a GAINESVILLE man, has
received a letter from relatives III
Germany that was brought on the
submarine Deutschland This is the
first uncensored letter he has receiv-
ed.
]. H. Moore, who with a brother,
Judge w. H Moore, headed four great
corporations known as the Moore
group" with a combined capitalization
of $1S7 100000, died at Lake Geneva,
Wis.
While picnickers and campers
watched, Anton Geigler, eighteen years
old, drowned in Pigeon lake, near
Manitowoc. He was in eight feet of
water when he was seized with
cramps.
Congressman William ]. Cary, can
didate for denomination in the Fourth
district, filed a statement in the Office
of the secretary of state declaring
that he had spent $197.S4 for campaign
purposes.
George Bardon Clifford was buried at
Oconomowoc, where he was the own
er and manager of the "Giffords,'' a
one time famous resort. Later he
was proprietor of the Avenue hotel in
Madison.
Robert Bartschenfeld, who was
ha 0f
La Crosse, is dead at the age OF IS
years of heart trouble. He was many
years proprietor of one of the saloons
in La Crosse.
Don J. Whittemore, sc, a pioneer
resident of Milwaukee and for the last
sixty years connected with the Mil
waukee road as engineer, chief engi-
neer, and finally as consulting engin
eer, died at his residence.
The auto of DR.. E. J. Crosby of
Arnott was overturned in the village
as the doctor was making a short turn
in the morning His thigh was broken
but his little daughter, who landed on
her head, escaped serious injury.
The Simmons company, a Kenosha
establishment employing about 5000
men, has signed contract for the in
surance of the life of every person in
its employ. The policies range from
$500 to $4,000, according to length Of
service.
The Mitche1l-Lewis Automobile fac
tory, located at Racine, Wis, changed
hands when new corporation of Chi
cago and New York financiers took
over the stock owned by Captain Will
liam NJ Lewis, ct al, for approximate
ly $5,000,000
The fight for track elevation of the
North Western railway in Kenosha is
to be fought over again, as the COM
mission has set aside the order which
was to have become effective on
Wednesday. and a rehearing has been