The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-26
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fifty miles of state aid road in Lang
lad county.
Watertown's curfew whistle is too
noisy, and as q result the council has
decided to silence it.
Mrs. Barbara Zoeller, aged sc, died
suddenly at home at Madison just after
celebrating her birthday with fam
fly dinner
kellogg Lumber Co. of Polar, placed
large number of western cattle on
their cutover land throughout Lang
lade county.
With more than 100 representatives
from the farmers from about Beloit
a branch of the Milk Producers asso-
citation was formed.
Mrs. F. Baldwin, of GAINESVILLE, killed
herself by drinking poison. Domestic
trouble, police stated, caused the wo-
man to kill herself.
F. Woerfel, Manitowoc, an early day
German actor, is dead. He was active
in the Concordia singing society and
a pioneer brick manufacturer.
Harry Stricken, 46, was killed and
son Albert, nineteen years old, rend-
cred unconscious in an electric storm
while camping on Wausaukee river.
George w. Underwood, a student
from Chicago. ILL.,, died at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin infrmary of
heart disease. He was freshman.
J. Gillespie, late of Grand Rapids,
state aid highway engineer of the
central district, has been promoted
and will hereafter be located in Mil
waukee.
President Van Hise of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin notified Sheboygan
promoters Of the event that he
will be the orator at the Association
of Commerce celebration of Wisconsin
day on May 20.
Henry Hoye, A, formerly promi,
nent in Kenosha, committed suicide
by inhaling gas in Chicago. He was
son of the late John Hoye, prominent
builder of Kenosha.
Miss Marie Kraft, Clark county, got
$1,000 damages and costs in circuit
court in her breach of promise suit
against Oscar w. PATTI, 500 line
engineer and childhood sweetheart.
At special school meeting held
at New Richmond the voters by a
majority of two to one authorized a
$4,000 bond issue for the purpose OF
erecting a new grade school building.
Rice Lake is on boom since
the arrival of spring. The new works
are: Concrete si1o, stone and potash
factories, which will aid much in
building up this section of Wiscon-
sin.
Mrs. J. E. bennington, living at
Grand Rapids, was favorably surprised
when she received by mail a gold
watch that was lost in that city twelve
years ago. The sender signed no
name.
Marshfeld has sold $4,000 worth
of it's new sewer bonds to the
Second Ward Savings bank of Milwau-
kee. the highest bidder at $30S.60
The bonds run twelve years and draw
Al per cent interest.
Charles Brown, of New Rome, has
taken on a contract with the United
States department of biology to fur
nish that organization with 200 crows.
An effort will be made to determine
which kinds Of crows are destructive.
Three Wisconsin guardsmen have
been recommended for West Point
where they will have an opportunity
tn become officers in the regular army
The men selected will be examined al
Fort Sheridan on June 6.
A tract of land containg about zoe
acres. with an option on 160 acre.
adjoining. has been purchased by The
Seventh Day Adventists of Superior
who propose to locate a colony IN
Fish Creek valley, twenty miles from
La Crosse.
After having been in the Chippewa
river for forty days, the body Of Ben
iamtn Brainerd, the twenty-one years
old son of F. N. Brainerd, was found
bv Merrill Jones in by-channel OF II :
river. The young man committed SUI
eide in February.
Eighty-six public spirited boys
and girls of Rusk county have Joined
the Potato club. organized recently BY
County Agricultural Representative
G. M. Householder, for the purpose OF
furthering the scientific growth OF
pure bred potatoes.
Chief OF Police DEFINE of She
boygan has. returned from Chicago
with Edward Thiel, who is charged by
his wife with having deserted her
and six children last March and
eloped with Mrs. Fred HOFFMAN, and
three children of Sheboygan.
Goods are doing better at he Univer
siy of Wisconsin than the men stu
dents, according to a report just is
sued by the faculty. For the las
semester the women students at tht
university received an average of 83.4
while the men attained but S0.2.
Freddie Welsh, the. boxer, has beer
suspended by the state athletic com