The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-04-21
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
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old, life long resident of the town of
Buchanan and one of the earliest pio-
neers, died here.
Kenosha--Peter M WOOD. Is years
| old, one of the Oldest contractors here,
| died suddenly at MS home. Mr.. Wood
was a native of Denmark.
Depere = The health officer reports
| that since Feb. 2 there have been
| twenty-five cases of smallpox in this
| city. Five families are under quaran-
tine.
Grand Rapids-The annual session
of the district meeting of the Wiscon-
sin Medical men is scheduled to take
place at Stevens Point May 10. The
| district includes 100 members.
Sheboygan-William SIM, aged &c.,
! died at Glenbeulah as the result of
| poisoning which he suffered last sum-
| mer while cutting golden rod in the
| village cemetery. 1t is said the flow
ers poisoned his system.
Beloit-Isaac Markley, Fl years old,
| while working in the yards of the
Fairbanks Morse company, was
| squeezed between a crane and pile
of castings and instantly killed. He
was almost cut in two.
H11dcoy, CoynOro1 An+bonu IND Of
| Superior made the high score in the
| Third regiment gallery rifle shoot held
at Hudson. Lund scored 1873 points.
In the team standing Co. A of Neills-
| vile was first, Co. L of Sparta second
and Co. of Superior third.
Oconto-Application may be made
| for Carnegie hero medal for Charles
| Dagen, who saved Frank Fumelle. Z
years old, from drowning by plunging
| into the ice filed river and swimming
| eighty feet to shore with the uncon-
| scious youth.
| Kenosha William BullamOre, "a
years old, known as one of the "fath-
CID VI tuC MCLl1OuISC Ill ILLS
| section of the state, died at the home
of his son in Somers He was a ma
| tive of England. Two sons and two
daughters survive him.
Beloit-The First Baptist church of
this city will celebrate it's seventy
| fifth anniversary April %, 20 and 80
and May l. Several former pastors
will be present among them the Rev.
Rowland Hansen of Des Moines, Ia;
| the Rev. e. P. Savage of Minneapolis,
the Rev. o. P. Bestor and the Rev. r.
w. Hatch, both of Kalamazoo, Mich.
,Lyndon-Fire starting in the saloon
building occupied by D. w. Jackson
destroyed that building and the gen
eral store of R. H. Laabs, with his
barn and feed house, together with all
the contents. Heroic efforts by the
villagers saved other buildings from
what threatened to destroy the entire
main business section.
Bluff Siding-Two sisters, Josephine
duO AcOuOSld wv lCAOICh, IL Cuu LIZ
years old, respectively, were drowned
IN the high water of the Mississippi
liver within a short distance of the
place where the P. Is. CrOgan family
of four met similar death week
ago. The younger girl drove from her
home in this village to Winona, Mimi,
directly opposite, across the river, to
Whom tho rjrIc
turning home, reached the turnpike
leading from the high wagon bridge
across the river, short distance from
the Wisconsin shore, the horse be-
came frightened and plunged off the
bridge, throwing the girls into the wa
ter. Including the CrOgan family,
whose home was near Galesville, six
persons have lost their lives by drown
ing in the flood waters alongside this
road within week
Milwaukee = George Wilbur Peck,
former governor of Wisconsin, former
mayor of Milwaukee, editor, author,
lecturer, and an American humorist of
note, died here. He was IS years old.
Although he had been i'll six months
and appeared to be improving until
ten days ago, he suffered a sudden re-
lapse. Mr.. Peck became nationally
known after the publication of his
book, "Peck's Bay Boy" and for years
had an army of attentive readers of
his Peck's Sun, published in Milwau-
kee. AS mayor of Milwaukee, he was
perhaps the most popular man In Wis
consin. While mayor in 1S90-91 ne
was elected governor of Wisconsin on
the Democratic ticket and served until
1895. George Wilbur Peck was born
Sept. %, 1910, in the town of Hender-
son, N. Y, He came to Wisconsin with
his parents in I843, where he received
a public school education. When the
civil war broke out he enlisted and
served two and a half years as pri-
vate and lieutenant in the Fourth Wis
consin cavalry. The former governor
is survived by two sons, George W.
Peck, Jr., and Roy w. Peck of Chica-
go, and sister, Mrs. Anna E. Wood
Of MiIuorEoo