The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-08-18
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j. G. McLeisch, Office manager with
the Horlich Matted Milk company,
dropped dead from apoplexy at Ra-
cine.
Henry DarroW was found dead at his
home at Omro, Wis, with his throat
slashed by razor. He was civil war
veteran.
Merit Simmons, of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
twenty years old, was sentenced to
one year at Green Bay for robbery of
O saloon.
Frederick Kussel, aged II, for more
than a half century identified with the
business life of Watertown, died after
q brief illness.
DR.. G. A. Kennedy has returned to
New Richmond from Minneapolis
In his automobile, which was stolen in
broad daylight in Minneap" !isnJuly 4.
The New Richmond Roller Mills
voluntarily advanced the wages of
every man on its pay roll at both mills
and elevators S. a month, effective
Aug. /.
Alice d. Hebron, widow of Patrick
Hebron, and for many years a resi-
dent of New Richmond, died in Van
couver, B. c., following a stroke of
apoplexy.
Cashier V. A. Batzner, woh has
been with the Citizens State Bank of
Clayton has resigned and accepted a
like position with the First State bank
of Bovey, Mimi.
Application was filed for ama1gama-
ton of the Defenders, % mutual frater-
nal insurance society, with the Beav-
ers, similar organization, both hav-
ing headquarters in Madison.
An attempt by parties unknown
to poison stock on the John Waldoch
arm in Hull has been discovered.
Paris Green was found mixed with
cornmeal spread about the barnyard.
Walter o. Hosely, a we'll known
young business men in La Crosse, and
Miss Mona Coles of Chicago, were
drowned in the Mississippi river at
Trempealeau bay, twenty miles above
La Crosse.
About twenty-five to fifty Merrill men
will join the Rhinelander militia to
bring that company up to war strength.
recruiting officer from Rhinelander
S expected there to look for men who
want to go to Texas.
Merle B. Criswold at GAINESVILLE, II
years DID, Detroit, was fined 500 I'M
der the commitment law for forging
check to pay for wine suppers at a
local hotel He claimed to be a rela-
tive of Hugh Chalmers, Detroit.
While Sheriff Englebrecht, of Mani
tOwoc county, was en- route home
from Ell Paso, Tex. where he sought
and found a man wanted :o- forgery
and wife desertion, his pockets were
picked at Manitowoc and the officer
lost $3.50.
Orders have bcen received at Camp
Douglas by Adjutant General Ho1way
from General Barry of Chicago in
charge of the Illinois and the Wiscon-
sin recruiting districts, that recruit
ing officers in the state be recalled
and mustered out.
Fred Stockwell, the proprietor of a
oh printing shop at Belot, has
fallen heir to $4,000 by the death OF
his brother, William S. Stockwell OF
Yankton, S. ID Stockwell was unmar
ried and left his estate of 100000 to
ciCtor and two hrOth0rS
Frank Huybers, seventy-f1ve years
DID, of Langlade county, father of TWEEN
ty-four children, fourteen of whom are
living, was found dead in bed at his
home in the town Of Hutchins. Huy.
bers was married twice, each wife be.
ing the mother of twelve children
Joseph Martsch. prominent farmer
living at Mormon Coolee, commits
ted suicide by blowing off his head
with dynamite Mental disturbances
due to intense heat during the last
few weeks, is the only cause to which
his friends can attribute the rash act
While trying to rescue Miss FL
len Olson of New Richmond, Victo,
Lohn, twenty-five years old, lost his
life at the bathing beach at Frold
Mont. Miss Olson and Lohn and an
other couple were rowing about loo
feet from the shore when the boat was
swamped.
Raymond Whitney, De Sofa, Wis.
of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
construction crew, unable to bear the
oppressive heat in the bunk cars, went
down to a dredge on The Mississippi
river to sleep While asleef Whitney
rolled off the dredge into the water
and drowned.
Alderman Vern Rogers and Mayor
D. Love, West Allis officials, report
ed that the Milwaukee officials had
notified them to do something with
the east end septic sewer tank. or the
city Of Milwaukee would have to take
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