The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
MARCH

Arthur J. Albrecht addressed Ke-
nosha Bar association. Henry Copen
sued police department on charge of
forcible entrance to his place Of bust
ness. Peter Pirsch company bought new
site. Mrs. Jennie Hanson got 81, 900
as court settlement for loss of husband
in Titanic. Held mass meeting to form
security league. Mr.. and Mrs. H. j.
Stalker celebrated golden wedding.
First three patients entered Will
lowbrook. Found suspicious looking
bomb on west side prairie. News of
death of Frank Buffalo on European
battlefields received. Marriage of Miss
Marie Schultz and Alfred J. Nieder-
prim
3-Petty thieves visited offices Of
several doctors. City treasurer report
ed $4,000 delinquent taxes.
Automobile club elected Dan o.
Head president. Merchants contribute
$500 in prizes for Farmers institute.
Death of Mrs. Ernestina Seitz. Mar
riage of Miss Alma Meier and Fred
Schlater.
6-Tce in lake threatened Kenosha Is
water supply. Death of Mrs. Gertrude
Barnhill. Death of Miss Anna Thomas
il. North Carolina. Mrs. John P. Hume,
state regent D. A. r., guest of Kenosha
chapter.
Council ordered South street OPP
ened. George Meyer reelected keeper
of the poor farm. Marriage of Berna-
dette English and Robert Quinn. News
Of marriage of Miss Charlotte Griffith
to Charles Hourahan.
S-Marriage of Miss Charlotte SAT-
ford Candee and Hugh V. Barden.
Twenty men formed rifle club.
Farmers institute opened. Auto
mobile, poultry and trade show opened
in Coliseum and drew 10000 visitors.
10-Stanley Werner, aged 4, crushed
by street car.
11-Death of Frederick Taylor. Bur
glars looted Palica store. Women at
Farmers institute banquet ask for pub
lie rest room. Death of Adolph Sven
son. Attempted suicide Of Leon Wolfe
III Library Park.
12-Joseph Scholey and John Eorres
in automobile wreck.
13-Committee of council decided to
start garbage collection in April.
14-Jurors drawn. E. T. O'Brien
addressed High School Parent-T Teachers
association, DR.. w. G. Huntington of
u. s. bureau of commerce addressed st.
Matthew's Mems club.
| 15-School board reelected Mrs Mary
D. Bradford, superintendent of city
schools G.. R. Howe became local tele-
phone manager. Miss Yule was appoint
ed principal of the new Junior high
school. Train load of Jeffrey Quads
shipped to border, manned with Keno
shans. Death of Mrs. William Bray.
Preston Bradley spoke in the Balm
school. Wedding of Miss Florence Davis
and j. Irving Allen. Death of Mrs.
Sarah Meredith Humphrey.
16-Death of Sister Laura in Kemper
Hail. Police got two burglars. Chief
0 Hare 6aed six cents in Copen case.
l7--Local companies asked to bid on
U. S. army and navy contracts.
1S-LitNe Alfred Sahr shot and killed
in dooryard of residence.
19-Henry G. Buchanan thrown from
bicycle and injured.
20-Death of Miss Josephine Furman
Lake Shore property owners petition
council TO change outlet of Park street
sewer. Death of Frank E. Murphy
B. G. Brennan reelected city engineer.
Council ordered issue of $250,000 of
bonds for water plant. Council re-
vokes Copen saloon license.
2l-Pfennig, Scholey, Gundlach and
Yabs nominated in primaries for mayor.
/ 22-Police had trouble getting side
walks cleared of snow. Marriage of
Miss Edith Minkle and Clayton z. Leon
ard. Death of Mrs. Minnie Welch Nit
chell.
25-Post office department. refused
use of general delivery for clandestine
correspondence. Miss Elsa Barth re-
signed as head of Girls club. Death of
Peter G. Schaufel.
26-Death of John j. Moeller. South
west side of city finds its cellars flood
ed on stormiest Sunday Kenosha ever
knew.
27-Final plans for new pumping sta
tion drafted. Company formed in Chi
cago to market Kenosha county farm
produce.
28-Telephone service crippled by
storm. Several hundred telephones out
of service. Willard Hansen, 81s months