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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

Anybody who studies the mortality statistics in Connecticut will be quick ly convinced that our automobile law is at fault. The number of accidents
 due to speeding is shocking. It is all very well to blame the police and au- thoritieS, yet the fact is that the pres ent law is very difficult of enforce ment, and comparison of the num-
 Der of accidents here with the number in other states where a definite speed limit is observed, will show that it is
 the law, not the authorities, which is at fault.
 The call for the regulation of head lights is practically unanimous. There is no reason for the dangerous, glar-
 ing headlights now so commonly in use, which blind all approaching traf- fic There are on the market scores of regulatory devices, most of which
 are sufficient to remedy the evil. The
 use of such devices, or the dimming of
 headlights should be made mandatory.
 The change in the manner of dealing
 with automobile cases has been antici- Ipated by Secretary of State Frederick
 Perry who is holding his automobile
 court in the various county seats, in stead of requiring offenders and wit nesses from all parts of the state to
 tourney to Hartford to attend hear
 ings This is an immense improvement
 in the situation. Perhaps the legisla-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
The law has been tor

commission. The law has been tor pedoed and the commission is float ing around in a water-logged boat to no purpose. It ought to be rescued and relieved. Some time a new civil service craft should be fitted out. Perhaps this Legislature will do it. More likely it will be found to be suf- fering from the prevailing complaint that commissions serving the state without salary ought not to be em- barrassed by the merit system. In that case we may have to wait till the Democrats get in and sweep the of fees. Then civil service reform will be popular again.-Waterbury Ameri- can.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

Governor Whitman could not do
 better than to urge the Legislature of New York to pass the bill now before it providing for a military census of New York state similar to that which
 has been and is being taken in Con-
 necticut. Incidentally he could not do better than to recommend that New York import some Connecticut talent to direct the work but that is
 entirely another story. When the Connecticut census is complete it will be possible, on a very few hours' mo- tice to give exact figures on the num- Der of men which Connecticut could furnish for any given work, whether it be operation of wireless apparatus, handling small boats, driving an au- tOmobile or what not The value of having such information available practically instantly cannot be esti- mated and Connecticut owes a large debt of gratitude to those who are performing this work so efficiently and so elligently.-Hartford Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
A Desperate Editor.

The editor of the Sevierville Vindi- cator cheerily announces that he will try to get along somehow, notwith- standing the bone-dry law, if he has to spend his sumers In Kentucky and his winters in F1orida.-Knoxville Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
MONEY FOR FLOOD CONTROL

In spite of the demand which exist
 ed that the last congress curb it's in- clinatfons to authorize the expendt- ture of money which must be raised by bond issues and special taxation for projects which might be delayed with out working any harm to the country, it was considered essential that there should be appropriated the sum of S45 eee, eco for the purpose of controif-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
From the Consular Reports.

Chinese barbers in lMukden have discarded the old Chinese razor, pan and stool and are using mirrors, old style American chairs, foreign razors, towels and cheap toilet requisites.
 Blockade restrictions on the impor- tation of clover seed into Norway have been abolished.
 Canada is beginning to develop a toy industry.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

ture will do no more in this respect than to require by law what Secretary Perry has already provided by com mon sense, and perhaps also to i'm pose an additional penalty in, manda- tory forfeiture of license upon con- viction for drunken driving.-Bridge
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

Now it is claimed that Germany is promising Guatemala to Mexico if it can conquer it, and at the anne time it is doing its best to foment trouble in the other Central American coun tries. Why not give the whole of North America to Mexico and then tax Carranza's government to death to help pay for the gift?
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
Chilly In Name Only.

Miss Icy Frost, student at De
 Pauw University, and Miss Snow
 Frost, an instructor in the RidgeVille schools, visited over Sunday with their parents, Mir. and Mrs. A. J.
 Frost of East High street.-Portland Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

The. blaming of the Dardanelles fail- ure upon Kitchener is like finding a dead engineer to have been the cause of a railroad wreck. The dead can put in no defense.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

In view of the extensive plotting which Germany is doing. it wouldn't be surprising if its influence was play ing a part in the revival of the Irish question at this time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

From the way in, which the Missou- ri legislature turned down a vote of confidence for Senator Stone, the leg islators of that state have apparently been shown some things.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

The appeal which has been made to the American press that the secrets of the preparations which this country is making for it's protection be not di- vIilged ought to command respect from coast to coast and border to border.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

There is one thing about it. if Bull garia decides to sever relations with this country. it will not very seriously interfere with American shiHping.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

It begins to look as if the Turks were preparing to announce that Bag dad was of no further strategic im- nortance
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Sym pathy is inadequate compensation for being an under dog.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13

Civil Service Commissioner Alcorn is quoted in the Hartford Courant as recommending the repeal of the civil service law and the abolition of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
OTHER VIEW POINTS

We are not discussing with pr. Zimmermann, the German foreign secretary, the proposed corruption or Mexico and other nations in this hem isphere as a legitimate or illegitimate war measure. We are discussing it as an act of treachery undertaken at a moment when he and his associates were protesting undying friendship for gained by attempting to lie out of it, New Haven Journal-Courier-
 If there are those who think more of some other country than the one which has given them sustenance and protection, they should be held ac- countabie for the deeds which give advantage to the foreign foe. There is one way in which spies and traitors can be reduced. to a minimum The method of elimination is grim but necessary It ought to be employed at once if this country is to be spared further horror and bloodshed.- -Meri- den Record.
 In vieA of the maudlin sentiment is interesting to find in Tom Sawyer evidence of a more robust and sane attitude in an earlier time as revealed in Mark Twain's whitening depletion of a local excitement as fol- lows: -The petition had been largely signed; many fearful and eloquent meetings had been held, and a com mittee of snappy women had been ap- pointed to go in deep mourning and wall around the governor. and i'm pIore him to be a mercifu1 ass and trample his duty under foot 1njun Joe was believed to have killed five Fcitizens of the village, but what of that? If he had been Satan himself there would have been plenty of weddings ready to scribble their names to a pardon petition, and drip a tear on it from their permanently impaired and leaky water works - Torrfngton Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-13
Some windhann County Farms.

New York, March ?. 1917.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

old, received reward for being first
child in Better Babies contest of Farm
ers' institute. Eileen Cavanagh, ten
months old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Cavanagh, 364 Congress street,
was awarded second prize. Natalie
Fonk, twenty months, the child of Mr..
and Mrs. Wendelein Fonk, 867 Pomeroy
street, was given third place. Death of
Andrew Davis.
29-Henry Johnson, Kenosha, at bor-
der, writes U. S. will capture Villa in
two weeks. Death of John F. Iverson.
president of Chicago's school board,
Death of R. E. Sutherland. Max Loeb,
came to Kenosha to study and learn
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford's methods. Re-
tailers' association voted to aid in the
establishment of a Chamber of Com
merce. Death of Sarah A. Hannah in
Chicago.
31-Ninth annual meeting Of Manu-
facturers' association. James Whitcomb
Riley sent greetings to Order of the
Eastern Star on occasion of their cele-
bration of Riley night. Charles r. JEFF
frey presented $1,000 to Sheridan Road
Improvement association. Independent
Ice company took over the interests Of
Consumers company in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

21-Miss Harriet Balm appointed
state financial secretary of Wisconsin
Woman Suffrage Association. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. B. Briggs celebrate golden
wedding. Naturalization hearings held.
Death of Mrs. Margaret McHale.
22-Jeffery company reduced work
ing hours and increase wages. Death
of John Bray in Salem. Miss Huldah
Pofahl and Frank August OFT marry.
23-Death of Joseph Swirim. Pay
up week proves q success. County
Board makes blanket appropriation to
complete Willowbrook sanatorium equip
ment. Marriage of Miss Virna Estelle
Rorke and Earl w. Torrey. Marriage
Of Mrs. Jane Parks and Samuel
Bohanan.
24-D. Callahan made G. and N. w.
conductor. Death of Louis Stoelzel.
Death of Isaac Numela.
25-Miss Nesta Edwards came to
Chicago Kenosha Hosiery Company as
welfare worker. Charles Pfennig an
nounced candidacy for mayor on Re-
publican. ticket. High school debaters
win from Ft. Atkinson and lose to
Racine.
26-Form order Of Daughters of st.
George.
27-District attorney orders out all
slot machines.
28-Death of Mrs. Mary Develin.
29-Book dealers present library to
Willodbrook y Death of Mrs. Anna
Fitzsimmons. Elks give charity ball.
Marriage of Miss Grace Rapp and
Arthur Olson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
AUGUST.

Fire does great damage at the
store houses of Max Ladewig. Elks
purchase Malt House property and sell
old Wisconsin street club house. Local
men taken to lake regions to load ice
cars and end ice famine. Democrats
hold convention and name county
candidates
3-Retailers big annual outing spoil
ed by rain. Death of Miss Mamie
o Hare. Marriage of Miss Carrie
Lambrecht and Ralph D. Perkins.
-People recall "Great Dark Day.
when blackness of night settles over
the city at midday. W. H. Hatton
speaks in Kenosha.
miss Amy Pennefeather weds
George Fl. Connolly. Brassville en-
ployees picnic at Powers Lake. Marri-
age of Miss Alice Kiehl and Fred A.
Alt.
6-Marriage of Miss Edna Gregory
and James Estes.
Wisconsin state golf tournament
opens in Kenosha Edwin Schaefer Of
Kenosha, drowned at st. Joseph, Mich.
Kenosha sends $1,000 for aid of French
front sufferers. Park board decides not
to purchase Ludwig property.
8ECharles Waymay drowned at the
Washington Island bathing beach.
Death of former City Assessor Her
man Hoehn.
City school census shows 1904
children of school age. d. E. Scull, re-
signs as head of continuation schools.
Harry Winston resigns position with
Kenosha Hosiery Company. Marriage
of Miss Mabel David and Clarence
Stein. Biggest social evea@ Of the year
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
JUNE.

1.-Two bishops present at commence
ment exercises of Kemper Hall. Ke-
nosha Catholic clergy receive letters
from archbishop asking for sermons on
immodesty of short skirts. Gifts of
funds in special giving campaign of
Associated Charities reach three thous-
and dollars. Protest of Sheridan Road
property owners against a playground
at the north end of cemetery go to
school board committee. Marriage of
Miss Natalie Theirs and Fred Hannahs,
Jr. Marriage of Miss Margaret Kingsley
to Henry Gerling. Marriage of Miss
Alice Cobb of Cleveland to George Cor
don Yule. Death of Fred Earl Carlin.
death of Matthias Roders in the
county Jail. News received of death of
Wellington Bennett in San Bernardino,
CAL, May Goth.
Be. A. Hatfield resigned place in
Balm company to go to st. Louis. Hol-
ton Brothers sued Robert A. Wilson
for damage to reputation, naming ten
thousands dollars as amount. We'd
ding of Miss Dorothy Adams and Earl
McMullen.
death Of Miss Julia Detske.
Marriage Of Miss Eunice Hammer and
Patrick NJ. Sandin.
5-Articles of incorporation of
Chamber of Commerce were forwarded
to Madison. William Frazier's auto
mobile crashed into porch on Mrs.
Mary McCaffre's house. Wedding of
Miss Harriet Faber and Claire L. Cur
tbs. Marriage of Miss Leona Woodson
and Theodore Steinway. Death of
Alois Seiberlich. Death of Richard
Parker. City council refused to back
park board in plans for south side
playground.
6-Death of Mrs. Rose Agnes
Schmitz. Tanners strike to be assur-
ed they will be continued at work at
wages now paid them. Dissolution of
firm of Rutledge and Crossin. Death
of Mrs. Hattie Simon Klotz.
MANY Kenosha plants forgot to
file annual report with state and were
notified they would lose charters if
matters were not promptly attended to.
8-Kenosha's oldest hotelkeeper,
John Schmitt of Maple House, an
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

Marriage of Miss Minnie Ebeling
and William johnson. Marriage of
Margaret Weth and August W. Yandt.
Death of David Vaughn. Walter
Kauffer and Herbert Haubrich injured
when electric car hits automobile.
2-First Baptist Church unveils
memorial tablet to the memory of the
late George Yule. Motorcycle cops ar
rest twenty for speeding on north
road. Edwin s. Bishop Of Somers,
elected member of the faculty at Lake
Forest College.
3-Marriage of Miss Martha Yeager
and Earl Thomas Dicks.
Reception of naturalized citizens
held. at City Hall. Kenosha has safe
and sane celebration of the Fourth of
July DR.. Leonard Lower killed near
Winthrop Harbor when automobile
overturns. Death of DR.. Thomas Gil
lespie. Death Of Michael Huck.
5-Steve Wrilla, and Frank Thurber
given prison terms as auto thieves.
Death of Theodore Burg. Miss Louise
Cottrell drafted for work with the
American Red Cross on the Mexican
border.
6-Barnes circus in Kenosha. Arthur
Mickelsen appointed to West Point
Military Academy. Death of Henry
Durkee.
Death of Henry Schultz. 2. G..
Simmons Elected President of Keno
sha Chamber Of Commerce
8-Death of George L. Smith. Har-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

Tor attempt to murder wife. Frank FL.
Lyman selected by Chicago company to
write history of Kenosha. Work of
putting telephone wires underground
begun.
24-Kenosha playground fund found
to be $2,281 short of $4,000. Edward
Orlosky charged with obtaining money
fraudulently. E. G. Seward named to
succeed E. s. Jordan at Jeffrey s.
Edith Adams Stewart gave reading for
child welfare committee in Guild hall.
Death of Adam GreenWald.
25-NTrs. John Hallett injured by
Michael Faber's automobile. Mrs.
Simon Gottlieb appeals to secretary of
state to aid in rescue of her father
in Gomel, Russia National Bank
bought site for new building from Balm
Wagon Company. Frank Hansmann
and Eva Major Goerndt arrested in
chop suey restaurant.
26--Heads Of Central Milk Associa-
tion speak at annual meeting in Ke-
nosha. Mid-year seniors present class
play, "Sisterhood Of Bridget"
27-State bowling tournament open
ed. Death Of Mrs. Elizabeth Butcher.
Ninety-one pupils given diplomas at
public meeting.
28-Committee of one hundred citi-
zens named to greet President Wilson
when he arrives at Northwestern sta
tion. Death of Joseph Minaravics,
Noodles Pagan, newsboy king, in Ke-
nosha. Thousand attend Eagles first
dancing party.
29-Police find number of bogus
checks cashed. Kenosha county Demo
Gratis hold conference and John G.
Slater refuses to preside. Death Of
Mrs Victoria Pacini
30--Simmons Unitarian Church was
flooded by breaking of water pipes.
31-President Wilson and bride well
coined by large crowd at station. Bids
opened for new Kenosha water plant.
News received of the death of Mrs.
Sarah g. Clark in Faribault, MINI.
Marriage Of Miss Lamira McVicar and
Philip Ives Cummings. News received
of death of S. D. Condor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04
SEPTEMBER.

John Lind named secretary OF
Chamber of Commerce. Ground i
broken for new Butterfly" theatre
on Milwaukee avenue.
Wharfage of Miss Defry and 10.
gan Dayton. Death of Mrs. Melvina
R. Crandall. Thomas H. Brown arrest
ed as bigamist. Marriage of Miss
Hilda Osborne and John Grosjean
Marriage of Miss Jennie Lambert and
DIR. G. G. Shaddle.
4-Drizzling rain spoils observance
of Labor Day in Kenosha. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E. Likes have golden
wedding celebration.
General primary election held il
Kenosha with a disappointing vote.
Marriage of Miss Edna Tower and Earl
Walden. Death of Mrs. Margaret Tel
far. Death of Miss Mary Mcclure.
Four thousand Kenosha children
throng buildings with opening Of new
school term. Pleasant Prairie votes
road bonds and Somers beats issue.
Marriage of Miss May Wenk and
Joseph BenuI, Jf.
6-Marriage Of Miss Katherine Eli
zabeth Drake and William John
Frazier. DR.. w. E. Nelson elected
food inspector by Common Council.
Seriff Stahl arrests three joy riders.
Marriage of Elizabeth Haase and
Leonard Kosecki. Marriage Of Miss
Edna NJ. Hoff and Hans G. Guttormsen.
8-Reception of City school teachers
at Columbus school
9-Prohibition party FFMillion Dol
lar" special stops at Kenosha and J.
Frank Hanley, candidate for president
speaks. Death of John Minderman.
Eastern fnanciers inspect Chicago and
Milwaukee road. Four Racine men
firt with death when auto overturns
near sanitorium.
10-Patriek Johnson found dead
along North Western tracks Death of
Caroline NJ. Ostby. Death of Ludwig
Schneider. Bishop Harrison veteran OF
mission work of Methodist church
speaks in Kenosha. Marriage of Miss
Rose Frankel and David NJ. Korf.
11-Marriage of Miss Edna Gertrude
Althoff and Raymond J. Carney. Hans
johnson and jitney party narrowly
~o~o-o~~oo-oo~o-o~o-~oo
Continued on page u
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-04

ga. L. Drury addressed Kenosha
Bar Association.
Announce building of tent city on
Washington Island to accommodate
houseless laborers. Death of e. B.
Huber.
ELLEN Reese, who wore trousers
and worked as boy, arrested on COM
plant of husband. Garbage committee
request citizens to get all rubbish
ready to be easily collected by munich
pal wagons that will call. Death of
Rasmus Knudsen who was struck by
automobile.
6-H. E. Barden presents two thous-
and trees to children of city to plant
for Arbor Day. Miss Siegfried Larsen
won gold medal in inter-high school
extemporaneous speaking contest.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Barnich
Schmitt.
death of William Powers.
s-James Mccarthy, driver of ear
that struck Rasmus Knudsen, held for
manslaughter and allowed to go on
three thousand dollar bonds. Louis
Werner dies from effects of drinking
cleaning fluid. Death of "Vanty"
Lippert.
9-School board passed rule to en-
ploy school nurse. Death of Anton
Hennes. Marriage of Miss Mollie
Meyer to Ole Prestmoen. =
10-E. L. Quarles of Indianapolis, pre-
sented plan for organizing Chamber
of Commerce. Marriage of Miss Ida
Kunze and Andrew Nordby. Marriage
of Miss Margaret Hopf and George
Henry Schulze.
11-Measles epidemic threatened.
Park board declared for "dry" parks.
Death of Mrs. Katharine Schiller.
12-Kemper Hall received gift dec
orations of gymnasium.
13-German turner's of Wisconsin
convene here. Death of Mrs. Fenry
Schwartz.
15-Dr. W. s. Murphy chosen presi-
dent OF Wisconsin Homeopathic Medical
Society. Edwin !. Schaeffer fell one
hundred feet from roof of new school
and escaped without serious injury.
Death of Peter Wirschem. Marriage of
Miss Agnes Petersen to Carl Nielsen.
&c. A. Budlong of State Board of
Control, visits Kenosha institutions
and praises them.
17-Arthnr E. Miekelsen gets ap-
pointment to West Point. Death of
Mrs. Maria Junker Rhode.
18-Marriage of Miss Ella Miller
and Joseph Reiber.
19-Death of Mrs. Marie Meltzer.
Death of Mrs. Emily Nelson Ritehie
Mclean of Baltimore. DR.. Fl. L.
Wright chosen as health commissioner.
20--Death of Florance E. Whitbeck.
Marriage of Miss Edith Holt and Will
liam McLeran
22-Dr. Herbert L. Wright entered
upon duties as health commissioner.
23-Death of Mrs. Ferdinand Kober
Weld.
24-Cole Brothers of Indiana, get
contract for ditch to be dug in Racine
and Kenosha counties. Frances LaVhon
Borland falls from apartment house
window, fractures skull and dies.
25--Miss Marie Lambin resigned
from employ of Associated Charities.
Kenosha Hospital Training school
graduates six nurses.
26-Miss Louise Hinckley appointed
to succeed Miss Marie Lambin in AS
ISOLATED Charities.
27-H. B. Robinson succeeds z. G..
Simmons as head of police and fire
commission.
ESPECIAL memorial service held in
many churches. The Rev. Peter f.
Stair preached in Park Avenue Metho-
dist in the evening, paying tributes to
1.-TWO flags"
30-Thousands of people join in
memorial services.
31-Marriage of Miss Christine Rob
sci and Henry Wade. Marriage of
Miss Estelle Boerner and Ralph P.
Engelhardt.