The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-05-25
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The new Kenosha troop of cavalry of
and was mustered into the state serv-
ice.
The state bank commission issued a
charter to the Poplar State bank of
Poplar, Douglas county The capital
stock of the bank is $4,000.
Safe blowers working in Kenosha
cracked the safe at the Labanowski
meat market, but were frightened
away before getting into the strong
box
The Kenosha council of defense or
ganized with Mayor Charles II. Pfen-
mig as it's chairman and the mayors
office in the city hall an employment
bureau
The senate suspended the rules to
pass a bill putting in effect Governor
Philips plan to create reserve Of
trained nurses in connection with the
Red Cross.
Bayfield,, noted for it's strawberries,
will have a bumper crop of that fruit
tin, Bayfield, Fruit Growers associa
ton manager.
The Brown County Dental society
has been organized, with Fl. w. Bald
win as president; vice president, L. J.
Patterson; secretary, L. F. O'Conror;
treasurer, J. B. O'Hara.
Three children of L. A. Edwards
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their home at Menominie.
Edwards was severely burned in an
unsuccessful effort to rescue them.
Wisconsin railroads have petitioned
mission to increase freight rates with
in the state in line with the proposed
Is per cent increase in interstate rates
Gladys Brown, seventeen, Peoria
ILL.,, coed at the University of Wiscor-
sin and Alexander Grant, twenty-one,
Madison, student, were rescued from
drowning at Madison when a canoe
capsized.
Warnings against the indiscriminate
use of chemicals in the disinfection
Of seed potatoes has been issued by
the plant disease specialists at the
College of Agriculture, University of
Wisconsin.
James Hill, seventeen, arrested at
Waldo on complaint of federal officers,
charged with splitting on the American
flag, was taken before Justice Adam
Trester and fined $40 and costs at
Sheboygan.
In the small town Of Tixton, Wis,
residents were startled by seeing q
dozen or so men run with rifles to
ward town. A large German flag was
seen hanging on tall telephone pole,
The flag and pole were riddled
Lloyd Golfer, son of DR.. G. F. Golfer.
of Marinette, member of the state
tuberculosis board, and Kirk Nc
Naughton of Kaukauna departed with
$50 eastern students for France to en-
ter the Red Cross ambulance service
Senator Schultz of Milwaukee in
troduced a bill prohibiting students
in the Milwaukee public schools from
joining fraternities and sororities not
sanctioned by the school board, under
penalty of suspension or dismissal.
The Dodge county defense council
has been organized. A special repre-
sentative was named to represent the
following interests: Manufacturing
labor, farmer, banker, merchant,
newspaper, physician and women's
clubs.
Colonel James r. Griffith, command
er of the Eighty-fifth Illinois volunteer
infantry during the civil war and dis
tinguished for service in the Union
army, died at his home at Kenosha
following a long illness from pneu-
monia
Fred Hiscki, aged fifty-six, brooding
over the approaching anniversary of
the murder of his wife by Louis Kell-
er, now serving life sentence at
Waupau in 1911, committed suicide by
inhaling gas in his tailor shop at
GAINESVILLE.
The assembly, 40 to 26, killed the
Everett bill reducing the size of the
state board of control from five to
three members, increasing the sal
aries of the members of the board to
$4,000 and eliminating the woman
member of the board.
Indications that a nation wide rup-
ture in the Socialist rank is imminent
came when Victor L. Berger, member
of the national committee, declared
Socialists who signed a message to
European colleagues were not repre-
sentative of the party
The directors of the Kenosha cour-
ty club formally voted to eliminate
the giving of trophies in tournaments
during the present season and instead
certificates of merit will be given to
winners of events. The usual trophy
expense, $3.50, will be given the Red
Cross.
Mrs Estelle Reade of Ripon was
elected president of the Wisconsin Mis-
ic Teachers association, in conven-
fiOn Of ShahOvpan Other off oorc oro.