The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-07-27

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Of Wisconsin have been in annual con-
vention at La Crosse.
Just before the legislature adjourn
ed sine die, Governor Philip sent i'll
veto Of the big drainage bill.
katherine Baroskow, of Kenosha,
eight years old, was instantly killed
by a train on the Northwestern road.
John Harter, eighty-two years old,
one of the earliest settlers on the east
shore, was killed by a bull at Mari
nette.
A park system extending along the
lake shore off Kenosha for more than
a mile is provided for in plans adopt
ed by the common council.
Langlade county council Of defense
is setting an example for other coun-
ties in the state in its method of go
ing after men who will not work.
Quietly and without formality the
fifty-third regular session of the Wis
consin legislature, which convened on
Jan. 10 last, has adjourned sine die.
Olaf e. Sandell, aged thirty-two, a
carpenter working on the new build
ngs of the Fairbanks Morse company
at Beloit, was killed when a portion of
concrete wall fell on him.
Herman, Schlief, who resides four
niles from Merrill, received cheese
actory check amounting to S509.93
or milk produced by his herd of thir-
weight cows during June.
John p Lund, seventy years old,
escaped cremation when the house
where he roomed burned only to sue
cumb later in the day as result of
the shock at Fond du Lac.
When William Reid picked up re
yolver in his house at La Crosse, to
clean it, he nearly killed his sister,
trace, a Chicago trained nurse, bull
ct going through her scalp.
James Young, Chicago, died at the
Kenosha hospital as result of injur-
les received when he was run down
by limited train on the Chicago,
North Shore and Milwaukee electric
road.
In the belief that the present prices
of coal are too high, the Oshkosh
| board of education adopted a recon-
| mendation of the committee on fuel
| to reject all bids that had been re-
| ceived.
f. A. Hathaway, secretary of the
| Kenosha branch of the Y. M. G.. A,
| has been selected by the national COM
| mittee on Y. M. G. A work to take
| charge of the work of the Wisconsin
| soldiers
Fred Schuette, member of the fam
lily that has been prominently connect
ed with the industrial and commercial
development of Manitowoc for many
years, died after brief illness from
pneumonia
Oconomowoc is to have a tag day
for the benefit of the Red Cross on
| Saturday, Aug. 4, from noon to 10
b m. There will be band concert,
pavement dances and numerous carni-
val features
The Lipman Car and Refrigerator
| company has purchased twenty-five
acres in South Beloit, known as the
| Bassett property, and expects to build
large plant for the manufacture of
! efrigerator cars.
Miss Irene Campbell, formerly of
| Hayward and we'll known throughout
| the section, is now engaged in adj
| vanced Red Cross nursing preparatory
to being sent to France with an Amer
can hospital unit.
Alderman Anthony G.. Larson, forty
eight years old, died at his home in
| Oconomowoc after long illness. Mr..
Larson had for a number of years
| been travelling salesman with the
| Avery Tractor company.
Steven Altridge has been arrested
and brought to Beloit from Minneap-
| oils on a charge of committing per-
| jury in securing license to marry
| Marry Huyck, who is said to be young
er than Altridge declared she was.
Police are investigating and Mil
waukee system detectives are also
probing the death of Elmer Bassett,
aged fifty, railway switch light tender,
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found with a fractured skull in the
yards on the outskirts of GAINESVILLE.
Earnest Angwell, deliriOus typhoid
fever patient at ST. Joseph's hospital
at Marinette, escaped and swan the
Menominee river. A telephone mes
sage brought men to the opposite bank
| and he was captured. when he landed.
Judge Kenesaw NJ Lands of Chi
cago, presiding over the United States
district court at La Crosse, overruled
plea of demurrer in the case of the
United States against Robert Shields,
charged with violation of the Mann
act.
Charles Wilcox and Mrs. Emily
Busse of Chicago, arrested at Camp
Lake in Kenosha county on statuary
| charges, were held in bonds of $1,000
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