Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-22
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Green Bay-Business men of Ke-
waunee have appealed to the federal
railroad administration for improved
passenger and mail service on the
Green Bay & Western road. 1t is
stated that no connections with trains
leaving Green Bay on the Northwest
ern for the souh are made by trains
running from Kewaunee and that
Sunday service has been abandoned
Only two hours time is allowed for
answering business letters on the
same day they are received.
Oshkosh--Acting upon the suggestion
of Chairman ]. c. Thompson, the Win
nebago county board of supervisors
adopted a resolution Great .ng a build
ing fund for a new county courthouse.
All interest from bank deposits will
be placed in the fund and all money
so received will be invested in gov
ernment bonds. About $4,000 will be
set aside this year. 1t is expected
there will be enough in few years to
erect a handsome building at the
county seat here.
Wausau - The Marathon county
board of supervisors has made gener-
GUS appropriations for road and bridge
work in the county for 1919. Six
thousand dollars was appropriated for
new machinery, $1,000 to purchase a
gravel pit, $4,000 for maintenance of
state trunk line system, and $42,419
for grading and surfacing roads; $19,-
622 was appropriated as the county's
cost of building bridges.
Racine-Awaiting instructions from
the government as to what shall be
done with the property north of Ra-
cine, which it was proposed to use for
powder plant, A. w. Tissel. Whining
ton, Del, one of the board of mana
gers of the Dupont Engineering Co.,
was unable to announce when con-
struction operations would resume
here More than 1000 men have been
discharged.
Madison - George j. Weigle, dairy
and food commissioner of Wisconsin
has issued warning regarding the
sale of the so-called ''egg substitutes" :"
The commissioner points out that in
order that the so-called ''egg substi-
tutes" can be legally sold in the state,
it is necessary that these products
meet all of the requirements of the
law and that they are properly labeled
Eau Claire-Lieut. John Z Nelson
former city editor of the Appleton
Evening Crescent, was killed by a
shell in the Argonhe forest, France
according TO a telegram received by
his wife here from the war depart
ment He was 80 years old and was
graduated from the officers training
camp at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, year
ago.
Racine-Petitions signed by nearly
5000 residents of Racine were pre-
sented to the common council urging
the appointment of three policewomen
of Racine, it being alleged that condi-
tions here are serious and that po-
lcemen are unable to cope with the
situation or remedy it as policewomen
can do.
Oshkosh Tired of long suffering
and of being helpless, William Gid
den, 66 years old, ended his life at his
home here by turning on the gas in
his room He was found on his bed
by his daughter Glidden had lived
mere thirty years. His wife, two sons
ana two daughters survive.
Coming from behind with
lush Wisconsin scared above its or
lg-nal quota of 1890, 900 in the United
war Work Campaign and is now
heading for it's maximum S5,000,0O0
goal, according to figures announced
py State Executive Chairman Emerson
Ella.
Madison-H A. Burd, Madison, was
elected secretary of the Wisconsin
council of Defense TO succeed ]. b.
Borden, resigned. to take up his work
as an agricultural director at the uni
Fefsity, Mr. Burd has been assistant
secretary of the council for a year.
Janesville - John Milton Mathews,
Ohe OF Janesville's oldest citizens, who
was with Sherman on his march to the
sea died at his home in this city. He
served through four years of the civil
war with the Twelfth Wisconsin bat
tery.
oshkosh-Edwin R. Zweifel. former
oneriH of %Innebago county and for
many years conductor ON the inter
uIpan lines of the East ern Wiscon-