Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-09-07


of funds and citizens are advised to
decline to take part in such undertak.
ings.
Mayville-The first gold service
stars in Mayville have been hung in
adjoining homes for boys whose deaths
in battle occurred about twentyfour
hours apart. On Aug. 81 the parents
of Frank w. Bonau received a war de
partment message telling them that
their son had fallen in action on Aug
2 Thirty-six hours later, the family of
A. H. Whereatt, neighbors of the
Bonau people, received word that
their son Walter, mad mst death on the
battlefield on Aug. 8.
Madison - Eight hundred state off
Gals and department employees will
gather on the lawn of the state CAPT.
toll daily hereafter at S:15 to sing
THE StarSpangled Banner The idea
originated with Superintendent of
Public Property NJ. F. Blumenfeld.
Eighty-thirty is the hour for starting
work in the state house, but all occu-
pants have agreed to arrive fifteen
minutes earlier to join in the singing.
Waupaca - Waupaca county has a
wheat acreage this year which is four,
teen times the quota allotted to it by
the food administration, there being
2455 acres planted against 375 acres
in 1917, and the crop will be the larg.
est ever known in this county. The
/ government asked that $50 acres be
added to the 1917 acreage but the 10y
al farmers went much farther and
planted 2,455 instead.
Edgerton-The study of German has
been retained in St, Johns Lutheran
parochial school despite a request of
the county council of defense that the
language be dropped. The congrega-
ton voted 81 to "A in favor of its
continuance. The Rev. !. c. Stillman,
pastor, declared that only an hour
day is devoted TO religious instruction
and half an hour to the language itself
Madison 49, The Wisconsin Dairy
council, a nonrstock organization to
educate the public on dairy problems
promote the dairy industry and i'm
prove marketing conditions, field ar
ticles of incorporation here c. P.
Norgord, commissioner Of agriculture;
George ]. Weigle. state dairy and food
commissioner; Prof. G. IT. Benkendorf
and A. ]. Glover are the incorporators
Wausau Deputies of the depart
ment of justice sprung q surprise when
they deputized members of Company
&c, Tenth Infantry. Wisconsin state
guard, and other citizens to comb the
visitors at the county fair here for
slackers. Three hundred and eight men
who did not have their registration and
classification cards wers caught in the
net.
Racine-Henry HaHman, wealthy
farmer and president of the Corliss
State bank since its incorporation five
years ago. rendered hrs resignation to
the board of directors at recent
meeting Frank l. L'ngsweiter, ST..
was elected to fill the vacancy.
Neenah-A pictorial record of every
Neenah man in the service has been
started by a local store. 1t is expect
ed that the bulletin board will bear
more than 500 pictures
Washington - Representative Esch
has announced that he has succeeded
in having a unit of the students army
training corps established at the La
Crosse normal school.
Oshkosh 49, Leonard T Knosker, a
resident of Winnebago county for six
ty-five Yeas, died here from paralysis
after an illness of ten hours. He was
born at Marion.
Wausau-A. H Grout, cashier of the
First National bank, Wausau, for thir-
ty-six years and resident of Wausau
since 1875. died of apoplexy. A widow
and two children survive.
Birchwood-Ro Holman, young
est child of Mr. and Mrs. John Holman
OF Barron. died of iLfantile paralysis
after an illness of twenty-four hours
Wausau-Carl Arthur Hart, con-
fessed deserter of the United States
army. has been taken by Detective
Schwister to an army post.
Oshkosh-John J. Williams, aged 65.
/, employed as a teamster by Radford,
Wright & Co, was crushed to death
when load of lumber slid on top of
him following the sudden collapse of
the rear wheel of a wagon he was driv-
ing. He leaves two daughters and a
son.