Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-02-14
VISION SIN
HAPPENINGS
Observation-Disclosures
News of the Badger State Arranged
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/ Chicago schedule OF prices. A milk
famine is averted by the ability Of
| the creameries to procure milk from
outside sources. Leaders OF the Milk
| Producers association say there has
! been no action taken by the a4socia-
ton.
Racine - Racine people are taking
/ kindly to horse meat, according to
! Lars Anderson, buyer for Racine
| firm in this section. MANY people in
/ Racine have learned that it is eco
! nomical to buy horse meat" he said.
They have found that excellent
steaks and roasts are to be bought at
/ Il cents pound
Eau Claire "A compromise agree
| ment was reached between the off,
| Gals OF the Wisconsin Minnesota
Light and Power company and the
| trainmen's committee. The street car
strike, which has been in effect for
two days has been, declared of. The
men are to receive cents more an
| hour.
Observation-Disclosures of Banking
! A. E. Kuolt, has approved articles Of
j the bank of Sand Greek, Dunn county.
capital. $4,000. The incorporators
are Theodore Nelson, F. A. Peterson
| and Bert Nelson. The bank OF Bur-
! 1ington filed articles increasing its
capital stock from $4,000 to $4,000.
Kenosha-Randolph Chalfant Head.
! son Of former Mayor Dan 0. Head Of
this city, has been named by Con-
| gresham Fl. A. Cooper of the First
| Wisconsin district as a midshipman at
| Annapolis. He Is now student at the
| Northwestern Military academy at
| Lake Geneva.
Neenah-After starting on CROSS
continental journey when they heard
that their son, Lieut.. Harold Stecker.
was seriously Ill. Mr.. and Mrs. f. C.
Stecker, Of this city, lost the race with
| death. Word that their son had pass
ed away intercepted them at st. Louis
and they returned home.
Madison - While returning home
| from a night on his beat, Policeman
| Grant Dorsch. 80 years old. was shot
| twice by robbers who had broken into
| the Cohn general store. The wounds
resulted fatally. More than two
wagon loads of goods were taken from
| the store.
Madison-R. S. King, Chippewa
| Falls, is honor man on the records Of
| the United States shipping board in
| the drive to recruit 100000 men for
the work of building the ships neees-
| sary to defeat the Germans.
Ripon-While a patriotic rally was
held in the high school building here,
| the film Rally Round the Flag"
caught fire. The children marched
| out of the building in an orderly man
| ner. No one was injured.
| La Crosse-The Hussa brewery at
| Bangor, fourteen miles from here, was
| closed by County Fuel Administrator
d. ". Melville for alleged violation
| of the Monday closing order issued
by Fuel Administrator Garfield
Fond du Lac-kicked in the stem
ach while playing basketball at Wau-
| pun, Bolton Halversen of Stoughton,
freshman at Ripon college. was re-
moved to Ripon, where his condition
is reported serious.
| Tomah-Probably the most numer-
ously attended funeral in the history
| Of Monroe county was that of e. Les
| lie McNutt, Co. K, the first mn from
| Tomah to give up his life In the war
He died in Texas on Jan. Fl.
Milwaukee John ". Smith,
| who has been stationed with the med
ical reserve corps at Fort Riley, has
been transferred to the Milwaukee
base hospital No. 2.
Neenah-Out of one hundred draft
men in class l. called for examination
before the local board, two failed to
! put III an appearance anu IDelT names
! have been given to the police.
Neenah-A military funeral was held
for Lieut. Harold Stecker, who died
| from the effects of an operation for
appendicitis at Camp Mac Arthur,
| Waco, Tex.
Beloit-Supt F. E. Converse has or.
dered all public schools closed. when
! Fuel Administrator A. J. Raubenhei.
mer refused further coal deliveries to
| schools.
Neenah - Maurice Barnett OF the
marine corps has landed safely in
France, according to word received by
his parents here.
Madison - An order was received
by Maj. E. A. Fitzpatrick from Provost
Marshal General Crowder advising
that the physical examination Of class
1 men proceed. The telegram indi
for some of the men and that no fur
Their wait will be occasioned
Menasha-In an official canvass OF
the votes cast at the special primary
held in the Second district Of Winnie
! bago county, P. V. Lawson of thi:
| city, was given a plurality of 10 votes