The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-11-14
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of the Week
Around the Badger State


nette man, has been chosen president
of the Northern normal at Jerome,
Ariz. He graduated from the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin in 1903.
| DR.. N. X. Mills, Ashland, govern
ment physician on the Bad River Iu-
dian reservation, died OF influenza.
He formerly practiced in st. Louis
and saw service in the Geodetic sur
yey in Alaska and the Philippines,
In the little village of Woodman,
Grant county, live Mr.. and Mrs. John
Heating They have five sons, John,
Richard, Frank, Thomas and Mark,
and all in some branch of the army
service.
ID. w. West, Raymond, Racine Co.,
is the winner of $3.50. first prize for
the largest acreage in the wheat con
test inaugurated by Racine bankers
to induce farmers to raise more and
better wheat
Carl II. Geisler, who conducted a
butcher shop at Wausau since 1890,
died suddenly of inhuenzapneumonia.
| His son, Private Arnold Geisler, re-
Gently died OF the same disease at a
hospital at Annapolis, Md
one out of every forty,four Wiscon-
sin farms of more than hundred
acres used a tractor last year. The
| tractor was one of the factors in the
! $250.000 900 increase in Wisconsin
agricultural products in 1918.
Mrs. A. NJ Durer so years old, died
| at Oshkosh Grandma Durler" as
| she was affectionately known, came to
| America from Switzerland and had
lived at Oshkosh for fifty-one years
one daughter and five sons survive.
Though almost totally blind, Kath-
crime and Agnes Burke, sisters, 80
and 20 respectively. are taking full
work at the University of Wisconsin.
Both are juniors. The elder is special
izing in history and the younger is
studying music.
Brown county held its second an
nual potato show at Green Bay Nov
8 and 10 and large crowds inspected
grade displays OF "spuds" were enter
ed by growers. Members of the Brown
County Boys and Girls Potato club
entered their tubers in competition
and made a good showing with their
older competitors
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Nowatny. Wau
toma came TO this country from Pc
sen, German Poland, when young PEG
Pile They married in Wisconsin and
have lived on their farm, north OF
Wautoma ever since. They have five
sons, Sylvester, "a; Frank, %; Leo,
81, John, 20, and Joe, IS. The four
oldest entered the service. John was
killed in action.
The Milwaukee railway has men
| tearing up tracks Of an abandoned log
ging road between Arpin and Pitts
vale This is done by request OF col
| cay of Hollanders, who settled this
part of the country, and in the early
| days used the abandoned road to
transport cordwood which they cut
from slashings. This tract is now fine
dairy land
Fond du Lac-The Fox River val
! ley branch OF the order Of American
Railway Express Company Employees
was organized, at Fond du Lac. A. L.
! Hanisch, Oshkosh. was elected presi-
dent: +. II. Smith Fond du Lac, sec
rotary and A. n. Merkle, Appleton,
treasurer. The district also includes
| Neenah, Manitowoc. Sheboygan and
Ripon Headquarters of the branch
will be maintained at Fond du Lac.
Theater suppers and afternoon teas
will be discontinued until after the
war, in accordance with the request
OF the Ultted States food administra-
! ton TO Fat the sandwiches, cakes
| and sugar which are served at such
meals, especially al teas, is to be I'M
patriotic. II - an extra meal, not nee
essary for health nor social purposes,
and contrary to the present principles
OF cons.i alton of food and labor.
The Community club, which former
~ nourished in the gymnasium con
/
church. Oshkosh, has been reorganized
and the officers to take charge of the
new activities, which are largely
along y NJ G. A. lines. are. President
Homer II. Bishop; secretary, d. w.
Goer. and treasurer, Emil w, Nelson
Indoor baseball leagues will be added
to the departments formerly conduct
ed
In statement issued by the indus.
trial commission, Madison, attention
Is directed to the fact that many ac-
cidents are being reported in Wiscon-
sin which are due 10 the use of ordi-
nary hand tools such as are owDed
and used i'm every household, store,
shop or factory Mr. Keown stated
the large majority of the accidents
due To ordinary hand tools are pre-
ventable, being due to carelessness or
improper handling of the tools used
Care is especially necessary on the
part of the people who do not do
much work OF this kind.
Sought for a year in the belief that
she had been lured into the movies
Laura Sanford was located in Mil
stone, Mont. by her aged father lry
ing Sanford. La Crosse, on the day
her husband died Laura left her La
Crosse home June II, 1917
The word German" on the window
of the German-American bank of Man
itowoc, caught the eyes of two gobs
With yellow paint they We're proceed