Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-07-12

Morrissey of Hayward, died Of scar
/ let fever, Mrs. Morrissey died of grief.
Kendrick Kimball, Neenah newspa-
perman, has enlisted in the navigation
4 department of the naval officers re-
serves and is now awaiting call
Edward Biederman, farmer, living
near Jefferson, was arrested charged
with threatening those connected with
administration of the selectiye service
/ law
! While the Hagenbeck- Wallace circus
was en- route from Richland Center to
Prairie du Chen so much of its help
deserted that no performance could be
given at the latter place.
"Soft drink, including ginger ale,
pop, cream beer, ETC., are now retailing
for six and seven cents per glass in
Neenah thirst emporiums. Another in
crease ION account of the war"
A resolution calling for the passage
of the national prohibition amend
ment was adopted at a massmeeting of
dry forces at Neenah and copies
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A son, 10, of Dan Melby, Spooner,
and a playmate of the same age lost
their sight and their faces were badly
mutilated by an exploding dynamite
cap with which they had been playing.
At Eden, in Fond du Lac county,
$500 was raised for war work at a ba-
zaar managed by sixteen young Wom-
en-. A goat was auctioned for the top.
price, other offerings being ROSTERS,
sheep, pigs, turkey, and calf
While directing funeral at Neenah
Charles Sorenson, prominent Neenah
undertaken, was knocked down and
rendered unconscious by a vicious
horse. He sustained injuries which
may prove serious.
The patriotic village board of Min
ong, Washburn county, refused to
grant licenses to saloon owners on the
grounds that the granting of licenses
would cast shadow upon Minong's
splendid war record.
The General Motors company of De-
troit formally took possession of the
GAINESVILLE Machine company on July
3. A deposit of $1,095,00O was made
by the new company in the First Ma
tional bank of GAINESVILLE.
Members of the Kenosha Retail Lii
quor Dealers association required
Nathan Gordon to pay 1886 to the Red
Cross for violating an agreement not
to sell liquor in bottles. The money
was paid promptly
Word has been received at the ex-
ecutive Office at Madison that tar anC
feather parties have again been start
ed in northern Wisconsin. The last
subjected visited by the Knights of
Liberty was Martin Johnson, a farmer
residing near Sweden, Bayfield, county.
Arrested on a charge of criticizing a
picture of President Wilson shown at
a movie, A. B. Pegg, Dunbar, Mari
nette county, explained that he is not
q pro-German, but a Republican who
does not like the way the president is
conducting affairs.
A catfish weighing forty-one pounds
was caught at ellis landing, Wausau,
one day last week There was time
when such fish were often caught in
the Wisconsin river at Wausau and
elsewhere, but the saWdust has driven
them out as well as other fish.
Judge Charles Smith, for twenty-five
years on the bench Of Superior court,
died following lengthy illness with
erysipelas. He was born in New
Hampshire in 1888, coming West to
Minneapolis in 1866, moving thence to
Pierce county
Nicholas A. Schultz, Kenosha soldier
serving with the ambulance corps of
the United States army in France, has
been awarded the Croix de Guerre, ac-
cording to messages received by his
mother He received the decoration
on June for exceptional gallantry in
the hospital service.
Farmers and hunters in the field are
bning urged not to destroy pigeons
either in flight or sitting because of
the possibility OF killing army and
navy pigeons. A heavy penalty is pro-
vided under new laws forbidding the
killing or interfering with pigeons
from government training stations.
The Racine county poorhouse, stu
ated three miles north of Union Grove,
was destroyed by fire, and the forty
inmates narrowly escaped being
caught in the burning building. They
were rescued by Supt. Frank Hansen,
assisted by the more ablebodied in
mates The loss is estimated at $780,
000
Sewer bonds of s3O,OOO drawing IL
per cent interest, failed to find ready
sale at Racine. Instead of premium
being offered by purchasers, a bonus
was demanded All bidders demand
ed from $500 to $1,000 attorneys fees
to determine validity of the bonds. 1t
j is believed that the interest must be
raised per cent.
| a rapid increase in the Indian pop
ulation of Amigo, during the last year,
/ has brought the number up to about
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