River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-10-17

MI NOFIHrOp was DOrn III NEW 1OIh
IN 1880, coming to Racine county in
1912. He attended colleges in Wis
consin and Michigan, graduating from
the University of Michigan in 1855.
Rhinelander-The following officers
ing of the Wisconsin w. G. 7. u;
President, Mrs. Mary Scott Johnson,
Superior; vice-president, Mrs. A. w.
Warren, Stoughton; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. E. w Follett, Marsh
field; recording secretary, Miss Julia
Hutchinson, Waupaca; treasurer, Mrs.
Ida M. Cooke, Green Bay.
Madison-"If you have any unused
sugar certificates please return them
to the sugar committee at the state
capitol so that the sugar may be redis-
tributed where it is needed" is the
plea of theaWisconsin food administra-
ton. It is only through such cooper
alton that the committee is able to fur
nish sugar for home canning purposes
and other emergency cases.
Oshkosh - On a hurryup call for
nurses for Camp Grant to assist in the
effort to control Spanish influenza, five
Oshkosh nurses were secured in four
hours time and they were on their
way to camp. The volunteers were
Misses Anna Bodden, Ellen Allen,
Charlotte Case, Anna Naby and Alice
Giroux. All are graduate nurses.
Madison-Adjt Gen. Orlando Hol-
way has received calls from the fed
eral government for 1896 men. They
are to entrain in the fve-day period
beginning Oct 81. OF this number, 81
453 men are wanted for general serv-
ice at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg,
Miss, and LAP for general service at
Jackson Barracks, Louisiana.
Racine-The county board of super
visors voted to accept and maintain
100-bed hospital, which is to be con-
structed through private subscrip-
tons and a $4,000 appropriation from
the Racine county war chest. The
board has also unanimously voted to
purchase 100000 of the fourth Liber
ty Loan bonds.
Madison = Ninety-one S. A. T. c.
men from the University of Wisconsin
left for officers training camps. OF
these seventy-five went to Camp Grant
for infantry training, eight to Camp
Hancock, Ca, for machine gun, and
eight to Camp Taylor, KY, for artdl
lery.
Sheboygan-Mrs. Kitty Schwartz
81, wife of Peter Schwartz, threw her
self in front of a train on the Mil
waukee road at Random Lake and her
body was cut in two. Only rec
Mrs. Schwartz was brought back from
Sacred Heart sanitarium at Milwau
ksa seemingly improved in health.
Madison-The railroad commission
has announced an increase in rates
for the Wisconsin Gas & Electric com
pany. The cities affected by this in
crease are Kenosha, Burlington, Wa
tertown, Menomonee Falls and
twenty-five or thirty smaller towns
and villages.
GAINESVILLE Privates Waggoner and
Dart, Camp Grant soldiers, were ar
rested here on a charge of rifiing the
Mushroom of the Myers hotel barber
shop. No passes were found on the
men, who refused to give information
concerning themselves. One had near
ly 500 when searched.
Green Bay-The city Of Green Bay
has reached a $50 per cent subscrip-
ton in the fourth Liberty Loan. The
volunteer plan has proved success
full in Brown county Out of 13, 1851 al
Iotments over 1880 were completed
without personal solicitation.
Madison-H. S. Siggelko, Madison
attorney, who was nominated for at
torney-general on the Prohibition
ticket month ago, filed declinatior
with Secretary Of State Merlin Hull.
La CrOSSo-After an illness OF four
days, DR.. Clyde Storment of Viola,
one of the most prominent physicians
in this part of the state, died of Span
ISL influenza. He was 35 years old.
President Charles r. Van
Hise of the University Of Wisconsin
is expected home from Europe within
a few days, it was annUs5zced here.
Manitowoc Rev William Brown,
"a years old, pastor, of st. Joseph's
church, Kellnersville. died of pneumo
MIA.
La Crosse = Claiming the bible ex
cused him from serving in the war,
George Wickland, 80 years DID, of
Maiden Rock, said he refrained from
registering for army service because
of religious scruples, when arraigned
before United States Court Commits. |
1;ovor Alfred Harrison hcro To wo /