Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-03-15

La crosse, who is now at hOsplLaI
It is feared he has broken back
/ Kellnersville, town of 500 popula
ton near Sheboygan, was threatened
with destruction by fire when hotel
theater and saloon burned, with loss
of 100000
Charles Birr, SO years old, a former
resident of Sheboygan, died at his
home in Ellensberg, Wash. His seven
nephews in Germany have all died in
recent battles on the French front.
Leonard Streck, La Crosse, city
fireman, was fatally injured when he
i fell from a tree while he was cutting
limbs from wires. His head struck on
the cement walk
There are $500 farms in Outagamie
county, according to the survey which
has been prepared by the county SUI
perintendent of schools for the Coun-
|ty Council Of Defense
/ On the charge of remarking that if
che had 500 he would rather burn it
up than give it to the United States,
James Hill of Crivitz, was given sixty
days in the workhouse.
II. w. Abbott, a woodsman, was
struck and killed by falling tree,
while working for the Langlade Lum-
Der company, near Elcho. Abbott was
a recent immigrant from England.
Word has been received by Mrs. p. =.
link of Beaver Dam that her husband,
l Vol l., n fol
in France. This indicates that mem
bers of Co. M, 127th infantry, have al
so arrived.
Forced to vAcate their rooms in a
store building in La Crosse, the women
| of the Red Cross have been offered the
use Of the .city's council chamber in
the city hall and announced that they
would accept.
| Joe Stello, Beloit Italian, has been
sentenced to five years in the state
the circuit court. Stello pleaded gull
| ty to the charge of manslaughter in
the second degree.
Arthur Peterson of Waupaca, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Peterson, who
recently returned from Moscow, where
| he has been doing Y. M. C. A. work,
died in hospital at New York City
| following an operation.
With singing and patriotic addresses
the Bethel Norwegian Lutheran
church at La Crosse dedicated a serv-
| ice flag with seven stars upon it, rep
resenting young men of the congre-
| cation now in service.
| Members of the Northern Potash
association, formed at a recent meet
ing in Wausau by potash manufactu-
rers of Wisconsin and northern Michi-
gan, will meet in Appleton on April 4
to plan activities for the year.
Myron Swennes, former La Crosse
high school football player. will sub
nit to an operation in few days
! to fit himself for service in the United
States army Swennes was one of the
| fastest halfbacks the school ever had.
Neenah is without candidate for a
mayor for the coming election. The
incumbent, Mayor C. B. Clark, refuses
to become candidate. An effort is
being made to secure some one before
the time for fling nomination papers
expires.
The first military funeral in Apple
ton took place when Cylus Began, who
died of ptomaine poisoning at Fort
Screven, Ca, was buried. The Apple
ton company of the Wisconsin State
guard and council of defense formed
an escort
A series of lectures on Personal
Impressions of the Kaiser" will be de-
livered at Beloit college by Prof. Will
exchange professor in Berlin, who
is now exchange professor to Beloit
college.
A large number Of Appleton High
School boys, who will fill mems jobs
during the summer on the farms of
the county, are fast preparing them
selves for their work by taking lessons
in Harvesting and embarrassing hors-
es and other duties.
Following the gift of 5000 acres of
land near Birchwood to the state Of
Wisconsin by Frank D. Stout, multi
millionaire, owners of 1000 acres of
land adjoining his farm have also
turned over the land for a game pre-
serve, the plot totalling 10000 acres.
The Wisconsin Buttermakers' asso-
citation at recent convention at Madi-
son adopted resolutions urging the
national government committee on
butter fats standards to fix 80 per cent
as the standard. The Is per cent mois-
| ture was denounced as unfair.
Eleven hundred school children in
Prairie du Chen will be vaccinated
during the next few days because of a
smallpox epidemic. Every doctor in
the community is busily at work on the
arms of the children. The epidemic, it
| is said, has been checked.
Lieut. William Jung is the first man
of Manitowoc to be wounded on the
western front While in action, Feb.
| rs, he was shot in the hand, losing sew
eraI fingers, and has been in hospital
| in France since that time He was at