Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-11-27

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Green Bay-Business men of Ke-
waunee have appealed to the federal
railroad administration for improved
passenger and mail service on the
Green Bay & Western road It is
stated that no connections with trains
leaving Green Bay on the Northwest
ern for the souh are made by trains
running from Kewaunee and that
Sunday service has been abandoned
Only two hours time is allowed for
answering business letters on the
same day they are received.
Oshkosh-Acting Upon the suggestion
of Chairman ]. C. Thompson. the Win
nebago county board of supervisors
adopted a resolution creating a build
ing fund for new county courthouse.
All interest from bank deposits will
be placed in the fund and all money
so received will be invested in gov
eminent bonds. About $4,000 will be
set aside this year. 1t is expected
there will be enough in a few years to
erect a handsome building at the
county seat here.
Wausau - The Marathon county
board of supervisors has made gener-
GUS appropriations for road and bridge
work in the county for 1919. Six
thousand dollars was appropriated for
new machinery, $1,000 to purchase a
gravel pit, $4,000 for maintenance of
state trunk line system, and $42,419
for grading and surfacng roads; $19,-
622 was appropriated as the county's
cost of building bridges.
Misunderstanding instructions from
the government as TO what shall be
done with the property north of Ra-
cine, which it was proposed to use for
powder plant, A. w. Tissel, Whining
ton, Del, one of the board of mana
gers of the Dupont Engineering Co,
was unable TO announce when CON
struction operations would resume
here. More than 1000 men have been
discharged.
Madison George J. Weigle, dairy
and food commissioner of Wisconsin,
| has issued a warning regarding the
sale of the so-called egg substitutes"
| The commissioner points out that in
| order that the so-caIled egg substi-
| tutes" can be legally sold in the state,
| it is necessary that these products
| meet all of the requirements of the
| law and that they are properly labeled.
Eau Claire-Lieut. John b. Nelson,
! former city editor of the Appleton
Evening Crescent, was killed by a
shell in the Argonne forest. France,
according to telegram received by
| his wife here from the war depart
ment. He was IS years old and was
graduated from the officers training
camp at Fort Sheridan, ~, ~ year
ago.
Racine-Petitions signed by nearly
| 5000 residents of Racine were pre-
sented to the common council urging
the appointment OF three policewomen
to protect the moral life of the youth
of Racine, it being alleged that condi
tons here are serious and that pc
licemen are unable to cope with the
situation or remedy it as policewomen
can do.
Oshkosh 49, Tired of long suffering
and of being helpless. William Gid
den, &C years old, ended his life at his
home here by turning on the gas in
his room. He was found on his bed
by his daughter. Glidden had lived
here thirty years. His wife, two sons
and two daughters survive.
Madison-Co from behind with
a rush Wisconsin scared above its or
iginal quota of SO 100000 in the United
War Work Campaign and is now
heading for its maximum 100000
goal, according to figures announced
by State Executive Chairman Emerson
Ella.
Madison-H. A. Burd, Madison. was
elected secretary of the Wisconsin
Council of Defense to succeed ]. b
Borden, resigned, TO take up his work
as an agricultural director at the uni
versity. Mr. Burd has been assistant
secretary of the council for year.
GAINESVILLE - John Milton Mathews
one of Janesville's Oldest citizens, who
was with Sherman on his march to the
sea, died at his home in this city. He
served through four years of the civil
war with the Twelfth Wisconsin bat
terry.
Oshkosh-Edwin X. Zweifel, former
sheriff of Winnebago county and for
many years a conductor on the inter
urban lines of the Eastern Wiscon
sin Electric company here, died OF
pneumonia.
La CROSSWORD has been received
here of the death Of Frank w. Hop
kins. former Trempealeau county
citizen, at his home near Kent, Wash
as a result of injuries received in a