Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-06-28
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| The Marathon county council of de-
| Tense adopted the war chest" pan
| for war relief activities, and appointed
| a committee to carry out it's recon-
| mendations.
Because calling farm hands as wit
nesses during the day means delay on
war farms" Stoughton now has a
night court where all cases requiring
witnesses are heard
Ernest J. Weber, taken up in Wau-
| sau two months ago because he failed
| to register as German alien enemy,
| has been interned at Fort Oglethorpe,
| Ca, for the duration of the war.
Miss Angelina Roepke, Sheboygan
Falls, swallowed two safety pins she
had in her mouth when she fell asleep
on her couch in her home. She is re-
| covering.
The 6-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs William Gleason, who reside in
the town of Ringle, near Wausau, was
fatally burned after setting fire to her
self with matches.
Mrs Mary Fielder, 81 years old,
drowned when she fell into tank of
| water in barn at the home of her
son, Peter Fielder. a farmer near Ce-
dar Grove.
The Wisconsin Valley Retail Har-
ness Makers association will meet at
Wausau in July, when preparations
| fo,. Y,ox,+ ctofo convention which iC
to lie held in Wausau, will be made.
The Barron Farmers Cooperative
creamery payroll for May totaled over
! $4,000 During 1917 over $550,000 was
| paid for cream The Barron county
| creamery is claimed to be the largest
| in the United States.
Dry sweeping of floors in public
buildings was put under the ban by
| DIR. J. M Furstmann, La Crosse health
! commissioner. The state law prohib-
its it, he said, but it has been tolerated
| for some time.
Hurley, which is now the oasis for
| the tnirsty Michiganders, will be dry
| as the Sahara desert if the officials OF
| the v; rious mining companies are sue
cessfuL in having their request to the
government granted.
| C. L. Lathrop, former assemblynan
| from Crawford county, has announced
| his candidacy for the Democratic nom
| ination for congress in this, the Third
district, on a strictly loyalty plat
| form.
The cornerstone of the clericate
monastery of the Province Of ST. 10
seph of the Capuchin order, in course
of erection at Marathon, will be laid
Sunday, July Z. Archbishop S. G.
Messmer will officiate
H. E. Manuel, former assemblyman
and pioneer resident, died at Oshkosh
! at the age of So. He was prominent
| in the Order of Oddfellows, grand
master of the state in 1899. He served
| in the Wisconsin assembly in 1900.
Charles G.. Boerke of Wausau has
received a cablegram announcing his
son, Lieut. Elmer G. Boerke. has been
wounded in the left arm and leg by
shell fire. 1t was not stated whether
| the wounds were slight or severe.
Mrs. w. R. Graves, Prairie du Chen,
was elected president at the annual
session of the Ladies' auxiliary of the
! Sons of Veterans of Wisconsin and
Miss Alice Mason, GAINESVILLE, president
| of the Ladies of the G. A. r.
A ground glass scare that excited
No, nd G
| exploded when investigation revealed
! that the glass in the bread was due to
a broken electric light bulb. A paint
er at work in a bakery happened to
| strike the bulb with his brush and
some of the fragments flew into a
| nearby breadmixer.
C. Eby Of Rhinelander has just
closed a deal for the sale of 1000
acres of cut-over land near Gagen, in
/ Oneida county, to Minneapolis parties.
| 1t is the intention of the new owners
to colonize the tract and a large num-
| Der of families will take up homes
| there at once Most of these new set
| tiers are laboring people from Mime
| apolis and st. Paul.
| The flour mill at Bonduel, nine miles
| from Shawano, was stopped from
| grinding flour by the county food adj
ministrator 1t is reported wheat was
| ground for farmers from neighboring
counties and that the mill had a -four
fishing business. The day it was
closed it had twenty three customers
with an average of 314 pounds of
wheat. 1t is thought that state author
| tiles will take up the case.
Wisconsin has been called upon for
5000 more men under the draft for
general military service. Maj. p. A.
Fitzpatrick, state draft administrator,
has received an order from Provost
| Marshal General Crowder for 5000
men to be sent to Columbus barracks,
O., during the ive-day period begin
ming July 5, and 5000 for the same
place during the five-day period begin
ming July Is. This is the first large
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