The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-06-20
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| ANN's ANpbNiL iipPhiAl9f 'oA 49, BN'RN
five years pastor of the Fond du Lac
Plymouth Congregational church has
accepted call to the First Congrega
tional church of Denver, Col.
The Grand Rapids school board by a
unanimous vote decided to abolish the
teaching of German in the schools
Either French or Spanish or both will
be added to the curriculum.
Former Sergt. Laune Wickesburg OF
Black Greek, has received commits
sion as second lieutenant in the United
States army at Camp Grant. Lieut.
Wickesburg is a graduate of the third
officers training camp.
Aunt" Nancy O'Brien of Osseo eel
| ebrated her one hundredth birthday on
June Is and entertained about fifty
guests, most of them related to her
1t was a gala occasion and she was in
receipt of many congratulations.
George Wilson, prominent Kenosha
man, WAS sentenced to Jail for a term
of SIX months and fined 500 and costs
in the circuit court there. He was
charged with seriously injuring Anton
Bredek when he ran him down with
an automobile.
The Rev. FIR. Raymond Scahuer has
been appointed by Bishop Rhode OF
the Green Bay diocese. as assistant
pastor of st. Mary's church, Menasha
to fill the position left vacant by the
removal of the Rev. FIR. Schmidt to
New London.
An hour or so after Mrs. Roy Lee OF
Spring Valley had put her 11-months
old son to bed, she found the baby on
the floor, wrapped in the sheet, dead
1t had so wound the sheet around its
neck that when it rolled off the bed il
was choked to death.
Twenty five men employed in the
mill of the Villas County Lumber com
pany at Vinegar have enlisted in the
service of Uncle Sam. Fully twenty
women have been recruited so far to
take their places in various work
around the mill and yards.
Many Wisconsin railroad men at
tended the funeral at Sheboygan OF
Emmel Halock, widely known employe
of the North Western road, who died
at Milwaukee. The remains were bu
ried in Wildwood cemetery after
prayer by Rev. Paul Z. Hinkamp.
There are three Republican candi
dates in the field for state treasurer
Solomon Levitan, Madison, president
of the Commercial National bank OF
Madison has thrown his hat into the
ring. The other candidates are John
j. Koepsell, Sheboygan, and Henry
Johnson, the present incumbent
"Dogtown," the traditional name ap.
piled to the west end of Menasha, has
been changed to "Libertyyille." Al
the dedication Of the west sides serv
ice flag, Mayor Remmel officially re
christened the section. Twenty OF
"Libertyyille" young men are now in
the service and two of them have al
ready been wounded in action.
Jacob M. Jansen. who arrived recent
ly in America from Holland, his native
land, told the Sheboygan Rotarians
that the majority of the people in Hol
land are with the allies and America
in this war, and that any attempt by
Germany to invade Holland would re-
suit in the mobilization of 100000
Dutch soldiers.
One of the four stars in the service
flag Of Ludwig Senior at Twin Lakes
in kenosha county was turned from
blue to gold, when he received a tele-
gram announcing that his son, Fred
Senior, had been killed while fighting
with the American army in France.
Three brothers of the young man are
now in the army.
Adjutant General Orlando Holway
has received a call for 257 men, grad
yates of grammar schools, having spe-
cial aptitude for mechanics. These men
from Wisconsin will report July 1 at
the old south side high school at Chi
cago. The period of voluntary enlist
ment will expire June n. Milwaukee
win supply SO men, Madison 5, Ra-
cine 4, Oshkosh 4, Green Bay and
La Crosse 4.
Four horses, a full blooded Holstein
COW, two calves and bull We're burn
ed to death in a fire of unknown origin
that destroyed two of the best equip
ped barns in Sheboygan county, owned
by Adolph Weinhold, near Adell. The
loss was $1,000. Besides the live stock
all of Mr.. Weinhod's farm machinery
which included milking machines and
other devices of the most improved
type were destroyed,
A concrete block silo, fitted with a
heating apparatus, is being erected on
the John Buss farm, town of Grand
Center, Outagamie county. A heat
ing stove and pipes to convey the
heat are being built into the walls Of
the silo During cold weather a small
fire will suffice to keep the silage from
freezing and the feed will be in bet
ter condition and more accessible than
in the ordinary silos.
State Treasurer Henry Johnson is
checking up reports of justices of the
peace and county courts, the former
on fines and the latter on inheritance
taxes The checking has disclosed
that thousands of dollars coming to the
state have never been paid over.
The wool clip is about done id Co
lumbia county and the markets are
being rushed with the product. The
price this year is IS cents One of the
largest focks of sheep in the county