River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-30
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Elkhorn-Clifford E. Randall, Keno
sha, formerly judge of the municipal
court of Kenosha county, will oppose
Representative Henry Allen Cooper
for election as representative to con-
gress from the First congressional dis
trict. Judge Randall was nominated
here at the Republican convention,
| called to name a thoroughly loyal
Republican to stand for nomination
election as representative to congress
| from the district"
Madison-With the work of restor-
| ing the old Indian mounds in Villas
park, nearing completion, Madison
can boast of having one of the largest
number of permanently preserved
mounds of any city in the country.
Besides those at Villas park there are
some in Burroughs park, on the uni
versity campus, one eighty-two, feet
| long.
Two Rivers-This city will retain
| the Lake Shore ball park for ball
games this summer. Although the park
had been leased to the Wisconsin Pea
| Gamers company for growing peas
and blowing had already been started,
the protest made by fans was needed
and the park will be restore to it's
| former use.
Racine-Hurled violently against the
wall by an unknown man whom he
found ransacking his downtown Off
ces, DR.. Simon H. Sauter received
an arm wrenched. After a battle that
shifted from the Office, into the hall
and down a stairway, the burglar es-
| capped.
acknowledging conditions there to
be extremely unhealthful for the forty
inmates, deputies of the state board of
health served motive on the Racine
county board of supervisors to install
at once in the county poorhouse near
Union Grove a complete new system
of plumbing and gas sewers.
La Valle-The five and one-half
miles of railroad extending from La
Vale through Ironton to CaZenovia
has been sold by Joseph Duren and
Joseph Leimkuehler to E. A. Lee,
George Fisher, J. G. Anderson and
Jackson Walsh, of Cazenovia, the price
paid being $22,500.
Ripon-The silver trophy for high
est average standing went to RipOn,
and first and second individual places
to Paul Rodewald and Matilda Mathi-
son, respectively, of Ripon, in the in
tercollegiate Latin contest at Madison.
A cash prize of $3.50 goes with first
place.
Beloit-Hart H. Colby, Civil war
veteran, died here from injuries sus-
tanned by falling from an automobile.
Official war records credit him with
being the first Wisconsin soldier to fire
at the Confederates in the war.
Appleton-Four members of the
Mormon church, who have been hold
ing meetings at Appleton, were ar
rested for insulting women. The men
were ordered to leave the city and
not to return.
Menasha-The Rev. r. G.. Ruegg Of
nh
been appointed an instructor at one of
the cantonments at Camp Lewis, on
American lake, near Tacoma, Wash.
Wausau - Automobile owners of
Wausau have contributed fifty old tires
to a collection now being made and
which is to be sold for the benefit Of
the Red Cross.
Wausau - Informed from Washing
ton that no legal barrier exists, city
authorities will proceed with the sale
of bonds for construction of the first
unit for a central school.
Oshkosh-Local cars on the Eastern
WISCONSIN, bISCt11C COAApdAy LILIES
will be operated by one man beginning
May 26. The charge is explained by
the company as necessary economy.
Marinette Four hundred German
text books will be publicly burned on
June Tin Menominee, the school board
having determined to suspend teach
ing of that language.
Pennington - Twenty-seven pounds
of butter in seven days, is the perform
ance Of a young Holstein cow on Elm
wood Stock farm, owned by William
H. Gruhle of Pennington.
Richland Center-The last piece of
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