River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-05-16

He said that mode of transportation
would make possible prompt deliver
les, thus aiding the nation to win the
! war.
La Crosse-Dr. Edward r. Evans
will go to Europe in May for the Red
| Cross, it was announced here. DIR.
Evans was recently rejected for regu-
lar army work because he is past So
years. A daughter, Mary, is waiting
orders to sail to Europe with the Red
Cross. A son, James, was wounded as
an ambulance driver and won the
Croix de Guerre. Another son, Arthur,
is in the Italian army.
| Madison-One year in state prison at
| Waupun was the sentence which Cir
cult Judge c.. A. Fowler of Portage
passed upon John O. Markeson, Mad
| ison travelling salesman, for an offense
| involving a Madison widow They
were arrested in a hotel at Portage.
Markeson is married and has three
children. The woman has two chill
dren. Markeson pleaded guilty.
| Madison - The food administration
of Wisconsin is planning big rally
in the state capitol at Madison for
May 8 and 8. The meeting will begin
at noon May and continue through
the night Speakers of national repu-
tation will be present to present the
various angles of food administration
problems.
Kenosha-One of the long standing
mysteries of Kenosha has been solved
by the receipt of news that Nicholas
Biseniu died at Oregon City, Ore.
Biseniu left Kenosha twenty-five years
ago for the West. He was last heard
from aboard a steamer on the Pacific
Search was made for him in vain. He
left a fortune, it is said.
La Crosse-The right of an agent
of the Interstate Fair association to
eject a woman from the grounds, da-
mated to the city of La Crosse for park
purposes, will enter into suit for dam
ages here, brought by Clara MERCER
against the Interstate Fair association
of La Crosse. It is claimed she did
not pay her admission fee.
West Bend-Matthew Regner, 5r., a
civil war veteran and a resident here
for forty-dve years, is dead. He was
born in Germany in 1889, and came to
Washington county in 1856. After the
close of the civil war he started bust
ness in this city, conducting it until
1904
Eau Claire While raking in her
garden near Osseo, Mrs. Henry Seig
stopped to pick up an object in front
of her. An explosion followed and
when she looked at her left hand four
fingers were missing. The woman
was unable to explain what the object
was.
Brentwood - The Inter-County Tele-
phone company and the Wise Tele~
phone company, Brentwood, have each
filed a petition with the railroad COM
mission asking for advanced rates on
the lines between Brentwood and Stone
Lake. The hearing will be held on
May s.
Marinette - A sulphite mill and a
milk cOndensary are among the new
| Industries soon to be established in
Peshtigo. The concerns are being pro-
noted by T. A. Pamperin of Oconto,
/ -
water power on the Peshtigo river.
| Wausau - Ten thousand pounds of
| dynamite has been ordered on CO.
operative basis by the farmers of Lin
coin and Marathon counties. The dyna-
mite, half car load, will be used to
| clear additional land for cultivation.
Madison-Although he intended to
resign as head of the state defense
council at a special meeting of the
council, Magnus Swenson needed re-
quests by members of the defense
body and will continue.
Fond du Lac-F. G.. Rueping, presi-
| dent of the Fred Rueping Leather COM
pany, was elected vice-president of the
Fond du Lac National bank, to sue
coed the late A. J. Merryman.
Kenosha-A western passenger train
on the Northwestern road crashed into
| a freight engine at Balm station near
here. Twenty persons were injured,
none seriously.
La Crosse-Barbers in La Crosse
are planning to increase the price of
shaves to 20 cents and hair cuts to 40
cents, cents rise for both.
Neenah-The Rev. M. n. Andreason
preached his farewell sermon here on
Sunday, April % and has left for Ce-
dar Falls, Ia.
Neenah-Fifty million pike eggs are
being Matched at an Oshkosh hatchery
and aS soon as the shawn 2nnear thew