Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-09-04
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HAPPENING S
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In WISCONSIN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

: In WISCONSIN :
Kenosha-A cable message received
here announces the death at Friebourg,
Switzerland, of Sister Mary George
Adamson, a former Kenosha woman,
She was a member of the Order of
Dominican Sisters and had been wide
ly known as an educator. Sister Mary
was a former teacher of languages at
St Clara's academy at SinSinneWa
Mound, Wis, and she held similar po-
sition in Switzerland.
Madison-Instead of waiting indefi-
nitely for indictments to be returned
by the federal grand jury against per
sons who give or sell liquor to sol
diers, United States District Attorney
| >. C. Wolfe will file information
against violators and then have them
arrested and Immediately brought to
court for trial. Departure of soldiers
overseas has in many cases made
prosecution impossible.
La Crosse-Joseph ]. Mallek, 311th
| trench mortar company, Camp Robin
son, was killed while returning to
camp from this city. He was struck
by train. Joseph Telz, companion of
Mallek, was found on the right-of-way
| by soldiers and taken to hospital,
badly hurt. He was also hit by the
! train.
| Madison-The smaller cities of the
state are taking up the ice problem
as recommended by the State Council
of Defense. Ten or twelve of them
will probably put in a municipal ice
supply the coming winter as some of
them are already making arrangement
for the lake frontage on which to cut
the ice.
Madison = Grocers receiving eggs
they expect to keep on ha1S any length
of time should not wash them even If
| they are dirty, says the state food ad-
ministrator. The shell of an egg con-
tains a gelatinous substance which
prevents air and germs from entering
the eggs. Washing destroys this sub
stance.
Racine-Farming property in Racine
county hit high mark when the RAJ
cine County poor farm consisting of
12O acres was sold for $14,700.. 1t was
sold to George w. Smith, superintend-
ent of the Case Thrashing Machine
company who proposes to conduct a
stock farm.
La George McGill, start
| full-back of the La Crosse state nor
NAL school football eleven last season,
has been signed to coach the football
eleven of the Winona normal school
this fall He will teach physical edu-
catin in that institution.
La Crosse-This city has been put
on the route of proposed aerial mail
route between Minneapolis and Chica-
60 The postmaster here and Frank
P. Hixon, leading capitalist, have
| ing the mail here.
| Madison - Ground was broken for
the new army barracks on Camp Ran
| dali, the University of Wisconsin ath-
| letic field The structures will house
| Selective service men who are receiv-
ing special training at the University
of Wisconsin.
La Crosse-Thirty women have been
put on at the plant of the La Crosse
Tractor company here, to take the
| places of men who have been released
for service 1t is the largest female
factory force Of its kind in the city
Stevens Point-The body of Clar-
| ence O'Keefe, rural mail carrier at
| Custer, was found in Wisconsin river
here. Keefe left home to attend an
entertainment at Stevens Point. His
automobile has not been located.
Wausau-Miss Lydia Rhode of APP
pleton was drowned in the Wisconsin
river when a gasoline launch in which
she was riding to Tomahawk from Mil
| len college at BUYERS Bay, struck
some piles causing the boat to sink.
West Bend = Wisconsin Holstein
cattle are conquering a market in So.
| Carolina. A herd of twenty-five head
| were shipped from Hartford. The ave-
age price paid was $119 a head.
Washington = Henry Krumrey ct
| Plymouth, Wis, who is at the head of
the cheese federation in Wisconsin, is