Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-11-08
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Around the Badger State

He is survived by two sons and one
daughter.
Sister Dorothy Benz, Of ST. Mary's
hospital, Rhinelander, died from
grippe contracted while nursing pa
tients afflicted with the disease.
Alonzo Bogart, go years old, died at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Phoebe
Loeb, at Oconomowoc. Mr.. Bogart
was a veteran Of the civil war.
While cleaning gun at home the
son of Mrs. Otto Miehlke, North
Freedom, accidentally shot his moth
er below the heart. She may recover.
Edward Hooper, president of the
State Bank of Elkhorn, hanged him.
seld in his garage at Elkhorn. No rea-
son is given. The financial condition
of his bank is excellent.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Crandall, Kill
bourne, will do their bit for Uncle
Sam by working in the Offices of the
state food administration. They will
take up their residence at Madison.
Both volunteered their services.
Word has been received at Ocono-
mowoc that Alfred Hanson and Steve
Atlas, machine gun company, One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth infantry,
were slightly wounded in action in
clerk at Oconomowoc.
A fisherman with several compani-
ons, one child, narrowly escaped
death while adrift on Green Bay in a
blow for nearly a day. The members
of the party suffered keenly from ex-
posture and hunger before being res
cued.
Mrs. Oline Odeguard of FOsstOn,
Mimi, appeared in county court at La
Cross as one of seven second cousins
to claim an estate of $4,000 left by
Chris Hagen, which is about to es-
cheat to the state. There are also fifty
third cousins claiming share in the
distributions.
Wisconsin's treasury contains a bal
ance of $4,O59,494 as compared with
S2,058,230 on October /, according to
the monthly statement of State Treas
urer Henry Johnson. The total in the
general fund scared from $S13,880 to
S2,058,230 in month as a result of
the payment of the last half of the
railroad taxes.
Mrs. Margaret Edward, Oshkosh, is
suing the estate on the late Young
Campbell pioneer railroad civil engi-
neer, for $3,46O for 346 weeks service
and nursing, which she claims she per
formed for Mr.. Campbell. She testi-
fed that Mr. Campbell agreed to be-
Queathe her that amount in his will.
George Johnson, chief beneficiary I'M
der the will, is opposing the claim.
An .'orange'' fund, with which to
provide one orange daily to all S. A.
T. C. men in the university infrmary,
has been started by women students
at the University of Wisconsin with
approval OF Dean f. Louis Nardin,
and Frederick Wolf, secretary of the
army Y. M C. A. Miss Gertrude P.
King, Junior, is chairman of the
"orange" fund.
In response to an urgent request by
telegraph from the gas defense divi-
sion chemical welfare service, United
States army, New York City, Gov.
Phillip has asked the people of the
state to give special attention to the
collection of fruit pits and nutshells.
In order to meet the demands for this
high quality of carbon for gas masks
100000 pounds a day of fruit pits
and nutshells are required.
After thirty-seven years of service
as an employee of the late J. A. Merry
man, clothing merchant, Fond du Lac,
Oscar G. Davis filed claim for 49,
claiming that it had been understood
that he was to be paid for extra serv-
ice, the payment to be in the form of
a bequest from the clothing men. The
court has upheld the claim, allowing
all but about $500.
The city of Lake Mills will come in
to possession of Tyrannena, the coun-
try home of the late Rev. E. G. Up
dixie, former pastor of the First Con-
gregational church in Madison, fol-
lowing the death of Mrs. Updike of
pneumonia. In the terms of the will
the property is to retain its present
name and to serve as a public park.
The estate includes fifteen acres of
land on the shore of Rock lake and a
large colonial mansion.
General Manager Harry C. Berger
of the Marathon war fund reports that
pledges amounting to $275,355.78 have
been made by Marathon county people
for the year as contributions for war
activities. The number of pledges
number over $4,000 The advisory
board has requested the directors to
accept their official quota as worked
out by the committee in Wisconsin
for the united war work campaign,
and, if necessary, increase the amount
on the basis as the other counties in
crease it.
Sylvester Wanda, 12-year-old son of
Wy