Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-03-28

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Arthur Taylor, Rhinelander, secre-
tary of the Oneida County Fair asso-
citation, announces that this years fair
will be held Sept. "a.
Since the new building code went
into effect at Oshkosh, March 13, sew
en- permits have been issued and in
! dlcations are for extensive building
work this summer.
Twelve thousand pounds of used
clothing is the quota which Brown
county has been asked to furnish by
the Red Cross for the peoples OF lib
Grated portions of Europe.
A new postoffice for Rhinelander
now seems to be a certainty. Matt
Stapleton, postmaster, has received.
notice to ask for bids Proposals will
be received up to April q.
! Thomas Clark, a pioneer resident
of Manitowoc, died at Oklahoma City,
Okla. He was born in England in
1910 and came to Manitowoc with his
parents in 1847, residing there until
two years ago.
By order of the Kenosha common
council, the old-fashioned curfew is to
peal forth nightly at $3.50. The rule
provides fine for all persons under
! 18 who may be found on the streets
unaccompanied after the curfeW hour.
The total number Of deaths of Mari
nette county men in the service dur
ing the war was seventy. OF these
twenty-five were killed in action,
eight died of wounds, thirty-four died
of disease and the others of accident.
Powerboats and lighthouses valued
at $4,000, which broke away from
moorings at Winona when an ice jam
went out, were found floating opposite
Trempealeau, ten miles down the riv-
er, and were saved with little damage
In anticipation of large enroll
ment, program of 800 different
courses of study, given by 10 profess
sors and instructors, is being prepared
/ for the twenty-frst summer session OF
the University of Wisconsin, which
will open June 80.
BY large majority the people Of
Oconto Falls have voted to have the
municipality incorporated as city. It
is planned to have three wards. Elk
tensive sewer and street construction
work is to be carried out during the
coming summer.
A half million dollars will be in
vested in new milk condensery to
be established at Spring valley, Pierce
county, by the John Wild Co. It is
feared this condensery will affect the
Elmwood, River Falls, Ellsworth and
LaWton Co. creameries.
The committee of twenty, custodi-
ans of Neenah's war chest fund, has
leased rooms on North Commercial
street and is remodeling them into
comfortable clubrooms for the re-
turned soldiers and sailors. The club
will be known as the Soldiers and
Sailors club.
Mrs. Daniel Miller, called grand
ma" by her many friends, observed
| her birthday anniversary on Sunday,
March is, reaching the age of SO
years. She was born in Scotland in
1920 and has resided in Marinette
since 1868. She has been in bed for
year at the home of her son, A. S.
Miller.
The discovery by the Waterman OF
the Sheboygan Lime works, Sheboy-
gan, of providers around the building
where stores of dynamite, fuses and
other explosive materials are kept,
caused Sheriff Brockman to issue
warning to trespassers. Recently six
sticks of dynamite were stolen from
the premises.
| Beloit liquor interests gathered suf-
| ficient signatures to petitions for an
election on the license question on
April 1. Those who want the city to
return to licensed saloons declare
they are not seeking merely a bust
| ness life OF six months, but assert
great faith that the dry amendment to
| the federal constitution will be 'declar-
ed invalid by the highest court.
Recognizing that Kenosha is an
ideally situated industrial center,
manufacturers experiencing labor
| trouble in large cities are comforting
with the Chamber Of Commerce as to
the possibility of coming there. The
latest company to investigate is the
Republic Match Co. Out of 200 in
ouiries only seven or eight were given
any serious consideration by the local
chamber.
The most modernly arranged school
building possible was started IN he
nosha. 1t will be used for day school
purposes, but will also contain quar-
TORS for social activities of the local
| ity in which it is built. There will be
twenty-three class rooms, gymnasium,
assembly hall and several rooms Tor
special purposes. It's cost will be ap.
proximately $25O,oo0. It will be named
the Washington school.
Authorities made a cleanup OF
blind pigs at Gleason, dry village,
near Merrill. Mike Dufek and John
Orient. running soft drink" parlors,
were found with liquor in their pos
session. Orient was fined 500 and
casts about two months ago and when
he pleaded guilty this last time, ne
was sentenced to three months IN jail.
and also fined 500 and costs. Dufek
was fined 500 and costs.
Patrolman to engage in the work of
maintaining and repairing the high
WAYS of Brown county were engaged
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