The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-04-24


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w. A. Flatley succeeds o. A. Ellis
as chairman OF the Oconto county
board. Mr.. Ellis had been chairman
for twenty-three years.
Fire originating in the Frank Duval
saloon destroyed three business build.
ings at Woodruff, a few miles north
of Rhinelander. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
At Manitowoc several persons had
their pockets picked during the stop of
the war exhibits train. The crowd
was so large that it was easy for
clever thieves.
Mrs. Catherine Thorn, for flfty-four
years a resident Of Kenosha county,
died at her home in the town of Paris,
while celebrating her eighty-frst
birthday anniversary.
Clyde LaBar, reported missing in
action in France last July, arrived at
his home in lola. He fought on four
fronts, was gassed and wounded and
was in hospital four months.
After two years on active sea duty,
George e. Leahy of Stevens Point has
been released from service and has re-
turned home. He made nine round
trips across the Atlantic.
Frank Fellows of Taylor county was
sentenced at Ashland to serve twelve
years in prison following his plea of
guilty on the charge of committing an
unprintable crime. He is a farmer.
Burnett and Kenosha counties are
leading in the campaign to swat the
border hen" Burnett has poultry
committees appointed by farmers
clubs, which are organizing the cam
paign.
Three hundred attended a district
road school convention at Rhinelander.
The school was under supervision of
F. NJ. Sergeant, Divisional road engi-
neer. Delegates represented seven
counties.
Capt. Thomas p. Horton, one of the
first La Crosse men to enlist in the
railway engineers corps, has been
promoted major, and is on his way
back to America, according to word
received by his wife.
Bayfield,, Douglas and Ashland
counties are working through their
county agents to standardize the
varieties Of field peas so that better
markets may be secured and the prod.
uct may be sold in quantity.
T,hirty-two La Crosse grocers united
il an organization for the purpose of
buying directly instead of through
wholesale houses. They claim they
can eliminate the profit of the middle
man and reduce the cost of living.
Kimberly Stuart, Neenah, who sery-
ed as ambulance driver with the
French army and went through four
years of war unscathed, is expected to
arrive home soon. He is son of w.
q. Stuart Neenah, paper mill owner.
William Jennings Bryan will speak
i'll Green Bay at the Orpheum theater
Friday afternoon, May 8. He will de-
liver his lecture Back to Cod" under
the auspices of the Biblical Alliance
for which he is touring the sIaUe of
Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Cheese Producers
federation conducted a special cheese
sale from the stock stored in the ware
house recently burned at Plymouth.
The cheese was sold at greatly reducedi
price because of appearance, the quail
ity not being impaired.
Ira B. Wensink, Sheboygan, SUPER
visor of assessments for Sheboygan
county, dropped his suit against City
Assessor Henry A. Knocke, charging
assessing city property too low AT
the last election, Mr. Knocke was re-
elected by comfortable plurality.
Only seventy men voted at a ref.
erendum at the University of Wiscon.
sin to grant women students equal
suffrage on questions relating to men
and women students. Three amend
ments voted on were carried. To give
women students a vote, to elect a
board of eight to take charge of the
junior annual, and to allow two women
on The Cardinal board of controa.
That Janesville is growing fast is
shown by the report of the homes reg.
bureau of the Chamber of
Commerce. During the last six
months 4l8 individuals have secured
homes or rooms. lightweight houses,
forty-four flats, seventy nine suits of
rooms for light housekeeping and 21f
rooms were rented through
the chamber.
Rev. A. Grimm, Amigo, pioneer
Lutheran patsor, has offered his res
ignation to Peace church. 1t will be-
come effective when his successor is
chosen. Mr.. Grimm has been pastor
for twentyeight years, the congrega..
ton being formed after his arrival.
A new church was dedicated in 1902,
The church also supports a parochial
school with two teachers. During his
pastorate Mr. Grimm performed about
], 400 baptisms, instructed about 900
performed more than 300
He is also the organizer
of the Amigo Publishing company.
which publishes among other litera-
ture, many books written by himself
under the nom de plume of Alfred
Ira"
The Northern Wisconsin Rod and
Game club of Ashland has been en-,
gagged in planting millions of trout fry
which have been received from the