The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-01-16

service, Charles w. Harger retired
as vice-president of the Marathon
county bank, Wausau, and has been
succeeded by B. F. Wilson.
Wisconsin's part in the development
of an all-American jewelry, will be
one of the most notable phases of the
state jewelers. convention which will
be held in Oshkosh in February,
Abe Rosenthal, Green Bay soldier.
will attend the peace conference, &C
cording to letter received from him.
He says his colonel recommended him
for this specially desirable" detail.
Harry Pratt. Marinette, SO years old,
prominently identified with the M. and
M. Paper company for many years.
died of apoplexy. Guests were as
sembling for his wife's birthday party
when death occurred.
Men are wanted to enlist in the ma
rines for service overseas. according
to Sergt. Frank English, Milwaukee
marine recruiting officer. According
to Sergt. English, the men are wanted
for provost duty in the famous battle
zone of the war, in France.
The Wisconsin state council of de-
Tense has placed the seal of its APP
proyal upon the campaign in Wiscon.
sin for this states proportion of the
$30,000,0O0 fund for the relief of Ar
menian and Syrian sufferers from the
war.
The Marathon county board has APP
pripriated $1,000 and the Wausau
council $500 for a Homecoming and
peace jubilee in midsummer. Relics
of the war for a central county exhibit
will be obtained. Steps are also be-
ing taken for the erection of a per
manent memorial.
Thank God for the mud. 1t 1t
hadn't been for that we wouldn't be
here today" writes Cyril Horkey Of
Menasha, a soldier in France. Hor-
key describes a terrific barrage fire
laid down by the Germans which lost
much of its effectiveness because the
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mud before they exploded.
Three more Marinette soldiers are
dead, making the total number of this
county sixty-three. Rodney Delgoff
died of wounds in France, Joseph Be-
zio was killed in the battle of the Ar
gonne forest. and Paul Haas returned
from the trenches after serving on
the fighting line for several months,
TO die in hospital of pneumonia on
Dec %.
Mrs. Jennie Ervine Driver, wife of
John NJ. Driver, Racine. was found
dead by her husband in the bath
room. A bottle of lysol was found
near the body. Mrs. Driver, who was
81 years old, was prominent in church
and social circles in Racine and was
well known in Madison. where she
was born.
Henry Kruger, Wausau. has re-
ceived notice that his son, Arthur
Kruger, was killed in action. Early
in December a telegram was received
from the war department stating he
was missing and week later notice
came that he was severely wounded.
Both the government and the Red
Cross have been appealed TO for def
mite information.
Stephen Bodies, editor of Re
Oconto Enterprise, addresses the
q nj ba -
Making a Big City From Little Town
He urged the development of cutover
lands in this region as one of the
most important factors. He spoke of
the great agricultural development
that followed the Civil war when sol.
diers returned to create the food fac.
tory of the middle west which has
been feeding the world ever since.
Private William Hack, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Hack, Rhinelander,
and member of Co. L, One Hundred
Twenty-seventh infantry, Thirty-sec-
ond division has arrived in New York.
While the Thirty-second was station
ed in Alsace, prior to the Chateau
Thierry battle, Private Hack captured
the first German prisoner taken in
that sector by the Americans. He is
now recovering from an automobile
accident.
Lured with a vision of wealth from
an estate in Italy, Angelo Nediti of
Beloit parted with nearly $1,000 when
two strangers inveigled him into pool
ing with them in raising a purse to
engage lawyers to secure the estate.
Nediti brought his money in a sack
and placed it with sacks of the sharp
ers during their conference. When it
was over Nediti's sack was exchanged
for one containing scraps of paper.
The strangers made their escape.
To watch his brother Harold, 1S
years old, go insane and die was the
tragic experience of Lyall Sampson,
20 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Sampson of La Crosse, who, with his
brother Ind several others, drifted
about for twenty-four days in a frail
lifeboat on the southern Pacific ocean
without food, following the burning OF
the steamer Dumara, which was
struck by lightning off the coast of
the Island of Guam, on Oct. 16. Ac,
cording to letter to his parents
Lyell states that his brother was driv.
en- insane from starvation and drink
ing salt water.
Appleton gets the 1919 state con
vention of the Fraternal Order OF
Eagles. the selection being made at a
meeting there of state officers. to
whom the selection of 1919 meeting