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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

Married. Mesnest- Mason. At the
Branch, "Wednesday, Aug. %, Mr.. Fred
W. Meisnest and Miss Ida Mason. The
parties to this contract are well known
through the county Mr. Meisnest was
at one time a teacher in this county,
after which he took "A course in the
state university, graduating there "A few
years ago. lie has conducted institutes
throughout the state and was last year
principal of the Green Bay High
school. He is now resident of Bos-
cobel, He is young man of ability,
energy and character.
His bride has likewise been teach
er. She earned position in the city
schools of Manitowoc by the excellence
of her work in country schools. She is
a bright, active yonng woman.
Married Helms Dassler In the city
of Two Rivers by Judge f. T.. Man
seau, Tuesday, August IL, 1894, Mr..
Rudolph Helms of kiel and Miss Anna
Dassler of Two Rivers.
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AFTERMATH OF WAR

Oscar C. Thompson of Liberty has
presented the public library with gift
of a history of his regiment, the 9th
L. S. Inf. 1t is a book of 235 pages
and gives a detail report of the actlyl-
ties of the regiment with complete
roster. His company, d., lost forty-siX
men killed in action, twelve died of
wounds and 2Il wounded in action.
Major A. j. Shimek arrived home
Saturday, having been travelling nearly
all the time since July 10Th when he
left Germany. DR.. Shimek has been
i'm the army for over two years He of
fered his services shortly after war was
declared and was soon in khaki. Health
Officer Meany has been attending to
DIR. Shimek'S duties as city physician
during the >soldier-physician' long alb
sence DIR. Shimek will re-engage in
practice in the city.
Orders were received by Postmaster
Schuetle this week and up 70 the goth
for surplus army food supplies being
sold by the government to the people
at cost. The rules required that cost
and transportation be paid in advance
The list included canned meats, canned
vegetables, canned fruits, canned soups,
-four and other food supplies.
Lieut.. Erwin Fanta was one of Mani
towocs first officers to leave and is
now among the last getting back. lie
arrived home Saturday. lie is on a
two weeks leave and will return to
Camp Grant for his discharge. lie
served with the Devil Dogs, pride of
America, and was in many of the big
engagements but escaped unhurt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
STRIKE OFF FOR A TIME

The men employed in shop and re-
pair departments of the c, < n. w.
Ry company here who have been out
ON strike as part of the nationwide
strike returned to work last Saturday.
Passenger trains lOS and 800 which
had been discontinued during the strike
were reinstalled. 1t was given out that
referendum is being taken all over
the country returnable Aug. rs, and
that if the vote favors a strike the men
will again lay down their tools on
Sept 2 unless the wage question has
been fayorahly settled before that
time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
NEW PROBATE REGISTRAR

Miss Hilda lIendrickson has assumed
the position of registrar in probate un-
der appointment of County Judge
Chloupek. The vacancy was caused by
the resignation of Elda Wenndorf,
who left to assume a position in Mil
waukee. Miss Hendrickson was for
some years in the law Offices of Hougen
& Brady and has lately been employed
at the c. & n. w Ry. Offices. The in
cumbent mus have court reporter
ability and Miss Hendrickson viii fill
the bill, no doubt 1t is said that she
accepts upon promise of some county
board members to try to get the salary
increased to somewhere near what the
registrar could get elsewhere.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
BASEBALL

A former league hurler by the name
of Crutcher pitched Mantowoc TO a
4 to 0 victory over GAINESVILLE in a
hard fought game on soggy diamond
on Sunday. The james were helpless
before his speed, only four hits being
registered, while twelve men whitfield.
Manitowoc punched nine clean hits
off Lengquist, who succeeded in strik-
ing out six men. Oelig and Hughes
with three hits each, proved the down
fall OF Lengquist. Pete Herzog's triple
was the longest drive of the day and
helped clnch the contest. The Her
zog's played errorless ball.
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TEAM STANDING
Sunday Results
Mccoy All Stars /, koscilskos, 2.
Waupun 4, Sheboygap l.
Manitowoc, 4, GAINESVILLE 0.

The famous local amateur team
known-as the "kielSmeiers" has passed
into history. The team has disbanded.
Last week Heidorf, Pittman and Wach-
owicz signed up in the Fox River
league and Muenster joined Port
Washington, Metzger is subbing in the
local league team. The Nikos are the
next best bet in the local sand lotters
and are said to challenge Kellnersville's
claim to the county championship.
A three-game series for the county
championship has been arranged be
tween the Nikos and kelnersyille. The
first game viii be played at the west
side grounds next Sunday.
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COP COPIED

Sartar Rersartus. 'Ioist on his own
petard. Many motor owner doubt
less smiled in satisfaction when he
heard that the county's efficient motor
cop, Elmer Butterfeld, had been fined
SO and costs for running without his
mufiler in operation. The police said
that they had warned the county speed
officer three times to cut out the noise
but that their warnings had had no
perceptible effect and that they were
compelled to bring him in. District
Attorney Brady is said to have told
ButterGeld that he is not immune to
prosecution for acts not necessary in
apprehendng offenders.
lie paid up anyway and many a
driver would, with the thought of his
own ten and costs ranking, like to
hand a good cigar to Officer Dueno who
made the pinch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
CITY COUNCIL NOTES

The council met in regular session
Monday evening. The official proceed
ings are on another page.
The addition of five men to the po-
lice department was authorized which
will bring the force up to fifteen men.
The clerk had two applications for
the job of building Inspector and more
are expected.
Bids will be asked at once for build
ing new bridge approaches and center
pier at Twenty-frst street and for the
removal of the present Tenth street
draw bridge to that location. 1t is un-
likely that the ancient structure will be
moved from its historic foundation this
year.
There never was a move to dredge
the upper river the past ten years but
some one objected on the ground that
the C. Reiss Coal company is the sole
beneficiary and should in consequence
pay for the dredging. The custom was
| observed and the objections duly made.
The lowest bidder was McMullen &
| PITT who had a proposal in for 81
cents per cubic yard. Some aldermen
| objected to the price as too high.
Evergreen cemetery is nearly sold
out and the city faces the alternatives
of buying adjacent land, or going out
] to cheaper land in which case there
would be the perpetual additional eX-
pense of maintaining a second Gene
terry. The council decided to add adj
the purchase of seven blocks adjoining
on the north of the west end, some of
which are full sized city blocks. There
are some residences on the land sought
which, of course, would be removed.
| The plan involves an expenditure of
100000, but nothing is too good in
preparation for our arrival.
l
structed to bring in some definite
| proposition for the starting of city
isolation hospital in the city. If the
citizens would go out and look at the
bleak ruin of a shack that serves as
| "pest-house" now they would arise and
demand that even smallpox patients be
treated as human beings. If patient
had no disease when taken there the
sight of it would very likely give him
the jim jams.
Major Shimek, just returned from
two years as an army surgeon, thanked
the council for their many courtesies,
among which was the paying of his
salary as city physician to his family
during his absence
The cty's bin for sending ten repre-
sentatiyes to the municipal meeting at
kenosha last week was S235.0t. The
bills varied from 80 to $50, the mayor
presenting no bill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

thority to the Council of Workmen's
and Soldiers Delegates" The Brother
hoods Council will be controlled by
the Brotherhoods. Lennc's policy
enunciated time and again looked
toward an exclusively proletarlat re
public" The Brotherhoods are moving
in the same direction One of these
revolutions was devised for ignorant
Russia; the other has been proclaimed
for the l'nited States, which we hold to
be highly intelligent nation. There is
no attempt TO conceal the true state of
lahairs, and it should be recognized that
our own country is face to face with
the reality: DO we want a Bolsheyist
America II we do, then the Railroad
Brotherhoods offer a program that is
intended 10 speedily pave the way
toward so-called naturalization of
all industry.
A few days before the Brotherhoods
broke loose the President asked Con
/ EitAn ~ prov AAt a tAiiA 81 AhAAAAAAaoANAA
along the lines Of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, with power TO fix
salaries Of railroad wage-earners.
When a similar policy was entered into
for the handling of labor problems
along these lines during the war organ
lied labor was immensely pleased, and
I L. 90 fhs.
wagr-earners. Even before the war,
the Brotherhoods made frequent de-
mands upon Washington-and they al
ways got everything they asked for.
Matters we're made So easy for them
| that il is clear that the Brotherhoods
have come to regard Congress as
easy" and instead OF respecting it for
its helpfuness, the leaders of these orr
ganizations have become arrogant by
reason Of their successes. This is evil
| denced hv the comments of one of the
labor spokesmen concerning the sug-
gcstion Of President Wilson for study
Of the railway problem. lie says; THE
Railroads will be tied up so tight that
they will never run again ii that legis-
lation is passed"
There is nothing in that statement
or in the proclamation Of the Brother
hoods that pretends to deal with labor
settlements in the way recognized by
law and free civilized governments. In
i
stead demand Is made upon the coun-
| try for All entire change IN its manner
il conducting its affairs Congressmen
are already beginning to hear from
constituents who do not propose that
the interests Of ln0.00o,000 people are
IL IL held If less Importance than the
wishes III about oae and one-haif per
cent IT the populate Il.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
NEW ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED

The board of directors of the new
Association of Commerce, Superseding
the old Chamber of Commerce, met
and organized Monday evening, The
following officers were elected;
President. j. Stangel
ce-President-R c. kielsmeier.
Secretary-H. q. kress.
reaMrer-Henry Groth.
The selections were excellent. The
board had taken a referendum on the
question If securing a local man or an
"out-of-town expert" for secretary and
the very qecded sentiment was for q
local man for the post. They then ad-
yertised for local applications and
there were five filed from among which
Mr.. Kress's was accepted, This is the
only salaried office, paying $500 per
year at present. Mr.. kress has been in
charge of the old organization for
about two years and his experience will
be invaluable. There are now 250
members with more joining without
solicitation. This with the annual dues
now at S25 will put the new organiza-
ton on a very much better financial
footing than the old chamber and will
permit of many activities planned but
which could not heretofore be put into
execution. One important feature now
planned is a traffic bureau which bust
ness men say is badly needed.
The new organization starts under
proptiouS circumstances, with plenty
of enthusiasm, and it will now furnish
fair test of whether our city can
support civic organization. Every
citizen who believes in Manitowoc will
wish it well and pull for its success.
A committee to undertake the solu-
ton of the city's housing problem has
been appointed and will undertake
their task at once. 1t is composed of
the following members:
George l.. Smith, Bruno Daliwig,
John Barnes, Dave Balkansky, IL. A.
Dumdey, Otto Gass, Charles c. Gruhie,
Frank Case, Frank Hoffman, +. T.
Houghton, Carl Isselman, j. G. John
son, G. IL. Rallies, Charles kulnick, +.
A. Miller, Thomas Mckeough, X. q.
Plumb, c. L. Protz, NJ. j. Rapple, c. +.
Smalley, Charles Solverson, j. 7. East
man, c, III. Frazier.
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Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses
have been issued 10y the county clerk
the past week.
Frank Awe of Milwaukee and Pelag-
la Psnoitz of Two Rivers; Anton Dufek
of Manitowoc and Lillian Kroma OF
Gibson; Charles Ruzek OF Kossnth and
Libbie Jirikovic OF Cooperstown;
George Wilfert OF Two Rivers and
Amanda Delsman of Kossuth, Albert
Lishka and Clara Mrotek, both OF
Manitowoc; Peter kozk and Marie
Week, both of Gibson; Robert Schmitz
and A lima Scherer, both of Manitowoc;
Mike Kirst OF Kossuth and Amelia
Broeckert OF Two Rivers; George
Kutchera and Mrs. Mary Schwartzen-
bart, both Of Manitowoc; Fred Selle OF
Tyler, MINI. and Lucia Galecki OF
Two Rivers; Paul A. DeLon OF Ne W
York and Doris Dickson OF Manitowoc;
William Messenger and Genevieve
LaPine, both u Manitowoc; Edward
Lemberger and Anna Augustine, both
of Cato
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
CENSUS SUPERVISORS

ashington- Secretary of Com
merce Redfeld on recommendation of
the director of the census, has made
the following appointments of super
visors of census for Wisconsin: First
district, Edward j. Schwalter, Racine;
second district, VIII ). Henry, Jefier-
son; third district, William Ryan, Mad
ison; fourth district, to be announced
later; fifth district, Leo +. Fox, Chill
ton; sixth district, NJ. r. Cannon, Mer-
rillan; eighth district, John Y. Diener,
Green Bay; ninth district, John w.
Hogan, Cumberland; tenth district,
Willis V. Silyerthorn, Hayward. Mani
towoc county is in the fifth district
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Two weeks-ago, the Pilot called the
attention of the citizens of Manitowoc
county, to the necessity Of rearranging
the old agricultural society, in this
county. We are satisfied to see that
the matter is being pushed to a success
by large number of our business men
We publish in another column call
for preliminary meeting of citizens,
to discuss the matter, and to adopt
such means as shall tend to place the
society in active existence Let these
be a full attendance, at klingholtz hall
next Monday evening.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Have you ever learned as much in
any other six years of your life as in
the first six; OF the heavens above
you and the earth about YOU OF your
own body and soul OF elementary,
social and economic relations OF
fundamental qualities of things And
of the activities of lifes And in what
other period have you made So many
| important beginnings in action and in
bodily control and careY
Try to enumerate the knowledge
gained and the beginnings made in
these years
Was not the sweet-soulcd Bishop
Comenius right when he said that
everything one ever knows or can do
has its beginning in these years. And
Jean Paul Richter, when he claimed
that the child sees more new things in
these six years playing about the door
of its village home than the man can
see travelling around the world, and
learns more from mother and nurse
than it will afterwards learn from tu-
tors and professors in college and uni
yersity5
Was not Richter right again in his
belief that the most important thing
that can come into the life Of any in
diyidual is ~ happy joyous, active
childhood? No fortune, ne thought, Of
material wealth which parents might
leave their children could ever com
pensate for the loss of such joyous ac-
tiyity in their early life.
Rousseau and Pcstalozzi were right
in their new conception of education as
growth and development through self
activity rather than the storing of the
memory with the forms and phrases Of
knowledge.
The growth Of the kindergarten in
this country has been greater in the
last ten years than in the 40 years pre-
ceding, but still only tenth Of the
children Of kindergarten age are IN
Sindergartens about one-fourth Of
those who live in cities and towns
Wherever there is kindergarten The
children attend gladly. No compulson
Is required The happiness and the JOY
Of il ire sufficient,
Il your community awake To its re-
sponsibiIity2 Ii Il doing III full duty
Are there kindergartens ii I'LL your
schools K II CiaNton. United states
Commissioner 1T Education
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

During a storm one day last week,
the beach at the shore end of the South
Side harbor pier was washed away,
leaving a space between the pier and
shore of about tgep'y feet. This is
something that ought to be attended to
without delay, for if it amt we will
have nice little bar before we know
it at that part of the harbor
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Why is not sidewalk built down by
the steamboat landings Who can
answer! We are sure that one is need
ed, at least everyone who has anything
to say says it is a shame for the prop
erty holders in that vicinity, who, see
ing that nothing will be done by the
village, do not take the matter in hand
themselves. One has either to walk
through about a foot of mud, or elge
waddIe through banks of sand to reach
the steamboat. This ought not to he
SO, and we hope that something will
soon be done towards building one, and
besides that, making it little more
comfortable for pedestrians.
We mentioned some weeks ago in the
Pilot, that there were some miserable
swampy lots in this village lots that
is bad enough to create disease and
we see that nothing has been done to
abolish the nuisance We think it is
high time that something was done in
that direction,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Leg Broken In Peculiar Manner

To suffer broken leg by being hit
on the head was the queer experience
Of the Syracuse man who got into one
controversy too many the other day,
the strangeness of the case not being
lessened by the fact that his leg was
artificial.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Grave Dancer. Indeed,

A Judge was questioning an Irish
man. He caught you by the throat
and choked you, did hep asked the
judge. "He did, yer worship said
Pat. ''IIe squeezed me throat till
thought he would be making cider of
me Adams apple, sure"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
FOR SALE.

An 80 acre farm in section III, town
OF SchIeswig; rs acres under cultiva.
tlon; acres woods anG pasture. This
farm can be bought at reasonable
price. Inquire Of Fred Rumpff, owner,
at John Teepnrlens, Manitowoc, Il r.
II. No. /. ii
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Ne eatly Turned.

Miss RIVAL (trlumphantly)--'I sup
pose Jack never told you he once pro
posed to me" jacks Fiancee-"No, /,
he told me there were a number OF
things in his life he was ashamed of.
but ! didn't usk him what they were"
Boston Transcript.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Never Eaxed Him

"This Il the last time | shall bring
this bill,' sud the enraged collector.
Thanks" replied the lmpecunious
debtor. You are 70 much more con.
siderate than the other fellow he suid
he Was goins to come again. Lost.
Transcript
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Some enterprising individual got his
back M" one day last week, and went
to work and fixed up the sidewalk in
front of his lot, on Sixth street. Fol
low suit, gentlemen
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
More Annronrlate.

'The emblem of this hotel is an
eagle remarked a guest of the sea
shore hotel. as he glanced over the
cashiers window. "Eagle" snorted
the man who had just paid his bill.
1T ought to be gull
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Change Suited Him.

Roxanne Rox Harold, may | asl
the clergyman to omit from the mar
riage service the word 'obey'?' liar
old Hardup Certainly, darling. Jus
tell him q mafe II love, honor an
supply. PUCK,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
FIFTY YEARS AGO

Emigrants continue to arrive in small
lots on the daily boats. Quite num-
Der arrived on the Steamer Sheboygan
last Tuesday morning
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Miss Lillian Chloupek who resigned
her position as supervising teacher
several weeks ago to go to the local
Junior High school as teacher of Eng
lish reconsidered her resignation and
was reappointed supervising teacher by
the committee on common schools at q
meeting held last Thursday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21
Hot Shot FOR klr. Peck.

Peck-"O course, Ike all women,
you have an inordlnate curioslty1'
Mrs. Peck Got curiosity, have II
I've got freak."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Will Breuer and few other pisca-
torial experts went out TO Pigeon Lake
last Sunday and the whole party
caught one fish, a bulhead. Bruer
hereafter will cease trying to initiate
Isaac Walton, and will be content to
follow the devices of Simple Simon as
described in "M0lher Goose's Melo-
dies"
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TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Manitnwnc Hinh School Rooms

The Training school alumni meeting
will take place at Silver Lake on
Thursday, Aug. IS
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Kress says John Schuette isn't first
class yachtsman. The Pilot has said so
repeatedly, but has changed its opin-
ion. John has demonstrated his ability
Enthusiastically and the Pilot comedies it.
The editor is permitted TO take that lit
tie yacht out whenever he plcases.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Lou" Merrill finds il difficult to con
vince people that he caught a 5-pound
bass in Pigeon lake last week The
trouble was he made Tom Windiate his
advocate aud people won't believe Tom
on the fish question.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-21

Adam Schnell Of the town of Lib
erty died last week, aged GS years. Mr..
Schnell was one of the early settlers Of
this county, having come here from
Mecklcnberg, Germany, in lSt9. lie
leaves large family 20 mourn his loss.
Mary and Agnes Mulholland, daugh-
ters Of Henry Mulholland, are visiting
in Milwaukee this week.
Mrs. Paul Iabei and Mrs. Robert
Reiter of Milwaukee are visiting their
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bach.