River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-01-09

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carried on by the local members of
the child welfare department. These
counties are Price, Barron, Sank, La
Crosse and Bayfield,. In twenty other
counties the effort Of the women to in
duce the county authorities to apprO-
pirate funds for a nurse were without
success. Kewaunee and Richland
| counties employed nurses in October
and Walworth county has money
on hand and will hire nurse as soon
as a suitable one is secured.
Horicon-The first military funeral
in this city took place when Gunner
Charles Dewitt Bouton, 10, was laid to
rest. The services, which were held at
the home of the gunner's parents, MI.
and Mrs. Louis Bouton, were in charge
of Capt. Charles Hawks, mayor of
Horizon. The city band headed the
procession, followed by the home
guards. The active pallbearers were
six sailors. Twenty-Five sailors and
soldiers acted as honorary pallbearers.
| Milwaukee = AS a settlement in a
suit brought against the Milwaukee
Country Club by Joseph Cuppan, Jr.,
for injuries received to his eye when
struck by golf ball, Cuppan will re-
ceive 5000. This amount was entered
and agreed to in Circuit court by
Judge E. T. Fairchild. He sued for
SIS, 900, while his father, Joseph Cup
pan, ST., asked similar amount. The
suit brought by his father was settled
some time ago for $500
Madison = George Lubinski, Toma-
hawk, was sentenced to six months in
the House of Correction by Judge A.
l.. Sanborn, in Federal court here. He
pleaded guilty Of making disloyal re-
marks. Felix Marcoullier, Tomahawk
saloonkeeper, was fined 5000 when he
pleaded guilty to selling liquor to
Chippewa Indian, Charlie Catfish.
Lynn Messmer, GAINESVILLE, pleaded
guilty to giving liquor to soldier and
was fined 500.
Watertown-Mo honors for the
Thirty-second division - Wisconsin's
own troops. Members of this unit will
| be permitted to wear as a special IN
sigma an arrow outlined on their left
sleeves, wires Sergt. Lester T. Will
ans, Co. B, One Hundred Nineteenth
Machine Gun Battalion. The arrow
was adopted as a symbol, Sergt. Wilt
ans explains, because their division
always blazed the way in battle.
Manitowoc- D. M. Cochrane,
for nieteen years general superintend-
ent of the Goodrich Transit Co., has
announced his retirement from the
post, though he will remain with the
company at Chicago. He will be sue
ceeded by Capt. Franklin, former cap
tain of the Goodrich steamer Indiana
and assistant to Capt. Cochrane. For
sixty years Capt Cochrane has been
identified with the marine service.
Madison-Because, as she says, her
husband called her a Dutch carp, !"
Mrs. Moni Hichcox, Spring Green, is
seeking a divorce from Tracy HIGH
cox. She was born in Germany. Be
sides a divorce Mrs. HichcoX wants
her husband to "get OUT, possessions
of the house, food and clothing for the
children and herself, use of the garden
vegetables and three quarts of fresh
milk daily.
Fond du Lac-Louis B. Cone, one Of
the best known newspaper men IN
Wisconsin, died here. He had held po-
sitions on Chicago, Milwaukee, Joliet,
Grand Rapids, Menominee, Oshkosh,
Sheboygan and Fond du Lac papers.
He was a direct descendant OF two OF
the signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence, and was grand nephew OF
James Fenimore Cooper, novelist.
La Crosse-The La Crosse Rubber
Mills company distributed $4,000
among it's 800 employees on Christmas
day, each worker drawing from 81 to
$50 as a bonus. The company fur
nished a large part of it's output OF
rubber shoes to the government dur
ing the war.
| Be1Oit - DIR. Hubert -. IOWnley, d
graduate of Carroll college and Gar
rett Biblical institute, who has done
graduate work at Yale and Wisconsin
universities, has been given charge OF
the industrial section of the city
Young Mems Christian association.
La Crosse-L. S. Keith, rural mail
carrier, took as a gift last June two
little pigs which farmer said were
| sick and would die. Recently he sold
them for $1e7.37, net profit of SOS.
| Fond du Lac-The Fond du Lac
lCo-operative society. which aims to
reduce the cost of living to its mem
bers, has purchased a grocery for $10,-