The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-02-20
WISCONSIN NEWS
Important Events of tile Week
Around the Badger State

Wausau since 1904, and civil war vet
eran, died suddenly of paralysis.
Arthur jerks, aged SO, was instant
ly killed at Loyal when a boiler in a
creamery operated by him, exploded
Charles S. Gilbert has been named
Marathon county chairman and Cyrus
c. Yawkey Wausau chairman for the
Victory Loan which will be fioated in
April.
Sheboygan has adopted the patrol
system throughout the county for the
improvement and maintenance OF it's
highways. Every road leading to
Sheboygan will be patroled.
The establishment of a cooperative
store is being considered by the Supe-
rior Trades and Labor assembly. 1t
is planned to have each union mem
Der take $40 worth of stock
Frank Rondeau, early day pioneer of
central Wisconsin and resident of
Mosinee for the last twenty years, died
at his home at Mosinee following a
short illness with pneumonia. He was
80 years old.
A horse and sleigh used by Charles
Bergeson, of Marinette, in fishing
through the ice, broke through an air
hole after runaway. The horse was
drowned. The sleighload of fishing
equipment was lost.
Administrators of the estate of Mrs.
Catherine Schmich are contesting a
provision whereby $1,000 is left to St.
Mary's church of Menasha, The ad-
ministrators claim that the estate is
not free from debt and that the money
cannot be paid.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Whitford, Sr,
and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Charles, neigh
bors in Beloit, celebrated their golden
wedding anniversaries. All were born
in Wisconsin, the former having been
married in Mineral Point and the lat
ter in Fond du Lac.
The Farmers Cooperative cream
cry paid to farmers near Superior,
$100,570 for milk and cream last year,
the second of its existence according
to reports filed at the annuel meeting
An per cent dividend was declared
to be paid entirely to farmers, since
no one else can hold stock.
Rev. E. w. Mayer, Oshkosh. pastor
of the Algoma Street Methodist
church, has requested Rev. Walter S.
Hall, superintendent OF the Fond du
Lac district, to be relieved because of
a nervous breakdown. Mr.. Mayer
was critically Ill two years ago and
was obliged to retire from the pastor
rare at Fort Atkinson.
An addition, rs by 40 feet with
two stories and basement, to the pres
ent Odd Fellow temple, will be built
by Superior lodge, No. 338, |. o. o. F.
This addition is considered necessary
for two reasons: The lack of suffi-
cient lodge room and the need of so
cial centers to take the place of near
beer parlors after the nation goes dry.
Two small children were rescued
from a burning farmhouse, near Ste
vens Point, by Green Bay e. West
ern train crew which found them sit
ting on the floor with the flames rag
ing over their heads. Two other chill
dren, frightened, had hidden in near
by swamp. The parents were absent
from the farm. The house was COM
pletely destroyed.
A rejuvenated G. A. X. in the ranks
of which will be included veterans of
all wars, is proposed by the Hector
Swift camp, Spanish American War
veterans, Wausau. A propaganda
movement to secure backing will be
started at the annual gathering of
'old Company l." on the twenty-first
anniversary of its departure from SUI
perior for service in the Spanish
American war.
A new factory for the production of
aluminium ware will be built by the
Sheboygan Aluminium company which
will be incorporated for 100000. Over
half the capital stock, $4,000, has
been subscribed for by Sheboygan
business. The factory will be built on
the northwest side of the city where
shipping facilities are good The new
company will give employment to 100
men at the start.
The third death in the French fam
lily of Waupaca county occurred on
Feb. when Elmer George Whitney,
son of Mrs Charles French, died OF
pneumonia in an army hospital in
France. He had served in the front
lines during some of the severest
fighting, but escaped uninjured. A
brother and sister of the soldier died
OF influenza, their deaths occurring
only a week apart.
The Central Wisconsin Fair circuit
has announced the following dates
for fairs: Portage county fair al Ste
vens Point, Aug. 10, 20, q and %;
Marathon county fair at Wausau,
Aug. 26, 81, 20 and 30; Wood county
fair at Marshheld, Sept. 2, 3, and 5;
Douglas county fair at Superior, Sept.
8, 10, IL and IL; Chippewa county fair
at Chippewa Falls, Sept 16, II, Is and
10, and La Crosse fair Sept. 20, "a, %
and 26
Alex Davidson, a Chippewa Indian,
who saw eight months of fighting at
Chateau-Thierry Argone forest, Bel
leau wood and Toul, was cited for
bravery by the allied armies, for dis
tinguished service in aiding wounded
comrades.
Word received by Mr.. and Mrs. G..
A. Robertson, town of Hanson, Wood
County, states that their son, f. II.