Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-05-07

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Donald Murray, 8, son of George
Murray, died following an accident in
which he lost his right leg. He and
companions were Tipping trains when
the Murray boy fell beneath the NOV
ing cars.
DR.. Jane Wilson, SO years old, died
at her home at Madison after lin
gering illness. DR.. Wilson was one of
Madison's best known women. She
had practiced medicine there for more
than forty years.
Attorney w. e. Butt. viroqua, Sc
curely wrapped in buffalo robe to
keep out the chill of spring night,
slept soundly through night in
cemetery, and as result won $40 of.
fered by a motion picture house.
There will be no Wausau county
/ fair in 1920 This was decided at
meeting of the board of directors. Tie
reason given was that'the barns on the
grounds were not in suitable condition
and that the grandstand is considered
unsafe.
/ George Farmakes. proprietor of a
| large confectionery store and ice
! cream parlor at Neenah, was granted
a divorce from his wife in municipal
court of Outagamie county Infidelity
was charged. The trial lasted just
eighteen minutes. The father was
given the custody Of the child, a girl
Of Z.
/ Demanding an increase of wages
from 3311a to 40 cents an hour, fifty
employees of the Neillsville Condensed
Milk Company are out on strike
Enough employees remained at work to
handle the incoming milk temporar-
| lily, and the business is being contin
ued with reduced forced of work
/ men.
Attempting to extract shell which
he thought had exploded, from an old
rifle, Francis Tanning, 3, living on a
farm near GAINESVILLE, will lose his
right eye Proving around in the
barn, the youngster came across the
gun After playing with it a while he
pulled back the trigger and, finding
shell which had the nick of the ham
mer, believing the bullet had been
| fired.
With the completion of the concrete
pavement on the Jackson st. road be-
/ tween Neenah and Oshkosh, work on
which started recently, an almost I'M
] broken stretch of concrete highway
between Fond du Lac and Green Bay,
nearly hundred miles, will be made.
The paving of the fourteen miles Of
roadway between Neenah and Osh7
kosh is expected TO take the better
part of the summer.
| S. G. Perringer, Socialist leader and
mayor-elect of Rhinelander, took of
fee before throng of friends. In his
inaugural address he discussed city
problems and dwelt upon labor's rela-
lions in industry. Industries, he said,
were the basis of the city's prosperity.
| but that the new administration
would insist upon fair treatment OF la
Dor. Mayor Perriner is the first So
cialist to hold city office in Rhine
lander
Drinking denatured alcohol at SUI
perior nearly cost Emil Anderson his
life and cost Conrad Phelan about
\ 1920. Anderson was arrested for
drunkenness and became so i'll that he
was removed to st. Mary's hospital,
where small hope was expressed for
his recovery. Phelan awoke in the po-
lice station and found that he only had
$179 left of $500 that he had when
friend offered him a drink of dena-
tured alcohol.
/ A half million salmon trout eggs
from Seattle have been shipped to the
Bayfield, hatchery and are being dis
tributed to inland lakes and streams.
Twenty-Five cans were placed in Long
lake The salmon trout grow to 10 or
IL pounds and appear to thrive equally
in fresh or salt water. Some salmon
trout eggs were planted near Duluth
by the government four or five years
ago, and quite a number are being
caught in Lake Superior now.
! The first Filipino baby born in Mad.
ison, probably the first in Wisconsin,
has arrived at hospital there. He
/ is the son of Cirilo e. Perez and Asun-
cion A. Perez, junior Filipino students
at the university Mr.. Perez was sent
to the United States by his govern
nAent in August, 1918, to do research
work. Mrs. Perez, as well as her hus-
band, is a graduate of the state uni
versity Of the Philippines. They were
married in the Philippines, Aug. %,
1918. and left for the United States the
following day.
The University of Wisconsin, under
/ the auspices of the Marinette County
Land Clearing association, will hold
land clearing short course on the
Stewart farm at Cedarville, almost the
exact center of Marinette county. The
school will open Wednesday, May Z,
and will consist of seven two-day SEES
sions. in which actual land clearing
work will be the principal feature
Farmers are instructed to come in
overalls. 1t is the first school Of it's
kind ever held in the state, previous
work of that kind being done from the
! land clearing train which was run
through the upper half of Wisconsin
for two years past. University experts
will be there to direct the work.
The Valders Elevator Co. has been