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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
NJ. DIS Start Drive
on WhOOping- Cough
State Physicians Say Necessary Dis
ease of Childhood" Can ard
Should Be Avoided.

Communities in many parts of the
state are afflicted with whooping
cough in epidemic form, reports to the
state board of health show 1t is be-
lieved comparatively few OF the cases
are reported. Only PIT for July, up to
last Monday, having been recorded
here The average number of cases
for July over fve-year period is
299. If all cases were reported it is
estimated the existent cases would
number hundreds, if not thousands.
The disease owes its rapid spread to
indifference of parents and officials to
the need for strict control measures.
Children having it are running the
streets and playing with well children
unhindered. The state rules say, how
ever, that such children shall not
leave the home premises, and children
other than members of the family
shall not enter or remain upon the
premises while the house is placarded.
1t is also required that cases be isolat
ed until after the whooping stage
(about six weeks). But few are con-
fined to the premises, and every oppor
tunity is. thus given for spreading the
disease among other children. Vic
tins are not allowed to attend school
or public assemblages, nor to ride in
railroad trains or street cars.
Rules require that case reports be
made promptly by the physician or
head Of the family to the health Of
icer. who shall placard infected homes.
Whooping cough, according to the
state health officials, is a dangerous
rather than trivial disease, and con
trary to popular belief is most con-
tagious in the stage before the whoop
is manifested It may be prevented by
keeping unaffected children away from
victims Of it, and from cases Of sus-
picious coughs and colds. The popular
idea among the uniformed that
whooping cough is harmless ailment,
which all children must have sooner
or later, is responsible for the large
number of needless exposures and the
high death rate. 1t is estimated ten
thousand children die from it in the
United States every year. The NOR
tality is greatest in babies under two
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
SWEDISH CLUB
BUYS HOME SITE
Swedish Pleasure Club Pur-
chases Property at Corner
of Newell and Market.
MAY IMPROVE LATER

By deal closed on Friday evening
by Charles A. .Tarbell the Swedish
Pleasure club of Kenosha, purchased
the property of Gustav Reuther, at the
corner of Newell and Market streets
and the site is to be used as a future
site for the erection of a club house
for the organization. The property
has a frontage of al feet on Newell
street and it is 1874 feet deep. 1t is
improved with three houses built in
recent years. The consideration was
twenty thousand dollars. The club
will take possession of the property at
once but it was stated that for the
present it will be held as an investment.
Axel Langren is the president of the
Swedish Pleasure club and it numbers
among it's members many of the best
known of the Swedish born people Of
the city. The club has been in exist
ence for a number of years and the
best recommendation for it was the
fact that the purchase of the club
house site was made for cash. Plans
have been made for the erection of a
club house on a part or all of the
property but it is understood that this
matter will be taken up some time in
the future when the cost of build
ing has been reduced. Plans Of the
club for the improvement Of the prop
erty will be formally announced in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
Leaky Meter
Causes $500 Fire

A leaking gas meter is supposed to
have been the cause Of fire which
damaged the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Shirley 652 Grover street, on
Saturday night. The damages was
estimated at $500 and it was said to be
covered by insurance. The fire depart
ment was called just after eight
O'Clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley were
away from the house at the time the
fire started. 1t was found that the
fire had started about a gas meter in
the basement of the building. Shirley
had noticed the door of gas in the
basement earlier in the evening and
he had struck match about the meter
connection but had found no blaze. 1t
is thought that the blaze from the
match set fire to the gas but that
Shirley did not discover the incipient
blaze.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
Deep-W aterway Body
to Meet on Monday

The milwaukee to the sea" COM
mittee appointed by President Carlson
of the Milwaukee Association of Com
merce to push the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence waterway plan, will have
its first meeting on Monday at 1880
p. m. at the Athletic Club.
The committee as its first work will
endeavor to get in touch with the
commercial organization in the prin-
cipal cities of the state and induce
them to take action similar to that of
the Milwaukee Association of Com
merce in support of the project. When
this is done it is the purpose of Phil
A. Grau, chairman of the Milwaukee
committee, to have a meeting of repre-
sentatives of the different committees
for the organization of a state COM
mittee to work in cooperation with
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tide
water association.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
Many Seeking
Help of Clinic
Free Clinic Has Cared for 12S Cases
Up to Present Date According
to Report Filed Today.

The Kenosha free clinic, which is be-
ing carried on under the auspices of
the Kenosha Service League, continues
to help many Kenoshans back to
health according to the report filed
this morning by Miss Viola Nohr, the
nurse in charge. To date there have
been 1913 patients at the clinic and the
list continues to grow. Of these seven
children have successfully undergone
operations and four more will be OPP
Grated upon during the coming week.
Zone example will show what we
have DONE" said Miss Nohr. cit is a
little youngster who had infantile par
alysis and could not walk. On June
18th, he was operated on and since
that time he has worn out pair of
shoes" She added that many had
come for dental work and all had re-
ceived attention.
Miss Nohr again thanked Kenosha
physicians and dentists for their splen-
did assistance. Drs. Shearer, Russell
and DAWN have given generously of
their time to the dental clinic, Drs.
Cheever and Holland have offered
their services there also and other den
lists are now waiting their turns to be
in charge. Among the physicians Drs.
Lansdowne, Murphy and Ripley have
been in charge of the children's ward,
and Drs. Mayfeld, Gephart, Caughey
and Andre in other wards. All physi-
clans have shown willingness to CO.
operate in the WORT.
Miss Nohr announced that the clinic
had refused to take care Of three cases
where the persons in question were
amply able to have the work done and
therefore they were not clinic cases.
"We are ready to help all who need it
and welcome them here" she declared
in ending the report.
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TO CALIFORNIA BY CARAVAN.
Kenoshan Writes Notable Book on the
Prairie-Schooner Trail.

Kenoshan Writes Notable Book on the
Prairie-Schooner Trail.
"Reminiscences of the Far West,
and Other Trips" is the title of
journal, by Edward f. Aver, of Chi
cago, a native of Kenosha, Wis, and
famous collector of Indian lore, a copy
of which has just been presented to
the Wisconsin State Historical IL
brary The journal describes Mr..
Ayers carvan- trip to California at the
age of eighteen.
Nj Ayers collection of works on
the American Indian, now in the New
berry library of Chicago, is the most
important of its kind in existence.
When the Civil War broke out, Sfr.
Aver was the first man on the Pacific
coast to be mustered into the service
CT the United States, and while he
was stationed on the frontier Of tie
Southwestern plains, his interest III
historical lore was awakened by Pres.
colts Conquest Of Mexico"
Governor James I. Lewis, in 1865,
wrote lette rto Mr.. Ayers parents
thanking thems for the free care AID
food that they gave to wounoed
soldiers in their little hotel at Harvard,
III, and in 1885 Wisconsin soldiers
who enjoyed their hospitality present
ed Mr., and Mrs. Aver with gold low
ing cup. Both the letter and the cup,
as well as daguerrotype Of the Ayers,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
HARDING MAY
COME SEPT. |
Sec'y to Candidates Tells
Republicans that Invita-
ton Has Been Received.
MAY BE AT BIG FAIR

United States Senator Warren G.
Harding, Republican candidate for
president may speak in Kenosha on
September 1st, Leading Republicans
of the city who wired the senator an
invitation to be the guest of Kenosha
have received an answer from his sec
rotary, George B.Christian, acknow-
lodging the receipt of the invitation
and giving assurance that it was be-
ing considered by the senator. The
response to the invitation says:
Replying to your message of re-
cent date, addressed to Senator Hard
ing, 1 have to say that no arrange
ment has been made looking to cam
paign speeches away from Marion.
Should some engagements be made,
however, the senator will be pleased
to keep in mind your suggestion"
Milwaukee Expects Him.
On Saturday officials of the Wiseon-
sin state fair issued an announcement
that Senator Harding is expected to
speak in Milwaukee at the State fair
grounds on the afternoon of Septem-
Der LIST. If this plan is carried
through it is believed that the SEN
ator will make it possible for Kenosha
to hear him for at least train plat
form speech on his way through Ke-
nosha to Milwaukee.
Governor Cox the Democratic cam
didate has also been asked to speak
in Milwaukee DUR 6 the state fair and
local Democrats viii make an effort
to have him stop off for a short time
in KenosAa and make short address
The formal invitation to Governor
Cox will be sent at once, Leading Dem
ocrats of Kenosha declared today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
INJURED ANZACS
ARE FORGOTTEN
Visitor from the AntipOdes
Comes to America to
Study Surgery.
WILL FOUND HOSPITAL

The gallant Anzacs who saw it
through, even when sit" happened to
be green fire at Ypres or rivers of
red on the slopes of Vimy Ridge are
languishing neglected and forgotten in
the cities and hamlets of New Zealand.
RIOTERS" are living in luxury on war
profits; but the men who turned the
tide and sent the grey terror Keeling
back upon the ramparts of Berlin are
limping about the streets of Oakland
or selling lead pencils and shoe strings
on the streets of Wellington.
This is the intelligence brought to
Kenosha by Joseph Paickl of Oakland,
New Zealand, who with his sister, Miss
Olga Paickl, is now a guest at the
home of their cousin, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
R. Gordon.
at is pitiful, shameful" he says,
"the way the British government has
made no provision for its soldiers in
New Zealand. In cases where the men
were frightfully wounded their pen
sions are wholly inadequate. Too weak
to work, they are forced to living on
few pounds a month increased by
whatever they can pick up by peddling
or panhandling. In other cases, where
death has followed in the wake of war,
widows are left without a penny and
are forced to go to work.
ERroute to Harvard.
Mr.. Paickl explains that the suffer
ing of the ex-soldiers in the Antipodes
is partially due to the lack of surge
ons and hospitals in New Zealand. Ac-
cordingly he has come to the States to
study medicine at Harvard and go
back to Oakland to establish a hospi-
tai. His sister will study pharmacy
and dietetics at Radcliffe SO that she
may be able to assist him in the re-
Mobilization of injured Anzacs.
81 have heard of your DR.. Carrel,"
the New zealander confded to friend
today. II should like to mean as much
to Oakland and the Anzacs as he has
meant to New York and the Yankee"
Lands America and the Antipodes.
Mr.. Paickl is very much impressed
with the United States. At the same
time he is loyal to New Zealand and
never misses chance to recommend
it to Kenoshans whom he meets.
Its the America of the Antipodes,
he. insists. "It's a comparatively new
country-it was not colonized at all
until 1840-but when it's as old as you
are now, it will be leading the other
side of the world just as you are en-
tightening this side now. Its resour-
ces have hardly been tapped yet. It's
mineral deposits are just beginning to
be discovered and if it's wool industry
was exploited it's million people could
almost clothe the world. In art, too,
it's backward; very few of its painters
poets and sculptors are known here
but some day some of them will be
sensations in the salons Of London and
New York. It's scientists, too, are com
ers and its doctors. I've come 10000
miles to get good enough to rank
among the latter"
After finishing his pre-medical
course at Harvard, Mr.. Paickl will do
graduate work at Johns Hopkins, "be-
cause" as he says, "it's the school of
Carrel and others who have done really
big things in surgery"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05

Randolph owsley of Lake Forest.
was the weekend guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wells.
Sheriff Joseph Meyer was back at
his desk this morning, slightly disfg-
ured as result of his encounter with
the burglar Joe Paren. The sheriff
is still suffering greatly from bruised
and sprained wrist but otherwise he
was feeling pretty well today. It will
be several weeks before the sheriff is
fully recovered from the effects Of the
encounter.
The Misses Nell Cunningham and
Mary Warren Of Burlington Who were
injured in the automobile accident in
which Miss Irene Gleason was wilaed
are expected to return to their home
in Burlington on Wednesday. They
are rapidly recovering from their in
iuries. Miss Title David who was
very severely injured in the same ac-
cident is thought to be out Of danger
but it will be some time before she is
able to leave the hospital at Ann
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
TO FORM LOCAL CHAPTER.

Mrs. Belmont Walters Of Chicago,
divisional secretary of the National
Delphian society has arrived In Kc-
nosha with a group of field secretaries
to organize a local branch of the or
ganization. The officials of the society
have just arrived from Racine where a
business woman's and afternoon club
sections of the society have been or
ganized. The list of field secretaries
who will aid in local organizations
work includes Mrs. Louise Liston, Mrs.
Lillian Sloan, Mrs. Elizabeth Wendell,
St. Louis and the Misses Henrietta
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05

That the postal receipts of the Ke-
nosha postoffice increased by thirty
three and a third per cent during the
fiscal year ending July LIST, is shown
by the report which has been for
warded to Washington and while the
local officials, under the regulations of
the department ara not permitted to
give out figures on the total postal re-
celpts, it is admitted that the receipts
Of the Kenosha office for the past year
totaled within a few dollars of two
hundred thousand dollars as compared
with total receipt of little less
than $15O,00O for the previous twelve
months. The postal receipts are the
barometer for all business in post
Office and it is declared that other
businesses of the Office increased in a
similar proportion.
Not Especially Notable.
"This increase in postal receipts
was not especially notable" declared
Assistant Postmaster M. F. Zens. "The
report of the department indicates
that a similar increase in business has
been made in all parts of the country
where there has been general reviv-
al of business Kenosha has, how
ever, kept right in the front rank dur
ing the year and our increase is more
notable when one knows that during
the year the rate of postage was
changed and that the three cent letter
postage gave place to two cent rate.
With the three cent rate of war times
the increase in the Kenosha receipts
would have been much larger"
1t is declared tnat the business of
the Kenosha office compares favorably
with that of other cities in the state
and it is thought that when final fig
ures are given out that the total will
be exceeded by only two cities-Mil-
waukee and Racine.
Advertising Campaigns Help
One of the big helps in the boosting
of the receipts of the Kenosha office
has been the big advertising cam
paigns put on by the Nash Motors
company, the MacWhyte company and
the Whittier Motor Truck company.
For sine time the Nash company has
been carrying on campaign which
meant the sending out of twenty-one
thousand first class letters every week
and the number of letters is to be
doubled when the Nash winter cam
paign starts some time after the first
of next September. The campaigns of
the other companies are smaller but
they have added very materially in
swelling the total of the postal re-
ceipts. Reopening of the mails for
letters to foreign countries has also
contributed materially to the increase.
Lack of Help Big Handicap.
The lack of competent help to car
nv on the work of the office is proving
great handicap. The carrier force
today is four short of the force al
lowed by the government and with the
government regulations demanding
that vacations be given to the men
who serve as carriers it has been all
but impossible to operate the business
of the department here without cur
tailment of service.
"The service has been curtailed,"
declared the postmaster, "and we can
not promise that it will not be fur
Their curtailed. With four men short
on the carrier staff we can not make
the showing that we would like to
make The recent increase in the pay
has not helped a bit. Men do not
want the places even at the new rate
of pay. The civil service is a false
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05

STIRS SPEARFISH
Cowboy Preacher Shock
ing Oats and Folks in
South Dakota.
REVIVED" DEADWOOD

The cowboy-preacher is carrying on.
Undaunted by his persecution" in
Kenosha, he is now working in the
harvest-felds of South Dakota. After
sunset when the last sheaf is in the
shock and the last horse unhitched he
trudges to Spearfsh to make its
streets the saw-dust trail for men who
have lost their way and want to find
"the road that winds back home"
This is the news brought to Kenosha
today by letters from the Rev. W. w.
WINNER, the cow-puncher and parson,
who preached on the Square last win
ter and later from a cell in the city
Jail.
Kept Deadwood Lively.
81 am still faithful" he writes to
W. F, UT of the Bell Clothing com
pany. 81 am now at Spearfsh after a
two weeks meeting at Deadwood."
An insert proves conclusively that
he kept the town which made "Dick''
famous, rather lively for fortnight
or so. 1t carries poem used by him
in his revival of Deadwood and" under
it editorial comment from the Daily
Telegram. Both are attacks on "the
style that Eve wore in the Garden"
which the cowboy preacher insists will
be the next step in the fall of fash
ior.
His code" begins "Little girl, you
look so small; don't you wear no
clothes at all N'-and continues in the
same vein:
'Little girl, your mystery
Luring charms and modesty
Is what makes us fellows keen
To possess a little queen;
But no lover, goodness knows,
Wants a girl sans half her clothes"
After pleading for less gauze and
more ruffles on feminine camouflage
his "pome" concludes pertinently:
'Little girl, take this advice; and
you'll look just twice as nice"
Page the Police.
At the close of his letter the Rev.
Mr.. WINNER sends cordial "Hello"
to be delivered with "a whack on the
back" as the boys at Bare say, to
"Rev. Corey, Rev. Taylor of the NJ E.
Church, and the Kenosha Eve. News"
Diligent search has failed to reveal
a postscript extending the same greet
ing to certain members of the local
police force.
For all of which there may be a
reason.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
kenOsha Troopers
Are off to Camp
kenOsha Cavalry Troop Leave On
Special Train This Morning for
Week at Camp Douglas.

Captain John D. Alexander and the
members of the Kenosha Cavalry
Troop all dressed up in their uniforms
and all, boarded the special train for
Camp Douglas at six-ffteen this morn
ing. The troopers reported Sunday
evening and spent the night at the
barracks on Wisconsin street. This
morning they were up bright and early,
had breakfast at the Kappus restaur-
ant and were all present" when the
roll was called. The special train will
pick up several other units on its way
to Camp Douglas, where the Kenoshans
will be in training for two weeks.
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PICNIC.

men and Royal Neignbors of America
held joint event. There were all
sorts of games and contests with cash
awards to the winners of the running
race. A baseball game between the
Schulien Specials. and the Bruner
Colts resulted in nine to seven vic
tory for the Schulien Specials. A box
of choice cigars, which the winners
shared with the losers, was the award
for the baseball game. Ice cream and
coffee were served with the basket
luncheons. In the evening the Bovine
orchestra played for dancing in the pa
vilion where the circle two-step and
quadrille of yesteryear were featured
on the evenings program. Joseph
Schonbuchler headed the mems COM
mittee and Mrs. Robert Lilley headed
the Royal Neighbors committee in
charge of the affair.
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T. G. Swandale has returned from a
weeks outing at Ironwood. Mich.

Frank A. Ambrose and Herman
Draeh returned Saturday frcm Toms
hs@k- ais. where thsH have 5eea on
. @eeks motor vacation and .es7nBfae
trip They hshed It bheaf6I oalnz
lakes Clara Lake, Picfer6l liIake.
Round Lake and Pike River
d. and Mrs, G WindesBeim return.
ed home on Saturday afternoon after
spending two weeks vacation at
places of interest on the Chain Of
Lakes in northern Wisconsin. Much
Of their time was spent at The F. NJ
c. A. camp at Boulder Junction. where
thew were the guests of their son Karl
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To Name Committee.

Miss Mary niagara has resigned her
position with the Allen A company.
Miss niagara will be married to Jasper
Gentle on August 10. The wedding
viii be one of the seasons most inter
esting events to the Italian residents
of the city. Mr. Gentle is well
known business man connected with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
FARM BUREAU
PLAN IN FAVOR
Sixty-fve Ken0sha County
Farmers Meet at Salem
to Consider Plans.
TO NAME COMMITTEE

Sixty-fve farmers representing the
various townships of Kenosha county
met at the Salem town hall on Satur-
day evening to take preliminary steps
for the formation of farm bureau in
Kenosha county. President George
Hull of the Wisconsin Farm bureau
came from Madison to explain TO the
Kenosha county men the work Of the
organization and he strongly urged a
union Of the townships of the county
for mutual aid and advancement of the
entire county. He pointed out at
length the value that has come to the
farming communities of Wisconsin and
other states through the organization
of county bureaus in close touch with
the state organization. E. A. Bear of
Waukesha county also spoke along
similar lines.
To Name Committee.
AS result of the meeting the Ke-
nosha county farmers, voted to go
ahead with the work of organization
and Agricultural Agent B. F. Wood at
whose direction the meeting had been
caileQ, was instructed TO name COM
mittee of eight made up of one leading
farmer from each town to work out
the details for the Kenosha county or
ganization. This committee will be
named within the next few days and it
is expected to meet at once and report
back at meeting to be held later in
the month or early in September TIE
farmers present al the meeting Oh
Saturday evening showed considerable
enthusiasm in favor Of the plan.