The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-07-15
BADGER STATE
HAPPENINGS


bourn While Wilson was repairing
the engine OF a pleasure boat the craft
overturned
George A, Mitcheson, Sr, wealthy
lumberman of Marinette, was found
dead in a garden shed at his home
there. He suffered a sun stroke few
days before
After a shut down of eight weeks
because of the Timberworkers' strike
for an eight hour day the big saw mill
of the Thunder Lumber Co, at Rhine
lander commenced cutting again with
many of their old men back on the ten
hour schedule.
Kaukauna was selected by the Fox
River Valley Saengerbund of the Evan
geliCal Lutheran church choirs for the
1921 convention. II is estimated there
will be between 5000 and 1000 mem
bers there next year. ]. Boettcher,
Kaukauna, was reelected secretary at
the annual meeting held at Fond dp
Lac.
Now that everything is cleared away
for the presidential race, the Eau
Claire lodge of Elks is preparing TO
send an invitation to both the Repub-
lican and Democratic candidates for
president to be present at the formal
opening of the annual Elks carnival
at the city auditorium which opens the
week of Oct. 20.
Chester Nagel Neenah, 20 years old,
loaded a % caliber revolver, shot him
self near the heart, and with parting
message, 81 am going to die jumped
on a bicycle and rode six blocks to the
home of his former sweetheart, lrma
julius. pretty millinery shop girl.
Nagel is now in hospital and physi-
clans say he will recover.
The Oneida county board will install
a modern stone crushing mill in Rhine
lander shortly for the manufacture of
materials for building county roads.
II is proposed to build county roads
of macadam in the future and the road
committee has been making an inves-
tigation tour of the county to locate
available supplies of gravel and stone.
John F. Hogan. 50, transportation eX-
pert Of the Wisconsin railroad com
mission and a member OF that body
since its organization in 1905, died sud
denly at his home, 1876 East Gorham-
ST., Madison. He left his Office in the
capitol because he did not feel well,
and died shortly after reaching his
home. He was born in Phillipsburg, \.
J., May 10, 1865.
The Herald-News will soon give a
motion picture show in which the ad-
vantages of Manltowoc as a manufac-
turing center and place of residence
will be displayed. The play, The Ro-
nance of Manitowoc. will be done en-
tirely by Manitowoc people, director
having been engaged from New York,
He is now at work selecting the cast
from hundreds of applicants.
The city council of Rhinelander
voted to appropriate funds to estab-
lish an elaborate comfort station in
this city for farmers wives to rest in
or leave their babies in charge of
competent matron during shopping
tours. The station will be in the cen
trail part of the city and will consist
of several rest rooms, babies nurs-
cry and an outdoor playground.
Experiments will be conducted dur
ing the summer at the University OF
Wisconsin to determine how tobacco
smoking affects the thinking powers.
Prof. NJ. V. O'Shea, of the department
Of education, issued call for men who
smoke to submit themselves for tests
The tests will occupy three hours each
afternoon, the men will be paid at the
rate of 40 cents an hour, and the
smokes will be furnished free.
Most people have a working vo-
cabulary OF about fifty words exclusive
of propositions, conjunctions and pro
| family" asserted Prof. William Ellery
| Leonard, lecturing to students OF the
University of Wisconsin summer SEES
sions on obstacles to the Apprecia-
ton Of Poetry" Ignorance of vocabu-
| larry Is one Ol lllb tnlcI lhipVNihiViitS
of poetry, Prof. Leonard said. The
average person fails to appreciate the
| musical value of poetry as related to
its meaning
Employing all the articles and wiles
| of olden time smugglers, shippers OF
swift Lake Superior craft are trans
porting whisky from Canada to- upper
Wisconsin ports according to United
| States Dist Atty A. c. Wolfe. As a
result of the prohibition agents, mum
Der of indictments are expected at the
next session of United States court in
| Superior in August. Violations of the
prohibition act will keep the United
States court busy in the western dis.
| trict of Wisconsin for months or years
according to present indications Prac
tically every community has its moon
sinners and peddlers OF liquor, federal
agents say.
The state railroad commission in a
! decision received by Racine city OH
Gals orders that the Milwaukee road
and the Milwaukee Electric Co pay a
proportionate cost of construction OF
new bridge to span the river at State
St. and also to furnish certain mate
rial for the construction,
b. c. Jarrett, who is engaged in the
wholesale fish business M Two Rivers
was fined $500 and costs in ManitowoC
municipal court on charges preferred
by Game Warden John Egan, who al
legged that jarrett had in his possession
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