Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-29
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Steven Misiorowski, a Torun boy
was badly burned about the face ant
hands by powder when he attempted
to open a cartridge by pounding it.
Vincent Bender, 7-year-old IndiaT
boy, suffered a fracture of his les
while at play on the school grounds
at Couderay when his older brother
tripped him.
Fond du Lac county board, after
shelving petitions for a "road con
struction holiday of two years, voted
to issue $65O,OOO of bonds for work
in 1924.
Winnebago county board appropri
ated $1,000 to keep its main highways
open this winter Besides, a tractor
will be bought for $500 to help move
the snow.
Anita Faust, 8, daughter of A. B
Faust, is near death in a Madison
hospital after being run down by an
automobile. One leg was broken and
she was severely bruised.
Ingebrot Christensen, farmer near
Northland, was killed while alone in
the field blasting stumps. When he
failed to return to the house at eve
ming, friends started a search and
found his body.
The Portage county board of super
visors has voted to continue the Office
Of county agricultural agent and the
appropriation of $4,000 a year for an
other two years. H. R. Noble is the
present county agent.
One of Rice Lake regions pioneers,
Mrs. Mary Bassett, died at her home
Just as she was making preparations
to visit her children for the winter
months Mr.. and Mrs. Bassett moved
to Barron county in 1874.
Winnebago county board voted to
finish paving the Oshkosh-Ripon road,
81, and lay 100000 worth of concrete
on the Neenah-Wincheste road,
county trunk B, next season, besides
much gravel and patrol work.
Thomas Coyle, widely known resi-
dent of Menasha, is in Theda Clark
hospital at Neenah suffering from
throat burns which are said to have
been caused by iodine. 1t is said that
Coyle was found lying on a street sui
fering from burns.
Daylight thefts of automobiles IN
the down town business district at
Stevens Point has aroused the ire OF
the police, who are spreading a drag
net to include Wisconsin Rapids, Wau-
sau, Waupaca, Chippewa Falls and
other central Wisconsin towns
Knocked from his wagon when an
automobile driven by G. L. Silliwold
az Marinette struck it from the rear,
George Bowen, 66 years old, OF Fond
III Lac. landed on his head at the edge
Of the road and suffered severe con-
.cussion Of the brain in addition TO
Injuries to his shoulders and hip.
Licensing of dance halls in rural
districts, eliminating passout checks,
setting the minimum age limit of dam
GERS at 16 years and providing for in
snectors to enforce regulations were
provisions of drastic ordinance
passed by the county board of super
visors meeting at Chippewa Falls IN
annual session.
Sale of the Myers theater block,
JanesviTe, will be made by Peter Ny
ers. GAINESVILLE, to the GAINESVILLE lodge
Of Elks for $4,000 as the result OF
a decision reached at the lodge meet
ing recently. The property includes
the Myers theater and four stores.
The building is three stories high ana
the theater is one of the Oldest in Wis
consin.
Checks totaling sS36,448 were deliy-
cred to 70 Madison people, owners OF
the property recently purchased by
the United States government as q
site for the proposed new postonlce
in Madison by Postmaster W A. De
vine. 1t is expected construction work
IN the new building, which will oc-
cupy the major portion of an entire
block. will be started in about year.
The stork far outstripped the grim
reaper during the last year In Win
nebago county. According to records
submitted to the Winnebago county
board Of supervisors by the county
register Of deeds, S. B. Stocum, l,26l
births were recorded in that ofrice
since January, 1928, against 745
deaths listed for the same period Four
hundred and, twelve couples embarked
upon the sea of matrimony.
Beloit citizens will vote both on
erecting a municipal hospital and a
CITY hall in a special referendum
which the city council has set for De-
cember 6. The city hall question calls
for a $125,O0O bond issue, while the
referendum on the hospital PROPOSE
tion is to be taken merely to give the
council indication Of majority opinion
that will determine whether they Will
make plans for such a hospital.
August Detloff, former proprietor OF
the Alaska house, Rio Creek. died
from the effects of a fall downstairs
10 the basement of his house, when
he fractured his skull Death occurred
at the Escanaba hospital.
The new student directory just pub
listed shows that there are 1858 stu
dents in the University of Wisconsin
this year, an increase of enrolment
of two hundred sixty-five over last