Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-31
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of Oconto, fell dead while doing the
chores at his home His body was
found by his son Charles.
While operating a buzz saw near
Durand, Milton Stewart came close to
losing his fingers. A few years ago
Mr.. Stewart lost his right hand and
right eye in an explosion.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Bouell of Florence, swal-
lowed a roofing nail. The child was
rushed to a Crystal Falls hospital
where the nail was removed.
The Farmers State bank of Stets-
sonville had a very prosperous year
and increased its surplus fund to $40,
0O0 This gives the bank the same
amount of surplus as capital.
Mrs. w. j. Suelfohn, for many years
a resident of Marinette, broke one arm
and sprained the wrist of the other
in fall down the basement stairs at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hor-
ace G. Baker in Green Bay.
Edwin w. Wylie, 73, a rural carrier
and probably the oldest carrier in the
service at Black River Falls, was in
jured in a runaway. He suffered a
dislocated shoulder. His team took
fright at the approach of an automo-
bile.
Phillip Lechtenberg, 65, reputed
wealthy, committed suicide at his
rooming house in Beloit by taking a
dose of paris green. Financial diff
culties are believed the cause for the
suicide. He was retired contractor
and unmarried.
George Peters, AZ, employed as a
foreman in department of the Alum
mum Goods Co. plant at Manitowoc,
fell dead while making an inspection
Of his department. Peters had been
ill and had returned to work only
three days ago.
Two of Green Bays Oldest residents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Xavier Gauthier,
celebrated their sixty-eighth wedding
anniversary. They were married in
1855 in Canada. Mr.. Gauthier is 81.
His wife is SO. They are the parents
of 10 children.
The estate of the late DIR. F. x.
Schlecht of Ashland, who lost his life
by freezing to death while out on a
fishing trip, will amount to about $751;
600. His widow asked the probate
court for letters of administration.
The estate consists Of about $4,000
in personal property; $4,000 in real
estate; $4,000 in life insurance and
some other business interests.
Children of the Dutch Hollow rural
school near Monroe are between
smiles and tears Smiles because of
an enforced vacation and tears be-
cause some precious books, drawings
and other handiwork were consumed
in a roaring fire that RACED the little
schoolhouse. A defective stove in
which a small fire had been left is
believed to have started the fire.
The Druggists National home, Pal
myra, has received its first $1,000 do
nation from William Horlick, founder
Of Horlick's Matted Milk Co., Racine,
The amount is to go toward the $780,
600 endowment fund which is being
built up for the maintenance of the
home. This donation will endow one
room, which will be known as the Hor-
lick room. Other business firms
throughout the country are endowing
rooms.
Moses Hooper, believed to be the
oldest practicing attorney in the state
Of Wisconsin, celebrated his eighty
ninth birthday by entertaining the
members of his family at dinner at
his home in Oshkosh. No announce
ment was made of the event in ad,
vance, but many of his friends re
membered the occasion and Mr.
Hooper received a large number OF
letters and kilograms of congratula-
ton and floral remembrances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Legier, living
two miles northeast Of Belleville,
went to the barn to do the morning
milking. A 1O-months-old daughter
and son of 5 were left alone for a
short time. The oven of the kitchen
stove had been filled with wood to
hasten drying. A brisk fire in the
stove dried out the wood, which soon
started to char and smoke. The par
ents, returning to the house, found
the rooms filled with dense smoke, the
baby already dead and the son in
critical condition.
Edward J. Sailstad, confessed per
petrator of an insurance hoax, who
began four year sentence at the
state reformatory at Green Bay, a
month ago, has been made a clerk in
the office of the institution, members
OF the Superior sheriff's force
have been informed. Dorothy Ander-
son, the sunshine girl with whom
Sailstad wandered for nearly four
years, and who is serving a four year
term in the state industrial home for
women at Taycheedah, is also a model
prisoner, reports indicate.
Passenger service on the Ashland
division of the North Western road,
between. Appleton Junction and Eland,
Wis, to connect with trains to and
from st. Paul, will be restored fol
lowing an order of the Wisconsin rail
road commission.
Wehh's garage in CRYSTAL Falls was