Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-05-21

weeks. Attlreu IN a light suit :.
clothes, MorreH left his place of bn.,
ness supposedly on an errand ard s''
not been seen or heard from sn LAY
Relatives can throw no light unon ~
strange disappearance. Morrall 4S
about "a years of age, Weighs oh "as
155 pounds, 5 feet, inches in bo 5opS
and had brown hair and eyes Su'
Stevens Point-The new librarr :.
the normal school, Stevens Point a.,
be opened in September. Prpsid wy
John F. Sims announced II ma
under lock and key for more tbon ~
year because the floor was found :.
safe until reinforced. A fund of :.
600 recently became available and
contract to install iron supporto w..
awarded to B. V. Martin CT. as
Point. The work will require tbras
months. '0
Stevens Point. o. Foxen %
chairman of the Portage county boon,
and for many years representatira
OF Amherst village in that bodv :.
dead at his home following i,,.,
illness. Mr.. Foxen was the SECOND
chairman of the county board to AZ
in recent months. He was a momb,.
of the Amherst school board e.,
mer banker and merchant and W.,
engaged in the real estate business
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS a note to ri,
wife saying that he feared he was o.
ing insane, William Sparrow u :.
Chicago, reputed to be wealthy sbo,
and killed himself at his private lodys
near Three Lakes. The BODY v..
found in his workshop adjoining ths
home. Sparrow was widely known
among summer residents of eastern
Oneida county.
Monroe-Frank Koch, a farmer liv.
ing near Monroe, whose wife is said
to be suing for divorce, went to tbs
farm for a. conference with his wife
For some reason, which is not ey.
planned, he attacked Rudolph Blaser
the hired man, while Blaser was
asleep, and then fed He was ar.
rested in Beloit. He refused to m7
fine of 500 and was sent to Jail for
six months.
Madison-A detachable hair brush
for use in expensive ivory and shell
mountings has been invented and pa.
tented by Miss Mildred S. Bernins "
Reedsburg, a sophomore at the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin. Miss BeldlS
decided to join the ranks of Wiscol'
sin inventors, she said, when she was
forced to throw away an expensive
ivory brush because the bristles wore
out.
Fond du Lac-Responding to telH n
gram saying that his aged mctR
might die within the next "a hours
Anthony Pekulick, Fond du Lac en-
route to his mothers home in north
ern Minnesota, was arrested by Shenf
F. W. Schlaak for driving an auto
mobile while intoxicated PekullG
paid a fine of $500 which took all but
$40 of his money.
Chippewa Falls-The body Of VII
liam Burke, So, woodsman and team,
ster of Chippewa Falls, was olha
when a neighbor sought to deternls
why the man had failed to make ON
presence known for more than tWenp'
four hours. When Coroner Hen!
Larson investigated, he determine
that Burke took his life by drlnHs
poison.
Monroe are baffea !
one of the most daring burglarles e'1 Z
committed in Green county VIVA
$1,000 in cash, notes and certlncAs 8
of deposit were stolen from the Ia. y
home of Orah and Willis klesteE y"
Monroe, while the two bachelors q
asleep, possibly doped to prevent A' ~
awakening, they believe. R9
Oconomowoc-JOhn R. Stewart : sz
of Leon. Ia. patient at Santanl'
Oconomowoc, who was repOrlVu ~
ing May 8, was found dead ID V ,a1 81
mowoc lake after several w.. ~. J
search. Stewart had been at tne =, =,
tarium for several weeks recO'"'
from a nervous breakdown s
oconto-The oconto Lumber Co p p 81 81
started operations of nlgn, iii
due to a general increase III ~ ,o|, ia
mand of their lumber piVps n IL
Enough timber has been Gu. = eo>s
camps to stock the mill. 1 inD nas IA
mean the employment OF Nv <ubi
men. Hap
stevens Complete no .s IN
ton of the Stevens Point hl' -. ~ nd
ment. doing away with the ~ n5 <ab
NAMING horse drawn rigs anu fa'|e
ing the department among .Is-dt allv
equipped in the state, was u, ad
the May meeting of the coun' H
Ashland-Wild celery 10 0A p
4ho Arhland REGION = Eli n