Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-05-08


home after an illness of one week.
Fred Willard, "a, Fort Atkinson, lost
the sight of both eyes in a dynamite
explosion on the A. H. Tubbs farm.
near Whitewater.
The general contract for the new
grade and junior high school at kim
berly was awarded to the H. J. Selmer
company of Green Bay for $62,650.
About dozen bids were submitted.
For the third successive year, Mar
inette won the district commercial
contest at Oconto Five schools par
ticipated. They were Oconto, Peshti-
go, Wausaukee, Lena and Marinette.
Alden J. Laidlow, former assessor
of incomes of Rusk county, has been
| ordered by the state tax commission
to make reassessment of the city of
Park Falls Mr. Laidlow will begin
the work soon.
Mrs. A. G. Melville, Green Bay, and
Earl NJ LaPlant, Sturgeon Bay, have
been appointed by Gov Blaine 20 at
tend the national state park confer
ence at Gettysburg, Pa. The confer
ence will be held May 26, 81 and %.
Cyrus, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. w. H. Hahn, was instantly killed
when struck by a roadster driven by
a man whose name is not known. The
driver picked up the child and carried
him to another car and then went on
his way.
Sixty years of married life were
observed recently by Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Stadler at their home in the
town of Kossuth in the presence of
their three daughters, one son and
other relatives. Mr.. Stadler is Sc and
his wife TO-
Miss Blanche Wolpert, Amigos de-
clamatory star, won her third victory
at Shawano when five judges voted
her unanimous decision in the SUBJ
district declamatory contest Her
selection. was Mon Pierre Six girls,
representing five high schools, were in
the contest, the other schools being
Shawano, Wittenberg. Marion and Sey-
mour
Three-year-old Robert Heibel choked
to death at Appleton when piece Of
sausage became lodged in his throat
while eating breakfast The boys ia
Their, Lloyd Heibel, tried to dislodge
the particle and called a physician
but the child was dead before he ar
rived. The boys mother was in
church at the time
Dorothy Bohn, 4, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Bohn, was killed in
front of her parents home at Weyau-
vega when she was knocked down by
an automobile driven by Arthur Pasch-
Ike. The child darted into the street
in front of Paschke who was unable
to stop his machine. She died in
physicians office before her parents
could be notified.
Severely injured when run down by
a street car in Chicago, Ray E. Myers,
until recently resident of Manito-
woo, is not expected to recover Myers,
who is 81, suffered a broken neck and
lost an arm when he fell underneath.
freight car three years ago. For
several months he was confined to
hospitals and has worn neck cast
since the accident.
The Green Bay Poster Advertising
Co. has agreed to remove three large
billboards on the Memorial highway
between Green Bay and De Pere, ac-
cording to members of the Memorial
road committee With the Green Bay
concern falling in line, it is expected
that the highway will be made free
of the display signs before the close
of the summer season.
While Mrs. Emil Hendrickson,
Hughes, of near Iron River, was walk
ing through her pasture she came
upon a skeleton. She notified Mike
Morris, town chairman. Upon cyan
ination, it was found to be the bones
of man. Part of a. coat, bottle
and snuff box were found. The theory
was advanced that the bones were
those of some early lumberman.
Green Bay-The Green Bay Poster
Advertising Co. has agreed to remove
three large billboards on the Memorial
highway between Green Bay and De
Pere, according to members of the Me-
mortal road committee. With the
Green Bay concern falling in line, it
is expected that the highway will be
made free of the display signs before
the close Of the summer season.
Two girl trmaps, who refused to
give any other names than Jane and
Mary, and who said they are 18 years
old, were arrested by Sheriff Nehls as
they alighted from freight. train at
the Milwaukee road yards in Portage.
One of the girls said her home was at
Waupun. They declared they had
been "hoboing" for six months, and
that this was the first time they had
been arrested. They were dressed as
men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Neuman of the
town of Pine River, Lincoln county,
while blasting stumps looked into one
stump to see why the charge of dyna-
mite didn't explode. It did, and the
explosion sent gravel into their faces
with much force, causing severe injury
to their eyes. Attending physicians
! declared they did not believe the
couple would lose their eyesight. Neu-
man is also suffering shattered knee
as the result of the explosion.
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