Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-11-20
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died at his home in Ellsworth. He
had been a resident of Ellsworth since
1873.
Louis Geisler, 65, committed suicide
by hanging on his farm west OF Wau-
zeka He had been in poor health
and showed indications of the loss
of his mind.
A. D. Foster, GAINESVILLE, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the United States district court Madi-
son, listing liabilities of $13,800 and
frozen assets amounting to $4,000.
The presidential election Nov. set
a new balloting record in Madison,
|. according to a report made public by
Ernest F. Bum, city auditor. A total
of 22,055 votes were cast, an increase
Of SOIL votes over the total cast last
spring
A frame building owned and occu-
pied by Mrs. J. M. George, Rice Lake.
as a millinery store. with fat up
stairs, was badly damaged ny fire.
The family was taken out on ladders
in their night clothes. The stock was
q complete loss.
Scarcely FIVE minutes after his faith
er had inspected the weapon to assure
himself that it was not loaded, Rich
ard Christensen, 7, Of Chippewa Falls,
found a cartridge that fitted gun he
was playing with and shot and killed
his sister Barbara, 3.
Recovering conscious after he had
been attacked by a bull in his barn,
Andrew Eaton, Colfax farmer, found
the building in flames and narrowly
escaped death by burning. The am
NAL, in his attack, knocked a lantern
out OF Eaton's hand, causing the ire
A serious accident occurred al
Moore's Corner, three miles southeast
of Evansville, when cars driven by
S. c. Conway and Herman PienoW,
both of Brodhead, Wis, collided head
on, demolishing both automobiles and
seriously injuring Melvin Price, Al
bany, Wis, who was riding with Con
way. 1t is feared his skull is frac-
tured
Tony Zaremba, 10, died in hospital
in Rhinelander. from bullet wounds
inflicted by the accidental discharge
of his rifle. Zaremba was at target
practice in a field near his home at
Starks, when he stumbled and fell
over the gun, discharging it. The
bullet entered his abdomen and came
out through his back. Zareqnba was
former resident of Chicago, and the
body was taken to that city.
Following several years of conflict,
Fond du Laos county board finally
succeeded in dealing a death blow
to health work in the rural districts,
when the office of county health work
er was abolished at the second meet
ing of the November session of the
county board, by vote Of "a to 10,
AS a result, the services of Miss
Catherine HASTEN, Waupun, as county
health worker will be dispensed with
Jan. Il, 1925.
Kenneth F. Lawson. president and
general manager of the Paper Roll
Plug Co.. Menasha, and widely knOwn
In state induStrial circles. is IN Theda
Clark hospital, Neenah, with his skull
fractured, cuts and possible internal in
juries as the result Of his automobile
crashing into concrete culvert near
Merrill's Corners, two miles south OF
Neenah, on highway Is. The acct
dent occurred shortly before midnight
Nov. IL, as Lawson was returning
alone from duck hunting trip at
Winneconne His automobile is a
wreck.
While walking from the farm of
John Tonka, half mile from his
home, in Ashland, to his fathers farm,
Mike Buyala, 10, was shot at but not
seriously hurt by a hunter who es-
capped The young lad said he heard
the shot but didn't know he was shot
until he saw the blood trikling from
his hands and legs. The hunter ran
about mile, chased by a farmer who
heard the shot, and finally escaped In
waiting car. The accident happened
about Is hours before the opening Of
the hunting season. The lad was
taken to an Ashland no l, where
his wounds were dressed. They are
not serious.
One of the most important an
nouncements made in Monroe In re-
cent years came when Leland G..
White. prominent bushes man and
secretary of the Green county fa1r,
stated that his business block on the
courthouse square, now being extern
sively remodeled and enlarged into a
three-story building, will be converted
into a 48-room modern hotel, to be
known as The Eugene, in memory OF
his father, the late Eugene A. White,
widely known Green county native ana
successful farmer. Total investment
in the new enterprise is expected to
reach 100000. The hotel will be
ready for guests July l, 1925.
A movement is under way for the
establishment of new bank at
Spooner, north of Brentwood. by the
Brotherhood Investment company OF
the Brotherhood of locomotive En-
gineers, according to local bankers.
Gilbert Andersen, So, one OF White
water's oldest residents, died OF pneu-