Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-06

When she overturned Kettle OIL
scalding water, Edna Gould, q student
of the Peshtigo high school, was
burned about her arms.
Miss Marie Berens, daughter of pic
neer Stevens Point residents and for
several years cashier in hardware
store in Stevens Point. died in Wau.
sau hospital, following an operation
for appendicitis.
The examination for the postmaster
ship at Cedarburg will be held Mar,
10. The salary of the office is $4,000
A. S. Horn, incumbent, whose term
expires May %, will not be candis
date for the position.
The early pioneers could not out
walk Mrs Mary Detrimote, Of Green
Bay, who, en- route to Big Bay, Mich,
to visit friends, missed her train at
Marquette and walked thirty miles to
her destination. Mrs. Detrimote is SO
years old.
The Clintonville city council disal
lowed the claims of two banks for a
refund on taxes The Clintonville
State bank claimed a refund of $1,771
on taxes of 1922 and $1,312 on taxes
of 1928 The Dairyman's State bank
claimed refunds of $949 and 1915.
The creamery at Chelsea, Wis, six
miles southwest of Rib Lake, burned
to the ground The fire was due to
an oyerheated chimney The loss is
estimated at $1,000 Al Lindow, the
proprietor, has the reputation of being
one of the best buttermakers in the
state.
The city council of Sparta is wres
ting with the electric light rates
problem and whether or not it would
be advisable for the city to drop the
municipality owned electric light plant
and accept a schedule of rates for
lights from the Observation-Disclosures
Light and Power company.
Monroe is experiencing its most Sc
rious scarlet fever epidemic in %
years, according to DR.. G.. A. Seller,
city health physician. Ten homes are
/
children, are on record. Fortunately
most cases to date are mild, in some
instances the rash lasting only a half
day.
Wolves are believed to be menacing
farm stock in, Dodge county for the
first time since 1881 Farmers are be
coming alarmed at inroads upon their
hogpens. The purebred swine herd OF
Emil Rex, near Horizon, was attacked.
Two shoats were killed outright and a
prize-winning SOW so badly mutilated
she will die.
Fire proof buildings will replace the
wooden structures destroyed in the. re
cent fire at LoganviIle The village
board has placed an order for the
largest size fire truck made by the
Wisconsin Fire Apparatus company,
a local concern, one of whose demon
strating trucks saved the village from
complete destruction.
While undergoing treatment for the
cleansing of a facial cavity, Herman
Schroeder suddenly collapsed in the
office of Fond du Lac clinic and de
spite the use of a pulmotor could not
be revived Death was caused by
acute dilation of the heart, an exami-
nation revealed. Schroeder was rs
and the father of three children.
Loss of $500 was caused in the plant
of the Normington laundry at Stevens
Point by an explosion and resulting
fire. A fur-trimmed silk garment in
dry cleaning machine became
charged with electricity, causing the
blast Robert Normington was burned,
and the flames destroyed the machine
Quick use of fire extinguishers saved
the plant.
The car repair department of the
500 line shops, stevens Point, has re.
turned to full time, six-day 8 week
working schedule, and more than so
additional men have been given jobs,
making go employed in all. There is
every prospect that there will be
steady work on a full time basis for
many weeks. The shops had been
working five days week.
Reuben Ochsman, a farmer living
near Lancaster, is in the Doolittle
hospital as a result of an accident
which occurred while saving wood
with gasoline outfit for Elmer Truck
er, neighbour Ochsman attempted
to kick a block of wood from one end
of the saw when he was caught in
the wheel, his clothing torn and he
was cut across the knee. The wound
bled so profusely that when he was
brought to the hospital the physicians
regarded his case as critical.
John Stettbacher, farmer residing
four miles north of Lomira, received
three fractured ribs, numerous bruises
and narrowly escaped being killed
when attacked by an enraged bull.
The farmer bad gone into the yard
adjoining the barn when the bull
i knocked him down and trampled upon
him. The pet dog of Mr.. Stettbacher
! came to the rescue of his master and
/ drove the bull into corner of the
/ barnyard while Mr. Stettbacher was
lifted from the ground and carried
! into the barn by his son.
Pupils of the public schools jn first
] 70 cixth grades at Sturgeon Rky are