Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-08-07

two weeks, due to hot weather.
!. Abe Butcher, 81, was drowned in
the south branch of the Oconto river
on the Mengomie Indian reservation.
He stood up in canoe and it tipped
; over.
Mrs. Charles Meyer, wife of farm
er near Two Rivers, hanged herself
in the garage, following a period of
poor health. Four little children and
the widower survive.
Calcium chloride has been applied
to sections of state highway 2*, near
Amigo, to lay dust and protect the sur
face from disintegration by traffic and
wind. 1t is giving good results.
Corn and rye were damaged by a
hail storm that passed through west
counties. Many farmers report their
rye is total loss. Only a few had
started harvesting.
Mrs Charles Eul, wife of Butter
gun in the hands of her husband ac-
cidently discharge. The scattering
shot entered her body in several
places. She will recover.
Philip Oesterreich, Park Falls, is ex-
hibiting freak hens egg which is
receiving much attention. The egg
is an inch and half long and half an
inch in diameter at It's largest part.
| It is bottle shaped, with a clearly de-
fined neck
| Park Falls-Philip Oesterreich, Park
Falls, is exhibiting freak hens egg
which is receiving much attention.
The egg is an inch and half long and
and half an inch in diameter at its
largest part. 1t is bottle shaped, with
clearly defined neck.
Charles Clancy. 45, of Soldiers
| Grove, committed suicide during fit
of dependency, shooting himself
through the heart. Clancy was in the
harness business up to year ago,
when his wife died. He recently re-
turned from California.
Falling 20 feet from tree that he
had climbed in quest of bough to
make bow and arrow, Laverne Linde,
IL, Fond du Lac, fractured both wrists
and suffered internal injuries that re-
suited in his death in the hospital.
He lived II hours after the accident.
More than 600 nonresident cars
were counted passing through Necedah
during one morning bound for the blue
berry marshes north and west of the
village. In some way this particular
section has been extensively adver,
tised as mecca for blueberries, and
carloads of prospective pickers come
here. The crop is fair this year, but
not nearly as large as has been re-
ported.
The Red Cross auxiliary of the Ra-
cine Woman's club recently planted
an elm in one Of the prominent parks,
and placed in front of 1t a huge natur-
al boulder, with bronze tablet upon
it inscribed to the memory of Lieut..
Stanley Huguenin, of the 17th United
States Aero squadron and John Clancy
of the 32d division, the only sons of
members of this auxiliary who lost
their lives in the World war.
H. G. Cheyney, division freight and
passenger agent of the North West
ern road, Green Bay, died at his home
after an illness of five months, due to
apoplexy Mr.. Cheyney had been con-
nected with the North Western road
| for AZ years. AS young man he
came west in the early days of con-
struction in the Black Hills. He serv-
ed successfully as general agent at
Sioux City, Omaha and Milwaukee
and moved to Green Bay in 1918.
| More than 1000 feet of heavy woven
wire fence supported on concrete
posts, belonging to the state board of
control, will be moved along the east
! side of the industrial home for women
at Taycheedah as a result of negotia-
ton just completed with the state
! highway commission. The fence,
erected in 1919, encroaches on coun-
| ty highway. The road is cut along
stone ledge that makes it impossible
ito widen the highway in any other
| fashion.
Crumpled tenders, smashed radia-
| tors, jaded nerves and superheated
| tempers followed an unprecedented
traffic tieup on highways 20 and 81
between Monroe and Juda that took
place when hundreds Of cars bearing
thousands of people attempted to get
wear to a spot where automobiles and
motorcycles were scheduled to engage
in climbing contest over a steep
grade. For a mile machines were
parked four and five abreast and regu-
lar traffic was blocked for two hours.
The Yellowstone Trail association
has made good it's threat to cut Nee
nah, Menasha and Appleton OF the
route in view of lack of financial sup
port. From Oshkosh west the route
is marked through Butte des Morris
over highway 95 to the junction with
highway 1S at Readfield. The route
is about Is miles shorter than the for
mer trail location, and the highway is
good, though with a smaller percent
age of hard road. Oshkosh paid moth
! ing toward the Yellow trail this
year, but the city's geographical loca-
ton is such that it is almost impos-
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