Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-08-20
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!. NEWS OF THE
!. BADGER STATE
Observation-Disclosures


The gift of 12-acre tract Of land
within Fond du Lac city limits, to be
used as public park, was announced
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Collins, owners
of large properties In the city.
John Edward, 6, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nelson, choked to death as the
result Of humps and diseased tonsils.
He was taken i'll three days before he
died.
The Farmers and Merchants State
bank Of Eagle River, which was closed
July 8, has been reopened for bust
ness, Dwight L. Parker, state com
missioner Of banking, has announced.
The Wisconsin college of agriculture
has "sold out" its class of graduates.
Requests for graduates from farm in
terests are being turned down because
all Of the graduates have signed up
for jobs, 1t was announced.
The calendar for the August term
Of the Wisconsin supreme court, one
Of the largest in it's history, was an
nounced by Arthur Mcleod, court
clerk. The docket includes 259 civil
cases and 30 state cases.
Because they had knowledge Of the
attempts Frank Davis was making to
saw his way to liberty in the county
jail at Kenosha and refused to tell,
six prisoners have been deprived Of all
their liberties at the Jail.
So effective were the tooth paste
advertisements read by two Fond du
Lac youths that they broke into the
vocational school and stole 100 tubes
of the cleanser. The boys arrested
are 10 and IA, and have admitted the
theft, it is said.
Fire Of unknown origin at the rear
Of the Ganske & Lemmer Drug Co.
store, in the heart of Spooner, caused
more than $4,000 loss, and only the
quick action of Chief Ralph Jones and
his volunteer fire department prevent
ed the loss Of the whole block.
Mrs Joseph Reiner, an old resident
of Rudolph who died at the home OF
relatives in Wisconsin Rapids, was the
mother of fourteen children, thirteen
of whom survive. She is also survived
by twenty-seven grandchildren and
one great-grandchild
Members of the Danish Brotherhood
Of America to the number of 400 will
make Neenah their home for three
days when the district organization,
including lodges throughout Wisconsin
and northern Michigan, holds its an.
nual convention Sept. 5, and 7.
A campaign to sign up all present
members of the Northern Wisconsin
Cooperative Tobacco pool for the FIVE
year period following the 1926 crop
will be commenced Immediately, ii
was voted at the meeting Of pool del
egates and members at Madison.s
Damages totaling $1O,252 are asked
in an action started in Eau Claire by
Roy Peterson, Menomonie, against his
uncle, Bert Cummings, owner of the
silver fox and stock farm at Fall
River. Peterson was shot and severe
ly wounded July 16 by Cummings
who mistook him for fox thief.
Building permits issued In Kenoshs
In the last two weeks called for con
struction work estimated to cost $3.50,
800, the highest figure this season fol
a period Of two weeks. OF this sun
$180,S00 will go into 81 new homes
and $4,000 will build three new fac
tory buildings for the Nash Motor:
Co.
Sheboygan claims to have more
paved streets to the square mile with
in the boundaries than any other city
in the United States. All main high
ways leading into Sheboygan are
paved all the way through the city
All In all, with the completion Of this
years program, Sheboygan will have
511s miles Of paving, nearly 35 O.
which is concrete.
The balance in the state treasur,
dropped from SEC, 23S, 69S.34 on July
to ST., 4S7. 97S26 on Aug. 1, the finan
treasurer, shows. The balance on Aug
j, 1924, was $16.o49,877. Increased
disbursements were chiefly responsible,
for the drop the figures indicated
Receipts during July amounted to SO,
O70,064.37, and disbursements $500,
1915.
Roy P. Wilcox, Eau Claire, wa
nominated at the Oshkosh convention
as the regular republican candidate
for the United States senate to sue
coed the late Senator La Toilette II
the special election to be held THU
fall The selection came on the frs
formal ballot, after the convention
had taken three informal votes. Or
this ballot Mr.. Wilcox received seven
teen more votes than was necessar!
for the nomination. There were som,
scattering votes for other names, bu
Wilcox had clear majority Of thu
GAG votes and, on motion of w. L
Pieplow, Milwaukee, the second higl
candidates, the selection was made
unanimous.
Six automobiles stolen in Chicag,
within the last few months were re
covered in southern Door county b,
Chicago officials who are CONDUCTING
an investigation. The cars were takel
from the possessors and in some in
stances arrests were made under fed
eral laws.