River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-08

Durn nOSplLaI aller SHoII ilHSSs.
He had been a resident of this city
80 yeers.
Miss Anastasia O'Donnell, 80, Chip
pewa Falls, was possibly fatally
burned when her clothing caught fire
while seated near a stove. Neighbors
broke down the doors to aid the aged
woman.
Arlyn Antes, 23-months-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Antes, Amigo, will
lose the sight of one eye as the result
of Christmas accident, He fell on
toy cart, his eye being pierced by
a piece of metal A specialist re-
moved part of the eyeball.
Six children playing in the basement
at the home of A. j. Lauby, Fond du
Lac, escaped serious injury when the
furnace exploded, blowing out Is win
dows in the residence and causing
damage estimated at $780, A valu
able fox hound was so badly scalded
that it had to be killed.
H. E. Schreiner, treasurer of the
Grantland theater, Lancaster, turned
over $1,000 to the city treasurer, who
was short of funds. The Municipal
theater is city enterprise and was
dedicated last February. 1t has
proved a good investment as there is
still $500 in it's treasury.
Mrs. Henry Larson, so, matron at
the Trempealeau county asylum,
Whitehall, was instantly killed when
the automobile in which she was rid
ing skidded on the icy road and over
turned. Supt. Ofsdahl of the asylum,
driving the car, and two other occu-
pants of the machine, were unhurt.
At the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Westby Cooperative
Creamery Co. plans were outlined for
the construction of new creamery
on the site of the old Westby school
house. During the last year 549,6SS
pounds of butter were made, an in
crease of 10000 pounds over the pre-
vious year.
Ferdinand Diesterhaupt, night driv-
er for Neenah Taxi line, was held
up and robbed of $24.75 by two men
while answering an early morning call
to Lake Garden resort, four miles east
of Menasha. The men sprang from
the side of the road, climbed or the
running board of his machine and at
the point of a gun took his money.
Nineteen bears were killed near
Soperton in the last few months. OF
| this number, members of the Betcher
family who live on the Peshtigo river.
killed 13. Bears are unusually numer-
Gus in this locality, according to set
tiers and woodsmen, and are so bold
that before the approach of cold
weather they would frequently visit
lumber camps during the day in
search of food.
The post office at Marinette has a
problem that beats any crossword
puzzle ever devised. A Christmas
card received at the office is adj
! dressed to Mrs Ella" and bears the
message: Forgot your name, so you
will excuse me.-Augusta." This
card will probably stand unrivaled for
years as the most obscurely addressed
piece of mail ever received at the
Marinette office.
William Schwer, Fennimore, one of
| the foremost Wisconsin poultry
raisers of fine chickens, took % of his
best to the Iowa poultry show in Du-
buque and brought back % firsts.
three seconds and two silver cups.
He received the most blue ribbons OF
any person having poultry on display.
On a Rose Comb Black Minorca hen
he was awarded championship for egg
production in the Mediterranean class
in a contest with 500 birds.
Louis Laun, So, vice-president of
the Kiel Furniture Co., president of
the Bank of Eikhart Lake. secretary
of the Elkhart Lake Realty Co., pres
| ident of the Laun Lumber and Furni-
ture Co, and an officer of number
| of other Elkhart Lake business con-
Germs, died at Sheboygan. Mr.. Laun
was one of the originators of the
Quit-Qui-Oc Golf club of Elkhart Lake
and large holder of real estate in
various parts of Wisconsin.
Telephone business in Neenah-Me-
| nasha within the past 10 years has
inceased SO per cent and the two
cities are rapidly becoming city of
| 100 per cent telephone users, accord
ing to statistics presented by ]. T.
Quinlan, of Appleton, district manager
of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. in an
address. here. Sixty-five per cent of
this growth, Mr. Quinlan pointed out,
has been in the past five years.
| Although he knew the gun was
/ loaded, Gilbert Lincoln, IA, thought he
had fixed the .32 caliber revolver
which he had brought to the home
Of Harry Roley, IL, so that 1t could
not fire. AS result Harry lies in a