News: Clark Co. - Wis. State News (28 Nov 1918)

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Surnames: McGovern, Maigray, Cowles, Messmer, Mueller, Mills, Lakeman, Lang, Schroeder, Thelander, Houghton, Yourd, Stephenson, Milberry, Clark, Keating, Geisler, Durler, Safttrom, Burke, Nowatney, Sanford, Greenwood

----Source: Neillsville Times (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/28/1918

Wisconsin State News (28 Nov 1918)

Mrs. Mary McGovern, 75, Oconto, resident for forty-seven years, died of paralysis and bronchitis. Mrs. Rosala Maigray, 89, died at Oconto, where she lived for seventy years.

H.B. Cowles, for the past eight yea rs income tax assessor, Dane County, died at his home in Madison of influenza. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1906. He was 35 years old.

Archbishop S.G. Messmer, Milwaukee, officiated at the funeral of Rev. Fr. Anthony V. Mueller, Madison priest, who died in Milwaukee. Many clergymen from all over the state attended the funeral.

Dr. N.K. Mills, Ashland, government physician on the Bad River Indian Reservation, died of influenza. He formerly practiced in St. Louis and saw service in the Geodetic survey in Alaska and the Philippines.

Miss Ruth Lakeman, widely known newspaper woman and society editor of the Kenosha Evening News, was crushed between two motor trucks during the peace parade. The ligaments of bother ankles were badly torn.

Harry Lang, 15, died in the Madison General Hospital of gunshot wounds while hunting rabbits with four young companions at Maple Bluff. A coroner’s jury will determine whether he was the victim of his own gun or that of a companion.

William Schroeder, member of the firm of Engelhardt & Schroeder, accidentally shot and killed his wife at their home in Fond du Lac. Mr. Schroeder had just returned from a hunting trip and had his gun standing in the corner. He was about to put his gun away when it bumped against the chair and was discharged, the charge striking Mrs. Schroeder in the back and killing her instantly.

Simon B. Thelander, 36, native of Sweden, is without a country. He applied for American citizenship Oct. 27, 1915, at Minot, N.D., and obtained his papers. Later he moved to Racine, where he registered under the selective service act, Sept. 12. He appeared before the exemption board for permission to withdraw his citizenship papers. The request was granted. This action bars him from ever becoming a citizen of the United States.

Walter Houghton, of Manitowoc Co. F, One Hundred Twenty-eighth Infantry, was taken prisoner in the Soisonne-Rheims fighting three months ago. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Houghton, received a card from him from a German prison camp, in which he gives his address and says that he is well.

Mrs. Julia Yourd, 57, died at Oconto of influenza. A son, William, died a few days ago, and daughter died last week, both of influenza.

Robert G. Stevenson, former Marinette man, has been chosen president of the Northern Normal at Jerome, Ariz. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in1903.

Lieut. M.A. Milberry, Oconto, stationed at Charleston, S.C., has been promoted to captain. Dr. T.C. Clark, Oconto, serving in France, also has advanced to a captaincy.

In the little village of Woodman, Grant County, live Mr. and Mrs. John Keating. They have five sons, John, Richard, Frank, Thomas and Mark, and all in some branch of the army service.

Carl H. Geisler, who conducted a butcher shop at Wausau since 1890, died suddenly of influenza-pneumonia. His son, Private Arnold Geisler, recently died of the same disease at the hospital at Annapolis, Md.

Mrs. A.M. Durler, 82 years old, died at Oshkosh. “Grandma Durler”, as she was affectionately known, came to America from Switzerland and had lived at Oshkosh for fifty-one years. One daughter and five sons survive.

Struck on the head by a falling limb from a burning stump, Leona Safttrom of Stephenson never regained consciousness, dying shortly afterwards. She was 4 years old and was playing near the stump in a field near her home.

Though almost totally blind, Katherine and Agnes Burke, sisters, 32 and 23 respectively, are taking full work at the University of Wisconsin. Both are juniors. The elder is specializing in history, and the younger is studying music.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nowatny, Wautoma, came to this country from Posen, German Poland, when young people. They married in Wisconsin and have lived on their farm, north of Wautoma ever since. They have five sons: Sylvester, 24; Frank, 23; Leo, 21; John, 20; and Joe, 18. The four oldest entered the service. John was killed in action.

Sought for a year in the belief that she had been lured into the movies, Laura Sanford was located in Millstone, Mont., by her aged father, Irving Sanford, La Crosse, on the day her husband died. Laura left her La Crosse home June 17, 1917.

Mrs. Alfred Greenwood, a resident of Marinette for sixty years, died suddenly at the age of 65 years. She did a washing the day before she died. Heart trouble was the cause of her death.