LIONS DONATE EQUIPMENT
Elliot Crego, chairman of the boys and girls safety committee of the Menomonie Lions Club, presents safety patrol equipment to Francis Wolske of the police department. This equipment consists of flags, raincoats, hats and other modern safety devices used to protect children while they cross the streets coming and going to school. The Menomonie Lions Club has furnished and replaced this equipment for all the Menomonie schools for over 10 years. December 1, 1965 Dunn County News
CENTRALIZED SCHOOL FOR DUNN COUNTY
Senator J.H. Stout has announced to his friends that he is now ready to establish a model centralized school in Dunn County and will proceed with same as soon as the trolley from Eau Claire is built, in order that this may be used to transport students. The building will be built with all modern equipments, large enough for four departments and will accommodate the scholars from five or six country districts. The course of study will include the tenth grade or practically two years of high school. Mr. Stout will spare no pains or expense to make this a practical demonstration of the centralized plan for the benefit of the state. December 5, 1907 Dunn County News
LOCAL BREVITIES
Persons in quest of Christmas trees should go beyond the city limits. The practice of cutting the young pines and balsams if continued will not leave an evergreen tree near the city in a few years. Stop it! – The eclipse of the moon began promptly on time Saturday evening and lasted four or five hours. Clouds largely obscured the moon during the latter half. At the time of the eclipse the sun, moon, earth, Saturn and Neptune were in a direct line. – The Mozart Symphony Club will be the next number in the lecture course on Jan. 8. The course has been so well patronized that the committee has added an extra number. – On Feb. 7 John Temple Graves will give his popular lecture, “Reign of the Demagogue.” – They say the Hard Times Club aggregation at C.W. Greer’s residence Tuesday evening was the worst lot of Wandering Willies and Mrs. Wandering Willies that ever begged for something to eat. But they had struck a place where no one is ever turned away hungry. December 22, 1899 Dunn County News
OVERCOAT FIEND APPREHENDED
Last Wednesday three men entered the clothing department of Schutte & Quilling’s store and asked permission to examine the overcoats and underwear. The salesman, O.J. Tilleson, conducted them to the coat room, whereupon two of the men asked for underwear, and they were thereupon taken to another room where these goods were displayed, leaving one of the men alone in the coat room. After some time spent in the examination goods the three returned to the coat room where the man who had been left was found ready to depart. As the men passed out ahead of Mr. Tilleson, he noticed a price-tag peeping out over the collar of the overcoat fiend. An examination disclosed the fact that the fellow had appropriated a fifty-five dollar astrakan coat, pulling his own great coat on over the one he had swiped. Propositions to settle were made by the culprit, who proved to be George Applebee, of Tiffany, but were rejected. He was placed under arrest and is now out on bail awaiting his examination which will take place Dec. 13, before justice Shafer. December 7, 1894 Dunn County News
TROUBLED BRUIN
There was a wild look in the eye of Paul Fritzsche’s tame bear the other day when he got loose and started down the street. Civilization, with him, was a failure, and the Caucasion played out. Past favors were forgotten and the ties of friendship ruthlessly sundered. Paul saw there was trouble with the bruin, so he rallied the home guards and with carbines and pistols gave chase. The contest was brief but brilliant, and the half-tamed denizen of the forest was unable to stand the oft-repeated doses of cold lead and villainous saltpeter. In other words he was killed and his spirit now roams the celestial forest in the land of the Herafter. December 18, 1875 Dunn County News
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