Oconto County Reporter
January 11, 1923 Bounties for five red foxes and one wolf were issued
Wednesday at the county clerks office. George Huntley of Breed brought
in one wolf; Edward Thomsen, Pulcifer, two red foxes; Berlin Kaufman, Spruce,
one red fox; Robert Rodenhorst, Breed, one fox and Emil Firgens of Breed,
one fox.
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Oconto County Reporter
January 18, 1923 After April first, a regulation fire truck will be added to the equipment of the Oconto City Fire Department. Just when the bass were biting best, according to the
report in the Crandon newspaper, Henry Mineau, W.B. Classon and N.W. Johnson,
while fishing through the ice, saw two huge gray timber wolves come out
of the woods and head directly across the ice toward them. None of
the men in the party were armed and so they all made for the shore and
climbed the highest trees to be found.
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Oconto Falls Herald
January 25, 1923 contributed by Richard La Brosse Forty five men and fifteen
teams are being employed in the work of harvesting ice for 1923.
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Oconto Falls Herald
February 1, 1923 contributed by Richard La Brosse Mrs. Anna Pevonka, aged 86, suffered the fracture of her right hip and arm when she fell on some icy steps at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Herald, Thursday morning. Angus MacAllister, a
resident of Oconto for more than half a century passed away at 2:45 last
Saturday morning at Portland, Oregon.
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Oconto County Reporter
February 8, 1923 Her nose broken in three places were the injuries that
resulted to Mrs. Guy Couillard of Couillardville when the bob sleigh she
was riding in tipped over in front of the Couillardville school Monday
morning at ten.
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Oconto County Reporter
February 15, 1923 Long, red tongues of flame licked up around the end of the roof, snapped and crackled and leaped into the night air as members of the congregation of St. Mark’s Episcopal church after struggling twenty years to get out of debt saw their church in which they have taken such a justified pride, rapidly melt away in the glaring flames Sunday night. Ruth Skelly was elected queen of the high school carnival held at Gillett Feb. 9 by an overwhelming majority. Harry Lord, former Oconto resident is secretary-treasurer
of the Westminister Paper Mills Ltd. Of New Westminister, B.C., a new paper
manufacturing concern that has just been put in operation.
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Oconto County Reporter
March 8, 1923 contributed by Richard La Brosse Suring-Little Gwendolyn Cyr is entertaining all of
the children about her age at her home on March 6th, the occasion being
her birthday anniversary.
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Oconto Falls Herald
May 3, 1923 contributed by Richard La Brosse John DeCleene, clerk of the town of Brazeau, is suffering
from painful injuries sustained when Millard Ste. Marie accidentally ran
a Ford truck loaded with potatoes over his toes.
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Oconto Falls Herald
May 18, 1923 contributed by Richard La Brosse Oconto County - These people were among those applying for naturalization from Oconto County: --Emil Schindel, Oconto
Falls, Russia, Poland
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Oconto County Reporter
May 24, 1923 Researched and contributed by Richard La Brosse “Buddy,” the eight year old son of August Lade, sustained a fractured collar bone on Thursday of last week when he fell from a truck which he was trying to hitch onto. While playing ball Monday evening, Jerome, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Parisey, fell in such a manner as to break a leg. Blair MacQueen, who left recently for Chicago, went
to New York City during the week where he is holding a responsible position
for the firm he is employed by in Chicago, having been sent to the Eastern
city as a representative of the firm.
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Oconto County Reporter
June 21, 1923 Researched and contributed by Richard La Brosse The following received the highest
averages in the county spelling , arithmetic and writing contest held at
Oconto Falls, Wednesday. June 6th. Miss Ellen Race of Little Suamico
received the highest average and will therefore represent Oconto county
in the contest to be held at the State Fair in August: Miss Pearl
Shallow ranked second, Miss Eleanor Schlosser third, and Miss Viola Anderson,
fourth.
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Oconto County Reporter
August 16, 1923 Researched and contributed by Richard La Brosse Misses Eva Watterich, Gwenn Perry, Frieda Klass, Elizabeth Follett, Mable Urquhart, Isabel Ghilain, Katherine Cook, Leila Flynn, Mable Watkins, Leona Bovee and Lenore Ramsay enjoyed a picnic at the city park Monday. Ragen’s Crossing—A family reunion was held at the home
of John Ragen Sunday.
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