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LS1-It:hELKS TO DEDICATE THEIR CLUB HOUSEt-%‘K'Oiriifflthe «drivigreaandan trotmCouithesirengerhThe 'ceremonies for the dedicationof the new Elk’s Club house will, occur next Saturday and Sunday andthe indications are now that there w'll be a targe crowd in attendance.The services will be commenced Sat-urday evening, but on Sunday the j ^ real dedicatory ceremonies will tak--ilace when it is expected that, toe stale officers will be present, as well as delegates from most of the lodges10 The thlwaukee lodge wil! lni^i!^ethe class of candidates on Sunday afternoon, the Milwaukee detegaUon tofollowing program has pared for Sunday. ^ 0rcbegtraOpen dig Ceremonies,. .W. J- ConwayDistriel Deputy arand Kxalted Ru-o ler officiating assisted by Gianu Lodge officers. ......0reheatradesiautcbiteovetSpG6 mol: it u lt;?rciWelconiV.*• • *• C. * A. Normlnglon, Exalted Ruler. Mulroy. , ... ,Past Grand Exalted Ruler.. . .John RobertsVocal Solo.......- • *;Joll“, ,A Message from the Grand Lodg~ William B. Schad, Grand EsteemedLecturing Knight. 0rchegtrJLccro’ Job was tO : Cro roti the der Jme: tiei: iu t ior‘^HiLUng tlie Trail in'Wisconsin'’ Otto R Rocnius, President of the StaleVoS“- a A-NoriningtouEleven O’clock Toast” . .E. W. Vtenj-feldor. Past Exalted Ruler, Mil-waukoe Lodge.Closing Ceremonies.An Early Wisconsin. !ncl. Wisconsin fortunately neverbeen the scene of many duels, in tho southwestern lead mining dis-trict, liowever, where the Sm.tBeraInfluences predominated i i thef -irlipv clay, personal encountei s of litis -kind occasionally' look '’place^ One of the most remarkable ot theseoccurred in 1835 between Col. 1. B. Shaunce. a well known Uodgevi cwit, and an Irishman named McMur irv The Irishman being the dial-| t'V Tile Irlbwnuniienger Shaunce chose t.he weaponsSocks, at a distance of forty feet,ru!11 lie r Party to stir from his tracks^VS'news of the “affair of honor” having leaked cut, on the day of the encounter, a large crowd assembled at the appointed place of meeting, near the mouth oif an o.lt;I mining shaft just outside the vil lage of Dodgevllle. The two cipala appeared with ; their *econldalmucorbethiujurtoKeMeJo.SuonroiTl:Hi the appointed thro and Shaunce was called upon to Indicate whae his opponent should station lumself,Tie coolly proposed that McMurtry stand at the boLtom of the shaft.baclpcr.isVsiz-triyFjSLUIIU ■*lt;- me ------- , fn-rivwhich happened to be l?3t forty re feet deep, while he would sUnd a re the top. For once an Irishman was ' the victim instead of the pcrpetra- « tor of a practical joke. Of course tho arfair was called off, and. Ue whole crowd adjourned to a nearby tavern to drink at the Irishman sexpense.—Wisconsin History Bulletin.II
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Grand Rapids Tribune
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Apr 14, 1915
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