Sep. 17—Sept. 17, 1917

New Franklin school opens

The new Franklin school at Allouez opened today after a delay of two weeks due to work going on in the building. The opening of the school was not sufficiently advertised so that many of the children did not know that they were to enroll today. Considerable increase is expected tomorrow morning.

The building is now completed and in readiness to carry on the regular work of the graded school and junior high school as well. Regular classes will be commenced in the morning as books were given out and lessons assigned today.

Telegram is 'back home'

The Telegram moved across Tower Avenue into its rebuilt place of business at 1017-1019 Tower Avenue over the weekend. A procession of drays, linotype operators and reporters, the latter carrying typewriters and other fragile but easily portable furniture, all gave evidence of the migration.

Within a few days the business and editorial offices and the mechanical equipment will be settled and running as smoothly as before, making the plant the best possessed by any newspaper in a city the size of Superior in the country.

Waters of bay hold mystery

Swallow identity of unknown who falls to death of bridge.

Vain search has been made for the body of the liquor-crazed stranger who fell to his death from the interstate bridge at an early hour Sunday morning. Nothing concerning his identity has been learned by the police and efforts to trace him before he boarded a Duluth-Superior car here and got off at 1200 Garfield Avenue have been unavailing.

Fifteen minutes after he alighted he was discovered hanging on the rear gates of a Superior car. The car was stopped while the conductor removed the man from his perilous position. He then tried to enter the car, in which 90 passengers were riding, but was refused admission because of his objectionable condition.

While the conductor tried to get the man off the tracks, the draw bridge opened suspending traffic.

The motorman and an employee of the corporation joined the conductor in an attempt to quiet the stranger, who by that time had become enraged and was yelling abusive and profane epithets at society in general.

Finding him beyond reason, the traction workers turned their backs, thinking he might desist if ignored, when either in renewed frenzy or with the idea of attracting attention, the man yelled: "I'll jump off the bridge."

Before eye-witnesses realized his intention, the inebriate flung himself more at, than over, the railing, landing on his stomach. He made a struggle that looked like an effort to save himself as he tumbled to his death below.

Two die when vessels crash

The fish boat Viking, belonging to Samuel Fagel & Sons, wholesale fish dealers, Duluth, collided with a scow in Lake Superior last night outside Duluth; and Samuel Fagel, junior member of the firm of owners was drowned as well as Captain William Cook the only other occupant of the death craft.

Captain George Lower of the tug Childs Ferris that was towing the scow stated today that he believed the Viking tried to run between the tug and the scow and was thrown against the latter with sufficient impact to crush the lighter boat.

Captain William Cook disappeared at the time of the accident, and his body has not been found.

The lifeless form of Samuel Fagel was taken from the water filled hold of the Viking this morning.

Amnicon Falls to have new church

A new church at Amnicon Falls will probably be the result of a meeting held there yesterday at the close of a mass conducted by Father A Gagnon. Those who will be members of the proposed congregation seemed to be well disposed towards the proposition. It will be further discussed at the next meeting to be held at the close of a service Sunday, Sept. 30.

The people were so appreciative of the service held yesterday, Father Gagnon says, that they asked him to return the fifth Sunday in the month. This service will be held at 9:15 or 15 minutes before the train comes in, for the benefit of Sunday visitors to summer homes.

Where is the state line?

Oh where, oh where is our boundary line?

Oh where, oh where can it be?

Superiority might well adopt this as a sort of slogan, with the resumption of hearings on the boundary line between Wisconsin and Minnesota begun in the United States District Court room at the Federal building this morning. All the legal talent brought to bear by both states and others interested in the location of the boundary appeared for the renewal of the argument this morning.

The Wisconsin claim is that the boundary line follows the old channel of the St. Louis River, in use before the present channel was dredged, which extended close to the Minnesota shore. If such is the case, the Carnegie Fuel company and the Zenith Furnace company find about one-half of their plants in Minnesota and the other in Wisconsin.

Sept. 19, 1917

Auto truck driver doesn't like poles

John Fox, automobile delivery truck driver for Hawkins' laundry, is in sympathy with the movement to have electric and telephone wires put underground. He did his best last night by trying to remove a telephone pole on the northwest corner of Ogden Avenue and Fourteenth Street with his truck. The attempt was not altogether successful and resulted in some damage to the automobile.

Sep. 19, 1947

Check-passer faces count after long joy-ride in cab

A warrant charging Curtis Liind, 26, 3922 East Third Street, with issuing of checks without sufficient funds was issued by Judge Claude Cooper Friday following complaints of a Superior taxi-cab company and a Douglas County tavern operator.

Lind, according to information supplied to police and sheriff departments, is alleged to have taken a cab from Superior last Saturday, spent the week-end joy-riding in Minneapolis, returning to the Head of the Lakes, then paying for his trip with a worthless $50 check.

The warrant also charges that Lind passed three checks — each for $25 — at Happyland tavern just outside the city limits on Highway 2 and 53. Complainants are Fran Gucinski, operator of Happyland, and A.J Tremaniar, driver of the cab which Lind took to Minneapolis and return.

Articles and pictures courtesy of retired librarian Judy Aunet with Superior Public Library.