[email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > WIEAUCLA-D Digest Volume 98 : Issue 40 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [WIEAUCLA-L] Old News, 19 Septembe [Nance Sampson <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from WIEAUCLA-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [WIEAUCLA-L] Old News, 19 September 1998 > Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 11:11:19 -0500 > From: Nance Sampson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > I'm opening up a new "old" edition of the Daily Telegram of Eau Claire, > WI. This one is from Thursday, 26 March 1942. For some reason, this > particular paper is much more aged than the others -- a deeper shade of > brown and much more crumbly. But I will carefully open it and see what > treasures are inside. Just by glancing at the first several pages, I > see there are some obituaries that will need to be posted. Speaking of > which, William Ager has very graciously contributed to the obituary fund > by sending an obituary of his great-great-grandmother, Gurolle B. AGER. > There are quite a few surnames connected to this obituary, so you might > want to check it out at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireObits. If > you find something that is useful in this obit, then you'll want to > check out the biography of William's great-great-grandfather, Waldemar > AGER at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/EauClaireBios for > even MORE information. Thanks again, William, for your help! > > Now the old news: > > $1,200 Damage Caused by Fire > Blaze Originates in Partition Near Chimney > > Damage estimated at about $1200 was caused by a fire at the home of Mrs. > Ella Matson, 2509 Peebles street, at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. > > The blaze, which started during absence of members of the family, > originated in a partition near a chimney, Fire Chief Lawrence Smith > said. Mrs. Matson left home about 7 a.m. and had a fire in a heating > stove. Damage to contents is about $700 with damage to the house about > $500. A relative living near saw smoke seeping out and called firemen. > The blaze spread to the attic and roof. > > A chimney fire was extinguished at the Frank Ausman home, 315 Ninth > Avenue, at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday. No damage resulted. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Well, by now the Tri-County Genealogy meeting is in full swing. Sure > wish I could've been there, but there's just too many irons in the fire > here at home! I'm hoping for a good report from one of our members > though! Hope you all have a great weekend planned. > -- > Nance Nance: I made the _drive_, too, and enjoyed the Tri-County Meeting, last Saturday. Even for someone whose been into genealogy a long time, I found a few _new_ ideas on how to tackle information on immigration records for one of my ancestors from Larry Lynch's presentation. I'm also _in love_ with a different computer genealogy program so I have to figure out how I can get it (moneywise). It's too bad you couldn't be there. Wyn JONAS