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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07

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NEW YORK. Jan. 2 Mfs Nellie
henson Lester of Brooklya Is the
champion woman bowler Of the
east. who has never met defosl
and n open 70 challenge She holda
many trophies aud wil probably
participate In the 1905 tournament
Of the A Il G. At Cincinnati
In 1895. In spmauB match. she
rollcd gsa. which wss then De
olarcd the highest figure ever
RULED by woman Some months
later she ruilsa gts In a match
With Mias Rertna Wilson ~ Fhii#
aarlpbsa recv~tly I'm n match
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an average - iRa haF ~ hsnsa.
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the 0es4cnaas hsssaae esp. ths Bad
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cup. fhs foaae f'bef cup aha The
Eishirado woman tuurnsmeut md
Al
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lear tta1azss bieyeiizs So No.
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riding has nuch 20 a. wtth hsr sue.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07

Two men attempted 10 walk from
Shelton. Wash to Mohieaano. They
berame inat ia the woods aud one
died The other ass only found IN
time 90 prevent him from EoinR
fa4inE mad
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07
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Victor n sseekntsn Who went
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~ the regular sserttHE to-day
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07
NOME TAkEs GANG


CHEYENNE. WA, Jau Z, {.
Last nigbt the Nome has I
kethall team defeated the 10 I
Gals by n score OF 3S 90 ~ 1
The same was an exciting one .
aud was played before large
} audience
49, Nesss 80 80 4 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07

fad leisure. recreation ana fua
in bowling Witch cannot b. found
IN an otheF apoft shuw ms q pas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-07

r. Seattle. Popular vaudeville liou,e rbes rsrans
II naly $50 sseats
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
SISTERS ARE KIDNAPPED.
Thought Girls Are Being Held for
Observation-Disclosures Is Hfnted.

Thought Girls Are Being Held for
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Is Hinted.
The towns of Somers and Paris, in
KenOsha county, are greatly wrought UP
over the alleged kidnapping of Gertrude
and Dorothy Biehn, daughters of Jacob
Riehn, & farmer, who disappeared from
their home at 10 o'clock on recent night
and of whom no trace can be found. Mr..
and Mrs Biehn had retired an hour be-
fore the disappearance of the girls, and
had left them sitting in a hammock on
the lawn 1t is declared that closed
carriage pulled up to the house and that
man was heard to demand the two
young women to enter the carriage which
they did. The case is the more mySteri-
Gus on account of the fact that no motive
can be found for the alleged kidnapping.
The father of the girls came to Kenosha
and appealed to the county judge for aid
i'll locating his daughters, but the judge
declared that he could do nothing in the
matter. and Biehn sought an attorney to
secure the service of detectives. The
Biehn girls are aged IL an II years.
Their mother died several years ago, and
the father a year ago married Mrs. Anna
Schenkenberg of Milwaukee. During the
last few days a warning was sent to the
stepmother that a plan was being hatch
ed to kidnap them, and the parents kept
a close watch. Il am not certain that the
girls were taken away in carriage Mon
day night and that they did not leave
their home of their own volition," says
Mrs. Biehn. 1--WE believe they have been
taken by some relative who has secreted
them. l do not know what the motive
could be in spiriting the two girls away"
As Mr.. Biehn is wealthy many people in
the neighborhood believe the girls are be-
ing held for ransom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
WISCONSIN COUNTY FAIRS.
Dates and Places for Holding Agri-
cultural Exhibitions.

Adams-Friendship, Sept. % to "a.
characterization, Aug. 81 to %.
hippewa-Chippewa Falls, Sept. IA to 10.
Clark-Neillsville, Sept 1 to 4.
COlumbia-Kilbourn Sept. % to Oct. 2.
Columbia-LOdl, Sept. Z to 8.
Crawford-Gays Mills Oct 6 to 9.
Dane-Madison, Sept. % to Oct. ,.
Dodge-Beaver Dam, Sept. % 70 Oct. 3.
Dunn-Menomonie, Sept. to IL.
Fond du Lac-Fond du Lac, Sept 1 to f..
Grant-Platteville Sept. 1 to T.
Grant-Boscobel, Sept IS to Oct 2.
Grant-LancaSter, Sept 1 to 3.
Green-Monroe, Sept 8 to l..
Iowa-Mineral Point, Aug. IS to 81.
Jeferson-Watertown Sept. i to IS.
s Decentralization, Sept. 30 to %.
Juneau-MaustOn, Aug. % to ~.
La Crosse-La Crosse, Sept. 81 to 26.
: Observation-Disclosures Aug. % to %.
Langlade-Antigo, Sept "A to 27.
LincOln-Merrll, Aug. % to 81.
Observation-Disclosures, Aug. % to %.
Marathon-Wausau. Sept. l to 4.
Monroe-Tomah, Aug. IS to 21.
utagamie-Appleton, Sept. to II.
Ozaukee-C edarburg. Sept II to 3D.
Portage-Stevens Point, Sept to IL.
Price-Phillips. Sept. % to %.
Richland- Center, Sept. %
10 %
Rock-Evansville, Sept 1 to 4.
Rusk-Bruce, Sept. to II.
st. Croix-New Richmond, Sept. % to %.
Sauk-ReedSburg Aug. II to IA.
Sauk-BaraboO, Sept. % to %.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Sad Ta;A OF a Motorlst.


There was a man OF modest means.
But Inclinations gay,
Who sold a corner lot and bought
A motor car one day.
He closed his business up to ride
Within the big machine,
And parted with his diamond ring
To buy the gasoline.
Before. along the country roads.
The sUmac lit its fires,
He put q mortgage On his house
To purchase rubber tires;
And next he aJctioned off his beds,
His tables and his chairs
To give the car a coat Of paint
And make some slight repairs.
But speeding in the early dusk,
Without his lamps alight,
A man in blue and brass appeared
And stopped his dizzy fight
He didn't have single cent
To pay the fine imposed;
They took the auto for the debt,
And so the tale was closed.
Popular Mechanics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
MISSING; GIRLS ARE FOUND.
KenOsha Sisters Discovered Working
ut Racine.

KenOsha Sisters Discovered Working
at Racine.
The Misses Dorothy and Gertrude
Biehn, who disappeared from their home
near Kenosha, and for whom their par
ents had been fruitlessly searching ever
since, were found in Racine. One was
in the employ of Ii. Sears, on Washing
ton avenue, the other was working for
S. Reid on Kearney avenue. Both denied
that they had been kidnapped, but declar-
ed that they had left home because of
differences with their stepmother and be-
cause they had been compelled to work at
home at manual labor beyond their
strength They declared they had been
forced to do farm work of all kinds from
early morning until late at night and that
they had been made to bear indignities
of all kinds Both expressed willing
ness to return home if better conditions
We're assured
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
INDICTMENT OF ANIMALS.

Jurisgrudencc o. Middle Ages Re-
called by New Jersey Ordinance.
Montclairs new ordinance against
barking dogs has some resemblance tc
a singular feature Of the Jurisprudence
Of the middle ages, when animals were
indicted for injuries inflicted on human
beings The custom was not abolished
in France until the middle of the eigh-
teenth century, and the French court
records show that at least 90 such
trials took place between 1120 and
1741.
An early instance of the custom was
in 1914, when bull escaped from a
farm-yard in the village of Noisy, in
the duchy of Val0is, and gored a man
to death. The count of Yalois, being
Informed of the case directed that the
bull be captured and formally prose-
cuted for homicide. This was done,
and evidence was given by persons who
had seen the man attacked and killed
The bull was thereupon sentenced to
suffer death, after which the carcass
was suspended from tree by the hind
legs.
III 1886 a SOW was executed in the
square of Falaise for having caused
the death of a child, and three years
later a horse was condemned to death
at DIXON for having killed a man. In
1857 a sow and her six young ones
were tried at Lavegny, on the charge
of having killed and partially eaten a
child. The sow was convicted and con-
demned to death, but the little ones
were acquitted on the ground of their
extreme youth and ineXperience, the
bad example of their mother, and the
absence of direct evidence of their hav-
Ing partaken of the atrociOus feast
One of the most grotesque of these
trials took place in Basic, when a
farmyard cock was tried on the absurd
charge of having laid an egg. 1t was
cOntended in support of the prOsecu-
ton that eggs laid by cocks were of
inestimable worth for use in certain
magical preparations; that a sorcerer
would rather possess a cocks egg than
the elixir of life, and that Satan en-,
ployed witches to hatch such eggs, from
which proceeded winged serpents mos;
dangerous to mankind.
The prisoners advocate admitted tho
facts of the case, but contended that
no evil intention had been proved, and
that no evil result had taken place. Be
sides, the laying of an egg was an in.
voluntary act, >and as such was not
punishable by law. Also there was IO
record of the devil having made com,
pact with the animal. The public
prosecutor stated in reply that the evil
one sometimes entered into animals, as
in the case of the swine which drown
ed themselves in the Sea of Galilee.
SO the poor creature was convicted,
not as cock, but rs 4 sOrcerer, or
perhaps the devil iu the form of a
cock; whereupOn the bird and the
that was attributed 10 it were solemn
ly burned at the stake.-New York
Evening Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
TO CUT ADAMS COUNTY.
New Railroad VIII Run Through
Hitherto Untraversed Region.

Adams county will not long enjoy the
distinction of being the only county in
the State without a railroad. The Cen
trail Wisconsin Transit Company filed ar
ticles of incorporation in the Office of the
Secretary of State in Madison. The place
of business is at Kilbourn City and the
capital stock is $4,000. The proposed
road will be from Kilbourn City through
Adams county by way of Friendship into
Wood county, the terminal being at
Grand Rapids, a distance of about sixty
five miles. The incorporators are j. j.
Burns, G. f. Burns, George II. Camp
BELL William Sweet and G. B. Winter
mute. 1t has been suggested that perhaps
the railroad is being financed by the st.
Paul road which touches both at Kilbourn
City and at Grand Rapids, but makes
circuitous route to reach the latter place.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
MEET AT ocoNoMowoc.

Wisconsin League of NIunicipalitiea
to Hold Convention i'm September.
The annual convention of the Wiscon-
sin League of Municipalities will be held
this year Sept. ?, 3 and 4 at Oconomo-
woe. The league has arranged an at
tractive program for this years conven-
ton, and it is expected that a record,
breaking crowd will attend. A feature of
the sessions will be the illustrated lee
lures which will be given every evening
on subjects pertaining to municipal inn
provements. Prof. B. III. Meyer, chair
man of the State railroad commission,
will deliver an address on Public Utili-
ties
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
GROWING A MUSTACTIE.
A Time When Your Friends Get
Funny at You.

a Time When Your Friends Get
Funny at You.
Whether or not raising or attempting
to raise a mustache is crime, a fell
ony or a misdemeanor is very hard to
establish, but it is certain that it is
an Offense It must be, because if it
were not there would not be so much
comment from your friends and we'll
wishers Like having a toothache,
starting a mustache is invariably pro-
ductive of much advice, says the New
York Sun.
take it off ~ It's safe bet that
some one will tell you that the very
first time it becomes apparent what you
are intending That should be said
rather sneeringly. The only answer is
something as follows: "You guys that
can't raise hair on your upper lips are
all jealous"
did you forget to wash your face
this morning?" is one that is extreme
iy appropriate to the earliest stages
1t is used very often by some of our
best families. Some Of them do it
quite unconsciously. 1t is very help
full, because it can be said entirely
without thought The best possible
comeback is: mo, / didn't forget to
wash my face l always wash my face.
It's nothing new with me-"
There are more elaborate ones:
Question-Say, Bill, you must have
been awful careless when you were
dressing this morning.
Answer-HoW's that?
Q-DOn't you know after you brushed
your teeth you accidentally left the
toothbrush on your upper lip?
(Gr0ans.)
Also, there is another, where some
bright person comes up and asks:
GLOW do you spell it, with or without
the %" And when you ask, what"
he replies, "M(o )ustache." And so on.
There cannot really be anything
mean or debasing in attempting to
raise a hirsute decoration for the up
per lip, and some of the men who say,
Il believe in going clean-shaven," ought
to wear hair all over their faces as
an act Of charity to their fellow men.
Really, some persons would have their
looks improved by it.
One young man was pestered by WELL
intentiOned folks to know why he ever
started a fnustache. The reason he
gave was sufficiently fantastic to make
them believe him.
'You know" said he, I'm going to
Spain pretty soon, and over there about
the only clean-shaven persons are bull
fighters. They aren't in the highest
grade of society over there, and rather
than take chances of being mistaken
for a bullfighter I'm going to get mus
tache before | GO"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
TO INVESTIGATE MANS DEATH.
Foul Play Is Suspected In Connection
with Wnukesha Case.

An investigation of the death of George
James of Phillipsburg, Kan, former
resident of Waukesha county, whose body
was brought there for burial Monday,
will be made. There was no death certi-
ficate with the body when it arrived, but
the missing paper was subsequently found
in Chicago. James died practically pen
niless, but relatives claim that when he
was here several months ago to attend
the funeral of his brother that he had
about $4,000. An autopsy was held and
the stomach and intestinal organsSsent to
Milwaukee to be examined
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
MISSING FIANCE IN HOSPITAL.
ChicagOan Who Disappeared on
wedding Eve Is in Milwaukee.

ChicagOan Who Disappeared on
Wedding Eve Is in Milwaukee.
Ralph w. Eddy, the young Chicago
salesman who mysteriously disappeared
from the Pankinton House in Milwau-
kee recently on the evening of his we'd
ding to Miss Lucy Warren of Wooster,
Ohio, has been located at the Sacred
Heart Sanitarium, where he is undergoing
treatment Attending nurses in the alb
tence of DR.. Stack, refused to say any
thing of the nature of his illness, and it
is believed that his relatives are being
kept in ignorance as to his whereabouts.
They have repeatedly called at the news
paper offices, seeking information, and
declared that they were at loss to ex-
plain his disappearance, though satisfied
that he had not committed suicide.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
LUMBERMEN GO SCOT FREE.
$. G. Moon and j. T. Barber Are
Dismissed from Court.

Declaring that the indictment did not
state facts sufficient to constitute an of
tense, Judge J. V. Quarles, in the United
States District Court in Madison, dis
missed the case against S. G. Moon and
j. 7. Barber, the Eau Claire lumbermen
who were indicted in Idaho for alleged
conspiracy to defraud the federal govern
ment out of valuable timber lands. United
States District Attorney William @.
Wheeler, who prosecuted the case, will re-
port to Washington and await orders
from the department of justice. 1t is
probable that the case will be dropped.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
FISHERMEN ARE CONVICTED.
Former Federal Convict Caught
Fishing Illegally.

William Below and Harry Bettenhaus
were convicted at Oshkosh of illegal fish
ing with gill nets and each was fined $50
and costs or ninety days in the work
house. They took the workhouse end of
the sentence. Below is one of the men
who was convicted several years ago OF
robbing the postoffice at Van Dyne, for
which he served a term of three years in
the federal prison at Fort Leayenworth,
Kan. The two were arrested at Butte
des Morris
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Acta az aIniI Cnrrier.

The other morning visitors at the Fond
du Lac postefdce swere astonished to- see
a young woman acting as a mail carrier.
The woman carrier is Miss Josie Strait,
who is acting as a substitute for her
father, who has charge of rural route No.
3. Mrs Fred Wheeler is the only other
woman carrier in The county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
rnnnch owners Fine a.

DEPUTY Port Collector Thomas b.
Mills has assessed fines ftoraling $1,000
against the owners Of eight launches at
Superior. The fines range from 500 to
$500 in amount and are assessed because
the launch owners 9haVe been running
around the harbor without answering sig
nails. as REQUIRED by law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
Cranberries saved from Frost.

BY warning Wisconsin cranberry grow
ers of the approaching first frost of the
season Wednesday, Major Hersey, the
government forecaster in Chicago, prob
ably saved some of their crops. Flood
gates kept ready for such warnings at
many of the marshes were opened and
water run out over the berry grounds.
Later it was reported that little damage
had been done by the frost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
HORSES DIE IN DRovEs.

Peculiar Disease Attacks Equines I'm
Lake WinnebaGO Region.
Within a few days hundreds Of horses
along Lake Winnebago have died Of
peculiar disease, and horse owners are be-
coming alarmed. DIR. Herzog, the Chi
cago veterinarian, is preparing an anti
toxin to counteract the germs of the dis
ease, but it will be several weeks be-
fore his experiments will be completed.
The disease attacks the animals suddenly,
causing their death in three days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
CHIEF CAPTURES BAD MAN.
Confessed Thief Believed to Have
Record.

The Racine police have landed two bad
men, one said to be a noted Russian
thief They are Stanlaus Iwonow of
New Jersey and John Klaus of South
Milwaukee. They have confessed having
robbed Martin Walentaiska of $83 while
he was sleeping in a boarding house.
Iwonow answers to the description of
man who drugged Polish family of Ke.
nosha in July, getting away with $50
and four watches. Chief of Police Baker
is of the opinion that he /, is wanted in
many cities
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
FARMERS WILL ORGANIZE.


Potato and Hay Growers AssOcia-
ton Closes Convention.
The Potato and Hay Growers Associa-
ton of the American Society of Equity
closed its business session in Grand Rap
ids Wednesday after perfecting plans for
a permanent organization. The following
directors were elected to carry on the
work Of the organization for the coming
year: f. W. Ploetz. Coloma; A. A.
Brekke, Rosholot; j. 3. Muller, Grand
Rapids; A. C. Elliott, Westfeld A. L.
Lamson, st. Croix; A. NJ Miller, Kau-
kauna, and II. Jobell, Knapp.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
HE DUG HIS OWN GRAVE.
Quindy Hayes Prepared for Death
Sixteen Years Age.


Quindy Hayes, a pioneer resident Of
Fond du Lac county, was found dead in
bed at--his home in Eden. He will be
buried in a grave that he dug at Rienzi
cemetery sixteen years ago. The previ-
Gus day Mr.. Hayes was in Fond du Lac,
and visited the cemetery for the purpose
of showing his son the grave. Mr.. Hayes
was 81 years old and is survived by two
sons and two daughters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02
ALONE IN WOODS TEN DAYS.
Aged Homesteader Found in Pitiab1o
Plight Near Bayfield,.

I-IIsMt = CIT oagHtIU,
Chris Bergland, aged 81, homesteader,
near Bayfield,, was brought to Ashland in
a paralyzed condition A stroke of paral-
ysis overcame him ten days before, and
he had subsisted alone in the woods since
that time on water and corn cakes. He
was taken to the hospital, where his con-
dition is said to be serious.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

A fly buzzes its wings at the rats
of $50 times a second.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-02

Every woman has cat or a dog
which kaows as much as human be-
Ng.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-15
GeHane

Everybody is listing corn nova
days.
u. S. Lands of Kiowa made a
business trip into this section last
Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid society met with
Mrs. D. G, McGinnis last Wednes.
day afternoon.
Gerlane has a famous base bali
team nowadays. Give them your
hearty support.
Mrs. Charley Gronemiar has been
on the sick list for the past few
days but is some better at this writ
ing.
Geo. Zimmerman has his new
barn completed which adds great
ly to the beauty of his home. The
dimensions of the new structure are
36x4o feet.
A new boy arrived at the home
of Clarence Martin and wife on
Tuesday, April 9TH. Everybody
doing nicely.
Oats are looking fine. w. R.
Gavin is the most extensive oats
grower in this neighborhood this
season.
There was a train, an actual
moving mass, passed through here
the other day and it being the first
train in daylight for a long time it
actually scared the natives.
Katie Lands visited with her
uncles, ]. B. Harbaugh and f. H.
Fitzgerald, last week. Katie used
to live three miles south of Gerlane
and is known by everybody here.
Bert Mathews, the industrious
young farmer across the way,is i'm
proving his farm by putting up a
fancy windmill. Bert always
knows good thing when he sees it..
Felix Lands ST., arrived here
from Kansas City last week. Mr..
Lands will probably stay here
during the warm part of the year.
He is an old settler here and is we'll
known all over the county.
The farmers who have land along
the section line one mile west from
Gerlane were compelled to set in
their fences to make the road wider
so as to accommodate the busy peo-
pie going to and from the metroP-
oils. Clarence Martin, road boss,
has the honor of being authority
along this line.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-04-15
The Life Of Jerry Simpson

The story Of the Life Of Jerry Simp-
son: published by his widow, with Annie
L. Digs author. is now out and on sale
/ he Index will review the book more
FULLY when more space is available, but
suffice it to say at this time that it is a
most interesting book and should be IN
every Barber county home-the home Of
the departed statesman at the time of hi.
achievements and his national fame.
The book IS on sale at most book
stores. but it it is not sold IN your town
you can get it by addressing Mrs. Siimip-
son at Wichita and enclosing SIPS.