Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17


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Dewey Jacobsen, a DOdgeville youth
OF lis years, fell and broke his wrist
while running.
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BichIoride Of mercury is supposed
to have caused the sudden death of
Evelyn Cordes of Sugar Bush, Junior
in the New London high school.
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Constance St. Clair, an old resident
Of Green Bay, committed suicide by
hanging. His body was found by his
daughter hanging from a barn raft
eT.
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Stephen Mand of Racine, factory
empIoye. dropped dead when a steel
splinter from a shattered pulley in
the Wallace Tractor plant, pierced his
heart.
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Charles Labauch of Oshkosh, was
blown from the roof of a residence in
that city during a high wind, and
landed on the ground. His right arm
was broken.
Fifty years in the state prison was
the sentence melted out to Frank Eng
man. the Superior gunman, who
pleaded guilty to the charges of rob
berry and murderOus assault.
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Thomas Mason, a veteran engineer
of the North Western road and re-
tired on a pension, was drowned in a
squall Oh Lake Winnebago, when the
skiff ne was fishing in capsized.
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Lawrence Larson of Lacrosse, aged
z years, disappeared while skating on
the streets and is being sought for by
his parents ant the police. AS his
people are poor, kidnapping is not sus-
pected.
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Fourteen bales of broom corn, crop
of 1912, shipped from Green Bay to
ShebOygan, disappeared enroute and
is being looked for. The bales weigh
Cd 800 pounds each and are valued at
ten cents a pound.
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Hunters on the farm of julius Cous
ms of near Beloit, found six young
wolves in one lair. Parts of carcass
es Of lambs and rabbits were also
found in the nest The young men
will receive bounty of $50.
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More than $1,000 in cash was stolen
by thieves who blew the door off the
safe in the Orpheum theater, Madison,
and escaped. Four hours start was
gained by the yeggmen before the rob-
berry was discovered and no clues were
left behind.
Edward Carney of Kenosha, care
Iessly mixed his tobacco with an I'M
ploded cartridge when he filled his
pipe, and is now suffering from pain
full wound. The cartridge exploded
when the pipe was lit and, after go
ing through Carney's cheek, buried it
self in the ceiling.
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Judge Dan A. Richards of Sparta,
dismissed Claude Calkins of Tomah
from custody when the latter was tried
on a burglary charge. Bloodhounds
put on the robbers trail led the way
ed this insufficient evidence to justi-
fy a prosecution.
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Edgar G. Doudna, principal of the
Richland Center schools, has resigned
to be effective with the closing of the
school year and will accept a position
as instructor in English at the Eau
Claire normal school, Mr.. DOudna
held a high place in the esteem of
the Richland Center people.
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Rafaella Andriacchi of Mir cral Point
the Italian on trail at Dodgeville for
the murder of Frank Bertucci, Decem-
Der last, was acquitted by a jury that
voted unanimously in favor of the de-
PENDANT The witnesses in the case
were all Italians AMI their testimony
had to be taken through an interpre-
ter.
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Mrs. Otillie Kraemer of Appleton,
waxed wroth when her daughter Myra
sat on a clothes reel with a young
man who had escorted the young lady
home. Mrs. Kraemer threw a club in
tending to hit the escort but instead
struck Myra in the face cutting deep
gashes. The young man did not wait
for the second test of accuracy.
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While Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kind,
Of Van Dyne, were in Milwaukee at
tending the funeral of a relative, their
home caught fire from locomotive
spark and burned to the ground. The
high winds carried the burning en-
bers to other houses and for a while
the entire village was threatened. Van
Dyne has no fire department and the
citizens used buckets, finally subdu-
ing the blaze.
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One days use of a new touring car
was about all that was obtained by