Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-16

Spying a broken rail on the track
of the Milwaukee railroad, Anna
STANCE, of Plymouth, proved her brav-
cry by tagging a wayfreight. The
train slowed down while passing the
place of danger and a fagman was
left to flag No. 6, a passenger soon
due. Miss STANCES action prevented
a serious accident.
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A severe case of infantile paralysis
was reported last Wednesday at Sun
Prairie where the infant child of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Nordness is seriously
i'll. Grave fears are felt for the child's
4 recovery. Four new cases Of infan-
tile paralysis were reported to the state
board Of health last Wednesday, bring
ing the total for the state up to thirty
five. One new case was from Depere
and three from Green Bay.
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Policeman Dan Deneen of La Crosse,
in attempting to arrest four men
who claimed to be l. w. W. agents,
was fired upon dozen times and then
beaten. The four men escaped, but
were captured when a riot call was
sent in for them. They gave the
names of John May, Harry Johnson;
Howard Burgess and Ole Gordon. They
were charged with holding up and
robbing a brakeman in the Milwaukee
yards.
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Charles w. Clark of Oshkosh, shot
and killed his wife and then shot
himself. The couple had been living
apart for some time. Mrs. Clark was
on her way to work at a match fac
tory, when he husband stepped out
from behind a tree and shot her four
times He then turned the revolver
upon himself. The woman died ill
stantly Clark, seriously injured, was
taken to a hospital Their two child
rem are living with Clark's mother.
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William Story and Jane White were
sweethearts in New York state fifty
three years ago The youthful lovers
became separated and Story moved
west, settling at Cedarville in Marin
cite county. Story married, and a
few years ago his wife died. Recently
he learned that his old sweetheart
was living at Buffalo and an investiga-
ton followed with the result that Will
liam and Jane at the ages Of 20 and
6S years, were married at Menominee
last week.
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The town of Mt. Pleasant, south of
Racine, was swept by tornado last
week that covered an area one mile
in length and y mile wide. Large
greenhouses and numerous barns and
other buildings were blown down and
damaged, part of the wreckage being
swept into the lake. Large poles on
the interurban system between Keno
sha and Racine, were torn down and
great trees thrown over the railroad
tracks by the storm. No persons were
injured.
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Arthur Kopelein, an express en-
ploye at FIT. Atkinson, fell from the
car upon which he and his fellow en-
ployes had finished loading a 2200-lh
iron casting, and landed on the depot
platform. Kopelein struck his ankle
in such a way as to cause his ankle
bone to turn over and break through
the flesh and outside skin. Kopelein
was taken to a hospital where the
physicians found the wound to be ser
ious, but the ankle bone solid. Such
a sprain is said to be worse than
break.
The buggy driven by Edwin Becker
of Jefferson county and occupied by
himself and wife and little daughter,
was hurled twenty feet when a car
came up from behind and struck the
vehicle. The Becker family were
thrown out and Becker received a bad
cash on the forehead and was knock
ed unconscious. His wife suffered two
broken collar bones, and other bad
injuries. The little girl, aged 3, was
unframed. The car driver was fined
heavily the next day in the Fl. Akin
son courts for careless driving.
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Three deaths from heat in the har-
est fields was the toll near Baraboo in
one week. Albert Harms of Westfield,
became stricken and lived only few
hours. Fred Bush, employed on
farm near Wards Corners, was over
come and did not live long enough to
see his wife who was away visiting
and rushed to his bedside. James
Christler Of Lodi, dropped to the floor
of the binder he was operating and
was found when the horses had wan
dered to the house. Mr.. Christler
passed away without recognizing any
one.
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Mrs. Charles SAFE, Is years old,
went berry picking with friends in a
swamp near Aniwa, and became sep
arated from the party. Mrs. SAFE