Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-17
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story balcony of his parents home
and landed on the sidewalk below.
His injuries are serious.
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Miss Mildred Wall, teacher in the
town of Newbold school near Rhine
lander, lost her voice very suddenly
while conducting classes. The use of
the vocal organs returned few days
later as suddenly as it had left.
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Mrs. Paul Balos, of Amigo, drowned
herself in a shallow well while suf-
fering from loneliness. The family
had recently moved from Chicago and
Mrs. Balos wanted to return. She
leaves a husband and three children.
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A GAINESVILLE street car struck Mar
tin Williams and wife, farmers living
five miles north of the city and re-
duced their carriage to fragments.
the man and wife were taken to the
hospital badly hurt.
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Henry Stricken of Chicago, a prom
inent attorney connected with the Mil
waukee road, was instantly killed at
Green Bay when lightning struck a
tent occupied by himself and a 49,
year-oId son. The son was only
slightly injured.
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The high winds of last week carried
sparks to the home of Fred Yonkers
of Scofield and after the structure
had been consumed, carried the blaze
to other buildings. Prompt action
by local firemen prevented a serious
disaster.
Walter Kern of Madison, and Alton
Davidson of Verona, automobiling
north of GAINESVILLE, were thrown from
the car when a mishap in the gear
caused the car to get beyond Kern's
control Kern's neck was broken and
Davidson received severe injuries.
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Geo. Cliff, of Union, farmer aged
80 years, was MORALLY hurt when the
high winds lifted the hayrack he was
riding on from the wagon and threw
it to the roadside. Cliff was buried
beneath the wrekage for long per-
iod. He received internal injuries.
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The body of Louis Anderson, deck
hand on the steamer Paul L. of the
Clark and LeFevre Packet line of
Oshkosh, was found floating in the
Wolf river at Fremont on Sunday of
last week. Anderson was drowned
at Fremont on April %.
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The electric storm of Sunday night
of last week destroyed several barns
in Iowa county, one of them on the
farm of John wager, a tenant living
near Ridgeway. One barn was burned
near STANDARD and another south of
Mineral Point.
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Conductor George Nutting of the La
Crosse street car system made trip
through the flooded district after the
recession of the high water and, while
waiting at the end of the line saw a
huge carp floundering in pool of wa
ter close to the track. Mr.. Nutting
caught the fish with his bare hands
and took it home.
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George Kartos of Milwaukee, a
Greek, aged 81 years, shot and wound
ed Ida Rindelbacher, a Is year old do
nestle of WatertOwn, who refused to
marry him. The shooting occurred in
Milwaukee, where Kartos had follow
ed the girl. Judge Backus administer
ed an eight years penitentiary SEN
tence.
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In the midst of terrific gale that
swept from the southwest through
Wisconsin and drove across the great
lakes into Canada, the steamer r. S.
Kirby of Detroit, used in ore trans
port from Duluth to Erie, broke in two
last week and went down off Eagle
Harbor, 1914 miles east of Duluth. On
!. ly two men out of a crew of % sea-
men were saved. 1t is supposed that
the strain of fighting the seas found
weak spot in the vessel.
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George Jordan, aged 8, of Ports
mouth, told the authorities that his
u1OLu6I ndu met u6I u0dIn DIT
the hands of his father, but confessed
to the crime himself when confronted
by his younger brother, Fred, aged
8 years. The boy, when questioned
said that he accidentally shot his pa
rent while playing with a shotgun he
did not know was loaded. His first
story was that his father had shot his
mother because the latter failed 70
have breakfast early enough in the
morning.
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After Mrs. Edith B. Holt, of Kenosha
wife of F. d. Holt, prominent farmer
of Kenosha county, had pleaded gull
ty to continued misconduct with Mil
lard Riley, a former employee, the
husband appeared in court and made
strong plea for her release. Mrs
Holt and Riley were arrested follow
ing their being found together in an