Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-09

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1000
Clarence Taylor, a young married
farmer living near Mineral Point, was
found dead in the fields where he had
been WORKING. The family had been
away the night before and did not not
ice Taylor's absence until they found
the body, ~ei 49,.
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A car driven by Chester Evans, a
Big Bend farmer, turned turtle in the
road between Big Bend and Muskego,
when a tire blew out. The machine
left the road, turning turtle twice into
ditch, pinning the farmer beneath it.
Evans died later of internal injuries.
1000
Tapioca pudding is said TO nave
caused the second case of ptomaine
poisoning on a large scale this summer
at DEVILS Lake near Baraboo. This
time it was the girls of the Episcopal
church choir and their two men guests
who were worked on all night by five
doctors. Finally all werc pronounced
out of danger.
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Joseph Murphy, Milwaukee me-
chanic, was killed and two compan-
ions injured when an oil tank explod-
ed in the Milwaukee road blacksmith
shops. Murphy was hurled several
feet alighting on pile Of iron. Flames
broke out at once, but were checked
by the men.
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Getting his hand caught in hay
fork pulley was dangerous proceed
ing for Kenneth Cocroft, a Richland
county youth, who received two badly
mangled fingers. The Cocroft faml-
" has three children, all of whom
have been injured severely on the
hands at one time or another.
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Eating pressed chicken at farm
ers' picnic held at DEVILS Lake was
disastrous for the families of G. HAIL
EFT and A. L. Capener, who were taken
i'll with ptomaine poisoning. Eight
people in all were worked over for
two hours by two doctors, who final
Iy pronounced the patients out of dan
ger.
Hans Amundson, 43, Bloomer, father
of five children, drowned in the lake
near Chippewa Falls, when his boat,
in which he and two companions were
fishing, struck a stump and capsized.
Amundson started to swim ashore,
but was seized with cramps. The
other two men could not swim, but
held to the overturned boat.
900.
A series of neighborhood quarrels
at Shopiere, resulted in the shooting
of Charles Shimmeal by G. ]. Capman,
a neighbor. The direct cause of the
shooting was due to Shimmeal's throw
ing stone at COW belonging to Cap
man. Shimmeal, not severely inJur-
ed. was taken to Beloit hospital and
Capman placed under arrest.
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Alton Peterson, years old, son OF
Andrew Peterson, of Grantsburg, was
instantly killed while spending the
night in the home of his grandmother
at Wood lake. A bolt of lightning
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struck the house demolishing the Chin
neys and tearing the plaster off the
walls in several rooms. Alton was
killed and several other persons in
the building severely shocked.
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Peat fires caused some damage at
Necedah where the dry weather made
6rEY A
farmer named Yates found the lire
burning in his cornfeld and summon
ed help to check the blaze which If
continued would have ruined his crop
and destroyed the top soil. Thousands
of acres of marsh lands were burned
in the year 1886 when a prolonged
drought occurred.
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Warren Oakley of Mountain, employ
ed in constructing a track for hay
fork on the farm of William Greene,
met his death in a violent manner.
Oakley was being hauled, or hoisted,
up a distance of forty feet to the track
by means of the hayfork rope. BY
some means the carriage rolled along
/ the rope and struck oakley on the
fingers causing him lose his hold. He
/ fell the entire distance to the ground
and only lived one hour.
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/ William Heron, an Evansville jani-
/ tor, was deprived of $3.50 by a Negro
bandit who showed a revolver in his
face and demanded him to come
across" The bandit then went to the
depot and surprised the agent, get
ting S45 in cash. A man named
Claude Rogers, who was waiting for
a train, heard the commotiOn and went
to investigate. Rogers was relieved
of $40, while the agent and and his
wife stood with their hands above
their heads. A strenuous search is
being conducted for the robber.
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DePere fishermen, are shipping
hundreds of baskets of fresh water