Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-09
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Thomas r. Ryan of Oconto, aged 90,
was a victim of sunstroke that came
on while he was lying on the grass in
his yard.
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Ed Nelson. a Barnveld farm hand,
was found dead in bed following an
illness of one day. Nelson was a wild
over and left no family.
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Thieves at Milton Junction entered
a drug store and took SIS during the
night time No clues were left be-
hind, beyond broken window.
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Smashing the gunstock over tn head
of his hired man may be costly pro-
ceeding for SEVERN RoOmunson, a
Stevens Point farmer. Joseph Kos
tuch, the employee, brought charges
against Roomunson.
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Grass fires on the reclaimed Buena
Vista marsh near Stevens Point, have
summoned the efforts of large crowds
of men to fight them. Hay and rye
fields and fences have been burned
over by the flames.
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John Lemkuhl, a Logansville farm
er, was found dead in his cornfield
with his neck broken. 1t is supposed
that Lemkuhl was driving with the
lines around his neck when the
horses ran away.
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August Bahr, of Merrill, drove
proudly down the street with his new
automobile on its first trip. Turning
a corner he got in the way of a fire
truck returning from a fire. The new
car was demolished.
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Waldron o. Harvey, aged p, a ma
tive of Cornwall, England, was killed
in a mine cave-in near Linden. The
falling rock covered Harvey and death
came at once. He had only been in
America year.
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Oliver Gagnon, aged Is, of Couil-
lardville. drowned in the river near his
home while swimming with two other
boys smaller than himself. The sur
viving youngsters rushed home and in
formed his parents of the tragedy.
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His sons grave was selected as the
spot TO commit suicide by William
r. Hill of La Crosse. With bullet
hole through his head Hills lifeless
body was found stretched across the
l.
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Jack Bratner, a North Western
switchman, was killed at Ashland
when seven ore cars went into the
ditch. A few hours before fireman
named Edward Williams, fell under
the wheels of an engine and lost a
leg. ir
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John Schmidt, a substantial farmer
living in Bear Valley, Richland coun-
". dropped dead while lighting his
pipe after the evening meal. Schmidt
was a man of rugged health, and his
sudden end came as a great shock to
his family.
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county barn of Albert Hillberry, re-
siding on ByTds creek, is supposed to
have caused a fire that destroyed two
barns and a machine shed. Careless
ness on the part of laborers is sup
posed to have caused the fire.
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Gustave Schneider, aged 45, at one
time cashier in st. Louis, Mo-, bank,
was arrested at Oconomowoc, after
being searched for by the police OF
st. Louis for nearly two years.
Schneider, it is said, embezzled $780,
600, but had nothing left when found.
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Because Mrs. Hattie Stepnack, en-
gagged in the comic pastime of walking
on the railroad tracks near Junction
City and compelling the train crews
TO stop in order to remove her from
the rails, the Stevens Point courts
fined the woman.
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Yeggmen made a desperate but in
effectual attempt to dynamite the
pOstOffice at Clayton, a small town
near New Richmond. The safe was
blown open, but before the inner door
could be forced a posse of citizens
gathered and frightened the thieves
away. Many shots were exchanged
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The two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Disrud of Perry, was run
over by an automobile and MORALLY
injured while the family were spend
ing the Sunday on a pleasure trip to
see the power dam at Prairie du Sac
The child received a fractured skull
and never regained consciousness.
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4 p'ufuse amount of small change
and exceeding generosity at a picnic
brought about the undoing of Merton
Simmons, GAINESVILLE, aged 20, who is
locked up on charge of having burgl
ed the cash till of a saloon, taking