Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-12-13


interurban var between Green Bay and
Kaukauna
That 100000 acres of marsh land in
Rusk county ultimately will be drained
at a cost of $2,O0O,000 is the belief of
Warren Moore, county surveyor. The
project has been proposed number
of times.
Congressman NJ j. Nelson of the
Third district, recently reelected,
filed a statement in the Office of the
secretary of state declaring that he
had spent $73883 for campaign pur-
poses.
The estate of Charles Hardness of
New York City paid an inheritance
tax Of $35, 564.66 to the state. Hank
ness owned stock in the Chicago &
North Western road and in the Mil
waukee Electric Railway and Light
company.
When her brother, Jacob, aged 6, and
Cecile Meier, aged Z fell through the
ice into the river at Sheboygan Falls
while trying to rescue their pet dog,
15-year-old Virginia Fessler broke
channel through the ice with her fists
and rescued both.
A Sheboygan fireman will have a
chilly task to perform every morning
. this winter Chief Trotter, formerly
of o,,1yo hoc ND %hok
be cut into the ice at the river every
day to enable the engine to get water
without delay in case Of fire.
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About 100 parent-teachers associa-
tons, mothers clubs and child welfare
circles have been formed in the state,
, according to a survey that has just
been completed by Mrs. Duane Mowry
Milwaukee. She urges organizations
, state.
Madison knows nothing about the
, high cost of living in the price of tur-
keys and meats, but an instance has
come to light that shows the real eff
feet Of soaring prices. The Madison
Y. w. C. A. has just announced raise
! in the price of a cup of hot water from
1 cent to cents.
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, The stealing of livestock, poultry
, and vegetables has become so general
in st. Croix county that the county
board has offered a reward of 500 for
evidence leading to the conviction Of
the culprits 1t is suspected that the
raids have been made by an organized
gang operating with automobiles out
of ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
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Hugh McVey of Wrightstown was
sentenced to two years at Waupun,
after having been found guilty by a
jury Of charge of assault with in
tent to murder. McVey was charged
with having attacked his wife with a
gun. The bullet lodged near the heart.
1t was brought out in the trial that
McVey tried to "shoot up the whole
family"
Hazel Bradford, 10 years old, the
daughter of Wesley Bradford farm
was run down and injured at James
> vile by an automobile driven by Viii
liam Fleek of Brodhead No bone
fractures were discovered and the only
: evident injuries were two bad cuts,
: one across the forehead and the other
on the left side Of the face
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: Although he is suffering from the
effects of a paralytic stroke, David
Eaton Fond du Laos Oldest resident,
observed his 1O1st birthday recently.
He was born in Lisbon, N. Y, and has
been a resident of Fond du Lac more
than fifty years. He attributes his long
life to the fact that he has spent the
greater part of it in the open, having
" been employed for many years as a
log driver on the river.
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In view of the stories in Chicago
that members Of the Wisconsin Ma
tiOnal Guard returning from the bord-
er would not take the federal oath I'M
, der the Hay defense act, requiring
;. years reserve duty, Col J. G. Salz-
man, assistant adjutant general says
that every member Of the Wisconsin
organized militia who served on the
J border and has now returned took the
oath under the national defense act.
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t Elvina GoetZke the year old daugh-
C ter Of Albert Goetzke of Wausau, was
S killed at SchOfeld by an automobile
n driven bv Thomas RYAN of Ke1Iy He
d is alleged to have been intoxicated
S and is held for trial under So 1000 bond
e charged with manslaughter. Charles
e Wendorf, a saloonkeeper, asserted on
o the scene Of the accident that the au-
d tomObile and not the driver was res
t ponsible. He was assaulted by Rhine
: hart GOetzke, uncle Of the girl, and a
fight ensued He was arrested by the
sheriff