Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-26
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"a dose Of lysOI instead of caster oil
caused the death Of little Viola Ander-
son. a Milwaukee infant. The medicine
was given in error.
1000
Levi c. Lake, aged 81, an OrmO
farmer and poultryman, dropped dead
from excitement when his barn burned.
He suffered from weak heart.
1000
Yeggmen blew open a saft in the
EIcho postofice and escaped with 500
in cash. Stamps and registered mail
was not disturbed. The thieves left
no trace
George X. Jones, a GAINESVILLE con-
tractor, was found dead in bed with a
gunshot wound in his body. III health
is supposed to caused him to commit
suicide.
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Joe Gardipee, who escaped from the
Brown county Jail, was captured at
Kenosha He will be taken to Wau-
pun for a years sentence on a bur-
glary conviction.
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A safeyt pin swallowed by the IS
months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ole
Anderson of STANDARD, lodged in its
throat and was removed by a physi-
clan. No harm was done by the his
hap.
James Brown of Elton, was con-
victed in the Amigo courts of having
slain his father, John Brown on
February Sth this year, and sentenced
to serve four years in Green Bay re
fOrmatory.
Ben Hackett of North Freedom, near
Baraboo, was placed under arrest,
charged with the burning of his sis
ter's home. Mrs. Pollock, the sister,
lost her life by suffocation in the
burning building.
1000
Merrill zimmerman, an infant son of
Gus zimmerman, a Grover farmer near
Marinette, was given a bone to try
lis teeth on. The bone lodged in the
nfants throat causing him to choke
o death before the eyes of his horri
led parents.
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AIois Englehardt, a Sheboygan
,oOkkeeper, aged II, was found gull
Y of assault against his employer,
Ians Sievers. The youth claimed in
anity, saying that he suffered brain
torn" The assault was committed
18th an iron bar.
1000
"a bank book taken from the decom-
Osed body of a man found floating
/ the Milwaukee river, identified the
ictim to be Charles Koch, q Chicago
xpressman. The body was dashed
18th heavy wire which was wound
round the legs, shoulders and hands.
1000
John Talbot, aged %, of Milwaukee,
ell while attempting to board a coal
,arge and was drowned in the river.
lis body was recovered by members
ii the crew. The body was taken by
lis father, who is engineer of the
,arge, to Cleveland, Ohio, for inter
nent.
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econd largest industry twenty years
go. To-day it has dropped to fifth
lace. according to a survey made re
emily. S401 100000 is the total value
Il manufactured products in the cream
ity. beer products constituting five
per cent
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SeaIers of weights and measures
net ut Wausau and in a two day ses-
ion formulated plans to have the
legislature enact laws fixing the legal
weight Of loaf Of bread at 10 ounces
nd secure regulation of the water
ontent Of coke. A proposal was also
onsidered for selling eggs by weight
instead Of by the dozen.
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Leaking gas in the basement of his
Milwaukee store exploded when Mich
VI Leonard. searched with a light
match for the defect The eXplOs-
On threw Leonard to the floor, but ne
roped his way to safety S1OO dam
&c was done before the fire was eX-
nguished the flames.
1000
Four fraudulent cneckS bearing the
fgnature of one John DOnnelly, caus-
Il the arrest of John Berry a Vino
4 county farmer. Berry made good
he first check to save embarrassment,
it, rared" on the three others. He
nd merchants who cashed the checks
lain Berry is not the man and that
double has been at work.
1000
Traffic on the Lake Shore division
the North Western road was tied
d by the wreck of a southbound
eight train, one mile south of COST
urg. An empty freight car jumped
le track and six loaded cars with
merchandise, piled up on the track,
ter tearing up more than 80 feet
rails. 10 one was injured.
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On Ennrup