Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-12
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George Davis OIL near OOuSeNllle
was kicked by a horse, the blow break
ing his thumb and causing the bone
to protrude.
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Rev. Albert Locher, d. D., of Mil
waukee, a Catholic priest, died sudden
" in a street car. An autopsy showed
heart disease as a cause.
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Matthew CORN, an aged resident O.
Dodgeville, fell from a sidewalk into
a cement cuIVert and sustained bruis-
es and a bad cash over the left eye.
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s. S. Eagan, station agent az Whit
son Junction, was severely injured or
the head and leg when a load of heavy
trunks an truck became unbalanced
and fell upon.
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For five successive years bees have
used the space above the ceiling of the
First National bank of Manawa, as q
hive. Honey is deposited there in i'm
mense quantities.
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Henry Hominger, aged 80 years
was drowned in Small Cedar lake near
West Bend. He leaped out of boat,
intending to take a bath, and sank in
about forty feet of water.
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II. l.. Phillips, 90 years old, Beloit's
oldest Grand Army man, died on Fri
day of last week. He and his wife, who
died recently, had celebrated their
seventv-second wedding anniversary.
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Within the next two months James
vile will have shipped 1,25O,OO0 lbs.
of tobacco, approximately 5000 cases,
or 100 cars to the Atlantic coast for
transhipment to Holland.
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Four Milwaukee churches were
struck by lightning during the storms
that have swept over that city dur
ing the past few days. Five homes
were struck by bolts but in no case
was the damage extreme.
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Mrs. Frank E. Davis of La Crosse,
president of the Wisconsin Woman's
clubs, sustained a broken collar bone
and other injuries when she fell in her
own home. She will be in the hospi-
tai six weeks.
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Miss AnnabeIle Lee of Appleton,
aged Is, an expert swimmer, dived to
the bottom of the municipal swimming
pool and rescued another girl seized
with cramps. Miss Lee grasped the
girl by the hair and pulled her to
safety.
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While his mother stood as a Mortified
witness, Arthur Schmidt of Wausau,
aged 10, was electrocuted on light
pole bearing a wire of 1900 voltage.
Schmidt died instantly his body re-
naming on the wires for nearly an
hour.
1000
Charles Kopecky, aged So, Mil
waukee cabinet maker, died from an
apparently trifing injury received
when he fell while clearing work
table in the shops at West Milwaukee.
He struck his chest and received in
ternal injuries.
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George Bishop. aged 80, of Oshkosh,
a taxi driver, was found dead leaning
over the steering wheel of his own
car. 1t is said that Bishop was lUred
to the outskirts of town, killed and
then robbed. He had a bullet hole in
the back of his head and his pockets
were empty.
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Rudolph Mohr of Kenosha, thought
he could cross the interurban tracks
ahead OF a fast train. AS result the
electric car struck the automobile de-
mOlishing the car and throwing Walt
er Kaupper. aged II, a companion
against a telephone pole. Kaupper's
skull was fractured and he may die.
1000
United Conservation Warden VIM. P
Elliott, Of Whitewater, after a three
nights watch, arrested Gypsy Jess
Lorsch. a notorious gypsy, who used
long gill nets to catch fish in Delaver
Lake. Lorsch, who is a member OF
band of gypsies encamped at the
lake, paid a fine of 500 and costs.
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Four hundred dollars in fines was
paid to the Kenosha courts by twenty
speeders who were arrested in tha
city as result of an effort on the par
Of the motorcycle cops to catcl
them. One Chicago automobilist pay
ing a fine is said to be member of the
police department in that city.
900
The body of William Liddell, {
woods camp foreman residing at Chip
pewa Falls, was found beside the Sot
tracks near owen, his head split, evi
IDENTIFY with an axe. He had been seer
a couple of hours previously. On,
hand was found badly cut, and it i
believed the man was murdered ant
placed beside the track to divert sus
picion.