Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-22
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HaftVlg DanleISOn, Az years old, was
killed while alighting from moving
freight train at Cumberland one day
last week.
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Fire did several hundred dollars
damage in the warp warehouse of the
Waite Grass Carpet company, Osh-
kosh, one day last week.
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The disappearance two weeks ago
of John Frank, aged resident of Stew
ems Point, who lived with his son, JOS.
was solved last week by discovery
of his body in a creek.
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On the first day of the deer hunting
season Charles Fronek, Amigo, aged
Is, accidentally blew out his brains
with a shotgun. It is believed he fell
off stump on which he was stationed
by his father.
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Action toward having the state legis-
lature at it's next session pass bill
providing a license fee for trading
stamp companies operating in Wiscon-
sin was started at the meeting of the
Retail Merchants association Of Ra-
cine recently
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Mrs. Maurice McKenna, who was
elected third vice president of the Wis
consin Federation of Woman's Clubs
at Milwaukee last week. dropped dead
Sunday night while attending we'd
ding celebration at the home of her
brother.
Engineer Allen Bessey of Amigo,
and Fireman c. A. Kobussen of Kau-
kauna, were severely scalded about
the head, face and arms, when a flue
broke in the locomotive boiler while
their train was at Watersmeet, Mich.
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William F. Wolfe, recently defeated
as the democratic candidate for Unit
ed States senator, is recovering at st.
Francis hospital, La Crosse, from an
operation for appendicitis hurriedly
performed one day last week.
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Hazel Dana Is years of age and the
daughter of John Dana police officer
at Benton HarbOr, Mich, waited for
her father at the county jail at Ken
Osha, Saturday of last week. The faith
er claims that she was abducted from
Benton Harbor six weeks ago by q
man supposed to be a travelling sales
man from Madison.
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Another bond issue for $4,000 has
been voted favorably at Menasha, to
be used for school building purposes.
This will be added to an issue Of $780,
900, made a year ago for the same pur-
pose which was not sufficient because
of the high cost of labor and materials
for the building of an addition to the
local high school.
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ClOverdale, near New Richmond, the
largest farm in ST. Croix county, con-
sisting of $50 acres, has been sold by
William H. and William S. Silas to G.
J. Johnson, of Bismarck, N. D. The
consideration was not announced, but
it is stated that it was considerable
over 500 an acre and a substantial
advance over the price paid for the
property by the present sellers two
years ago.
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A large delegation of Chicago and
eastern hunters passed through Ash
land Friday of last week on their way
to Iron river where they will spend
the season Conservation Warden Ell
lott who is located at Ashland, states
the present weather conditions are
against hunters. With no snow the
woods will be very noisy for the hunt
er who will find it difficult to approach
deer The sudden cold spell makes
conditions better for saving meat
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One day last week Anthony Stella
of KenOsha, was showing some of his
friends how he could toss up half
dollar and catch it between his teeth
He kept right at it until finally the
coin struck his upper teeth and slip
ped down his throat. An X-ray pic
ture showed that it was about an inch
above the entrance to the stomach
Stella hurried to a hospital in Chica-
go and after two days of suffering the
surgeons managed to locate the coin
and remove it. They charged him
$3.50 and he had other bills of $50 to
pay.
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A pair of heavy rubber boots, a sup
ply of shells and extra clothing to
withstand the rigors of blizzard rag
ing at the time, proved too much of a
handicap for Richard Rotthe, an Osh-
kosh hunter, who was drowned on Lit
tie Lake Buttes des Mortes, when he
fell out of the skiff when attempting
to recover his decoys His body had
not been recovered on Monday after
noon of last week.
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There are approximately 154 public
ly owned and a few privately owned
sewer systems, and about $50 munich
oal water systems and twenty-seven