Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
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found dead from natural causes on
the railroad tracks near that city.
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William COughlin, aged SO, paint
ar, cut his throat at Madison while
temporarily insane.
1000
julius Seeger Of Milwaukee, aged z,
died instantly when he fell down stairs
Eli his nome. His neck was broken in
The fall.
An operation for bone disease was
successfully undergone at Stevens
Point by Miss S. z. Stinson, aged 81,
q former school teacher.
300
George Slankey, aged 10, drowned
at Lacrosse, last week. He was the
sixth victim of the Mississippi at La
Crosse during the present season.
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Arthur MarOtz, a baIloonist, fell at
Shawano where he was giving an ex-
aibition. His skull was fractured in
the fall and his condition is serious.
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Solomon Dahlberg, aged Sc, Ra-
cine attorney was run down and killed
0y a touring car in that city, dying
q few hours later in the hospital.
1000
Recent fires at and near Poynette
destroyed the village Jail and three
barns. The state fire marshal is in
vestigating.
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Mrs. Anna Beigman, aged 50, a
Grand Rapids widow, committed sui
eide using paris green. Death oc-
cured in few hours.
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George Hubbard Of Stevens Point,
aged 40, fell from the top of tree he
was engaged in trimming, and was
killed.
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The Beloit school census recently
completed shows an increase of 259
pupils Of school age over last year.
The total enrolment is 3453.
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Several hundred dollars in stamps
and money were taken from the post
Office at Marengo, by thieves who
broke in during the night. The safe
was blown open with dynamite.
1000
Julius Weinke, a resident of Mena-
sha. made his first railway journey in
80 years, last week. With his wife
ne went to Menominee, Michigan for
a visit.
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Sam Der, brought into the Oshkosh
1aiI on drunk and disorderly charge,
hanged himself in his cell by using his
suspenders as a moose and fastening
them to the steel lattice of the cell.
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Fred Mueller, former sheriff of She
boygan county, was found dead in his
residence by neighbors who became
alarmed at the silence around the
place and broke in. Mueller lived
alone.
Archie Calder, a town of AIlenyiIle
4 farmer, near Neenah, was attacked by
a bull. which forced him into a cor
ner after throwing Calder high in the
air. He suffered internal injuries and
a fractured arm before being rescued.
1000
Sam BobO, of Ladysmith, aged q,
went to his room and shot himself with
a 81 caIibre revolver. He left a des-
Dondent letter and worry over family
troubles is given as a cause for the
suicide.
900
John Sullivan of GAINESVILLE found a
large golden eagle in his back yard
where the predatory bird had a roost-
er firmly clutched in its talons. Sui
livan captured the bird which meas
ures five feet between its wing tips,
alive.
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Seven cases of infantile paralysis
were reported in Wisconsin up to
Tuesday of last week Five are at
Great Bend, one at Menasha and one
at Deerfield. The state board of health
is exercising precautionary measures
to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Charles Obitz of Crystal Lake, killed
himself with a shotgun. Beside his
dead body was a note pinned to a
photograph Of his oldest daughter,
saying that the deed was committed
for her sake ObitZ's wife had Sc
cured a divorce from him last April.
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100000 damage was done to the
plant and property of the Mohr Lum-
Der company, a Wausau firm, when
fire occurred last week The sawmill,
planning mill and drying sheds burned
to the ground. $4,000 insurance was
carried.
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"A small Italian boy slipped off a
Lake MOnOna pier at Madison. where
the youth was fishing and might have
drowned had it not been for the
prompt action of Samuel Banks, a
messenger in Gov. Philips office, and
another man named John Linden. The