Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-11-01

3, and 5.
Good hunting, especially Of mallard
and canvasback ducks, is reported on
+he up river marshes near E9enah. !
900
Francis Stewart of Eau Claire, an
artist, was instantly killed in fali
at Graston, MINI. Details Of the ac-
cident have not been learned.
600
While most cities in Wisconsin are
paying 6 cents loaf for bread, bak-
ers at Lacrosse raised the price OF
bread to &c last Monday.
600
Arthur ]. Jones, 35 years old, Ra-
cine auto dealer, died suddenly sun
day of last week at his home. 1t IS
believed heart disease caused death'
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Ernest Traeder, So years old, for
mer chairman of the town of Merton,
died at his home at Oconomowoc, af-
ter a long illness. He leaves widow
and three children.
900
The county school board convention
was held in Shawano on October II,
and at Wittenberg on October 70.
State Inspector A. A. Thompson as
sisted County Superintendent Roberts.
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Alfred Christensen, Black River
Falls, caught the prize fish of the sea-
son when he landed a muskellonge
from Black river which weighed 20
pounds.
Mrs. Rebecca George, Kenosha, 81
years old, one of the oldest pioneer
residents of that city, is dead. She
was the widow of the late Christopher
w. George.
A delegation representing the Wis
consin state board of health left Mad
fson last week for Cincinnati, O., to
attend the annual convention Of the
American public health association.
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John Strange, Of Stevens Point, is
making plans for new concrete dam
at McDill, where he will start work
this fall erecting new paper mill
The old dam will be repaired for tenn
porary use.
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A number of prominent eastern
Guernsey fanciers attended the sale OF
pure bred Guernseys at the farm OF
William Nelson Pelouze near OcOnO-
mowoc last Tuesday, Oct. 81. Mr.. Pc
louze will retire from cattle raising
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Barney McFadden, Eau Claire bar
Der, is minus the use of his business
hand as the result of carrying a shot
gun by the muzzle The gun acciden-
tally went off, tearing q gaping hole
in the palm of his right hand about the
size Of a 50-cent piece.
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Harold Frohrib, an Oshkosh saloon
keeper recently acquitted Of the charge
of selling liquor on Sunday in viola
tion Of a city licensing ordinance, has
been rearrested on a charge Of selling
liquor on Sunday in violation of the
state Sunday closing law.
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The state board of health at Madi-
son on Monday of last week, received
reports of eleven new cures of in
fantiIe paralysis in Wisconsin. Two
deaths from the disease were reported
Several new cases were also re
ported to the board.
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Sergt. Felix Kluck, a Portage coun-
ty boy, injured in a 500 foot areoplane
fall at Eagle Pass, Tex, June Is, is at
home after five months in the hospi-
tai. He suffered fractures of the skull
and collar bone. He will do recruit
ing duty at Stevens Point.
1000
Burns received on October 9, when
her clothing caught fire following an
explosion Of bottle of stove polish,
will prove fatal to Mrs. Sadie Banack
Milwaukee, according to physicians in
the Emergency hospital. She is un-
conscious the greater part of the time
900
Henry Krumble, IL years old, OF
Winter, who was lost while hunting
found his way back to civilization in
the clearing of David Bryant after
wandering through the woods for two
days. The first night he was lost ne
slept in the crotch of a tree and watch
ed wolf cubs at play.
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Injuries received by his daughter
Margaret, years old, at a municipal
band concert at La Crosse, are thu
basis of a $4,000 suit against tina
city filed by John Smikla. The cit,
playfield was lighted by Japanes
lanterns. In the rush to get them at
ter the concert last July, a pole fel
and fractured the girls skull He
life was saved by an operation, but
is asserted that her mind was I'M
paired.
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Experts of the forest service OF tn
9odara1 Dnna rtmpnt of Agriculture ar