Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-10-18
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October Strawberries, raised in the
Washburn district, have been on the
market the past week They were
grown by Frank Pfefer, gardener.
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James Nearing, a Dodgeville Negro,
had his foot caught under large coal
bucket at the l. G. yards with the re-
suit that he lost one of his big toes.
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James Patch, a Rich1and county
threshing machine operator, was
crushed so badly between the engine
and separator that he died in a short
time.
A little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Slack fell from a tree at his home in
Richland Center, striking his head up
on the edge of cement walk. He
sustained no serious injuries, though
he was unconscious for several hours.
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Residents Of Peshtigo on Monday, of
last week, observed the forty-fifth an
niversary of the fire which destroyed
deaths. In some of the churches the
tragedy was referred to in Sundays
sermons.
The little child of Mr.. and Mrs Dan
Noble of Richland county, died from
burns. The little one got hold of a
box of matches and was playing with
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fire. The flames, soon extinguished,
were fatal.
Joseph Manazek of Stange1ville, is
dead as the result of an appendicitis
attack and his sister and brother are
in Green Bay hospital recuperating
from the same disease. The mother
of the children, ill from shock, was
confined in the same hospital.
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Thirty thousand people attended the
annual cheese day at Monroe and ate
free cheese sandwiches. A number of
agents of foreign governments were
present making contracts for deliver
les of cheese to be used in the trench
eS.
Miss Mary Mahoney of Ridgeway,
was found dead in her bedroom where
she had gone after complaining of ILL
ness The body was lying in a pool
Of blood and indications were that the
unfortunate woman had struck her head
on the corner of a trunk in falling
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Mrs. Alfalfa Geiger, sentenced at
Oshkosh to serve eighteen months in
prison on statutory charge, had her
sentenced suspended upon the recon-
mendation of B. M. Jostad, state pro-
baton officer. Mrs. Geiger is now
caring for her two children.
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Dressed in the height of fashion, T.
H. Brown, Kenosha electrician, APP
peared in court, and upon his plea of
guilty, was sentenced to serve eight
cen months in prison. Before a Penn
sylvania wife had secured divorce
from him, Brown married Miss Julia
Morrison of Kenosha.
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Fire destroyed all the buildings ex-
cepting the house on the farm of M
A. Linde, near Edgerton.. All the crops
including tobacco from ten acres
which had been harvested recently,
sold for Is cents a pound. were des-
/ trOyed. The loss came to $4,000,
partially covered by insurance
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Will OVERLY, of Rice Lake, will be
able to pay all the expenses Of a 500
mile auto tour as the result of hav-
ing struck red fox with his machine
and killing it. The fur of the animal
is easily worth enough to pay for oil
and gasoline and some money left
over, besides.
The main hall at the University of
Wisconsin was damaged by fire which
was discovered in the dome of the
building at 1920 o'clock, last Tues
day morning. The loss is $25 600. Fiji
teen hundred students who were as
sembled in the classes at 10 o'clock
h ur marched in orderly procession
No one was injured.
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Miss Helena ]. Griep, % years old,
a Madison stepOgrapher. confessed in
court that she had killed her IL days
old illegitimate child by placing her
hand over the infants mouth as it
cried in the railroad station Miss
Griep, whose home is at Watertown,
told the court that Walter J. Burch,
of Madison, son of her employer, was
the father of the child.
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Henry Hopeman, aged so. a farmer
was killed, his wife put in the hospital
the daughter, two nieces and a neph-
ew, we've painfully bruised when their
Ford car crashed head on into a big
curing car at Cedar Grove on
Tuesday of last week The Ford was
completely wrecked and turned turtle,
throwing the four children out and
niOiOOiDo Mr. and Mrs HOpnnooy I'm