Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-09-13
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while standing in saloon. He left
no family.
For selling beer without license,
Z. J. Blazel, a Green Bay grocer, paid
a fine of $25 and costs. BlaZel sold
the beer to his neighbors.
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Morris Exley and Raymond Henk,
of Neenah, were badly hurt in an
automobile accident between Neenah
and Appleton. Exley received a brok-
en- leg.
The Palace of Sweets, an Oconomo-
woo confectionery store, was robbed
for the second time last week when
$35 Ill money, a revolver and a pack
age of cigarettes were stolen.
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Richard Thatcher, II, a groom, and
Italian Aubrey, race horse, worth
$500, were killed instantly when
bolt of lightning struck barn in the
Dane county fair grounds.
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A charge of nitro-glycerine explod-
ed in the safe of the Majestic theatre,
Oshkosh, Melted the yeggmen $500 in
cash. $1,000 had been removed by
the manager a few hours before.
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Arnold Schroeder, aged 5, Fond du
Lac, was run over and killed by a
passing automobile while playing i'll
the street. The driver was exonerat-
ed as the child had run directly in
front of the machine
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One thousand one hundred anu
twenty-five dollars is the estimated
loss sustained during the recent dry
weather to farmers in Green county.
With plentous rains now the milk
production will pick up.
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Emil Rabien, employed on farm
near Sumner, was kicked by vicious
horse who galloped UP to Rabien in
the pasture and turning around, kick
ed the man fracturing both bones in
one leg.
A runaway occurring at Dodgeville
badly injured Miss Pearl Williams and
shook up and bruised Russell Williams
and Miss Eva Webster. The horses
became frightened at a passing auto
mobile.
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An Overland car backfring on the
Glidden hill near Barneveld, set the
machine on fire, and in a few min
utes' time was a total wreck. The
occupants barely had time to escape
with their lives.
The largest shipment of ground
wood pulp in the history of Green Bay
reached port last week aboard the
Canada. The shipment Appropriated
1900 tons of pulp worth $4,000.
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Evelyn Bartlett, aged years, Mil
waukee, died as the result Of an at
tack made on her by a crawling fiend
in human form. The little girl was
left at home in the morning by her
mother who worked during the day
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After inflicting injuries to his head
with a hammer and acting so violent
ly that several men could not hold
him, Phillip Smith, Richland Cen
ter livery man, was taken into custo-
dy and adjudged insane. He was sent
TO Mendoza, but died in a few days
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Three workmen employed on the c.
IF. Thompson farm near Richland
Center, were thrown fifteen feet to
the ground when the scaffOlding on a
concrete silo they were building, gave
away. One man received a broken
rib.
Mary Cihak, aged 4 years, Milwau-
kee, received terrible facial injuries
when dynamite cap was struck with
hammer by her 7-year-old brother,
Rudolph, while at play. Both child
rem were taken to the hospital for
anti-tetanus serum injections.
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A big Pathfinder touring car back
fred near Kenosha, and caught fire.
Avs it was impossible to obtain water
Win WHICH W uSuI IHG HdIl0S the Car
was soon a mass of twisted metal.
The owner , a Chicago man, took the
train home.
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The first casualty among 1000 Wis
cOnsin troops stationed on the border
was reported last week, when Private
Guy Hayes, Co. l. First Wisconsin,
shot himself in a barn near New
Braunfels, Texas, where he had slept
overnight. Hayes was a painter, en-
listing from Beloit.
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Twelve stitches were taken in the
lip of Fred Voll, Greenfield, who took
his hand off the steering wheel of his
car to remove his hat. The car skid
ded and plunged into an embankment
throwing both occupants to the
ground. The other man was unhurt,