Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05
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this week.
Cutting kindling was disastrous for
Mrs Harry Cox Of Brodhead, who
chon off her left thumb. a doctor
sewed the member on again.
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With the first and second vertebrae
of his neck severed and his skull frac-
tured. william Hawart Of Green Bay,
plumber, is in a semi-conscious con
dition. He fell from a scatfoldlng
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Thirty-eight hundred and forty bu-
shells of barley were taken from u
acres on the William G. Nelson farm
near Spring Prairie. This is a large
crop for great acreage.
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Paul Gebr of Amigo three years
old. was accidentally shot and instant
ly killed when his elder brother tried
to take a loaded shotgun from his
fye-year-old sister In the struggle
the gun was dicharged.
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Emil Backhuber, an Elkhorn imple-
ment man, sold enough binding tWlne
this year to tie 100000 bundles. The
twine end for end would reach 2281
miles. Most Of it will be used around
ElkhOrn.
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Held as draft evaders, Conrad Seu-
bert and Jennie Ikeler are awaiting
trial at Wausau Seubert made aft
davit that he was the lawful husband
OF Miss Ikeler. The latter substanti-
ated him.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jacob of Bur
lington recently celebrated their fiji
tieth wedding day. Seventy-five guests
sat at the dinner table. Fourteen chill
dren were born to this couple, ten Of
whom are living.
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Joseph Alsheimer Of Madison, held
in Jail with a confrere on an assault
with intent to rob charge, sawed two
bars from a rear window and dropped
fifteen feet to the ground and safety.
The officers are still looking for him.
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John Visaas a Stoughton young
man, met an instant and horrible
death when he slipped from stack Of
bundles and fell into the band cutters
of a threshing machine. Visaas was
drawn in and horribly mangled
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Margaret, the 16-mOnths-old daugh-
ter Of August Purchatzke Of Bonduel,
was drowned in a water tank on the
home farm when she wandered away
after being left unmatched by her
mother for a few minutes
1000
Nick Cresowich, a Cokerville miner,
went after Mrs. Pete Boric, a neigh
boris wife, with the heavy end Of a
beer bottle. Boric could not see the
joke and had the playful Nick arrest
ed. The latter paid a fine at Dodge
Vile and promised to booze no more.
1000
Hanging lifeless with a rope around
his neck, Otto Forsphand, a German,
50 years old, was found at his home
about mile from Enterprise. He
had made an improvised gallows by
mailing UP a rafter, and sprung the
trap" by kicking a chair.
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During the absence Of her mother
from the house, Louise, the nine
months-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wesley J. Smith, residing on a farm
near De Solo, was drowned in six
inches of swill when she fell head
foremost into the pail.
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Henry Kruse and party of Milwau-
lee plunged down a forty-foot en-
bankment into the Wisconsin river,
when their machine broke through
the guard rail at Kronenwetter. The
machine was reduced to a mass of
scrap iron, but the occupants sustain
ad little hurt
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The milk from 543O COWS was pledg-
Ell in one day last week at Milton
Junction to the officials of the Ar
mour company, who plan building a
big condensery at that point. The
company asked for 1000 COWS as a
start. The farmers responded enthu-
siastically.
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A rocking boat caused the death of
Laura Schleau and Rachel Stewart Of
Rice Lake, who went for an outing
with a member the militia company
The bodies were recovered an hour
after the accident. The soldier made
desperate effort to save the girls
and has since hpen i'm a hOSOita1
1000
A venomous snake coiled in a bunch
of bananas almost bit Miss Ella Mel
son of Whitehall. Miss Nelson was
taking the fruit from crate when she
noticed something alive. A nearby
youth dispatched the reptile with
club 1t was small but very danger
Gus.
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