Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-28


The death of the Stolcwski lad was
the result Of failure to realize the
danger Of infection from a dog bite.
The boy was bitten Sept. 10 by stray
dog.
Because the farmers on the Outa-
game board needed more time in
which to prepare their fields for next
years harvest the county board of
supervisors decided to adjourn until
Nov %, when it convened last week
The city members Of the board pat
riotically acceded to the request of
the farmers.
Mrs Thomas Flood, so, wife of
farmer of Eden, was fatally injured
when their automobile turned turtle
as she and her husband were driving
from Fond du Lac to their home.
! The car became unmanagable at
Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Flood sus-
tanned a broken neck and died in
hospital short time afterwards.
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In an effort to secure Sunday clos
ing Of saloons residents of Wausau,
are circulating petition asking that
the Sabbath he officially designated
as "beerless" day in Wausau. The
petition calls attention to the fact
that one day on which beer is not sold
will aid in the conservation Of grain
and sugar, both of which are used in
the manufacture of beer.
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Hay is now bringing $22 and up
wards ton on the market in Apple
ton, an unprecedented figure for tim
othy. Last year at this time hay was
bringing SIS a ton for the best. The
large orders being placed by the gov
eminent is generally cited as the rea-
son for the advance Many of the
farmers in Outagamie county are bail
ing their hay and shipping it to Mil
waukee and Chicago
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After shooting Police Chief Elmer
Sunby and Fred Asbaugh, as they at
tempted to arrest him. John Frank,
an employee of the Linderman Box
& Veneer company, was captured at
Eau Claire by a posse of citizens.
Frank, according to the police was
armed with a Springfield rifle. Chief
Sunby was struck in the shoulder by
bullet from Franks gun. Another
bullet grazed Ashbaugh's hand.
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| Ray M. Funk, clerk of Waukesha
county, went to Chicago leaving his
books in a muddled condition, and
attempted suicide. He was found in
the Cook county hospital in a dan
gerous condition. He later made a
statement saying he expected to face
the music. The county officials are
loath to prosecute and will do moth
ing until Funk gets home.
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For saying the United States ought
to get licked" Andy Anderson, resi-
dent of Amigo, was roundly cursed
by one W. H. Brown. Brown was
brought into court where the Judge
held that AndersOn's talk was pro-
vocative of a good cursing and turn
ed the defendant loose. The court
then reported Anderson to the federal
authorities.
Mrs. Marie Corbett, 62 years old of
Racine, died while on the way to the
home of her cousin. Thomas Long
Long was fatally injured in some
mysterious way while at work in a
manufacturing plant boiler room late
at night, and was found dead of his
injuries by other workmen. 1t is
though he started home, was run over
by an automobile and showed back
into the boiler room.
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Moonshining is not confined to the
hills of Kentucky. Milwaukee detec-
tives and policemen are still wonder
ing whether there are any more
"stills" in operation in Wisconsin,
They discovered one and it was so
/ complete and had been operated so
expertly that it was located merely
through chance. The owner of the
plant is in custody but contends that
he made the liquor solely for the
benefit of his friends.
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Operation of peat beds throughout
the state will be the first step taken
in the event Of actual coal famine
conditions threatening Wisconsin.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
association Of Milwaukee has already
begun the study of the states peat
| beds and the problem which might
attend their operations in case of a
coal shortage. There are thousands
of acres Of peat which is said to be
the equal Of any in Europe.
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Give me some poison, arsenic, or
morphine or anything, l want to die, "
is what Leo Greenbaum, Duluth. said
as he rushed into the Office Of DR.. w.
N. Moore Of Appleton. When picked
up by the police Greenbaum claimed
he was out of work and did not want
to live. He was an interpreter and
talks, Russian Polish, German, He
brew and English. The next day a
board Of physicians adjudged Green
baum insane and he was sentenced
to the state hospital at Oshkosh.
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| Samuel HOLLYWOOD, former editor of
the Monroe County Democrat Of Spar
ia, Wis, and four others were SEN
fenced at La Crosse, by Judge Ian
dis of Chicago to terms in the house
of correction in Milwaukee, for SELL
ing liqour to soldiers at Camp Rob-
insOn. HOLLYWOOD was given four
months and fine Of 500. George
Nichols of r a HrOcco drnm Tho Gonna