Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-17
- Around Wisconsin by 81
S Mail and Telegraph ~

John Gayo, SO years old, was kicked
to death at Oshkosh.
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John DeBruin Of Freedom pulled a
shotgun across a woodpile toward him.
1t killed him.
Snow fell all day last Tuesday at
Couderoy. The bulk of potatoes are
in the ground
Nels A. Holmberg, a Maiden Rock
farmer, babe his wife goodbye, drank
carbolic acid and died. His health was
poor.
Ralph Morse of GAINESVILLE and c.
A. Wepkink of Grafton, freshmen,
were cut by flying glass in the class
rush at Madison.
Thomas E. Thompson of La Crosse
was served with divorce papers. He
wrote that Marie was his third wife il
legally and didn't need divorce
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Charles Brockman, Milwaukee;
Frank Mitchka, Portage, and Bert
Walther, Oconomowoc, were scalded
badly in an engine explosion at Ocon-
omowoc. All are trainmen.
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Henry Pilling, driving race horse
at the Richland Center fair, fell from
the sulky when his rig collided with
another racer. Mr.. Pilling's leg was
broken above the ankle and the bone
protruded from the flesh.
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A Sheboygan taxi driver found a
body hanging from bridge early in
the morning and sped at once for the
sheriff. The official returned and cut
the body down. 1t was found to be an
effigy of Senator La Toilette.
The Plainfeld schools were closed
for two weeks to assist the farmers
in harvesting their immense potato
crop. The Waushara county schools
were also closed to help the farmers
garner the largest crop in history.
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Eight cars of merchandise were
burned in freight wreck near Hori-
con lost week. M Cally of Milwaukee,
fireman. was badly scalded. The fire
broke out from car of matches which
became ignited. Traffic was tied up for
eight hours.
Col. John G.. Salesman Of Madison
has gone to Waco, Texas, to enter the
United States service as assistant adj
jutant and major in the Thirty-second
division, consisting of some 100000 Wis
consin and Michigan troops under
General Parker.
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A farmer with load of milk for a
cheese factory saved the car of Peter
Bruehl, near Manitowoc. Bruehl's car
caught fire and the owner was unable
to extinguish the blaze. The farmers
milk came in sight and was thrown on
the car, putting out the fire.
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o. B. Ballard of Grand Chute, town
chairman, member of the county board
and former assemblyman, lost five
toes from his right foot in a feed cut
ter operated in connection with a silo.
He was rushed to a hospital, where it
is said the injury will result in his be-
ing cripple.
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Eighteen companies of cadets are
now drilling regularly at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin. Seven of these are
sophomores and eleven are freshmen
companies. Under the rules of the
university, freshmen and sophomores
must take military drill.
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Five members of Madison military
company who consumed a key of beer
and then forced members of the Ital-
ian settlement to salute the flag, were
severity censured by Judge Hoppman
of that city. The judge fined the men
and ordered the money paid over to
the company mess fund.
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The Rev. David Thomas, pastor of
the First Congregation church of She
boygan, denounced militarism in
stern sermon and resigned from the
charge. DR.. Thomas refused to tenn
per his utterances on Prussianism and
aroused the ire of influential parish
toner's. His assistant, the Rev J. S.
Stowell, also resigned at the same
time.