Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-07-04
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Casmir Doropkowski, 60, died OF
lockjaw at Green Bay after having
been i'll a week when he contracted
tetanus from scratch on his hand.
900
For the loss of his right arm under
the wheels of a Northwestern train,
Chas. Phale, brakeman Of Green
Bay, received $4,000.
900
Chas. F. Tallard, WauwatOsa, Wis,
revenue officer who was alleged to
have appropriated revenue money to
his own use, was sentenced to fifteen
months and fined $1,000.
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Carl Peterson, II years old, of An
tigo, had his left cheek and part of
the upper jaw bone blown off when a
shotgun he was carrying accidently
discharged.
Michael ONeil, aged so, of Wausau-
kee, was killed while unloading car
load of piling. O'Neil loosened the
chains, when the piling spread, one
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During an electrical storm at APP
pleton, a bolt of lightning struck the
power house of the Wisconsin Trac-
ton, Light, Heat and Power company.
Fire did damage estimated at $4,000.
900
Northbound Milwaukee passenger
on Friday. Three persons were slight
" injured. The train was replaced on
the track and resumed it's schedule
with but little delay.
600
Walter Rasmussen of Waupaca, was
shot in the eye with rife in the
hands of a playmate who did not know
the gun was loaded. The bullet did
not penetrate the skull and the boy
will recover.
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Attracted to the door by strange
noise, Mrs. P. ]. O'Mara of Eau
Claire, saw a snake more than yard
long, within two, feet Of her baby
daughter She grabbed rife and put
a bullet through it's head.
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Emil Yahnke, Rock county farm
er, was struck by a lightning bolt and
killed while driving COWS home from
pasture A brother found the body in
a ditch after the storm. The clothing
was not burned but the skin was bad
~ discolored.
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With the arrest of three men the
Green Bay police department an
nounces it has succeeded in breaking
up a movement of robbing motorists
of tires. John Bangert and Clifford
Straub, the police say, have confessed.
Frank Kabatchnik is in Jail.
1000
Burns received while starting a fire
were fatal to Mrs. Mittnacht of Mani
towoc. The woman's clothing caught
fire from lighted paper in the stove.
She was % years old and is survived
by her husband and two small child
rem.
Fire chief, L. C. Collins, and a num-
Der of his men narrowly escaped be-
ing crushed on Friday when the roof
of No. paper mill at Menominee fell
Unexpectedly as the department was
.endeavoring to extinguish a blaze
within. Bricks fell all about the men
as they rushed for safety. The fire
loss is placed at $4,000.
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Mrs. John Long and children, and
s, of Park Falls, were burned to death
when their residence caught fire. Men
on their way home sought to rouse
the sleeping mother and children, but
the fire spread SO rapidly they could
not save the victims. The husband
and father, John Long, is a game
warden, and was away at the time.
900
A terrific rainStOrm on Sunday a
week ago, flooded large sections along
the MenOminee river near the city of
Milwaukee 500 people were driven
from their homes and much damage
done. The total rainfall was SIS inch
es which is the heaviest for the same
time in the history of the weather bu-
reau.
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Albert Smith, Is years old, and Rus
sell, 33 years old, sons of Frank S.
Smith of Irvington, were drowned in
the Red Cedar river at townsville,
10 miles south of Menominee. The
younger boy was taken with a cramp
while the two were swimming and
when the other tried to save him,
both were drawn under.
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Ed. Hoff a Westby man, attended
barn dance where liquor flowed
freely. Later his body was found bad
ly mutilated on the tracks near his
home. 1t is thought he fell while in
toXicated and could not get up. The
trainmen saw the body on the tracks
but not in time to prevent running ov-
er the man.