Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-29
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For riding down the Stoughton
streets asleep, Carl Skoien, farmer,
was fined So and costs. Skoien adj
mitted having had few too many.
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Hugo Jasensky of Lake Kegonsa
was overcome by poison gas from the
engine exhaust of his launch and re-
manned unconscious for TWO hours.
Physicians finally brought him back
to life
Mrs. William Willie, wife of the
clerk of the town of Fulton, in Rock
county, was struck on the leg when
a car backed out of the family garage.
Infection took place and the leg had
to be amputated above the knee.
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William Walters, 6S, committed SUI
icide by drowning in the Rock river
at Fort Atkinson, while deranged. A
hundred and thirty-siX dollars in bills
was found in his pockets. He left a
wife and daughter.
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James Cummings Of Delevan has
raised head of early cabbage in her
garden which measures twenty-seven
inches around. 1t weighs AZ pounds
and is one Of the largest heads Of
early cabbage seen in that section.
600
John Golf, a Sparta farmer, was
found dead while riding in his own
wagon. Golf was on his way home
Of
plexy, as his body was lying on the
wagon tongue back of the horses. He
leaves a wife and seven children.
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Guisseppi Starteri, a Chicago Ital-
ian, was taken to a lonely spot near
Racine and murdered. The body was
horribly mutilated by Ratchet cuts.
People heard the victims cries and
summoned the police, but the murder
ers, four in number, escaped.
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Clarence Lund, ten-year-old boy
residing at Cambridge, had his leg
broken in peculiar manner. Young
Lund was sitting on the ground en-
gagged in watching two other boys
scuffie. The boys fell on him and
broke his left leg.
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R. T. Normann, aged ~, a butcher
in the cillage of Random Lake, killed
his engine on his auto delivery truck
on the st. Paul railroad tracks and
was struck by northbound train, re-
ceiving a fractured skull, a broken
jaw, and other minor injuries. The
truck was demolished completely.
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There has been an increase Of IT'S
children between four and twenty in
Green Bay in a year, according to sta
tistics compiled by Census Enumerat-
or Peter NJ. Simon, employed by the
board of education. The total num-
Der of children between those ages is
1926. In six years the number Of
children has increased Ills.
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Mrs. Augusta Seibel, janitress in
the city hall at Fond du Lac, was
shot and mortally wounded by her
husband. The latter is in Jail await
ing trial. He processes to know moth
ing Of the shooting but says that
quarrel over business matters caused
him to see red The revolver was
found buried in coal bin.
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Martin Krause and Herman Kun
crow, Of Two Rivers, were killed and
Walter Johaness, Joseph Pilon and
Mathew Kronzer were seriously in
jured when their car skidded and
turned over on the Calumet road near
ManitOwoc The car was travelling at
high speed when the fatality occur
red. The authorities will take steps
to prevent future accidents.
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An attempt to blow up Plymouth
Congregational church of Racine was
frustrated by local police, who found
thirty power shotgun shells buried in
the basement. The tip was given
them by two boys. The Internal de-
vice was connected with a battery
and detonator Experts say that the
charge would have wrecked the build
ing.
KenOsha county had it's fifth drown
ing of the summer when Sophia Reick.
IA years old, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Reick, drowned while
bathing in Powers lake. The Reick
summer cottage was only a few rods
from the place where the young wo-
man was drowned The body was
discovered after men had searched the
lake the entire night.
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Willie Yandry, aged five, Of Beloit,
and his sister seven years DID, were
found in a locked cupboard in their
home following a search lasting
through the night. The cupboard was
opened by merest accident. The boy
was found dead but the little girl soon
recovered. Neighbors suspect foul
play, and the matter will be thor
oughly investigated by the coroner.