Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-07-25


gels, Oldest resident, maintains a gar
den having all kinds of vegetables.
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Frank Antoine full-blooded or
phan Chippewa Indian boy, bought
$500 worth of Liberty Bonds at Chip
pewa Falls, and then enlisted in the
army.
Herman Schlief, who resides four
miles from Merrill, received a cheese
factory check amounting to $509.93 for
milk produced by his herd of 38 COWS
during June
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The Carnation Milk Co., of Rich
land Center, received in one week last
month, 100000 pounds of milk, the
farmers receiving $4,000 or at the
rate of $40 per hundred.
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Governor Philip on Saturday COM
muted the sentence Of John Travis,
who was convicted in Milwaukee on
February z, 1917, of attempting to
cause a person to commit perjury, to
a term of one year.
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A little son of Clarence White of
Fayette, was caught by hay rope and
one Of his hands terribly burned. The
flesh on three fingers was stripped to
the bone, and it is feared that the
bones are also burned
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Daniel O'Hara, aged 81, one of the
veteran log sawyers of Marinette,
was fatally injured last week. While
adjusting the saw, the carriage broke
loose crushing him badly. He died a
few hours after the accident.
900
The call to arms has reached the
state prison For weeks a hundred
convicts have been going through
daily drills, in the prison yard under
the supervision of Private John Hop
kins Of Co. D, Wisconsin National
Guard.
Cucumbers by the barrel is the war
production idea Of Frank Rossey of
Fond du Lac. He filled an old barrel
with earth, bored holes in it and
planted seeds in the holes The bar
rel takes up little space and the vines
are flourishing from the sides of the
barrel
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Stephen Altridge has been arrested
and brought to Beloit from Minneapo-
lis on a charge of committing perjury
in securing a license to marry Mary
Huyck, who is said to be younger than
Altridge said she was. Her parents
have been seeking the pair for two
months.
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Walter Gubin, rs years old and mar
ried, was fatally injured while stack
ing peas at Horizon. Placing a pitch
fork alongside the stack, Gubin jump
ed to the ground. The handle of the
fork pierced his abdomen. He was
rushed to Milwaukee hospital where
he passed away.
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Rev. William Gilsdorf of Cornell
Wis, Catholic missionary on his
way to a retreat at FIT. Wayne, Ind.
was attacked by two men while he
was walking in Chicago street, beat
en- with a hammer, robbed and left
unconscious in the gutter. He was
taken to hospital.
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A party Of clam diggers have been
working in the Wisconsin river be-
low Dancy since early spring, catch
ing fresh water clans, and have been
successful. The shells are shipped to
pearl button manufacturer. The
fisherman have also found several
valuable pearls and some slugs.
1000
The Herfart Canning Co., of Bara-
boo, commenced last Monday on re-
cord pea canning season. The COM
pany has 400 acres of peas and the
crop never was better at any time
than now. The cool weather has been
just right for this crop, and it is ex-
pected that 100000 cans will be pack
ed.
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Game Warden Burns Nolan round
ed up another lot of dynamiters in
Iowa county last week and secured
convictions and levying of fines
against them. This is five arrests and
fines he has caused during the last
spring in the same locality, all hav-
ing been for the same offense, killing
fish with dynamite.
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VIM. Brandt pleaded guilty at Wau-
sau when charged with having burg
lar tools and dynamite with intent to
use for burglarious purposes and was
sentenced to five years at Waupun.
Walter Kamke pleaded guilty to the
same charge and was given fifteen
months at Green Bay reformitory.
Both are from Merrill.
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In a persistently contested recov-
cry claim of the Hillsboro & North
eastern railroad against the Hillsboro