Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31

loOIIS inlay ne IOTCeQ out OF business
because Of the whisky embargo.
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Carl Blonquist of Argyle is not a
citizen. He was refused a hunting Ii
cense, but hunted anyway. He drew
$50 and costs.
bear-yes really and truly big
live Bruin-has invaded the woods
near Pipersville, in the northern part
OF Jefferson county.
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The body of William Sohm, missing
since Oct. 2, was washed ashore at
MenOminee park, Lake Winnebago, last
Wednesday, with a rope about the
neck.
Edward Serbeski, a farm laborer.
reports seeing a large lynx in the
swamps, miles east of Chiffon. This
is the first lynx seen in that section
for years
Fountain pen thieves have robbed
Stevens Point stores to the extent of
$1,700 in the last month. Two drug
glsts are the losers and three thefts
nave occurred.
Henry Sherry, aged 50, a wealthy re-
s1dent of Neenah, was summoned in
to court by Esther Brockman Sum-
mers, wife Of a local attorney. What
the action is is not stated.
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ESQ men began work at the United
States Refining company of Madison,
beet sugar plant, last week. 6,000,-
600 pounds were manufactured last
year and this years product will be
much larger
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Age and youth walked down the
aisle at Portage last week when Will
liam S. Marshall, aged 72, married
Mrs. Vada Rouston, aged %. Mr..
Marshall is brother of Justice r. D.
Marshall Of the supreme court
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La Cross, as city, may take up the
problem of providing potatoes for
It's residents at a reasonable price.
Several alderman are considering hav-
ing the city buy "spuds" by the car
loads and to sell them to the residents
at cost.
Francis J. Wallis, Madison team
ster, applied for the army but was
rejected. He then sold his property
and applied the proceeds amounting
to $1,000 to buy Liberty bonds
Wallis wanted to get in the engineers
corps but was over age.
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VIM. H. Stephen of Cerro de Pasco,
Peru, has been extradited to this
county for failure to report at La
Crosse, for physical examination.
Stephen is an electrical engineer en-
plOyed by a New York concern. He
registered at La Crosse.
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William Luckensmeyer, a Madison
man employed by the Fuller & John
son company, died at the general
hospital from injuries received when
he was struck by a North Western
train near Maple Bluff The back of
his head was crushed and other in
juries sustained.
The st. Paul road is tearing up the
track between Pittsville Junction and
Arpin used for many years as a
lumber road. Lately the road has not
been used and both towns have ex-
cellent transportation. The company
did not think it worth while to hold
the right-Of-way any longer.
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$4,000 in Liberty Bonds was the
investment made at Wausau where
Charles Pfeiffer, butcher, died re-
Gently. Pfeffer left an estate be-
queathing it to a brother and two
sisters in Bohemia. The money
could not be sent abroad and the ad-
ministratOr invested it in the safest
form known.
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After being immersed in the icy
waters of Bowers lake, near James
vile, for several minutes, Geo. Nc
leOd, a hunter, was saved by two other
men who saw his plight and raced
half mile in a rowboat to rescue him.
McLeod's boat was overturned by
gust of wind but he managed to cling
to the bottom.
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After bitter fight lasting many
weeks Appleton turned out the COM
mission form of government and went
back to the old system last Tuesday.
A mayor and six alderman were elect
ed OF $50 American cities to adopt
the commission method when it came
into vogue a few years back, Apple
ton is the first to go back to the old
system.
The widow of Al Ringing, now
Mrs Howard d. Maize of Lake For
est, ILL.,, is suing her husband for the
sum of $4,000 and divorce. Mrs.
Maize alleges that she met Maize last
winter and that he induced her to in
vest $4,000 in a fraudulent mining
scheme. She claims that they were
married to avoid prosecution. Maize
is a Chicago broker and prominent
clubman.
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The Botschafter and the Amerika,
German and Norwegian language pub
locations at Madison, have been order
ed to furnish the postal authorities
complete translations of all articles
published in a foreign tongue En-
glish publications need no filing The
order comes through the postal de-
partment in compliance with an act
Of congress. False statements are
liable TO severe nnna1tv