Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-07-18

preparatory to blowing up the troop
train of Co. G, 4th regiment, which
leaves soon for Camp Douglas.
For planting an extra acre of land.
known as Uncle Sans Acre." boys
and girls of the Brown county rural
schools will be presented with pen
nants by the Brown county council
of defense. One thousand emblems
will be distributed by County Superin-
tendent L. j. Martel The pennants
are blue with red stripe at the top.
In white letters appear the words,
"Uncle Sans Acres"
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Walter A. Wolcott, veterinary and
prominent Madisonian, is battling for
his life with a germ against which he
has Waged relentless war for years
He is suffering from Anthrax. VOL
colt contracted the deadly malady
while holding a pOst-mortem over
heifer on June %. University of Wis
consin professors inoculated a pig
with WolcOtt's blood last week. 1t
died the next day.
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A group of BelOit men were success
full in buying the splendid lot of ma
chinery consigned to the Oxford Lin
en- Mill, an eastern concern which
went into bankruptcy when it's own
ers were prosecuted for fraud. The
Beloit men brought the machines to
their city and modern linen spinning
plant will soon be in operation. Their
present plant was closed for a num-
Der of years but will now be reopened
with greatly increased capacity.
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Chief of Police George T. Prim Of
Appleton, is holding office in defiance
of an opinion rendered by local attor-
neys stating that he is ineligible. Prim
until last week was a resident of Chi
cago. The state law provides that a
man must be a state resident for one
year before becoming a police officer.
Mayor Faville and the police commits.
sion insist that Prim shall serve and
offer to see that his salary be paid by
private subscription until he is here
year should the matter be contest
ed.
Governor Phillip has granted con-
ditional pardon to Laden Fogo Of
Richland Center, who, during the pro-
gress of a county fair, struck the city
marshal a blow upon the head which
killed him. Fogo was charged with
manslaughter, the blow being struck
with the bare fist, and according to
the testimony without intent to SER
iously injure the marshal. He was
sentenced to II months in the state
prison. He is granted a pardon upon
the condition that he refrain from
drinking intoxicating liquors. z
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George Kuhanich who was brought
back from Akron, Ohio, in connection
with the assault and robbery on May
26 of Mrs. Agnes Seekirt, pleaded
guilty in the Madison supreme court.
Mrs. Seekirt was beaten over the head
with a fiat iron and robed of $475, her
life savings. At the time If the rob
berry, Kuhanicl4, with a companion,
had been taken into the home of Mrs.
Seekirt because they were without
and escaped The companion is still
at large, but Kuhanich, who is &c years
'of age, was arrested at Akron, Ohio.
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TO avoid running down and possibly
killing a child who had suddenly
started to run across the street in
front of their automobile, Louis Schra-
der and Louis Prengel of Racine, risk
ed their lives. The child was saved
but the two men were seriously injur-
ed and are in hospital When the
child ran into the street the autOmo-
bile was quickly swung and, striking
the curbing, turned turtle The occu-
pants were thrown out and knocked
unconscious. One suffered a broken
jaw and the other a dislocated hip.
Both had their heads cut and bodies
bruised.
The Sunday closing law, affecting
La Crosse saloons, enters in damage
suit for $4,000 filed in the circuit
court of Vernon county, presided over
by Judge E. G. Higbee. VIM. Mullen
Of Brownsville, Mimi, executor of the
estate of his brother, Michael Mullen
alleges in a complaint that Chris Oh
son and Geo. w. Hall, operating sa-
loon in the village of Stoddard, sold
Michael Mullen liquor on Sunday
that he became intoxicated and froze
to death on the road to his home af-
ter being elected from the saloon, it is
alleged, and that the sale of the liquor
was violation of the state law.
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1t is estimated that the law supple
ments. containing the 1917 session
laws of the present legislature will
make about 272 pages of the supple
ment size which are circulated by the
weekly newspapers Of the State. Two