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

Friday afternoon. She was hoeing
garden along the Milwaukee road
right of way. Her little children wit
messed the tragedy.
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C. B. Mason, member of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home in Milwaukee,
while in Sheboygan searching for
some friends he had not seen for forty
years, attempted to enlist in Co. c,
Second Wisconsin Infantry and when
refused on account of his age, offered
to undergo any physical test
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Game Warden w. P. Elliott of
Whitewater, arrested Fred Simmons,
manager Of the Fontana gravel pit for
running sand and gravel washings in
to Geneva Lake, thereby destroying
many fish. Simmons was fined $25
and costs and placed on probation.
Mr.. Elliott will act as probation Off
Ger in the case
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The second company of one hun
dred Serbs left Milwaukee last week
for the European battle fields. The
Miwaukeeans go to Canada via De-
trolt where they join a battalion of
$4,000 OF their countrymen soon to
leave for some unknown port. The
Serbs are VIGOROUSLY good fighters
and patriots.
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Raymond Zeistmer Of Racine aged
10 years, was killed by getting into
the path of an automobile driven by
E. S. Richardson of the Mitchell Mo-
tor Co. The boy ran after a motor
truck and ran in front of the other
car Mr. Richardson gave himself up
to the sheriff at once pending an in
vestigation.
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After slashing his wife to death with
a butcher knife, Ole Peterson, so years
old, Finnish bathhouse keeper, on
Saturday killed himself with a rifle.
! The act ended family row which be-
gan on Friday over the woman's drink
ing, according to neighbors, who found
the bodies on the floor of the Peter
| son home.
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After playing game of volIey bali
at the Y. NJ G. A. gym, DR.. John w.
| Nelson, pastor Of the Eau Claire Con-
gregational church, dropped dead as
he entered shower bath. DR.. Nelson
was a Canadian coming to Eau Claire
from Regina, Can, year ago. A wife,
two daughters, and son in the Brit
ISL army, survive. y
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Only the soft ground under him saw
ed the life of George Jilivette, 2-year-
old son of Frank Jilivette, French
! island farmer, when a loaded wagon.
passed over his chest. The boy was
rendered unconscious but has no brok-
en- ribs and is not internally hurt. The
small form was pressed into the
ground by the heavy wheel
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A U. S. flag with a white border fly
ing from the camp Of Jenkin Lloyd
Jones at GAINESVILLE, was ordered down
by the sheriff of Rock county who des-
lgnated that the white margin should
be lowered to comply with federal
statutes. Mr.. Jones who had used the
flag on the Ford peace mission, COM
piled with the order at once.
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4 Melvin Fredrickson was instantly
killed at Genoa when bolt of light
ming struck a tobacco shed he and his
fiance, Miss Elizabeth Davis, had TAX
en- refuge in during a storm. The
1n1n
their new home when the bolt struck.
lFrederickson belonged to Co. B, 3rd
Wisconsin. The young lady is pros
trated with grief.
| On the last lap Of a thrilling ten
mile race held at Sank City on July
4th, "ScOtty'' Gray, one of the drivers,
went off the track, and crashed
through the fence. Gray was picked
up unconscious with blood running
from his face. Fortunately no bones
were broken. His car was a total
wreck.
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In spite Of several thousand COL
umns OF publicity of the draft law.
| 1AOA4A 4lo4 CW1Ch, 1aNOCd, ulu uOL KNOW
anything about it on June 5. Hart
wick was arrested at Dodgeville,
charged with failure to register. He
was brought to Madison before United
States Commissioner Fred French for
examination. He was held under
$4,000 bonds to the grand jury.
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The first big raft. of Canadian pulp
wood this season is on the way to Ash
land from the Nipigon bay region. 1t
/ is towed by the tug Traveller, and is
being exported by the Russell Timber
Co, limited, and consigned to the
| Pulpwood company, Appleton. The
raft consists Of approximately 5000
cords, worth, at present prices, about
$4,000 in the water at Fl. William.
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/ Chas. Pearson was saved a Sc fine
in the La Crosse Municipal court be-
cause he wore a Red Cross button. He