Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-07-11
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now six girls in the family of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Murphy Of Racine.
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Paul Pasternacki Of Stevens Point,
while fishing at First lake in the Wis
consin river, landed 167a pound
pickerel.
Lillian Bitters, Racine restaurant
employee, was struck and instantly
kill ed by passenger train. Miss
Bitters crossed the track on the way
to work and failed to see the ap-
preaching cars The body was thrown
80 feet and badly crushed.
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After shooting and killing Lou Mil
ford, Carl Franz, believed to be a
wOodsman, blew out his brains when
capture was imminent near Superior
The murder, which followed a quar-
rel, took place in front of shack in
some days.
Two hundred and forty-six La
Crosse High school boys are per-
forming patriotic service during the
summer vacation, working on farms,
in canning factories and other places
designated by the county council of
defense, according to B. E. Mccormick
the superintendent Of schools.
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A Jefferson shoe company has just
. completed the manufacture of a pair
Of shoes, size %, with the following
measurements: ankle, 111a inches;
heel, 1872 inches; instep, 1414 inches;
16 inches long, 57a inches wide and
weighing six pounds This pair of
shoes is made for young man in the
state of Iowa.
John Meyers, a Monroe farmland
of lightning struck the stable where
he and his employer, E. J. Young
blood, were standing. The bolt struck
the metal roof and passed down the
cave trOughs. Youngblood was un-
hurt but Meyers remained uncon-
scious for some time.
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William Mclean, a Superior five
year old, disappeared two weeks ago
and was searched for all over the
northwest. Following a severe cleo
trical storm week later, the body
came to the surface in the bay. Nc
Lean Sr., had thought his boy was
spirited away in freight car and
caused a shipment of freight to be
traced to Savanna, Ill.
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Frank McDonough of Eau Claire
has invented an appliance to guard
against submarine attacks on mer-
chant ships, which those who have
seen it declare is the most workable
and practical device for that purpose
yet proposed. Plans and specifica-
tions Of the appliance we're this week
dispatched to the federal shipping
board at Washington.
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Hobart SWEET of Wild Rose, was
drowned while returning home from
WautOma, with a party who had been
celebrating the night before. The sa-
looms went out of commission in Wau-
tOma, Saturday night, June 80. The
car ran into the railing of a bridge
lover mill pond and plunged in, turn
ing over. SWEET was pinned beneath.
His body was recovered
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Miss Helen Heller and Frank
Schwartz of Milwaukee, were drown
in Muskego lake when rowboat over
turned and threw them and three 9TH
ers into the water The merry party
was returning home at midnight af-
ter pleasant day on the lake. Spec
tators saw the boat Overturn in the
darkness for no apparent reason. The
survivors were rescued with difficulty.
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Hunter Orr OcOntO county clerk, is
in the hospital with broken shout
der and fractured ribs from an auto
accident last week. His Ford turned
turtle, smashing into a telephone post.
The front part of the car and three
wheels were total wreck. Robert
Moak may have internal injuries from
being thrown thirty feet Russell
Hawkins was cut over the eye.
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w. Enright, 40 years old, Chicago,
was drowned in the Mississippi river
at Dresbach, eight miles north of La
Crosse, on Saturday, when his row.
boat filled with water and capsized
during wind storm He came to
Dresbach from Camp Robinson, Spar
ia, where he had been working. John
thinner of La Crosse, chung to the ov-
erturned boat until rescued.
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Plans whereby the territory trib-
utary to the head of the lakes will be
assured of sufficient coal to prevent a
fuel famine next winter, were consid-
cred last week at meeting of the SUI
perlor and Duluth coal dock and rail-
road officials. Reforms in billing
Which will save a day in shipping and