Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-10-31
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MS leIt mana IN Sllage cutter ne was
operating.
Workmen at the Fairbanks-Mors
plant, Beloit, subscribed $250,00O to
the Liberty Loan
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The fifteen months old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Carrigus of Stoughton,
got hold Of a box Of pills and ate them.
He died the next day.
Bernard Tracy, a Madison lineman,
fell from a tree and landed on the
ground 35 feet below. He sustained
q broken pelvic bone.
The fight Of wild ducks and geese
this fall has been the largest in years
along the Wisconsin river, due in
part to the planting of wild rice and
celery at many places.
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Ruth Borgwardt, 5 years, Milwau-
kee, died from the effects of a dog
bite last week. The child was bitten
six weeks before and had received
Pasteur treatment in Chicago.
The AllisChalmers company of Mil
waukee, received an order for $10,G00,-
| 600 from the government last week.
| The contract will consist of turbine
engines.
Edward Barbuch tried to sell a Ford
too cheap at Grand Rapids, (he's from
GraftOn) and was investigated. He
admitted deserving from Camp Grant
and said he needed the money.
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Eileen, years old, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Newly of the town
of Plover, near Stevens, Point, died
as the result of kick by horse The
child was found lying in the yard with
fractured skull.
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George Schulz, laboring man of
Mauston, swallowed a quantity Of
belladona recently, it being supposed
that he took the poison with suicidal
intent. Prompt medical aid was sum-
mOned and he recovered.
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Stricken with heart failure while
on duty in the flour mill of John T.
Ebeling Milling company of Green
Bay, Joseph Birkenmeier, so years
old, dragged himself to the street
curb, where he died. He leaves a
family.
Automobile thieves have been &C
tive at Milwaukee where twenty cars
were stolen in September and forty in
October. Most of the machines were
taken on Saturday night for joy rides
and abandoned. In some cases the
machines were dismantled.
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The Wisconsin cranberry crop will
be 35 per cent short according to a
recent dispatch from Grand Rapids
and CranmOor, Wood county, the bad
ger headquarters for this vegetable.
The crop this year will be about TO-
600 barrels but the quality is good.
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The steamer Roman, an ore boat
bound for Escanabe from South
Chicago, went aground at Fox Point,
near Milwaukee, last week. Efforts
were made to free the vessel but it
swung around further on the rocks
in high winds. No attempts were
made to free the ship owing to shall
low water. The crew was saved
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William Christianson of Eau Claire.
aged IS years, was fatally injured
when his car skidded in the snow on
the Omaha viaduct and plunged
through a railing to the ground,
thirty feet below Christensen. with
his wife, was on his way home follow
ing visit in ST. Paul. Mrs. Christian
son was seriously hurt.
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979 bushels Of potatoes from two
acres Of soil was produced by Orrin
Ingram of Rice Lake." champion
grower" The tubers were sold for
seed to a Chicago concern. Ingram
manured the ground heavily, plowed
IL inches deep and disked the ground
thoroughly. Intensive farming follow
ed through the season.
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severe accident occurred near
Dodgeville last week when a car con-
tanning five people plunged down a.
deep cut. Dave Williams driving.
turned around to answer question
from the back seat and lost control.
Mr.. Williams had his nose cut off and
suffered severe bruises. Mrs. Will
l1ams' nose was broken and their son,
Calvert, suffered a broken rib. The
auto was wrecked.
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turmoil arose at Waukesha when
DR.. David Roberts, husband of the
woman slain by Miss Grace Lusk. is
)sued memorial to his dead wife en-
titling it First and Second Chronicles
OF the Ideal Club and MY Lady's
dress" The brochure was history
OF the club from papers prepared by
MRS. Roberts DR.. Roberts resigned
from the Baptist church at Waukesha
but the resignation was never &C
cepted. Critics allege bad taste on
his part in circulating the book.
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Love for his three year old son
who, he had never seen prompted
Clyde Hugunin to snatch the child
from the Beloit municipal court
where separation proceedings were in
progress Hugunin was captured
and the child returned He had
made a previous attempt at getting
the child but was driven away by his
father-ln-law. The babe was born
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