Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-03-21

Otto Sell, p years old, a condensery
worker at juneau, died after being
scalded in tank Of hot milk.
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The coroner at Chiffon is investi-
eating the identity of an unknown man
who was found on the Milwaukee road
tracks with a bullet through his head.
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Edward Allbrecht, "a years old,
GAINESVILLE, wandered from home while
delirious from pneumonia and is be-
lieved to have been drowned in the
river.
John Olson, Jr., IS years old, son Of
the 500 line section foreman at Jew
EFT, accidentally shot himself through
the head while target practice. Death
was instantaneous.
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Miss Anna Strey of Oconomowoc,
a restaurant employee, fell on the tracks
while delivering meals to the trainmen,
and was struck by switch engine.
Her left leg was broken.
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The removal of one eye was neces-
to save the sight of the other in the
case of 3 year old Mary Japke of Mer-
rill, who fell down stairway last fall
and suffered serious injuries.
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Ben Terpanier of Oconto, fell from
a loading dock when falling timber
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stantly killed. He was 20 years old
and leaves a wife and three children.
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Four alleged bOotleggers were lined
500 and costs each at Galesville, a
dry town. They also face indictments
by the federal grand jury sitting at
Superior this week.
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August Schwartz of Green Bay, had
a narrow escape from drowning While
endeavoring to cross Fox river on the
ice. The mild weather Of the past few
days had rendered the river unsafe to
cross.
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Frank Spark, a Milwaukee saloon
keeper, cashed a check for $500 and
disappeared. While the check was os-
tensibly cashed to obtain change for
the saloon over Sunday Sparks wife
fears he has gone for parts unknown.
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After beating her way in box cars
and on bumpers from Mason City Ia,
to St. Paul, $50 miles, Miss Annie
Hambly, IS years old, of Eau Claire,
Wis, was arrested and will be return
ed to her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Will of Water
town, Wis, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary last week. They
are natives of Germany. Six children,
fourteen grandchildren and one great
grandchild attended the celebration.
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Frank Mullins, IS years old, farm
Iaborer, was instantly killed by an in
terurban car north Of Racine. The
man was blinded by the heavy biz
gard and stepped onto the track TO
avoid collision with an automobile.
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Somewhere in the Pacific ocean are
a pair of sacred white deer, consigned
to Madison. The deer are being sent
to Wisconsin from Singapore and
were part of a purchase made by DR..
Corydon G. Dwight, Of the sociological
society
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Max Wozniak, proprietor of a Mil
waukee meat market, drove his auto
mobile through draw in the Kinnic-
kinnic river bridge, when he failed 70
notice that the bridge at Lincoln ave-
nue. was open. Wozniak chung to the
piling until rescued.
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Earl F. Supp, GAINESVILLE butcher,
was fined $25 and costs last week i'll
charged by the food commissioner
with using tallow in his lard, not hav-
ing proper labels on the containers
and short weight. Supp pleaded guilty
and paid his fine.
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The body OF Fred Fulton, who
jumped off a Beloit bridge last Nov
eInber, was found on Sunday floating
hear Rockton, abour three miles south
of the CITY. According to the police,
the body was identified by a photo
graph Of FEltons mother, which was
found in pocket CT his clothes.