Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-17

ed her hand on coffee percolator. A
few days later she died from blood
poisoning.
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Frank Wenke, aged As, an inmate of
the Green county farm, was stabbed
to death by John Doe, negro inmate
who escaped with his knife. Posses
have been searching for the murderer
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The eight-months' old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Schroeder, of North
Ridge, near La Crosse, successfully
underwent an operation for appendi-
citis.
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OveraIls will advance heavily in
price, says w. E. Pollock Of Oshkosh,
one of the leading manufacturers of
the northwest Cotton and all other
materials used in making overalls have
gone up.
The river and harbor bill now be-
fore congress includes improvements
on Wisconsin harbors as follows
Green Bay harbor, Wis, $55, 900, total,
$110,000; Ashland harbor, Wis, $1O,-
O0G, complete.
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Arthur Plot, while employed in the
woods near Oconto, was instantly
killed when he fell from a guide line
on log loader and struck his head
on the iced road over which the loader
was being moved.
According to the records, now ap-
proximately complete in the office of
conservation commission, the num-
Der of buck deer killed and shipped
in Wisconsin during the open season
was $500 of which 172 were bye non
residents.
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Carl w. Johnson, prominent Keno
sha merchant and president of the
! Kenosha Retailers association, lost
$40 to two swindlers in his store by
an old game Johnson told the police
he suspected the men and watched
them closely.
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WiscOnsin's 1916 cranberry crop
amounted to about 3,100 barrels, and
in spite of soaring prices for other
foodstuffs, the normal price of from
$3.50 to So a barrel still prevails. Cen
trail Wisconsin and the Cape Cod area
Of Massachusetts furnish the bulk of
the nations cranberry supply.
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The Marathon county board of SUI
pervisors has adopted a memorial to
the state legislature asking that more
stringent laws be passed regarding
the Introduction of seeds of nOXious
weeds. 1t is claimed that the seeds
are often brought into the country in
prepared feeds for animals and are
scattered over the farms.
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Carl Wendler, young farmer of
Hartland, narrowly escaped death
when bull he was leading broke the
staff and attacked him Wendler
grabbed the animal by the ring in it's
nose and tusseled with it for fully half
an hour. The bull finally forced the
man against the house. He was res
cued by several farmers.
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William Brucker of Three Lakes,
near Rhinelander, was in Chicago last
week settling up his fathers estate,
which has been in litigation for about
ten years. AS a result of the settle
ment Mr.. Brucker comes into possess
sion of about 100000, the most of
which is in the form of Chicago real
estate. Considerable cash also was Sc
cured in the settlement.
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Oshkosh saloonkeepers are exceed
ingly wroth because action has been
taken to close thirst parlor doors on
the Sabbath day. Until recently the
saloons closed during church hours,
opening again when the services were
over. A long distance call came on
Sunday morning of last week from the
attorney generals Office advising that
the saloons must remain closed all dav
1t is said that the Oshkosh liquor men
refuse to be the goat" and will take
action closing every saloon in the state
on Sunday if their own establishments
are made to close up.
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If the twenty-nine railroads operat-
ing in Illinois are allowed to increase
their passenger fares from two cents
to "a through action Of the courts to
be decided this week, the Wisconsin
roads may take like step in the near
future. Federal Judges Lands, Evans
and Carpenter are sitting en- banc on
the Illinois case. Following decree
on their part the matter will go to the
| U. S. supreme court. The final decree
will not be handed down for several
months. Should it be favorable to the
railroads action may be expected in
the form of petitions for increased
fares in Wisconsin.
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