Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-05-02
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his ninetieth birthday.
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Kenneth Fairman, a BrOdhead boy
played "hunko" on the railroad coal
shed and fell breaking his right leg.
He is doing we'll,
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Ignatius Breidt of Kenosha, was
struck by a Northwestern train last
Tuesday morning and instantly killed.
He was a pioneer resident.
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A Red Cross chapter has been or
ganized at Stevens Point and 225
young women of the Normal school
have enrolled A charter has been
asked for.
The courtroom at Beloit was hur-
riedly cleared last week when it de-
veloped that Arthur Blew, a negro
witness in burglary case, had the
smallpox.
Fred Guhl, Peshtigo saloonkeeper,
was found dead in chair in his sa-
loon. On his person was found bot
tie of strychnine. Suicide was believ-
ed to be due to ill health.
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A % pound pickerel was caught at
Depere recently that measured 31a
feet in length. Denis Binon spied the
big fish in the back water of a swamp
and captured it with his bare hands
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5000 shop workers of Ia Crosse
have pledged themselves to go on the
western Wisconsin farms during the
harvest and help to get the crops to
the barns. The demand for farm la
Dor is very heavy this year.
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A move is on foot backed by APP
pleton business men to locate a gov
eminent aero station on Lake Winnie
bago. The lake is regarded as an
ideal place for aero work as it is
landlocked and large in area.
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Among the casualty lists received
recently at Ottawa, Can. appear the
names Of seven dead Americans. The
list contained 1000 names the major
ity being wounded. Two dead and
four wounded were Wisconsin men.
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Sheriff David W. Roberts of Wauke-
sha county, resigned last week, AL
bert Morris Of Oconomowoc, being APP
pointed in his stead A quo warranto
action had been started against Mr..
Roberts on the allegation that he was
not an American citizen
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warning note received by the
Badger Defense Council for more
meat production says that farmers
are rushing beef to market to beat
government action in limiting high
prices Of meat on the hoOf A Chica-
go commission firm is authority for
the statement.
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VIM. Emden, a tramp, was picked up
at GAINESVILLE and placed under arrest
1t was suspicioned that Emden was
German naval reservist who served
at Using Yau, China, and was spy
in disguise. John Latner, until re-
Gently an engineer at the blind school,
was also held.
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Oconto led the state in the civil
war with the largest number of SOL
diers for it's population, and it is
fighting now to hold this record.
Last week it had 100 members of co. |
NJ End regiment and the officers pre-
dict that 250 will be enrolled by this
week. New men are secured without
difficulty.
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The body Of Chris Spieth, prom
ent farmer of Germania, who disap-
peared OH Sept Is, was found half
mile from his house The head was
in tree II feet from the ground The
suppoSitiOn here is that Spieth hanged |
himself. Spieth was we'll known. He
had been a member Of the Shawano
county board for number Of years. |
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a practical Joke cost the life Of Jos. |
Kohen, mechanic employed in tbs
Newport Chemical Plant at Carroll
Vile. "A fellow workman connected
wires carrying 22O volts of electrici-
ty to a saw Kohen was cutting pipe
with. The latter received the shock
and screamed that he could not let go
OF the saw. The current was shut off
and Kohen dropped dead on the floor.
He leaves widow and two children
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To increase the states poultry pro
ductiOn movement has been started
by poultry experts of the College of
Agriculture, U. w. The production
last year was three and half mil
lions and it is estimated that one mil
lion pounds more will have to be pro
duced this year. Those interested in
poultry culture should address the de-
partment for literature. The slogan
is More Food this Year is Patriot
sm."