Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-06-20
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The body of Benjamin Wynveen, A
years old, was found hanging by the
neck in a silo on his farm near She
boygan.
Alfred Meyers, aged 16, freshman in
the BarabOO high school, was drown
ed in Baraboo river while bathing.
His body was not recovered.
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Spoon fishing on Lake Winnebag6
is improving, but the season is below
par. Some black and silver bass are
being caught. No large catches like
those made in past seasons have been
reported l p l@>.
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During a recent electrical storm at
Prairie Farm, Barron county, six
COWS owned by Fred Kahl, were kill
ed by lightning. The animals were
standing in a group under tree,
when the bolt struck.
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billiard Ollie, gateman on the Mil
waukee road was seriously if not ia
tally, injured at Racine, by switch
engine throwing a piece of iron and
breaking his legs. His age may prove
unequal to the shock.
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The Oshkosh branch of the free en-
ployment bureau has more applica-
tons for farm help than it can fill.
Wages of from $35 to $40, together
with board and other incidental eX-
penses are offered.
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T. H. Spence of the Spence-McCOrd
Drug Co., of La Crosse, paid a fine of
$500 in Judge K M. Landis' federal
court for failing to have a proper Ia
bel put on some cough medicine. He
was fined $3.50 each on two counts
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Miss Hazel Phillips, daughter Of r.
Phillips Of Spooner, committed sui
eide by jumping off the bridge into
the Yellow river near Spooner. She
was Is years old. No reason for her
act is known. a.f -. .,s,.-
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n. VI dupUSll VI DSACO1, CAlC SOAl-
fessed wife and child murderer, plead
ed guilty to the crime at Darlington
last Monday before Judge Geo. Glen
entson. He was given the maximum
punishment-life Imprisonment.
1000
About thirty boat loads of men
dragged the Wisconsin river at Grand
Rapids last week in an effort to re
cover the body of Morris Kleberg, II
years old, who drowned on Sunday
while bathing with other boys in the
consolidated pond north of that city.
Frank Shzybuzywski and Stanley
Talarczyk, each 16 years old, were
sentenced or. Monday to two years
in the reformatory at Green Bay af-
ter they pleaded guilty to having COM
mitted series of burglaries at An
tjgO.
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Frank Tullo of Superior, charged
with transporting his wife from state
to state for immoral purposes and
renting out waitress in his restaur-
ant to Italian and Greek laborers,
was found guilty of the first charge
by La Crosse jury, and Judge Lam
dis sentenced him to the federal pris-
on.
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DR.. D. F. Gosin and DR.. F. J. Gosin,
brothers, of Green Bay, have enlist
ed in the medical reserve corps. The
examination was successful and both
expect to receive commissions late
this month. Because he holds the Of
flee of city physician, DR.. D. F. Gosin
was obliged to obtain leave of alb
sence.
Harry Stephenson, % years old, of
Minneapolis, Mimi, fell so feet at
Stevens Point while preparing 10
paint a smoke stack at the plant of
the Stevens Point Brewery The i'm
pact of his body broke a hole through
the roof of the power house. The
mans head was partly crushed, and
the doctors stated that he could not
live.
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Milwaukee's famous 3 cent fare
case is back in the Dane county Cir
cult court after having gone the
rounds all the way to the Supreme
court of the United States The case
was contested on the grounds that the
order was unconstitutional. The COM
mission ordered the company to ISIS
ne the coupons, redeemable if the
court sustained the commission order.
These coupons were issued for ar
proximately two years. Then the rail
road commission rescinded the order.
This did not affect the validity OF the
coupons issued, however.
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Paul Gernak, the Austrian labOrer
who looted the home of VIM. Klus-
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