Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-07
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The automobile owned by Howard
Cummings and driven by his son,
Jermal, was struck by northbound
passenger train at Neenah. Mr. Cum
mings sustained broken rib and Mrs.
Cummings a broken arm.
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Eileen, 4-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Grant Newly Of the town Of
Plover near Stevens Point, died as
the result of kick of a horse. The
child was found lying in the yard with
a fractured skull.
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Boy Scouts of Grand Rapids, sold
$152,2OO worth of Liberty bonds under
supervision of Leonard F. Minister,
scout executive. The subscriptions
were all obtained by one troop of
scouts trained for the campaign.
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Adolph Tessmer, a Milwaukee man,
died last week from Anthrax, a cattle
disease. Tessmer was tanner and,
it is supposed, contracted the malady
from handling the hide of an infected
animal This disease is rare and re-
coveries are few.
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Carl Barrett, aged IL years, of Mil
waukee, was, struck by taxicab while
crossing Grand avenue, and mOrtally
injured The boy was taken to a hos
Epital where he died two hours later.
The driver is held pending an investi-.
cation.
Superior is not delaying in laying
plans for record crop of gar'~- truck
next year. A campaign for fall plow-
ing to put even new land in fine con-
dition for cultivation next year in
wolves more than 160 lots.
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Physicians think Miss Helen Sand
strom, Is years old, living three miles
from Maiden Rock, will live, although
she is said to have fired three shots
il ON a tnirty-tvo calibe" revolver in
Ito her breast. She gives no reason for
the attempt.
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Masked bandits went into the saloon
Of Francis Muehlbauer, Milwaukee,
and took $500 in cash and checks from
till under the bar. The proprietor
and six patrons were covered by one
man while the other took the money.
They made a quick escape.
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Judge ]. Clarke of the Beloit munic
ipal court gave custody of little
Dwight Huginin to his mother, after
proceedings brought by the child's
father Clyde Huginin of Chicago, for
possession of the boy Huginin Great
ed sensation in attempt to take the
child from the courtroom a week ago
by force.
Duck shooting on the river and bay
at Depere has not been so good in
bills, mallards, red heads and canvas
backs are going to individual parties.
Many geese also have been sent shot.
Up to few days ago the bay had been
black with all varieties of wild fowl,
including thousands of swans.
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Indications are the district exemp-
ton board case pertaining to Earl
F. Miller, a Manitowoc architect, will
he reopened following a letter from
Gov r. L. Philip and g protest from
j. G. Thompson, of Oshkosh, chairman
of the district board. Mr.. Miller claim
ed exemption on the ground that he
was the only support of his child, left
lmotherless.
Fred BaIfranz of Elroy was recent
l ly slugged and robbed of his gold
watch and some snail change while
at GAINESVILLE. AS he was passing a
dark alley in that city, two men at
tacked him. dragged him into the al
ley and relieved him of the valuables.
Mr.. Balfranz had the bulk of his mon
lev hid in a shoe, which the thugs fail
Ned to find.
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Because of remarks said to have
been made against the recent Liberty
loan, DR.. Ernest Feise, associate pro-
fessOr of German in the University of
Wisconsin, has been allowed to resign,
President Van Hise announced Mon
day night. Feise is a citizen of Ger
many. He joined the staff here in 1908,
and when the war broke out he took
the oath required of German citizens
by the university to take no part in
the war or its preparations. after
an investigation of the remark which
Prof. Feise made" said DR.. Van Hise,
''it was apparent that his usefulness
to the university was at an end