Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-25
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route, was run over ana hlll0u ny d
freight train near his home.
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Paul Kugel, II years old Of Racine,
lost the sight of one eye as the result
of airgun shots fired during a dis
pute by playmate.
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A. NJ Fulton, 26 years old, a con-
tractor, is dead and Leo Garrity is
perhaps fatally injured as a result of
the collapse of planking on top Of the
500 line ore dock, at Superior.
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The Stevens Point powder houses
of the Krembs Hardware company and
burglarized. Fifty pounds of dyna-
mite and quantity of powder and
fuses was taken.
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Appleton, which had more men in
Mexican service than any Wisconsin
city in proportion to it's population,
now has more men than any city in
the Second regiment. There are six
officers and 245 men on the rolls.
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Five baby wolves are being fed on
milk and being taken care of at the
home of one of La Crosses citizens.
The wolves were found near Maus-
ton. There is bounty of SIS on each
wolf.
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Millions of dead fish in land-locked
slOughs near La Crosse have started
sportsmen working on a plan to make
the conservation commissions of Wis
consin and Minnesota provide rem
edy Lack of air in the winter caused
the fish to die.
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William Ebert of Ringle, was struck
dead by Fred Neuendank who claims
that Ebert had shot twice at him with
a revolver. Neuendank used a club.
The pistol with two discharged cham
bers, was found near the body.
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Frank Rhode, 35 years old, believed
to be of Perryville, O., a fireman on
the Clement Reiss, was drowned at
Manitowoc. Rhode was going from
one boat to another on a plank when
he fell between the two boats.
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T. H. Burns, engineer, was killed,
and A. j. Valska, fireman, injured,
when the engine and baggage car of
a Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &.
Omaha train were derailed at Sydney.
Both men resided in Altoona, Wis.
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Action is to be taken by the Neen-
ah common council to curb local mer-
chants giving short weight. 1t is
charged that loads of wood were short
in measurements and that in one in
stance load of coal contained 500
pounds Of water.
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While attending to a fire at the
Western Union Office at Appleton, E.
M. Massonette, an operator, was bad
ly burned about the face and hands,
when the top of the furnace blew off.
Unable to get man to relieve him,
he remained on duty all night.
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George Hansen, farmer, living near
Corliss, was killed when his automo-
bile turned turtle out of Racine. AL
fred Hansen, his brother, was buried
beneath the wreck for about an hour
before being released, but escaped
without any serious injuries.
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Herman Laucke, a Madison Ger
man, was refused citizenship papers
in the Dane county courts. Laucke' S
record was clear but the federal law
forbids granting citizenship to sub
jects Of nations at war with this
country. Laucke was told to come
back after the war was over.
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Revengeful because he had been
sentenced to prison by Judge Backus,
w. J. S. Blue, a Milwaukee salesman,
endeavored to strangle district attor-
ney label. Blue was overpowered
and taken back to jail. Blue, it seems,
forged checks and was placed on pro-
baton. He played loose with the au-
thOrities and was sent to the work
house for one year.
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Because he is alleged to have boiled
a human head in a boiler owned by
Jacob Splitter, Milwaukee, Louis Kop-
pei, a Marquette dental student, is
made defendant in a suit brought by
Splitter in civil court for 5000. Spit
ger also says the incident created Of
fensive odors on his property. Med
ical students employ boiling to re
move the skin from heads to be used
for experimental purposes.
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The bodies of Mrs. Lora Zielke, &C.
widow of Herman Zielke, and her
grandchild, Edward Zielke, months
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. David Van
Buren,, were found hanging in a chick
en- house on the Van Buren, farm, near
Oshkosh. The child was suspended
from a rafter by piece of binder
Irvine and Mrs. Zielke hung at the end
of clothes line. She was temporar-
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