Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-11-14

lO~t 1C21lanS, went into court on a
charge of having kept their children
from school Fines Of $40 ard costs
were assessed but suspended until
further truancy is noted.
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Otto Ilson a farmer living near
Lake KOshkonOng, was found dead
from gunshot near the waters edge.
Olson had been to town and started
for home late at night. The empty gun
was found by the body by a son who
was looking at his traps.
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Merlin Hull, State Secretary, in an
interview last week said that the time
is not far distant when fairs in this
state will be entirely free Of gamb-
ling and immoral exhibitions The
state will refuse aid where it is proven
the fair authorities allow question
able attractions.
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ITO He'll with the Liberty bonds"
was a statement that got Fred Jun
ton, a Door county farmer, into a
peck of trouble. JuntOn was i'm
mediately arrested and paid a fine and
costs Of $780, He was also severe
ly lectured for his indiscreet and I'M
patriotic remarks.
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Pierce Purcell, Madison piano
tuner, was nearly burned to death
when carboy containing five gal
Ions of denatured alcohol exploded in
the basement of a store where he was
working. The flames did $4,000 dam
age to the building and burned Pur-
cells body severely.
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JOS. Dix, a Stevens Point farmer,
was arrested in a local grocery store
by a stranger who proved to be state
food inspector Geo. H. Eigenberger.
Dix brought load of eggs for the
market and Gambling disclosed that
many Of them were spoiled. He paid
q heavy fine.
The foundrymen at the Stoughton
wagon works have a Liberty" bell
made by Sid Alme, one of the work
men. The Bell is mounted over
beam in the foundry and was first
rung in honor of the city's success
in raising it's full quota of Liberty
bonds.
An examination is being made at
Whitewater Of the accounts of city
Clerk. A. N. Savee The Clerks books
show shortage Of $2,707 and Savee
OH his part claims that he had asked
the city to change it's slovenly book
keeping methods and will fight the
case.
Claire Pooler of Colfax, aged Is,
was shot in the face while hunting
ducks with another youth near his
home. Young POoler rose in the boat
as his companion fired The full
charge struck the unfortunate boy in
the face making a CHASTITY wound. His
recovery is doubtful.
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Insisting that no better site can be
found in northern Wisconsin from the
standpoint of healthfulness and &C
feasibility than are offered in Doug
las county, local civic organizations
are endeavoring to have the proposed
$4,000 north Wisconsin state sani-
tarium for the treatment of tubercu-
lar patients located in that county.
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Persistent patriotism characterized
the entrance and continuance of Geo.
Thalacker of Rice Lake in the U.
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an operation to give him normal Wis
ion Shortly after gaining admission
he slipped and broke his arm. Then
when on furlough he went boat
riding at Rice Lake with two girl
friends. The boat overturned and
both girls drowned despite his handi-
capped efforts to save them. Now he
is at Waco with his regiment and
latest report has it that in cleaning
his gun he shot himself through the
hand.
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The biggest single haul of carp
and buffalo fish was made recently
in Lake MonOna by Wiedner & Son,
who have the contract for removing
carp from the lakes. They stretched
a net, one mile in length, from Win
nequah to Turvill's point and gath
cred in about 100000 pounds of fish,
mostly carp. The value of the haul
was estimated at $4,000 The carp
and buffalo are kept alive in crate
which holds 10000 pounds in the
Tonyawatha lagoon until the contrac-
tors are ready to ship them. A de-
putty is present to see that all game
fish caught in the net are thrown back
in the lake. Wiedner e Son sell the
fish at seven cents a pound and the
state receives 20 per cent of the re-
ceipts.