Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-02-28
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While sitting III his chair at his farm
home near Plover, Martin WorzalIa,
aged 81 years, suddenly expired He
was retired farmer.
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Menasha city officials are on a ram
page after violators of the truant law
Several cases are up for trial at the
present time Parents in the Polish
district are the main offenders.
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Mrs. Melissa Perkins, aged 81 years
who came to Racine from Vermont in
1889, died last week. Mrs. Perkins
was the city's oldest pioneer. She was
active in civic and religious affairs up
to the last.
Alois Firkus, Stevens Point potato
buyer, paid $3.50 bushel for three
carloads Of potatoes the price being
the highest paid in that region. The
1900 bushels brought $4,000.
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Sturgeon Bay merchants have adopt
ed plans for establishing co-opera-
tive delivery system. Five deliveries
ule.
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Mrs. Jacob Gurka, Green Bay, rs
old, was fatally injured when she fell
down fight of stairs at her home.
She suffered fracture of several rigs
and internal injuries.
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Freddie Miller, 8, laughed in class
at St. JOseph's school, La crosse, and
swallowed lead pencil, three inches
long. Doctors think it may be neces-
sary to operate.
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For the slight cause of being shot
through the neck with rifle bullet,
Mrs. James Boudreau of Stevens
Point, was recently granted an abso-
lutte divorce from her husband
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Robert w. Scott, a La Crosse resi-
dent since 1855, died last week at the
age Of SO years. He marched with
Sherman to the sea, having been a
member Of the army construction
corps.
The village of Crivitz, Marinette
county, was threatened with destruc-
ton when fire broke out in the
stOrehouse of the Peninsula Box &
Lumber company. $4,000 damage
was done.
Mrs. Sophia Wiersau of Milwaukee,
aged so years, died Of pneumonia two
days after the death Of her husband,
John Wiersau, aged SO years, from the
same disease. The couple were buried
together
The original copy of a letter of his
toric Importance, written by George
Rogers Clarke to Lieut. -Gov. Hamilton
OF the British post at Detroit, is now
in possession Of the Wisconsin Histor-
icaI society at Madison.
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Michael McMullen Of Brownsville.
near La Crosse, was overcome while
crossing the Mississippi river on foot
He was frozen to death during the
night, being found late the next after
noon. McMullen was As years old.
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Six hundred tons of marsh hay. val
ued at over 100000 took fire and burn
ed in warehouse at Omro where it
was stored. The firemen were attend
ing dance when the blaze started.
This is the third fire at Omro recently
and incendiaries are suspected.
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Thomas o. WinslOw, Cincinnati
cutlery salesman, took his life last
week in hotel at Marinette, by shoot
ing. He left a note addressed to the
"inquisitive public, in which he asks
the people to pardon his act as he was
tired Of living, due to i'll health.
After pleading guilty to -four rob-
berries in one month, Edward and Jos.
Holly of Amigo, were sentenced to five
years at Waupun by Justice Hogan.
The robberies were very bold In one
case the young men went to ware
house and removed forty-six calf hides.
The load being too heavy to carry
they then went to the warehouse mans
barn and took his horse and rig con-
veying the hides to a swamp. They
then brought the horse home. They
were caught while conveying the hides
in suitcases out of the city.