Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-02-07

car Elwell, aged residents of La
Crosse county. Mr. Elwell a week
ago was 81, his wife SO.
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Mrs. John Mega!ski, Of Ncenah, es-
capped serious injury when the horse
she was driving ran away and crashed
into another vehicle. She was hurled
from the vehicle uninjured.
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Walter Krause was held for exam
nation at Wausau, on a charge OF hold
ing up Nick Groebel in a grocery store.
A masked bandit took $50 from the
till and escaped in sleigh.
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In the trial OF Chris Casanova, a
brewer in County Judge Otto w Arm
GUSTS court, at Hudson, on a charge
Of violating the dry regulations in
that city, the jury disagreed.
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a modern roundhouse to cost $275,-
will be built at Madison, by the North
Western railway company during the
coming season. 1t is probable that the
Monona yards will be chosen as the
site.
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Miss Maude Robbins, Is years old,
daughter of Frank w Robbins, promi-
nent La Crosse society man, eloped
to Minneapolis with Louis Przwojski,
a tin worker, and were married. They
will be forgiven.
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THE mumps will get you if you do
not watch out" That is the warning
that nsOthers in Waupun are giving to
their children because of the epidemic
Of humps now prevalent there. There
are about fifteen cases in ALL
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A committee of the board of super
visors of La Crosse county has adopt
ed plans for a forty-bed tuberculosis
sanitarium to cost $4,000 1t will be
built near Onalaska, three miles from
the city.
The famous steam wagon of Osh-
kosh, which won the $4,000 prize Of
fered by the Wisconsin legislature in
1878 in a competitive contest for the
first propelled vehicle, was on
exhibition last week at the Madison
automobile show
Walter Bowman, years DID, of
Menasha, lost three fingers by the ex-
plOsiOn Of a dynamite cap The boy
placed the cap, which he had found,
on stove and pressed it with his
fingers. The accident happened at the
home Of an aunt
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Miss Minerva Storlie, of Viroqua, a
student at the Vernon County Train
ing school there will probably never
hold pins in her mouth while fitting
g dress. When she swallowed one
physicians were forced to use drastic
measures in removing it.
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Saying she believes she has just
cause for divorce, Hedwig Billiard, IA
year-old wife of Harold Billiard, of
Fond du Lac, has filed petition ask
ing that her father, Frank Ruckert,
be appointed as her guardian. Mrs.
Billiard was married on Feb. 20, 1916.
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Sergt Paul Coogan Of Co. L Thir-
ty-third Michigan infantry, accidental
ly shot himself at Ell Paso, Texas,
while cleaning revolver, and his
condition is pronounced grave. Coo
gan, who is a travelling man in civil
life, resided at Marinette, Wisconsin.
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injured when passenger train crash
ed into the rear of freight train near
Marshfield, damaging the engine and
smashing two box cars. Frank Sherr
suffered broken shoulder and severe
bruises. E. c. Rand was burned about
the face.
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With 1920 members and a fund of
$4,000 in the treasury, the state milk
producers association is laying a plan
for campaign to insist on an aver
age of So a hundred pounds for the
summer contract period, beginning on
April 1. A meeting was held at Keno
Sha last week.
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night vigil in fruitless effort to arouse
him. the frozen body of VIM. Mccarthy
a bachelor farmer, was found in his
cOrnfeld near Marshall, Wis Mr.. Nc
Carthy's team returned to the barn
driverless, while the dog remained
with him all night
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When William Bum went into a
Madison boarding house where his
wife was employed he asked her to re-
turn and live with him. When she
refused, he shot her through the heart
There was only three persons in the
house at the time, including Bunns
7year-old son. After the shooting
Bum escaped, but was later caught
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Soon after he was found in Superior
cafe booth, George Anderson, Guth-
rie railroad man, succumbed to an