Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-05

desertion. 1t is alleged that Tracy
left the coast artillery in the state of
Washington twelve years ago. Since
then the u. S. officials have loked for
him. Tracy has wife and two chill
dren now
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Thirty days in the "band house" was
the sentence drawn by Dave Murray,
ubiquitous driver for the Shurtleff
Ice Cream company Of GAINESVILLE.
Dave drove his heavy truck while ut
terly disregarding the local traffic
laws It was his first offense and
probably the last.
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Ed o. LEM of GAINESVILLE, 10 years
old, is under arrest on white slavery
charge 1t is alleged that LEM con-
Quoted Miss Marie McElroy a tele-
phone operator, to Illinois for immor-
al purposes. The girl had previously
brought action against Lenz for de-
flaming her name
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Fred LevOndoski Of Oak Ridge. near
Stoddard, labored in the harvest field
until dark and did not notice his little
son sleeping near the stacks. A fork
thrown from the load struck the boy
in the chest, penetrating his left lung.
The little fellow will be saved, but the
call was close
Richard Cornell of Lafayette han
dies fourteen good mich COWS, for
h aI ~ 5po o1,o e1,
cry month Of $40 and over. This has
been going on since last year with the
exception Of one month, when the
check amounted to $125. For a bunch
of fourteen COWS this is a remarkable
showing.
G. D. L'Auglair, 80 years old, a far
mer, was killed by train on the
Chicago & North Western six miles
south of Madison. The train struck
an automobile in which L'Auglair and
his brother John were riding, the lat
ter saving himself by jumping The
dead man was drafted for the army
and expected to leave for camp at
Battle Greek, Mich, on September 5.
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While Mr. and Mrs Anthony Rock
were travelling between Milwaukee
and Random Lake recently. Mrs. Rock
left her handbag and purse in the
train. She at once sent a telegram to
the conductor and before the train
had reached Waldo the handbag had
been recovered. In the purse inside
the bag was about $50 which Mrs.
Rock intended to deposit in the bank
at Random Lake.
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After receiving 23OO volts Of cleo
tricity thirty feet in the air while
repairing wires on a telephone pole.
Walter Cleary, a prominent young
man Of Marinette, hung by his safety
belt until rescued by the fire depart
ment. Cleary's back laid lengthwise
OH live wire and his coat was near
ly burned off. After being removed
from his perilous position by firemen
Cleary was taken to the hospital. 1t
is believed he will recover.
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Booze in considerable quantities
was poured into the dry, sandy soil
near Camp Douglas by the federal Of
hcerS last week. 1t seems that Camp
| Douglas is dry by federal enactment
but that sundry citizens have been
selling rum without kick or a care.
Automobiles were used to haul the
vile stuff to the town, where a lively
trade existed more among visitors
than soldiers. Then Uncle Sam put
his foot down hard and no more rum.
Because Henry Phil Of Milwaukee
had red mustache his friends iden-
tilted badly mangled body in the
morgue and proceeded to arrange for
a costly funeral with flowers. Phil
walked in his boarding house unex-
pectedly and nearly frightened the
landlady to death. The ceremonies
were called off, following round of
explanations in which it DEVELOPED
that the dead man had one of PihIs
cards in his pocket His identity is
unknown.
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John Johnson of Orfordville Jour
neyed to GAINESVILLE, where he met
John Johnson of Evansville. The two
JohnsOns at first fraternized but later
Iquarreled viciOusly. They were taken
| to court, where upon the merits Of
the case one was given a $25 fine and
the other drew S.. Friends sent the
money for the first John but through
an error the second man was released. /
/ No further report is made on the
quandary.
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The attorney general last week ad- +.
vised City Attorney George H. Nc !
Cloud of Ashland that civil authori- /
I ties cannot lawfully arrest and prose 4
cute members of a military company
in federal service for violating city or
dinances. Soldiers guilty of such VIC