Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-04-04
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J. ]. Steinbach of Evanston, H.
was acquitted at Kenosha when tried
for the burning Of the $4,000 Lawler
icehouses.
Archie Crow we'll known Kenosha
business man, was severely beaten
by footpads and his money and valu-
ables taken.
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Many cattle are being lost in inc
Pleasant Hill district near Grand
Rapids through an epidemic OF indi-
gestiOn
Found guilty at Superior, Of Grim
naI assault upon his fifteen-year-old
niece, Charles Quagon, an Indian, was
sentenced to twenty years in prison.
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His head split open with hatchct
Christ Lund, of Winthrop Harbor
crawled to a saloon on the Sheridan
road near Kenosha. He said he was
assaulted by two men.
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John SnaisdelI, of Marinette, held
in Jail for two months on a charge Of
embezzling funds from the Gately
store, settled the matter by paying
$500 to the bonding company.
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A new variety of shortage is being
experienced in Wood county, there be-
ing a scarcity of kerosene. Many
towns have reported a complete ex
haustion of this commodity.
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Mystery surrounds the finding OF
the body of a baby in a lonely spot
near Fountain City, by railroad
crews. The infant had been buried in
the snow for at least two weeks.
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Nick HoItz, a West Bend youth,
made the prize catch of the season
while fishing through the ice. Holtz
got a strike on his line and for half
an hour battled with a huge fish. He
finally pulled out "A lb. pickerel.
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Four Honey Creek young men who
hunted deer in Sank county on Nov
ember 18th, last year, paid fines Of
500 and costs each. in the BaraboO
courts. The game wardens have been
active in that section bringing law
violators to justice.
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Eighteen fountain pens, narcotics
and Sc in change was the loot of an
unknown thief who broke into the
Guam drug store, Madison, with
jimmy. The stranger got away with
the haul.
@. III. Schweizer, La Crosse attorney,
claims that he saw a sparrow commit
suicide in an office building in that
city by hanging itself with horse
hair. He said the bird apparently lost
its mate to another sparrow.
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A "speeder" used on Northwestern
road repair work, overturned near
Pleasant Prairie, and went into the
Oplane river Thomas Geogatulas,
laborer, was killed. Two other men
sustained internal injuries.
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John j. Williams, Milwaukee
painter fell from scaffold in the
Notre Dame convent and landed on
his head on the marble floor. Will
liams had had the job Of cleaning the
convent walls and ceiling for twenty
years.
The wife of Matt Masalicz, a SUI
perior man sentenced to thirty days
in the worKhouse, appeared in court
asking the judge to care for her in
FAINT child. She refused to return
home and finally the police had to es-
cort her out of the room. The city
will care for her and the child.
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The Black Cat Textiles company,
of Kenosha, through it's President,
Chester G. Allen, has offered to Pres
ident Wilson the entire output of the
great plants of the company in Ken
Osha and Bennington in case the ma
ton needs them for the equipment Of
the army or the navy.
AIDE Elder barn boss of the Sawyer
Goodman camp at Catalene, was
found dying in the pig yard at the log
ging camp. Several deep cuts, in
GLIDING a severed leg artery, and
deep cash on his back were found
on the body No clew has been found
as to the mans murderers.
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A frozen gas main came near being
the cause of death with Mrs Matt Ell
lingbo, Of Stoughton. The husband
came home late from his work and
found his wife apparently lifeless and
the house filled with gas fumes. BY
great effort she was brought back TO
life. A gas stove that had been out of
use because the main was frozen, is
thought to have had an open jet.
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Portage residents "ducked" for COW