Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-01

dollars damage to building and con
tents
The aggressive silo campaign con
Quoted by the county councils of de-
tense has resulted in the building of
a great many of these crop safeguards
Winnebago county alone had 1888 in
June, 1917, gain of fifty-five in one
year.
900
Lightning caused the death of many
valuable COWS owned by farmers in
the vicinity of Brentwood during the
heaviest electrical storm ever exper-
fenced in that section. Crops did not
suffer to any great extent. Other dam
age was of a minor nature.
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Paul Frish of Oshkosh, was killed
and twelve others seriously injured at
Fond du Lac, when an interurban car
failed to make a sharp turn near a
bridge, and jumping the track, landed
on the bridge abuttments. Frish was
hurled through a window.
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Fred Hutter, Milwaukee, after MAX
ing a desperate swim in the cold wat
ers of Lake Geneva, saved Miss Ada |
Adams of Chicago, from drowning. +!
Miss Adams was boating near the Ell (
eanOr camp Of Chicago girls when the |
boat tipped over. She could not swim.
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Christ. Bjerkland, a young man en-
ployed at barn shingling near Slough |
ton, fell 80 feet from slippery roof |
to the ground. On the way down his |
leg struck the wire of a litter carrier !
with the result that the fall was brok-
en- and the young man only slightly |
cut.
Miss Nellie Olson, a Madison girl. 4
died suddenly under mysterious Girl
cumstances and the local authorities /
ordered an examination of her stom-
ach to ascertain the cause. Miss Oh |
son had worked in the biological de-
partment of the university for seven
years past.
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Wallace H. Mulder, 81 years old. |
prominent merchant of Melrose, Wis.
died in La Crosse hospital from the |
effects of gun shot wound in his
side. Mulder was alighting from
carriage when his shotgun was acct t
IDENTIFY discharged, sending the entire I
load into his body
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Earl Preston Of GAINESVILLE, aged 10 |
years, drowned in Rock river where |
he and his brother, Pearl, had gone
bathing. The little fellow had been
hanging onto boat in deep water
and evidently lost his hold and sank. |
The brother summoned help and the
BODY was recovered in five minutes.
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Green Bay police have been working |
on the case of Ludvina Roskoski, 9
years old, who lost three fingers from
her right hand when metal pencil
exploded. The girls grandfather
found the article in the street and
brought it home. The girl endeavored
to extract the lead when the pencil
exploded.
During severe electrical storm the
residence owned and occupied by Rob
ert Brown and family of Shell Lake,
was struck by lightning and with con-
tents was burned to the ground. The
family barely escaped in their night
clothes. The loss was partially cover
ed by insurance.
1000
Three droWnings in one week oc-
Cured in or near Eau Claire. The
body of Oscar Anderson, aged SO, was
found floating in Lake Halle follow
ing the capsizing of a boat. A COM
paniOn also drowned but the body was
not recovered The body of H. A. Hall
of New England, N. D., was found |
floating in the Eau Claire river It
was fully clothed except for the shoes
which were found on the bank. How it
came there is a mystery.
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Frank Schulz of Wausau,' owes his
life to the courage and faithfulness of
his dog. While working in a pasture
he was attacked by a vicious bull,
knocked down and rendered helpless
by broken arm, five fractured ribs
and other hurts. AS he gave up hope
the dog rushed to his assistance and
vanQuished the bull after hard fight
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The people of West Salem were
thrown into panic when it was re-
ported that a band of 80 I. w. WIS
had invaded the country near there
and La Crosse was called upon for
help. 1t was discovered that the in
vaders were La Crosse men who had
gone to West Salem to put in their
day on the farm to help with the hay
ing.
900
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