Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-27

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Whiting Ployer Paper Co., Stevens
Point, was electrocuted while repair
1000
Ferdinand Hasold choked to death
on a fish bone at Racine: He was al
veteran of the Spanish-American war.
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Mrs. Herman Kohls, 65, Marinette,
died Of pneumonia and an hour later
her daughter, Mrs. Jesse Paris, 81,
succumbed.
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Lieut.. Normal Mol, ia Crosse, suf-
fered broken leg and fractured ribs
in fall at Park field, Memphis,
Tenn.
Raymond, u, son of Supervisor A.
w. Guenther, La Crosse, lost an eye
when he accidently dropped 0 lighted
match into a can of powder. One
side of his face was badly burned.
900
Herring fishing is in full swing at
Bayfield, and many tons are being re-
ceived on the docks of three fish
houses there. If favorable weather
continues the catch promises to be
recOrd-breaking.
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Orville, 5, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Do
lar Castonquay, Amigo, was born on
March 13, 1913, and died on the thir
teenth day of his illness at the thir-
teenth hour after sunset q a. NO.
Burial was Nov. 10.
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Fifteen loaded care of a northbound
freight were ditched and the wreck
age strewn over both tracks for sew
eral hundred feet on the Milwaukee
road at Lyland, near Racine No one
was injured. A broken rail is blam-
ed.
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Mrs. Andrew Antilla, Tripoli, be-
came crazed while i'll with influenza,
and, rushing from the house, plunged
into the river and drowned She
leaves a husband and several chill
drcn.
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About $4,000 was paid beet grow
eTs of Menominee, Delta and Wis
consin counties by the Menominee
Sugar Beet Co for beets delivered
during October. The price, $40 a
ton, is the highest ever paid.
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Lyall, 90 and Harold, IS, sons Of
Guy e. Sampson, La Crosse, are be-
lieved to be among 46 men who lost
their lives when the steamer Dumaru
burned and sank between Guam and
Manila, Oct 16.
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Forest Stewart, Minneapolis, and
Phillip Cassidy, Berlin, are held at
Neenah charged with assault and
robbery of Wenzel Spetto, Manitowoc.
1t is alleged they obtained $12 but ov-
erlooked roll of $500.
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Ernest Kiesow died in a hospital at
Oshkosh of injuries suffered when an
automible in which he and two COM
paniOns were riding was upset by a
defective steering gear. His compan-
ions were uninjured.
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ManitOwoc staged a Boston Tea
Party that was not on schedule when
two box cars loaded with tea were
backed off the 500 slip and plunged
into Lake Michigan. The contents of
the cars were valued at several thOus-
and dollars and will probably be a
total loss.
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instruction has been received at
Racine from the Dupont Powder Co,
Wilmington, Del, not to begine con-
struction Of new buildings at the
powder plant at Ives. Buildings un-
der construction will be completed
for the manufacture Of some product
other than powder, it is believed
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Everything of German manufac-
tUre that could be found in the city
Of Rhinelander, was burned in a huge
bonfire held in front u the city hotel
by the Elks The bonfire was part Of
the celebration arranged for observa-
ton of the signing of the armistice.
Made in Germany" articles were de-
stroyed in large quantities.
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John Horn of Fond du Lac, was
found guilty in circuit court of viola
ton of the espionage act and fined
500 and costs. Horn was charged
with saying that Major A. M. Trier,
who was killed in action in France,
deserved to die
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c. o. Mortenson of Ladysmith. re-
tired at a Neenah hotel for the night
and one "whiff'' extinguished the
light in his room and nearly his life
as well. He was found unconscious
and taken to the hospital where he
recovered