Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-06

fell in tub Of hot water and received
scalds that caused his death shortly
after. 900
Smoke from the furnace bringing on
asthmatic CONFUSION, caused the death
whose dead body was discovered
alone in his home.
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Louis McKy of Richland Center,
Center. went to jail for Is months for
stealing venison. Mckay had been in
lowe for some time ard was nabbed
while on visit home
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A. o. Afseth, travelling agent for
the St. Paul Daily News, was found
dead in the baths Of La Crosse hotel
by an employee. The man. evidently
died during the night, and heart fail
ure is thought to be the cause
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Hans Hanson, Milwaukee barten-
der, took umbrage when Walter John
son, customer, commented on Han
sons slowness in serving a schooner.
Hanson whipped out gun and shot
Johnson in the leg. Hanson was ar
rested. 1000
An Increase of available farm labor
by the enlistment Of high school boys
throughout the state was advocated by
Thomas Lloyd Jones, member of the
University of Wisconsin faculty, at an
address given before the Marinette
Chamber Of Commerce.
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A 81 pound baby girl, not an in
cubator baby, is thriving in Men
asha hospital. The child is that of
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Flen4ie of Stevens
Point, Mr.. Flentie being city sealer
of weights and measures there He
vouches for the baby's weight
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Ray Clifford Of Boaz had the mis-
fortune to fall from a hay stack and
in the fall the tines of a pitchfork
was thrust into his back, near the
spinal column, to the depth of several
inches. He was taken to ST. Mary's
hospital at Madison for treatment.
600
One Of the biggest settlements ever
recorded in a personal injury action in
Dane county, Wis, occurred Tuesday
at Madison when L. F. Schaelkopf. an
auto agent agreed to pay Neill Fox.
Madison, $4,000 for injuries sustained
when the latter backed his machine
over an open elevator shaft in the gar
age Fox sustained permanent in
juries.
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Mrs Louise LaPointe of BAYFIELD,
has more than done her bit for Uncle
sam. She has given to the army and
navy three sons who will help beat
the kaiser and Prussianism. Harry
I, LaPOlnte, who with Raymond Close.
another Bayfield, young man, enlisted
III the marine corps, was the third
son to join Uncle Sans fighting for
ces. They have been assigned to
Paris island, South Carolina.
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FOLLOWING repeated complaints bv
the people of Kenosha to the railroad
commission about the quality of the
gas which they are being supplied. the
| commission has announced that an
expert engineer, E. J. Steinberg. Mil
Waukee, will be sent to conduct tests
Many people who have addressed the
commission have declared their will
hngness to appear at a public hear
ing and show that they have been
made III by the effects Of the gas
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The last issue Of the Edgerton Re-
porter tells that there were 48.259
acres to tobacco grown in the state
last season. 1t is grown in 81 coun-
Ties Dane first with 22,99O acres.
Rock 1900, Vernon third 1880. Col
umbia 2,1G0, Crawford fifth with 835
me middle western counties are
gradually increasing their acreage
while the southern districts barely
I hold their own except Dane county
which continues to produce more than
one-third Of the total amount grown
in the state
] Inc Du Pont munitions plant at
Barksdale now employs 1900 men in
the manufacture of explosives. The
company has completed the construc-
ton of three sleeping halls and
large mess room at BarksdaIe for the
accommodation OF it's Workmen, ow-
| ing to the crowded condition OF board
ing houses and eating houses at Wash
ourn. Special trains from Washburn
brlng the workmen to the plant and
tax them home again, but under the
new arrangement, 800 employees now
1--we i'll the newly constructed build
llgs at Barksdale just outside the
plant. Everything is furnished in
these buildings, beds, janitor service,
the best Of food and good reading.
1000
A Rice Lake clergyman Of the fight I
ing parson type, has won the reputa-
ton of being Barron county's great |
est patriot. He is the Rev Ulysses |
Grant Lacey, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church here. Coming