Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-24

Walter Thrasher, 8, Madison. died
from lockjaw after running a sn1in-
ter into his foot.
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Walter Vaughn, a wealthy retired
farmer OF Manawa, shot himself dead
at his sons home.
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A pearl found in a clam in the Wolf
river by Mrs. Ida Peters of Fremont
brought $110 from a Chicago firm
1000
W~lnnebago county's treasury has !
balance of 1914, $685.. The county
has no debts and has money invest
ed in its own bonds.
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Lieut.. Howard Smith of Oshkosh
was recently killed in action in
france. He left an estate of S.. 900
10 MS mother besides his insurance.
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Eyre Scot of Marinette, was in
Quoted into the navy for
OF his wife and two small children,
HIS wife waived exemption at the
Marinette board.
600
iopoilnS d ~ pound picker
Ell for dinner a cook found a six III.
nsn IN It's stomach. Mrs. Barney Glib
ney, a summer resorter neal Birch
wood, made the catch.
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State institutions are running with
oO per cent OF the normal help owing
10 shortage. Inmates are receiving
good physical care but special medi-
! "a frn0fYa Ont in 1onlxsa.
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Peter Nicholson and Albert Graft
OF Amigo, have bound over to the U.
5. District court at Milwaukee for
trial on the charge of buying liquor
Tor three Indians employed there.
600
VIM. Nine back of the town of Maine
In Marathon county, was terribly.
mangled when a freight train hit
him. -Four years ago he was struck
by a train and one of his arms ampu-
tated.
Teach American and nothing else.
| love we quit teaching German
A quick volley of seconds followed
and the school board voted to abolish
all German instruction in Neenah's
public schools.
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Talwo Partanen, wanted by the An
tigo authorities for failure to fill out
his questiannaire, was captured at
Portland, Ore, and sent to Camp De-
vons, Aver, Mass, having been in
Quoted into military service.
1000
The Rev. Phillip Gordon, Reserve,
Wis, the second Indian ever ordain-
ed to Catholic priesthood, has an
nounced his intention to seek the Re-
publican nomination for congress in
the Eleventh Wisconsin district.
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Attorney General Haven has ruled
that the failure of Rhinelander to file
a deed for a site of a normal school
on or before January 1, 1918, places
the matter in the hands of the nor
NAL school regents to select a new
site.
Louis Moziar, formerly of Niagara,
who attempted to murder Deputy
William Bourassa, stabbing him sew
eral times, and who was convicted
and sentenced to serve Is years in
Jail, has applied for pardon of Gov
ernor Philip.
Earl Sanborn, a Great Lakes Jack
lie, was arrested and released at Mil
waukee, after a charge of theft of
born ST., Ear1's father, was then ar
rested for not having supported the
family for II years.
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wisconsin has the best federal
food administration of any state
which I have visited or heard Of"
declared G.. w. Warrington of the
Hoover food board staff at Madison,
where he came to confer with Food
Administrator Swenson.
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Hearings before the Wisconsin in
dustrial commission indicate that
Peter Heruben, under age, employed
by George Bremen in the latter's
restaurant in Superior, who lost four
fingers while operating a sausage
grinder, will be awarded $4,000, a
third of which will be paid by insur-
ance carriers and the remainder by
H%eruben's employer.
The little two year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Klock, of the town OF
Bloom, Richland county, suffered the
severe fracture of one of his legs not
long ago. The accident happened in
a most peculiar n The mother
was carrying the child and started to
run with the little one in her arms.
when she stumbled and fell, the fall
resulting in the fracture.
600
The 2-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. d. M. White of Ashippum, was
burned to death while the parents
were milking. An 5 year old son
ran to the barn and told his parents
of the fire. When they reached the
| house it was almost consumed. They
lost their personal effects and fur
niture. The local Red Cross has
supplied them with entire outfits OF
clothing.
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There is $2,142.64 in the hands Of
Public Administrator Neele B. Neelen