Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-06
AND NEARBY
A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING
INCIDENTS CONCERNING PEG
PIE OF ADJACENT COUNTIES.

Miss Geraldine Shireman of Dodge
vile, had her wrist fractured by the
kick of Ford car.
Archie Kessler of Dodgeville, is
now in Siberia with the U. S. Expe-
dictionary Forces, Co. B, 31st Infantry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Mcguire of
Highland, lost their 11-year-old son
Thomas.
Ralph NJ Sturdevant of Dodgeville,
died last week of pneumonia, aged 10
years.
Stewart Galloway, son of Thos.
Galloway of Cassville, died at Duluth,
Mimi, after lingering illness with
tuberculosis.
Arthur Swift of Darlington, has
been commissioned a first lieutenant.
Lieut. Swift has been on the Mexican
border for two years.
An automobile running into a bug
gy at Dodgeville, seriously hurt Mrs.
Frank Moore who was knocked from
the rig and dragged some distance
Mrs. John Mckinley of Highland,
was summoned by death last week.
Mrs. Mckinley formerly lived at Ben
ton.
James Hutchinson of Mineral Point,
has been appointed second lieutenant.
Lieut.. Hutchinson completed training
at the 4th officers Training School,
Louisville, Ky.
Dr. Henry Roewe of Michael Reese
hospital, Chicago died there of pneu-
monia. He was a nephew of G. P
Him of Fennimore, and a talented
young man.
Albert Smethurst of Eastman, in
Crawford county, died of pneumonia
following a two weeks illness. Five
other members of the. family were i'll
at the same time.
Mrs Thos. Tuffley of Boscobel, aged
50, died there Thursday a week ago,
after a long illness. Charles E. Turf
ley, Capt. Frank Tuffley and Jesse in
the service, are the children.
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The barn on the Mahlon Steel farm
north of Boscobel, burned to the
ground last week with a loss of
$4,000. The entire crop of hay was
destroyed.
A windmill tower at Dodgeville, was
blown to the ground during high
wind and $500 damage done. The
windmill served to pump water for
the city.
Fred Ian, an Avoca saloonkeeper,
struck Jas. McGill with a beer bottle
inficting painful wounds McGill
had abused the saloon man. Ian was
fined $25 and costs and McGill put
on the blacklist.
Harvey Grebner of Galena, writes
his parents from overseas that he and
five others are tenting together. One
other is an American and the balance
Jew, a Russian, Frenchman and an
Italian. All allies in the same cause.
**
Mr. and Mrs M. J. Walsh of Rich
land Center, lost two sons in three
weeks. Frank Walsh, soldier, died
at Indianapolis, of pneumonia. Leo
Walsh died at Madison, few weeks
later, of the same disease.
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Some weeks ago Patrick Keyes of
Cobb, received dispatch from Wash
ington D. c., stating that his son Al
fred was missing in action. He later
received word that Alfred had been
located in a hospital in France.
j. F. Hawley of Darlington, an api-
artist, was allowed 400 lbs. of sugar
with which he may feed 300 swarms
of his bees this winter The lack of
rainfall and honey producing plant
threatened the insects with starvation.
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Mrs. Matt Hoffland of Montfort,
died last week after long and severe
illness during which time her hus-
band took her to Colorado for her
health. Mrs. Hoffland, aged 81, left
two small children.
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Edward Schaff of Mineral Point,
died in a San Franciso hospital of
pneumonia. Schaff was in training at
FIT. Stevens, Ore, where he was taken
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operation. The body was brought
home under escort for burial.
So
A. w. Plourd and wife of Platte
vile, mourn the death of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Winnie Plourd Kelley, who
died at Finley hospital, Dubuque, last
Tuesday. A new born babe entered
into better land with it's mother. The
funeral was held Saturday at East
Dubuque.
Bud Kinyon of Richland Center, is
"in bad" with the U. S. authorities. A
number of witnesses from his home
town testified against him. 1t is said
that in addition to disloyal remarks
damaging evidence was found in the
mans trunk. The hearing took place
at La Crosse. ***
Otto Kuhn, former cheesemaker at
the Walnut Grove cheese factory near
Muscoda, was in court at Montfort
last week asking for wages he alleg-
ed were due him. Mr. Kuhn failed to
put up the costs in action and the
case was dismissed AS he left the
court room he called John Beran, a