Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-10

John Dzubay, IL, town OF Reeve,
Barron county, drowned while swim
ming. The body was recovered.
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Harry Butcher has been sentenced
to a year in Fl. Leavenworth, follow
ing his conviction at Madison of riff
ing the mails.
Raymond Kelly, a Dodgeville boy
training at Camp Robinson, was
thrown from horse last week and
bruised up considerably.
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Barney Haens, 8, Sturgeon Bay, was
rescued by his father from a vat of
blood into which he had fallen head
first while playing in a slaughter
house.
For alleged statements of violent
ly seditious nature Chas. H. Naffz, a
Madison druggist, has been indicted
and will be tried at Eau Claire this
month.
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Sam Eicher, who lives six miles
from Dodgeville near the Ridgeway
road, had a COW bitten by a rattle
snake last week. Prompt work saved
the animal.
A fall from temporary platform,
which had been erected while doing
kalsomining, caused the death of Mrs.
Geo. Johnson, pioneer resident of
Manitowoc.
Several people in Dodgeville report
seeing frost on Monday morning of
last week Evaporation following the
heavy rain that fell early Sunday may
have caused the cold spell.
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The Pittsville strawberry crop this
year is estimated to be about one
third it's normal. The Babcock dist
riot claims better than this but in all
other sections the crop is extremely
light.
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Fifteen committee meetings and two
Of the common council were required
to cut the number of La Crosse sa-
looms from LAG to 119. Seventeen
closed voluntarily, while ten were re-
fused licenses.
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Seven head of Holstein cattle be-
longing to Mrs. Kate Crotty Of Adams
township, Green county, were killed
by lightning. The cattle were stand
ing under a large tree in the pasture
and were struck by single bolt.
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A special train carrying approx
mately 1900 sheep passed through
Oconto Monday morning on the way
to Ralph, Mich, point on the Escan-
aba & Lake Superior railway, where
big ranch has been established.
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ShebOygan county manufacturers
will shortly be asked to make com
plete inventory reports to the War In
dustries board, as the first step in the
eecution of the plans of that body for
an equitable distribution of labor to
help win the war.
900,
Mrs. Rose Micl1le, wife of wealthy
California business man, hanged her
self in the st. Charles hotel, Milwau-
kee, last week The body was found
hanging from a steam pipe. Mrs.
Mickle had shortly before undergone
sanitarium treatment
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VIM. Seidel, Denmark, near Green
Bay, was arrested last Tuesday and
local exemption board on a charge of
desertion. Instead of entraining for
Camp Grant on May %, he went into
hiding but was found by his brother
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Lawrence Olson, the 6-year-Old son
of Theo. Olson Of Fosheim, near Nc
Farland, last week broke the large
bone of his left leg as the result of
foil Ixyhi1n ho Mo vino with
other youth The injured boy was
taken to hospital where the injured
leg was placed in cast.
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A rear tire blowing on an expensive
OldsmObile six caused the car to SOM
ersault near Edgerton and killed G. A
Stanley of Grand Rapids, Mich, the
driver His companion, Edward Reno
of Dubuque, Ia, was badly bruised
but he had no bones broken, The car
was travelling at a high speed when
the tragedy occurred.
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Harold Hoch, % years, Milwaukee,
drowned in Pewaukee lake while at
tempting to swim from the center to
the shore, mile away. The young
mans brother dived several times
when he saw Harold go down but
could not rescue him. The boy went
down in sixty feet Of water and the
body is still unrecovered.
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Edward Bierderman wealthy JEFF.
fersOn county farmer and formerly
town treasurer, was arrested at his
home last week by a federal officer.
Biederman is charged with having OBJ
Structed recruiting He was lodged
in the Jefferson, Rock and Dane coun-
ty jails all in "A hours. He was final
ly released on $4,000 bail and will
have his trial this month
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Mrs. Thos. B. Moon of Trippville,
committed suicide ol1 Friday by hang
ing. Worry over illness is said to
have been the cause. She was at her
home alone at the time and the body
was discovered hanging from a lad
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