Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-04
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Nm. Perkins was struck by a train
and killed while walking on the North
Western tracks near Beloit.
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r. e. Todd, a Madison civil engin-
eer, dove to his death in Lake Men
dota, when his head struck a stone.
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The body of Clarence O'Keefe, rur-
al carrier at Custer, was found in the
Wisconsin river. His automobile is
missing.
Christian Weston, go, lost his bal
ance walking on the bridge at Column
bus. His body was taken from the
river by a son.
Four Eau Claire u~ndertakers noti-
fled city authorities that hereafter the
price for burying the poor will be $35,
an increase of SIS.
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John King, 80, colored, Oshkosh,
drowned when he fell of a boat
while fishing. He was an expert as
phalt pavement finisher.
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Elmer Reuben of Alma, a 20" road
Ch1PAOJCg N0L AAO LI1OdL 1lOLn d -
ear Will. insane from the great heat.
The tragedy took place in a cook
car.
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Judge Backus of Milwaukee, gave
Joe Hertzberger one year in jail.
Hertzberger brutally assaulted his
small son until the latter's face was
a pulp.
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Alexander Bucholz, Y, was fined
500 for selling liquor at his park
near GAINESVILLE. 1t was alleged that
soldiers had been going to the park
and getting drunk.
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David Templeton, a fireman, was
killed at Oconomowoc, when he
stuck his head from the cab window
and was hit by a board projecting
from another train.
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Earl Miller Of La Crosse, slipped
into a melon patch to "swipe' a
juicy one. He was shot and mortal
ly injured by Herman Kramer, the
owner, who is now in Jail.
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Seven Ashland girls were arraign-
ed charged with stealing vegetables
from war gardens. They were re-
leased on payment for the vegetables
and promise Of good behavior.
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Frank A. Starck of Madison, climb
ed a SIS #. pole on the courthouse
and restored "Old Glory which had
been torn down in a storm. Many
people watched Starck's daring stunt.
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Hunted a year, Thomas Davenport
and George Cary, La Crosse regis
trants, alleged to have evaded exam
ination and classification under the
army service act, nave been arrested.
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Otto G. Husting, brother of the late
Senator Pau o. Husting, died of
heart failure in his Milwaukee office
last Tuesday. Otto Husting was a
mar Of ability although not as well
known as his famous brother.
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Edward Schumacher, 81, Racine po-
liceman, is dead of heart disease. He
Joined the department in July, 1885,
and in 1900 was appointed chief. A
year later he resigned, was reappoint-
ed in 1906, and in 1912 became chief
of detectives.
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Lightning struck a ~Sheboygan
church steeple and travelled to the
sidewalk where it entered an auto
mobile occupied by Mrs. Caroline
Fleck md two children. The Flecks
were rendered unconscious and par
alyzed but later recovered.
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A fire loss of SIS, 900 came about
at the Harvester Stock Farm, near
Mayville, when sparks from a thresh-
er ignited a grain stack and spread
to the buildings. Barns and build
ings contained 5000 bushels of grain
and 100 tons of hay, all going up in
smoke. A cement silo did not burn.
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That ex-Gov. Francis E. McGovern
expects to be sent to France soon is
indicated in a letter to State Treas
urer Johnson. Mr.. McGovern said 1t
was the first time that he had not
taken an active part in Wisconsin
political affairs. His letter indicat-
ed, however, that he might be ex-
pected to enter Wisconsin politics
again in the future.
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Senator Timothy Burke of Green
10y No 0hGOA my " AN4COlO LUZ
clio, will apply to Gov. Philip on
September IL for a pardon or COM
mutation for the sentence of his eli
ent, no serving a 25 year term at Wau-
pun for murder. Quartuccio was a
resident of Madison's little Italy and
during a quarrel with a fellow coun-
tryman shot and killed him. He es-
capped but was captured later in the
evening at South Madison where he
had planned on boarding a freight
train. He was convicted in the mu-
nicipal court and sentenced by the
late Judge Donovan to % years in
the state prison May Is, 1912.
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That the state conservation COM
mission has not the power to shorten
the season for killing deer and has
the power to put into force the one-
buck law, was the effect of an opinion
rendered by Attorney General Haven
to the state conservation commission.
The commission asked whether it had
power to shorten the period for the
killing of deer from twenty days to