Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-05
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Mrs. W. F. Villas Of Madison, has |
given $4,000 to the Red Cross fund.
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Augusta WentzlGff, 76, fell into the
cistern and was drowned at her
BrOwndeer, home.
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The clipping Of three long wooded
sheep at Brentwood, purchased last
fall, showed an average Of $3.50 a
head.
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Engineer William GIeiss, who died |
in a collision near Necedah was
found pinned i'll the cab with his hand |
ON the lever. His fireman saved him
self by jumping.
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Ed. Tracy of GAINESVILLE, wrote SUI
icide note on a borrowed piece Of
paper and then tried to shoot him !
self. Policeman Hymer grabbed his
hand and prevented a tragedy.
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Adolph Spiegel, we'll known Mil !
waukee druggist, shot and killed him |
self in a sanitarium where he had |
been taken for treatment. Spiegel
was respondent over his condition.
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Sunday night along the tracks of the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad, |
JOS. Daley, So years old of Green Bay, |
was instantly killed by freight
train.
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Thos. Clark, 27, was killed by light
ming near Ridgeway. His mother saw
the crash and found Clarks body.
His clothing was badly burned and
the flesh charred. A wife and child
survive.
Charles Smith of Richland Center, |
was run over and killed by a Milwau-
kee train near Avoca. Smith was
carried beyond his destination and at
tempted to walk back. The body was
badly mangled.
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When a Neenah picture theatre at
tempted to display picture Of the
kaiser for advertising an anti-Ger
man photo-drama, a crowd assembled
and hurled mud at the faring like
ness. The manager wasn't a bit i
peeved.
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Geo. Elsich, a Milwaukee county
farmer, was arrested for moonshin-
ing in his barn. Elsich had a splen-
didly equipped plant and was making
booze of all sorts. He claims that he
made it for his own use but the Off
GERS think otherwise.
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in-the-high-school problem
is being solved at Racine by patriotic
process. There were some ESQ pupils
taking German last year. Now there
are six! No compulsion-just pupils
refusing to elect German and parents
forbidding them doing so. That's all
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A car containing four people plung
ed through an open draw bridge at
Manitowoc Ruth Scott and VIM. Vo-
lin, the driver, swan to safety. Greta
Fetzer and Raymond NaperZinska,
were drowned. The young people
were returning home from a concert
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Ed. Warloe Of New York, went in
sane while riding on O. train. He
handed the conductor several Liberty
bonds and some cash and fed from
the train at East Winona, Wis, across
the marshes. WarlOe was captured
after a long chase and will be exam
ined.
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Fred Lemars, Ladysmith, riding
carriage as setter in the Flambeau
River Lumber cOmpany's sawmill,
while attempting to kick off the last
board of log caught his left foot in
the big saw and had all the toes but
the little one sawed off. He will not
lose the use of his foot.
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Grace Lusk, on trial at Waukesha,
for the murder of Mrs. Mary Roberts,
was found guilty of second degree
murder The penalty is IA to 25I
years confinement. She broke down
and created scene in the court
room. Her condition since has been
very grave.
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Louis Bempke, %, Portage coun-
tvs champion runaway soldier, is a
prisoner at the county Jail in Stew
ems Point, with record Of three de-
sertions from the National army
against him. He was taken into GUS
tody few miles from the home of
his mother Mrs Augusta Bempke, in
the town of Carson.
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Mystery surrounding scores of hold
ups and burglaries at Racine the last
wear, is said by the police, to have
been cleared by a confession of Walt
er Bonkofski, q years old, under ar
rest on a burglary charge. He impli-
Gated three young men who are in
custody and two whom the officers
are seeking, the police say.
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Edward McCabe son of Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick McCabe of Kaukauna,
was shot and killed by Miss Emma
Dalton, who sent two bullets into the
back of his head close to the right
ear The shooting occurred at Ish-
peming, Mich, where Mr.. McCabe was
principal of the high school. Miss
Dalton, janitress of the school, was
angered when she was reprimanded
by Mr.. McCabe because of neglect Of
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