Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-13

was accidently shot and killed by her
10-year-oId brother. The boy was
cleaning a rife when it was acct
IDENTIFY discharged, the bullet strik-
ing the girl in the head, causing in
slant death.
Wilbur Olson of Dodgeville, aged 8
years, had the misfortune of hav3-' g
his right thumb torn from his hand
Wilbur and smaller brother we're
playing with a grindsto1.e when the
accident happened. The attending
physician sewed the member on again
and thinks it will graft.
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The mutilated body of Mrs. Par
milla Hanson, an aged Manitowoc wo-
man, was found in her little home. To
all appearances Mrs. Hanson had
been dead two or three days. Neigh
bors found the body in a dilapidated
bed covered with a bundle of rags
from which rats and mice scurried
when disturbed.
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The city Of Oshkosh has sold to-
tai Of 39,261 pounds of fish at cost,
since sales were inaugurated on Aug
ust %, 1917, or within 27 weeks. This
is an average of LASS pounds a week,
sales being held on Fridays. The
amount has gradually been increased,
until for this weeks sale 4,300 pounds
have been procured.
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Milk producers of Racine and Keno
sha counties voted to join milk pro-
ducers in Wisconsin and Illinois in
organizing the Milk Producers Co
operative Marketing association with
a capital stock of $500,000 The new
association will dispose of milk pro-
duced by members and if necessary
plants will be erected for the manu-
facture of butter, cheese and condens-
ed milk.
William Keyes, father of private
James Keyes who died recently at
Rockford, has discovered what he
calls human Ieech." A Washing
ton attorney writes Mr.. Keyes that
for a ten per cent commission he will
collect government insurance and
back pay. The commission" would
amount to $1,000 as young Keyes was
insured under the war act for $4,000.
Parents Of dead boys are warned to
watch for these leeches as Uncle
Same will make settlement in each
case without charge.
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The womans committee of the state
council of defense has been asked to
assist in the nationwide campaign for
the Americanization of aliens which
the bureau of education is planning
to carry on. The bureau recognizes
that the program includes much that
is of particular interest to women and
it asks that the WOman'S committee
of every council be enlisted under the
slogan make English the language
of your state" To this end it pro-
poses a pro-American drive through
such agencies as the speakers bu-
reau, the press and poster advertis-
ing; the translation and printing of
imported speeches on was subjects
and of articles relating to the laws
regulating aliens; the utilization of
foreign born speakers to address
aliens in their own language; and the
mobilization Of the foreign elements
themselves for patriotic work.
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The supreme court last Wednes-
day declared the marriage of Bertha
T. Kitzman and Otto H. Kitzman of
Eau Claire, invalid. Kitzman was a
spendthrift under a guardian and in
failing in his efforts to secure a Ii
cense in Wisconsin the couple went
to st. Paul where the ceremony was
solemnized. "This marriage in Mimi
esota was solemnized contrary to the
express prohibition of the statute of
that state and contrary to public pol
ICY" said Justice Eschwaler Sin the
opinion of the court it was entered in
to after concealment and misrepre-
sentation Of material fact had in
duced the proper official of that state
to issue requisite marriage certifi-
cate and that in violation of the pub
lie policy and the statutes of Mimi
esota were of such nature that the
pretended ceremony would create I'M
| would be recognized in the public pol
| icy of this state"