Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-23

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examined over 300 selectmen in Sc
hours, establishing a state record.
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Paul Lambrecht, a Milwaukee dock
worker, was found dead in his home.
His wrists were slashed with a raz-
OF.
The body of Olaf Olson, "a, woods
man, was found in the Wisconsin riv-
er near Tomahawk. He was last seen
Sept. IA.
John Maths, Italian laborer, was
fatally injured when stones and dirt
| fell on him at the Northwestern Iron
Co. mine.
An epidemic of hog cholera has
broken out on French Island, La
Crosse suburb. State authorities have
been called.
Green Bay judges release sentenced
Migrants under probation to the road
commissioner, who has put them to
work on highway construction.
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Lilacs are in full bloom in the gar
den of Mrs. w. T. Sherman, East Del
avian. The raspberry vines bear bios
SONS, green and ripe berries.
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The fuel shortage is becoming SER
ious at Green Bay. The defense coun-
Gil is making a canvass of homes and
there is talk of community coal
pile.
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John Kaukilik, 8, died of heart fail
ure at Bolt, Kewaunee county, while
gazing at the remains of his uncle,
who died in a Maryland training
| camp.
Within month of his 10th birth
day anniversary, H. N. Mueller, res
ident of La Crosse for Is years, was
arrested on a charge of failing to reg
lister.
John, II, Jennie, %, and Irwin. %,
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Her
man of Dane county, are dead of in
fiuenza. Four other children have
been very i'll with the same complaint.
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Engineer J. A. Strathearn, Two
Rivers, stopped his train few inches
from baby at play in the sand be-
tween the tracks. The fireman car
ried the baby to a nearby farmhouse.
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Arthur Brisbane, owner of the
Washington Post and Editor of the
Chicago Herald, has bought the Mil
waukee Evening Wisconsin. Mr..
Brisbane will edit the Wisconsin pap
Ell also.
County treasures who Withhold in
heritance taxes from the state from
one quarter to another will be re-
CURED to pay interest on these sumo.
One treasurer Withheld $4,000, reports
Treasurer Johnson.
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Threshermen at Oconto stumbled
onto a picture of the kaiser hanging
on the wall. John Dinse, a farmer,
owned the house. Kaiser Bill came
down and Dinse was called down by
the irate grain sifters.
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A committee has leased a three
story building at Racine for an army
and navy club and to contain res
taurant, restroom, information bu
reau, library, entertainment dormi-
tory, and with shower and tub baths.
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Madison has $500 citizens in the
u. S. service fighting the huns. Of
these 326 are in the national guard,
$50 in the navy, " in army aviation,
1,342 have left as selectives and over
100 others have enlisted elsewhere in
various branches of the servise. 25
deaths have occurred.
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The fifth death from influenza in
the Grant, family within sixteen days
occurred at Menominee, when Nate
Grantz, IS, died. Emil, Helen, Wal
ter and Soma Grantz died within a
few days of each other. The father
is Frustrated by the cruel devasta-
ton death made in his family. His
wife died a few years ago.
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George Kirby and Albert Julian, 49,
and 10 years, entered the farm home
of Louis Lillesand near midnight and
after being ordered out by the farm
er's aged mother, handled the woman
roughly and took a small sum of
money. The boys were caught next
day and pleaded guilty. Their case
day and pleaded guilty They were
given year in the penitentiary.
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Three explosions in the Racine
buildings of the Standard Oil Co.,
caused damage from $4,000 to $780,
900, the Office and warehouse build
ing, two stories high and built of
brick, 6Ox12O feet, having been de-
molished. Fire completed the ruin
and endangered the adjoining build
ings of the Belle City Incubator Co.,
and the S. C. Johnson Co.
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Ringing Bros show will winter at
Bridgeport Conn, instead of Bara-
boo. Scarcity of help and "fiu" are
the reasons given for not coming
west. The Barnum show also winters
at Bridgeport, where its home has