Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-11

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A. H. Grout, cashier of the First
National Bank, Wausau, for Sc years
and a resident of Wausau since 1875,
died of apoplexy. A widow and two
children survive.
Rev. John Runge, a Lutheran pas
tor of S~heboygan, resigned his charge
to enter the u. S. service as chap
lain. Rev. Runge has two sons with
the colors.
Dan Rosenthal, aged 13, Stevens
Point, accidently shot and killed his
11-year-old brother Nick, when he
pointed a supposed empty shotgun at
the smaller lad and pulled the trig-
ger.
State officers, departmental heads
and employees, a total of 800 people
occupying offices in the capitol at
Madison, gather on the lawn daily at
8:15 a. M. to sing the Star Spangled
Banner.
Theodore Carpenter of Darlington,
was kicked unconscious by a run
away horse which became frightened
when the harness gave away. A wo-
man occupant of the rig jumped to
safety. Carpenter will get well.
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Mrs. Julia Schmidt, Green Lake,
had her skull fractured and Mrs. Hen
ry Theis, Stevens Point, sustained a
broken back when the car they were
riding in overturned near Fond du
Lac. The women were taken to the
hospital in a critical condition.
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The Merrill Candy Co. has violated
Section 4575h of the statutes by
printing an advertisement on a cal
endar which contains a picture of
the American flag, according to an
opinion given by Attorney General
Haven to Atty Ralph Smith of Mer-
rill.
Grant Hall was e%lectrocuted at the
GAINESVILLE Electric plant while re-
pairing an oil switch. 1890 volts
passed through his body. Hall was
putting the last screw in a new oil
tank when the bolt went through
his body. He had barely touched the
big transformer.
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Conversion of the La Crosse coun-
ty school of agriculture into a tuber-
culosis sanitorium for soldiers is be-
ing considered and definite action
will be taken this month. The school
was erected several years ago at a
cost Of 100000 and was one of the
first institutions Of it's kind in the
country.
The u. S.q government halted all
street pavement work in Kenosha,
which had been planned and con-
tracts drawn for, during the year.
Mayor John G.. Joachim received no.
tice from the highway council that
the projects were d~isapproved. Con-
tracts for two new school buildings
were held up.
Ten minutes of song and then a
brief prayer for the success of our
armies in France opens the daily
work at a Green Bay dry goods estab-
lishment. Other stores in the city
are planning to adopt the same pro-
gram. Among the songs rendered
daily are ''The Star Spangled Ban
ner" and keep the Home Fires Burn
ing"
Tony Luptok of Madison, made the
mistake of going to court with a load
ed revolver in his pocket. District
Attorney Sauthoff ''frisked" Tony and
found the gun. The latter was in
court prosecuting Jake Jakale who
threatened to kill him. He came load
ed. Jake denied the charge and told
the attorney that Tony carried a gun
for him.
In an effort to enable his sons to
enlist and do their part in helping
beat the kaiser, Sam Borisa, a She
boygan German Jew, appealed to the
state draft officials to assist him in
getting his sons, Sam Jr., aged II,
and Jake, aged 20, into the service.
He was advised that the eldest might
be accepted under the new draft bill
but the younger would have to wait.
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Twenty kegs of near-beer. or 800
gallons, were dumped at Beloit by
the manufacturers who, said it was
spoiled. The neighbors didn't agree
and for an hour or so kettles, dish
pans and pals were used to cart the
fluid away to Negro and Italian
homes nearby. One negro drank his
share on the scene and then said re-
gretfully, "Mah Lordy why didn't I
bring NAH washtub!"
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Because she refused to marry him,
Julius Wehrman, a farmer living in
the town of Union, Portage county,
attacked his housekeeper, Mrs. Til
lie Fischer, with a q and after
badly decorating her about the face
and arms he attempted to cut his own
throat and then fed from the house.
He was captured later by a sherif's
posse and lodged in jail. Mrs. Fisch-
er, who may not live, says that Wehr-
man has a wife in the asylum.
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John p. Hammes and John @. Men
eel, Fl. Atkinson, were killed at Ra-
cine when an auto was struck by a
train on the North Shore electric. Mrs.
Hammes was bruised, Internally in
jured and right leg broken. Mrs.
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