Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-20


examined and minute particles Of
glass discovered in it. The manufac-
turer of the food has been notified and
an investigation will result l. w. w.
work is suspected.
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ShebOygan man, Herman Borne
field, aged SO, was killed by a recent
gas attack by the Germans some
where in France" Bornefeld was a
member Of the Canadian infantry sec
ton which left Camp Charles last Oct
ODER. He leaves a wife and one son.
The telegram announcing his death
was received by his mother, Mrs Ma
thilda Bornefeld.
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An accidental discharge Of a shot
gun in the hands of his brother, Ivan,
Is, may cause the death of Elmer
Brown, %, now in a La Crosse hospi-
tai. The boys live near Soldiers Grove
and the shooting took place while they
were hunting. Little hope is held out
for the boy who has gunshot wounds
in his chest.
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The Wisconsin Sheep and Dairy Cat
tie company which is launching a
project to convert northern Wisconsin
cut-Over lands into sheep ranches, ha
established headquarters in Green
Bay with H. M. Spang as manager.
Ten thousand acres of land north of
Phillips, Price county, is owned by the
company, and sheep are being placed
on the land.
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1t took a Milwaukee jury but ten
minutes to find Procop Ribachenco
guilty of first degree murder Riba-
chenco shot and killed John Sostaricz,
a fellow workman, in the Mushroom of
the Pfster and Vogel Tannery on Feb.
1. Immediately after the verdict of
the jury was returned, the court pro-
nounced sentence. Ribachenco was
sent to the state prison at Waupun for
life.
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Richard and Fritz Behrenkamp,
wealthy Bangor farmers, were instant
ly killed on railroad crossing near
their home when a Milwaukee road
passenger train struck the hay rack
they were riding on. The impact
threw the men on the engine fender
where the dead bodies were discover
ed by the engineer. The crossing
where the men died is said to be the
worst on the Milwaukee system.
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Jack Sommerow, So, a Dane county
farm hand, died pitiful death in a
marsh near his employers home
Sommerow was coming home from
the village and took a short cut
through a pasture He became mired in
a bog and was unable to extricate him
self. His cries summoned Mrs. F. c.
Stern, wife Of his employer, who was
unable to pry the man loose She sum-
moned help but Sommerow died be
for the men came.
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The Burberry bush is to be barred
from Wisconsin as an enemy alien.
Nurserymen and citizens, at the re
quest of the State Council of Defense
and Governor Philip, will destroy
thousands Of the shrubs, which harbor
wheat rust, according to Secretary of
Agriculture Houston. Nurserymen at
meeting recently agreed to take &C
ton against the plant. Minnesota and
the Dakotas have laws against the
Burberry.
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oOunb took oIiIJroJ1'c
lives in Wisconsin last year, accord
ing to state records. Deaths in prev
ious years were as follows: 1910, 200;
1911, 224; 1912, 232; 1913, 211; 1914,
155; 1915, 1856; 1916, 1870. The disease
is highly contagious and few who have
not had it escape it when exposed.
Records show that fully one-half the
cases occur during the first two years
of life. The younger the child the
more likely to succumb. Under five
years of age the mortality rate is Is
times greater than in children Of IA
years, and 900 times greater than in
adults.
The youngest old man in Wisconsin
is Tom Edwards, Viola, Crawford coun-
ty, better known to his friends as
Uncle Tommy. At 102 this remark
able man can dance jig and hurdle
chair. If Mr.. Edwards does not hold
the state record for longevity, he does
lay claim to being the most active per-
son in Wisconsin for his years To
shake his hand and to feel the iron
grasp, one would place the captain
somewhere in the eighties" This
impression is heightened by the twink
lie in his eye and his merry smile, and
especially his keen mind. Mr. Ed
wards resides with his son, Joseph