Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-30
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Elmer Johnson, an Edgerton boy,
uled at Camp Dodge of pneumonia.
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Brush fires in the towns of Center
and Shiocton, Outagamie county, have
burned themselves out.
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Joseph Lauerman, prominent Mari
nette merchant, suffered :. slight GER
ebral hemorrhage.
Geo. Gamblers, aged 8, of Gays Mills,
was shot in the eye when his father
shot at hen and missed. The bullet
went into the brain but the boy has
a chance of recovery.
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Judge Edward Cronon, La Crosse;
who lost an arm in the Civil war, cell
ebrated his eighty-second birthday by
appealing to the authorities to help
him get war job.
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Five horses, several calves and hogs
and lot of hay and grain were de-
stroyed in a fire on the Dane county
farm of John Lacey. Neighbors sue
ceeded in saving the family.
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Lawrence Windell of Jefferson, was
killed in France and John Burkhart
of the same city, died at Camp Grant.
Jefferson added two gold stars to it's
servie flag.
Mrs. Hannah Mccall of Beloit, wild
ow of a Civil war veteran and bed
ridden for many years, has devoted
her monthly pension to buying Lib
erty bonds.
M H. Regner, West Bend drug
gist, was fined $50 for having more
sugar and syrups than the legal
amount. The fine went to the Red
Cross.
Harry Howe, a Stoughton man,
forged checks and had them cashed.
Howe skipped but was brought back.
He got out Of the scrape by joining
the army.
John Rieger, a Madison butcher,
told Mrs. Geo. Rheimer customer,
that she ought to be home minding
her baby. Rheimer went to the butch
er shop and beat the butcher up.
Rheimer was fined.
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District Attorney Otto M. Schla-
back, La Crosse, has ordered an in
quest into the death of William Stu
debaker, as, who told DR.. ]. A. Rowles
81 have been poisoned" A woman is
sought.
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The Rev. Albert w. Mullet has been
held at Eau Claire for failing to regis
ter The minister claims to have
registered in Canada his home, and
consequently did not consider 1T ne
cessary to register here. He is an
itinerant preacher.
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l.. M. Roseland of Viroqua, struck
a stalled car on bridge and went in
to the ditch. Wheels were torn from
both cars. Roseland crawled out at
ter coming to and found drunk in
the other car which was without
lights. The latter had to pay Rose
land for the damage done. Alcohol
and gasoline are deadly mixture.
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M. G. Lucide, an attendant at the
Mendoza hospital, pleaded guilty to
second degree murder of Erhardt
Fflster, a patient Pfister was in
tractable and Lucide struck and beat
him until three ribs were broken and
internal injuries caused. Lucide was
\ given 20 years. He claims that he is
tubercular and has not long to live.
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N. p. Stenjem, deputy clerk OF the
court for Dane county, was found
dead near his home. The mans head
was broken, his right arm and leg
broken and marks on the body indl-
Gated that car had passed over MIN.
Search is being made for the parties
who struck Stenjem and then ran
away.
Preferring Jail and vindication by
a Jury to the free air of his Trem-
pealeau county farm Robert Miller,
prosperous farmer, refused to sign
bond to obtain his release pending
trial when arraigned before Federal
Judge Sanborn on a charge of failing
to register for army service. Mr..
Miller says he was 80 on Registration
day, June 5, 1917.
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Major Chas. Whittlesey, the man
who told the Germans to 'go to hell,
came from Green Bay Whittlesey
and his Yanks were surrounded in
wood for hours and ran out OF am
munition. When the cnance OF sur
render came they promptly refused.
other American troops relieved the
situation after four day siege with
out food or water and little ammunl-
ton.
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Forest fires in the northern section
of the state were not alone in caus-
ing destruction in wisconsin. Marsh
and wood fires at Shoto, Valders and
Collins having caused considerable
destruction in the past few days. AT
Collins a large force of farmers have
been fighting the flames for two days
to prevent their spread, while at Val
ders a loss of $4,000 was caused by
a fire at the lumber yard and planning
mill of Rush & Dumbey Co. The en-
tire village was threatened with de-
struction. Appeals for aid were made
to Manitowoc, Kiel and Sheboygan.
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Joseph Navakowski, Is, and Theo-
phil Wojpal, Is, held on charge OF