Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-13


ed to register and is now held under
$500 bonds
Eugene Weiss and VIM. Epstein two
Milwaukee Hebrews, were given siY
months for stealing 1872 dozen eggs
from parcel post packages.
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Otto Klover, Niagara, Marinette
county, is grandfather and has
three sons in the service. He also
registered in September.
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Edgar Mielke of North Freedom.
got his fathers gun and accidentlv
shot his mother, Mrs Otto Mielke, in
the breast She may die.
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For failure to obtain food licenses
% Vernon county creameries and
cheese factories will pay the Red
Cross $25 each.
Martha Marie, 10 months old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. julius Mueller. liy-
ing on farm near Durand. drowned
in water tank
Matt Kelly, 35, of Manitowoc, hung
himself from a bedpost. Constant
brooding over his summons to the col
Ors is given as reason for his ac-
ton.
John Voeck of North Freedom. light
plant eng neer, was found uncons-
cious in the engine house. Gas from
the kerosene ent;ne overcame Tim but
he recovered in the open air.
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Mrs. Margaret Edward is suing the
estate of Young Campbell, a La Crosse
lumberman, for $3,46O due for 34G
weeks nursing of Campbell in his last
.llness.
John Robbins, a Beloit negro died
on his way to work from the flu. He
was i'll but insisted on going to his
job He fell on the way and crawled
to the shop where he died.
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B. H. Hair of Bellville, went to Mad
ison with a jag on. He ran into an
other automobile damaging it. Hair
was given 80 days in jail and fine of
$25.
Air mail service between Chicago
and Minneapolis, commences Nov 20
The time will be only four hours com
pared to 13 hours by train. La Crosse
is post point on the air line.
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JOS. Lee of Colfax, was giving a
drafted friend pleasure ride before
the latter left for camp. Lee struck a
telephone pole at Menominee and was
instantly killed.
900
Mrs. Augusta Zenter, an aged resi-
dent of Burlington, was found dead
in her burned home Mrs. Zenter, 20,
had the flu and it is presumed over
set lamp while taking medicine.
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Superior police confiscated large
automobile and 302 quarts of whis-
key from Dan Pasonovich who was
taking the load to the Mesaba range.
Dan paid a fine of $500, and lost his
investment.
Henry Zobel, 65, Milwaukee, robbed
Catholic parsonage. He was given
] 5 years this being his second offenSe.
The housekeeper heard Zobel and
called the police who caught Zobel
red-handed
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VIM. Berghans was killed at Racine
when with four others his pleasure
car struck loaded truck. On tn.
same day Earl Newberry attempted to
ross the interurban tracks ahead Q;
train. He was killed.
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Max Stoick of Manitowoc, an en-
thusiast on fires, raced Chief kratz
to the scene of blaze finally forcing
the latter off the road. What Kratz
said was a plenty. Max later paid
fine of SIS and costs for obstructlng
fire apparatus.
1000
Alva Budlong of Marinette, is a
prisoner in Karlsruhe, the German
camp. A brother, Teddy, was recently
killed in France when shell struck
dugout where he was located. Ted
dy was the youngest marine IN the
service
Herman veerhusen, a prominent
Madison merchant, fell from train
platform where he went for fresh air,
while enroute from Milwaukee to his
home. Veerhusen was found by a
section crew. He died in the hospi-
tai
Arnold Linde, 13 years, was killed
at Hillside when he crawled to the
top wire of high-power transmls-
sion line. A neighbor threw a clup
discntagling the boy from the wire.
The boys body fell to the ground. me
boys father fell from beam IN a
tobacco shed this summer ana was
killed.
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Samuel Laconte, Kenosha saloon
keeper, shot Russia Amimtlzla, sail
or, seven times, killing him. Inc
sailor had demanded pint OF DooIe'
Amimtizia fired seven shots one tan,
ing effect. Then the boniface opened
his deadly volley each bullet hitting
home. Laconte was shot in the liver
but will get we'll.
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