Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-10-02

Miss S. G. Ginaine has been station
agent at Dover, Wis, since 1884. She
has also been postmistress for 20
years.
Phil La Toilette, son of the sena-
tor, finished at Fl Sheridan last week
and was given a commission as sec
ond lieutenant.
The Limburger family of Milwau-
kee, have asked to have their name
changed to Lembert. Humiliation is
given as g reason.
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Wisconsin summer hotels have been
returning their surplus sugar to the
food commission. The resorter bus
mess this year was frost"
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Frank Bell of Milwaukee, pinched
his wife until she was "black and
blue" according to allegations made
by the latter in applying for di-
vorce.
Because they had bought war bonds
and savings stamps Judge Maxfield
of GAINESVILLE, reduced the fines of
several men brought before him for
drunkenness.
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Silo filing proved disastrous oc-
cupation for Bruno Erdmann, Neen-
ali, Wednesday, when he got his right
! hand caught in the machine. He lost
the entire hand.
/ Jos. Beauchtel Marshfeld, had his
house, barn, auto shed and outbuild-
ings painted with yellow paint and
German war crosses. Beauchtel, 80
and unmarried, failed to register and
had previously refused to contribute
his share of the war work. Now he is
under arrest.
Richard VOgler, a former military
policeman in the PHILIPPINES, shot
himself at the home of his sister, Mrs.
! Geo. Beutow of Van Dyne Despond-
ency over i'll health caused the rash
act.
A grip containing valuable papers
and jewels, belonging to Commander
e. J. Williams, United States navy,
was stolen in Kenosha, while Com
mander Williams was purchasing a
ticket for Great Lakes.
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When the Madison board of educa-
ton discovered that German was be-
ing taught in the Randall school, it
( lost no time in eliminating the Ian
guage. Teaching German is limited
to second and third year high school
students.
Two days after the common coun-
Gil passed a resolution making it an
offense punishable by revocation of
license for saloonkeeper to have his
place open on Sunday, Harry MERCER,
I La Crosse, was arrested for violation
Of the order.
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Lieut. Mic Hap, German who de-
serted from the Austrian army, is
held at Eau Claire for falling to reg
lister Sept 18th. Hap has an iron
cross given him by the kaiser He
fought in many battles before his
father, major, gave him $4,000 and
instructions to desert to the U. S. A.
Hap went to Africa and then came to
America.
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L6D ". bOWGn, q gainesville dSCTOl-
oyer with a bank account of $4,000,
was arrested for stealing merchan-
| disc from local stores. In court Zeb
changed the subject and fore-told flu
ture happenings Zeb said the world
would not see peace before 1927 and
that war would exist until 1888. He
said that the American troops would
stay in Europe for nine years but no
more would go across after this fall.
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A G. F. Bartz, prominent honey
raiser of Keystone, northwest of Eau
| Claire, discovered three bears raid
ing his apiary. Despite the fact that
| the game laws now protect bears, Mr..
/ Bartz thought it more important to
! save the honey, so he potted each one
with his rifle, three shots doing the
business. He then reported the fact
to the state conservation commission
er, who sent for the bears.
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For committing "Big-Annie," Mrs
Rose Clayton i.ler-C olias is locked
up at Madison. The woman married
John Miller, a Madison barber and
had child Then she left Miller go
ing to Baraboo There she met and
was wooed by Peter Colias. The lat
Ter went to war and his wife wrote
that she was not being cared for A
careful investigation disclosed that
the woman had never secured a di-
vorce from Miller