Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-20
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Smoking in bed caused blaze in
the home Of Joseph Kenharnowski,
Milwaukee, and Stanley Szurek was
burned to death in the fire. Joseph
Wosh was overcome by smoke but will
recover.
The loss to the Marinette Trading
Stamp association through the cash
ing Of over 700 coupon books more
than once, it now appears, will be
ISOLATION has already paid out money
for al more coupon books than the
records account for.
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A flock of about fifteen ducks pas
sed over NeWbold recently. They are
the first ducks of the season to be
seen in this part of the country. Ducks
usually stay away from northern Wis
cOnsin until the latter part of March
and their early arrival is considered
an excellent sign Of an early spring.
1000
Frozen stiff the body of Mrs. Louis
Mueller, aged Y, was found in her
home at Seymour late on Tuesday by
her son, Alfred, who was bringing her
a load of wood. Death due to heart
failure. Six sons survive her. She was
last seen by neighbors Sunday even
ing. There was plenty of fuel on the
premises and in the house. She leaves
an estate valued at $4,000.
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The throwing of a tire on a big
North Western engine almost caused
serious accident at Appleton. The
engine and tender and one coach
jumped the rails and rested on the
edge Of all embankment. The rest of
the train remained on the track. Had
the train gone over the embankment
many passengers would have been
killed
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Alexander Hardie of Fl. Atkinson,
% years, took the state bar examina-
ton at Milwaukee. Hardie has no
arms and writes with his pencil clutch
ed between his teeth. He writes a fine
hand very rapidly and can also ope-
rate a typewriter using a pencil in
the same manner. Hardie has done
some sketching and his drawings are
pronounced good.
900
Judge A c. Backus and District At
torney label are threatened by
friends of the anarchists who recently
went to Waupun for twenty-five years.
label prosecuted the cases and Back
us pronounced judgment. The men are
not afraid for themselves but express
dire fear for the safety of their child
rem who the blackhanders say, will
be kidnapped.
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c. NJ. Winter of Fond du Lac, for
mer division superintendent of the
500 line and who was some time ago
commissioned as major in the rail
way contingent organized for service
in Russia, is now at Nagasaki, Japan,
with the other members of the party,
including about 800 men in ALL The
railway men were en- route to Russia
when the Bolsheviki obtained COM
plete control Of the Slav government
and the Brest Litvosk negotiations
were opened Maj. Winter in letters
to friends here says the party will be
held in Japan waiting further develop
ments in Russia.
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Thirteen cars of hogs shipped from
Mankato, Mimi, to Milwaukee, were
taken from the cars at BaraboO, fed
and reloaded in one night. The hogs
were delayed in transit by storm and
five men worked through one of the
coolest nights of the year to keep
the hogs alive. Four bushels went to
a car and four ears to hog. Then the
hogs were reloaded and shipped to
Milwaukee. The hogs we're worth
about $4,000 a car, or about $45, 500
for the whole lot. During January, R.
L. Glazier who conducts the feed store
and his assistants have unloaded 149
cars of stock and fed them at the
Baraboo yards. During the recent
blizzard some of the stock was in Bar
aboo several days.