Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-01-30
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A Chippewa Falls farmer who sold
a load of rotten eggs was caught in
the act by Food Inspector Eichenber-
ger and arrested The farmer paid
fine Of $32.
James Dolan, a Mineral Point for
mer, pitched hay down chute and
lost his balance. He fell striking
post and his right eyeball was torn
from the socket
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The German bank of Sheboygan
one of the Oldest and largest state
banks in the state, has applied for a
national bank charter and asked to
have it's named changed to Security
National bank
Clifford HOrner, young man giving
Thompson, Mont, as his home, plead
ed guilty of being one of two men who
200. When arrested at Cedar Falls
he was found to have $1,4O0.
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One of the largest milk condensa-
ries. in the state will be erected at
West Salem in the spring at cost
of 100000 and it will be the first of
several to be constructed in Lacrosse
county About twenty condensaries
have been built in the state during the
past year.
Clarence, the two and one-half year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Caesar Schen-
when his mother was absent from
home and found a pitcher with pills
in it. The little chap ate the pills and
was taken with commissions. He, died
a few hours later.
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William Scray, a farmer living near
Depere brought a silver black fox
to the city. He had trapped it on his
farm. It is said by those who profess
to know to be beautiful speciman.
It's ears and paws are black and it's
colored fur is sprinkled with white
hairs, He thinks some fox farm will
buy it for breeding purposes.
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A. w. Richter, a Milwaukee attOr-
ney wore an Iron Cross ring in Judge
Pages court but bad to remove it at
the judges direction. Richter admit
ted the ring was a present from the
German government but said that it
was present for philanthropic ser
vices. He claimed no evil intent and
removed the ring without protest.
5000
Gustav Hoeppner, living near
Ashland, who was sentenced recently
to sixty days in Jail for trapping with
out license, was pardoned by Gov.
Philip. The governor based his ac-
ton on letter he received from
Hoeppner's wife in which she said
she and her six children were with
out fuel and were starving,
90 o.
Thomas Thompson, 18 years old, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Thompson,
farmers, five miles northeast of Cen
turia, lost his life when he fell into an
old we'll He and his brother were
attempting to remove the curbing
from the we'll when it seddenly caved
in The we'll is forty feet deep 1t
took most of the day before the body
could be recovered.
Miss Katherine Mcdonald. known
far and wide as an artist, discOverer
Of the present method of painting
: glassware, died at her Lacrosse home
last week She was born May IA, 1889,
in Picton, Nova Scotia and was sis
ter of the late Captain D. A. McDon-
oil Of hn MI ~
Mississippi river and a lumberman Of
note.
An Oshkosh man is a victim of
over precaution. His case reminds
one of the man who carries his front
door around with him wherever he
went to guard against anyone's break
ing through it into his house Fearing
he would not survive an operation
he had been ordered to undergo, this
man shot his favorite horse that it
might not fall into hands he deemed
unworthy Of the animal Now he is
recovering and longs for his horse.
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Fountain pen thieves have again APP
peal GU III Ll1S OCCtIS oIlu oil ing
their annual winter path of raids.
Madison is the first to suffer and
single haul at one drug store gave
the thieves 500 pens valued at from
$500 to $1,000. For the past several
years police of Wisconsin cities have
been endeayoring to catch the foun-
tain pen thieves but have not even
obtained clew to their identity.
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Mrs. Wilbur Phillips violet Leigh
who has written poems dedicated to
nearly every public man in Wiscon-
sin and many outside the state, in
Guiding Col. Roosevelt, is resisting
commitment to an Eau Claire sana-
forum. Examined by two physicians
in county court, she was declared in
sane. An appeal for trial by jury