Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-11-20
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Edward Hahn, Menasha, whose arm
was badly mangled in bread mixer,
may die from loss Of blood.
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The Rhinelander city council has
voted to convert the high school into
an isolation hospital to care for in
fuenza patients.
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A coroner's jury at La Crosse de-
cided that Mrs. Malinda Elliott, killed
by an automobile driven by Lyle Kat
chel, 18, was killed by accident.
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Ole Les, who spent fifty years as
cook in northern Wisconsin lumber
camps, has retired and will move to
California with his family.
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Mrs. John Opgenorth drowned when
she fell into a cistern at her home
two miles west of Kewaskum. Her
husband and eight children survive.
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The Rev. F. W. Merrill, former pas
tor of the Episcopal church, Menasha,
and for eight years at Hawaii, died
there. The remains will be cremated
at Panama.
H. v. Cowles, 35, for eight years in
come tax assessor of Dane county, is
dead at Madison of influenza He
graduated from the university in
1905.
Mathew Olson, La Crosse, was kill
ed when crushed under the wheels of
a box car he was repairing when an
engine crashed into string of emp
ties.
An attempt to start fire in stove
with kerosene will cost Mrs. Kate
Kramer of Racine, her life. Tony
! Kramer, her husband, and Joe Kreist-
ler boarder, were burned in rescu-
ing her.
The accidental discharge of a sup
posedly unloaded revolver sent a bull
let into the head of George Campbell
of La Fargo, a youth of Is years. The
bullet went in near the right temple
and lodged over the right eye. The
bullet was removed and the boy will
recover.
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Rino Jumbo of Beloit, was killed
when core oven at the Stewart
Warner Grenade factory exploded.
i The injured are Martha Evans, Frank
Lasito and Harry Dougherty Dough-
] erty's condition is critical. A hun
dred and fifty employees, many of
them women, were in the room at the
time.
A foolish joyride had terrible end
ing in Clark county when Dan Math-
ews, an old resident, was run down
and killed. Mr.. Mathews was driv-
ing team on the highway walking
behind his wagon. The joyrider
came along at 80 miles an hour kill
ing the old man almost instantly. The
young man who had taken the car
without the owners consent, was ar
! rested.
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Jos. Heilmuller, an honest farmer
of Maiden Rock, found a box con-
tanning $640 in gold in his hog pen.
The box had been buried with tools
to hide the coin. Each piece was
sewed in cloth. The money is be-
lieved to belong to August Iberg, for
mer owner of the place who moved to
Iowa Heilmuller turned the money
over to the authorities who are hold
ing it for the rightful owners.
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Mrs Mary Shaw of Evansville, was
placed in huge animal cage and pa
raded through the streets of that vii
lage. The crowd bent on celebrating
the victory, attempted also to force
| her to kiss the flag. Mrs. Shaw. a
descendant of an old southern family.
is said to be worth $4,000 She has
never been accused of pro-German-
ism but declined to take Liberty
bonds of the third loan and at that
time her house was painted yellow.
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horrible and yet pathetic incident
occurred at Roscoe where resided
Edward Horner and his two small
sons. Mr.. Horner went to work in
the morning leaving the boys, Thorn
as, years, and Horace 6, tucked in
bed. The boys got up and endeavor-
ed to light the kitchen Are using kerr
osene. They ignited their clothes and
rushed upstairs where they jumped
into bed to smother the flames. Mrs.
Bassett, a neighbor, saw the flames
through the window and rushed over.
Thomas, the older brother, was found
writing in agony on the bed. Hor-
ace was beating with his burned lit
tie hands on an upstairs window in a
vain effort to get out The flesh
dropped from their bodies when they
were carried away. They were taxi
en- to a hospital but their recovery is
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that the boys and their father at
tempted to maintain an humble home
the boys caring for the house while
the father worked during the day.
Their mother is said to live at Rock
ford.