Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-09-04

Marinette county lost 1000 acres
of sugar beets by excessive moisture
during the early stage of the crop
and drought during the latter stage.
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John Bong, aged 80, ended his life
abruptly at Westport by cutting his
throat with a razor. The old man
was insane but his children allowed
him to shave himself.
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Ground was broken Monday for the
new army barracks on Camp Randall,
University Of Wisconsin athletic
field. 1t accommodates selective men
receiving special training.
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Mrs. Nora Kosterman of Racine,
was burned to death when an auto
caught fire while being filled with
gasoline. The husband endeavored
to ave his wife and was badly burn
ed.
Mrs. Annie Vankammen, wife of a
Kenosha real estate dealer, was kill
ed in ar automobile accident at Wat
ersmeet, Mich. She left Kenosha by
automobile hoping to her
health.
Arrested as a Stacker, Frank Con-
roy said at La Crosse that he was
registered for army service in Du-
buque, Ia, but could not remember
the clerk OF ward. He is held under
$4,000 bond.
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NH caJaoAfun n1~ry;ao 1oo~J - Gu
boygan has served notice on forty
men of army age to appear and pre-
sent evidence bearing on reasons for
the mems unemployment in a pro-
ductiye occupation.
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Joseph Whackett, 45, while as
sisting a neighbor near Randolph,
slipped and fell into the cylinder of
a %threshing machine. His body was
badly mangled. He leaves a wife and
seven small children.
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Eber bucket, Marinette county
farmer, had his shoe and sock torn
from his left foot by lightning while
sitting OF a box near a barn, the side
of which was shattered. His foot
was severely burned.
BOO
Floyd Sapp, Cornell, has been
charged before a military court-mar-
tial with having placed his right hand
under the wheels of a circus train,
having all bis fingers smashed, to
avoid military service.
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Reuben Biesecker of Mondovi, was
rnnnrf0d &c dnod in ENro m oo&
week his parents had a letter saying
he was wounded but would get we'll.
A memorial service had been held at
Mondovi for the boy.
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The State Food Commission has
ruled that saccharine is not a sugar
substitute and may not be used for
sugar in this state. Ehe drug is 500
times as sweet as sugar but has a
deleterious effect on the human body.
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Chas. He'll of Sun Prairie, is nurs-
ing a couple of broken ribs. He'll
was riding with Arthur Peck and
their car collided with that of Sera
Theodore, a Greek. Theodore was
badly cut up. Both cars were demol-
ished.
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Chief Justice Winslow leaves for
France to head the wisconsin SOL
der vote commission. The law re-
Quires the appointment of men to go
to France in November to take the
boys ballots and return them to this
state.
NT;IAox rIo,eor rroa hall s-s..o5
and his brother, James Clausen, and
Hilbert Brosch escaped uninjured
when their car turned turtle near
Neenah, while going at 40 miles an
hour down hill. All are residents of
Milwaukee.
cts my hat and l paid for it." That
was the reply made by Frank Graft
of Austin, Mimi, when a Milwaukee
patrolman ordered him to remove his
hat during the splaying of the "Star
Spangled Banner" at a band con-
cert in Mitchell park. Graft was fined
SIS in court and turned over to the
federal authorities.
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In order to increase it's facilities
to provide training for 1000 instead
of 500 men, barracks will be erected
at once on Camp Randall. Madison,
now an athletic field but one of the
principal mobilization points of Wis
consin during the Civil war. The
majority of the men to be trained at
the university will be selective men
from this state.
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Editor Emil Klenitz Of Reeseville,
was badly beaten by two men who
attacked the scribe in front of his
office. Klenitz published a statement
that the attack was due to his strong
American views. In a postscript to
his statement Mr.. Klenitz added:
"The governor should issue another
warning against tar and feather par
ties. There may be other Americans
in Reeseville."
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Grace Lusk, serving time at the
state prison for the murder of Mrs.
Mary Newman Roberts, Waukesha,
has gained her strength and v
energy. after her long Imprisonment
and trial, so that she has been as
signed definite work. She is cook for
women matrons, including the head
matron, and assistant day and night