Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-05-01

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er been i'll, never had toothache, new
er wore glasses nor carried a cane.
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Governor Philip will ask for an
investigation Of the two t:er and feath-
ering cases at Ashland in the past
month. The governor holds that all
cases of ulsIoyalty should be tried
by regular officers and courts.
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Mrs. Minnie Stowater of near She
boygan, aged rs, was burned to death
while making soap at the home OF her
daughter. The latter heard her
mother scream and rushed in to find
her in flames. The old lady died a few
hours later.
A recount of ballots was asked for
at Verona ten days after election was
passed. Unfortunately the election
officials had burned the ballots. The
town went dry by four votes and will
remain dry.
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y Charles Reeve, a Dane county farm
er. was found dead with his throat
and back cut Although Reeve is
supposed to have killed himself no
knife could be found. An investiga-
ton will take place.
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Health Commissioner Rutland es-
timated last week that $4,000 persons
were i'll with la grippe in the city Of
Milwaukee. The illness is not fatal
but causes intense suffering for three
or four days.
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Five men were killed and sixth
injured when an automobile load of
workmen was struck by North
Western train near the CarrOlville
depot. The men were on their way
to workat the plant of the Newport
Chemical company.
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Geo. Mantle, Greek, was drowned
in foot of water when Tcrry's palm
garden, Milwaukee, was destroyed by
fire. Mantle occupied a room in the
building and, it is thought, became
unconscious from the smoke and roll
ed out of bed into wafer cast by the
fire hose.
Wisconsin police are on the look
out for a group of wise thieves who
stole $4,000 worth of Liberty bonds
at OGC1O1L IWO oSOs 1AAC A1OAA1
bers are known and the men cannot
pass the bonds without detection. The
robbers recognized the value OF Uncle
Sans securities.
600
Walter Lamancheck of Milwaukee,
aged 70, lost his mother and could not
play for a month Last week he VEN
tuerd forth for the first time. He
fell under the wheels of a train a
block from his home. Both legs were
severed and the little boy died that
night. The father and several other
children survive.
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Live Goals in dead ashes again
caused an awful tragedy when Mrs.
Mary Fitzpatrick of Sank county, at
tempted to build the morning fire.
Her son.. John, had stepped to the
house Of a neighbor and returned to
find his mother dead and the house a
wreck from the flames. An empty
can beside the stove told the sad
story.
Ralph Knight Of StOL ghton, was the
victim Of a painful and unusual in
jury Knight fell as he stepped from
a wagon and caught his trousers on
the iron work His face struck the
wagon wheel and his cheek bone near
the right eye was crushed in. Sur
geons operated at once pulling the
bone back in place. No permanent
Disagreement will result.
1000
BIackhands seem determined ''to
get" District Attorney label of Mil
Waukee, who was recently instru-
mental in sending a band of anar-
chists to prison for life Last week
two bombs containing powerful ex-
plosives were found at the label
home. They were removed by de-
tective who found the contents COM
posed Of dynamite and acids.
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Frank Kitzinger of Milwaukee, II,
quarreled with his wife, Margaret,
after fifty years of married life and
according to the testimony Of a coll
ored man who looked through the
window, bounced his wife's head
against the wall until she was un-
conscious. Mrs. Kitzinger died of
brain conclusion. Kitzinger was Civ
en- one year in the house of cOrrec-
ton He claimed that they fought Ov-
er money matters and that her head
struck a chair when she wrested her
self from his hold.
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The death in France of her sweet
heart caused Rose grandmother Of
Milwaukee, to attempt her own de-
struction. The young lady heard the
news Of Private Geo SeeIey's death
and went to his mothers house to
console her While there she 'sobbed
as though her heart would break On
the way home she jumped into the
river but her skirt caught on a spike
and she was rescued before being
drowned The young couple were to
have been married but postponed the
wedding when the groom was called
to the COlOrs.
900
Several unique accidents We're 1e-
ported TO the state industrial COM
T1iciOy1 10 A mon from Mil