Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-04


The village of Cumberland has had
sixteen soldier deaths since the war
began.
Abe Kundert, Darlington, was fined
$50 for trapping skunk before the
season opened.
University students have started a
boom for VIM. Howard Taft as pres
ident of the school,
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Edward Hahn, employed in a Me-
nasha bakery, caught his arm in a
bread mixer, mangling the member
badly.
Eric Dahlman of Edgerton, hanged
himself in the Jail at Stoughton
where he had been placed for drunk
eness.
Henry Roberts, GO, woodsman, ex-
pired of hemorrhages on a train on
his way to Marinette to receive treat
ment.
John Harms, As, Racine detective,
was killed when a locomotive struck
his automobile at Hamilton-st. death
crossing"
Hugo Aschigner, treasurer of the
town of No. Brandon in Brown coun-
ty, has been arrested on a charge of
embezzling $4,000 of the town funds.
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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieb of Beloit,
recently celebrated their 58th we'd
ding day. They are natives of France
and have several grandsons with the
overseas forces.
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Ernest Kiesow of Oshkosh, was
killed near Readsville when the steer
ing gear of his car broke and the ma
chine turned turtle. He had been cell
ebrating the peace.
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An empty whisky bottle was found
in an automobile which struck the
wagon of Bartwell Todd GAINESVILLE
contractor, and severely injured him.
the car was abandoned.
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Arthur James of Beloit, has brought
suit against three city policemen
claiming they beat him when he was
placed under arrest for speeding.
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Influenza-pneumonia caused the
death of Mr. and Mrs. George Woods
of Goodman, Marinette county. A
double funeral was held in Neenah.
They were married a year and a half
ago.
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Common labor at $50 month and
sawyers and teamsters at $55 month
providing that men work &c days a
month, is a new wage scale establish
ed by large employers of woods la
Dor in the northern part of the state.
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An immense dam to be built at
Kaukaunee will have a head of 81.
feet. This fall in the Fox river be-
tween Neenah and Green Bay is as
great as Niagara. per cent of the
fall lies in the nine mile stretch be-
tween Appleton and the foot of Great
Kaukaunee falls.
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Joseph Cashier, Is, said to be of
Milwaukee, was arrested at Madison
on charge of attempting to wreck
a Northwestern train near that city.
He admits placing two steel obstruc-
tiOns on the rails. The boy said he
ran away from home. He was found
by section hands.
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Hardware as a diet is not conducive
to long life even on the part of an os-
trich. AS result three out of five
ostrich chicks at the Villas park zoo,
Madison, alone survive a feast which
consisted of broken glass, nails, ETC.
Out of the stomach of one chick was
removed five pieces of wood one large
pebble, two inch screw, two pieces
of glass and several nails. Clean,
white sand is now the only article
permitted on the floor of the ZOO
where the ostrich chicks are
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Charging that she had much diff
Guilty in obtaining a boarding place
because she was not Of German de-
scent, that the school board warned
her not to engage in any loyalty
work and that her pay was held up
because she was an American, Miss
Agnes Halstead, teacher of a rural
district school in the town of Scott,
Sheboygan county, has filed a COM
plant against the school board of
that locality. She has asked the state
council Of defense to take the matter
up with the department of justice.
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All Underground canal" leading
from Iron River, Wis, to the Mesaba
Iron range, Minnesota, which has car
rled ON a thriving transportation bus
mess since the village OF Oliver, Wis,
went dry, was successfully tapped
Dy department of justice officials.
Stocks of federal property at the head
OF the lakes were increased by three
automobiles with their loads. com
prising 600 quarts of liquor Driv-
ers of two of the cars were taken. but
two in the third machine abandoned
1t and took to the woods. The three
cars, officials said, were consigned to
Virginia, Aurora and Gilbert.