Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-25
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Edward Jelin, 20, independence, a
wealthy retired farmer, is missing.
He was last seen walking the railroad
t. acks at Trempealeau.
La Crosse police have been asked
to search for Charles F.. Larson, 50,
Tomah contractor who disappeared
Nov. 30.
Rene Freeman, Gladstone, was kill
ed and Walter Bertrand was wound
ed in a gas explosion in the chemi-
cal plant at Wells.
The trial of DR.. David Roberts of
Waukesha, bearing on his relation
ship with Miss Grace Lusk, was set
to begin Dec. %.
William Lutgen, Kewaunee, 80, was
killed when the automobile he occu
pied skidded and capsiZed.
Alex Hill, section hand, was killed
by a train west of Lake Nebaganion.
He sat on cattle guard to rest.
While buying casket for his mo-
Their. who died of influenza, Martin
Sagatow, Marinette, was taken i'll
and died two days later.
A buggy driven by Mrs. Henry
Place, Marinette, was struck by an
automobile. The horse dashed across
the street throwing Mrs. Place against
a street car. She suffered hemorr-
hayes and conclusion of the brain.
The Frecnette family, Niagara, in
Marinette county, has lost the father
and a daughter, Rose. of influenza
while the mother and a son, z, are
critically i'll.
julius Haacke, Milwaukee, was set
at liberty altho he declared "Presi-
dent Wilson is no good, but the kaiser
is the best man in the world, and it
would be a good thing if the kaiser
would send a submarine and sink the
boat on which Wilson travelled" The
case was first brought before Judge
Page who refused to act saying that
it was up to the federal authorities.
The federal authorities decided it was
state case and would not act either.
The city attorney will make further
efforts to have Haacke prosecuted.
Woman's club, to Gov. Philip and
the Wisconsin legislature, will ask
for more stringent laws covering the
carrying of liquor, both internally and
externally, by passengers on trains
between Sun Prairie and Madison.
The law states that any one found
drunk on a train shall be placed in
the hands of an officer at the next
station Madison is the station next
to Sun Prairie. Every night it is
said, the womens waiting room in
the Sun Prairie depot is crowded
with men-drunk, staggering and
swearing waiting for train to
Madison.
Women of Sheboygan county began
a boycott on butter and eggs in an
effort to reduce prices. The step was
taken through the Woman's Club, Po-
Ilitical Equality League and the Cath
Ollie Womens Charity Club. Women
of Sheboygan Falls and Plymouth
have procured the cooperation of two
leading hotels and two large restaur-
ants. besides smalled establish
ments. The American Club at Koh
Ter, which serves 500 meals daily to
workmen, has eliminated butter for
two weeks. County Food Admins
traitor E. Clarenbach Endorsed the
move.
That so per cent of the nations food
is raised in twelve states in the mid
die west that Wisconsin is the key
stone state for the market basket of
| the world, and that upon Badger farm
ers rests responsibility of feeding a
large part of the American troops in
France, is the gist of a bulletin by
K L. Hatch, agricultural extension
director, University of Wisconsin.
"In time of war the heavy burden of
feeding ourselves, our allies, and a
number of neutrals rested upon the
patriotic American farmers" writes
Mr.. Hatch. and then comes the
need for food for the central pow
ers, Russia, Roumania, Serbia and
other countries to whom we must
send food the coming year" The
United States. according to Mr.. Hatch,
sent 100000 pounds of butter,
$4,000 900 pounds of cheese. 5S0,000,
900 pounds of condensed milk, 9,000,-
900 head Of hogs, 100000 head of
cattle, and 352.00O,000 bushels of
grain to our allies and neutrals in a
year up to June 8, 1918 The coming
year United States farmers will have
to send about SO,00O,0OO pounds of
butter. 75.OO0,O00 pounds of cheese,
900 900 900 pounds of condensed milk,
$4,000 900 head of hogs. 100000 head
Of cattle. and 41OO00.000 bushels of
breadstuffs," Mr.. Hatch declared.