Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-02-13
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Mrs. Eli Defent, Sc years old, wife
of a Neenah wood and coal dealer,
dropped dead from apoplexy while on
her way to attend a church lecture.
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Sparta and Camp Robinson laid
claim to being the coolest spots in
America on Friday, Feb. 2. The mer
curry registered AZ degrees below zero
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On account of the shortage Of fuel
all theaters, schools, dance halls and
clubrooms at GAINESVILLE are ordered
closed for two weeks by Fuel Admin
istrator Jesse Earle.
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1t is cOnservatively estimated by
buyers of furs that the industry in
Lafayette county produces between
$4,000 and $1,000. Muskrats furnish
the greatest share of the revenue.
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Ed. Prichard, Is years old, Of Mai
den Rock, probably will lose his right
arm, as a result Of having it drawn
into the machinery Of his fathers mill,
which he was repairing.
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An ordinary feed cutter, used in
chopping up all kinds of fodder, is
doing service in the Green Bay Red
Cross workshop in cutting waste ma
terials for pillows.
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Richard Seeman, farmer living
near Stockton, caught an immense
eagle in a trap set for fur bearing
animals. The bird is now in pen
on the Seeman farm.
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Helen of Troy, a 2-yearOld Duroc
SOW, was sold for $1,650 at a La Cros-
Sc auction, the price being one of the
highest ever paid for a pig. Four of
her sons brought $500 and five daugh-
ters were bid in for $1,01O.
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The Hamilton Manufacturing COM
pany of Two Rivers, was awarded a
sUb-con+ract by the Dayton Wright
Airplane company of Dayton, O., for
aeroplane parts, which they are man
ufacturing for the government.
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Violet Leigh, Mrs Wilburt Phil
lips) Eau Claire's poetess, was de-
clared insane by an Eau Claire jury
after listening for two days to SEN
sational testimony. She lived with her
husband and children in a cave, for
merly used for storage Of beer, on
Eau Claire river.
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Arrested at his home at Union
Grove Saturday evening on the charge
of issuing worthless checks on several
Racine merchants, Harvey Adams, en-
ployed by Milwaukee firm as an auto
mobile salesman, swallowed the con-
tents of bottle of carbolic acid. He
died shortly afterwards. Adams was
about As years of age.
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That Andrew Nordness, aged 48
years, Westport farmer, was intoxicat-
ed during the forenoon of his mar
riage day, and that the honeymoon
was a continuous spree for him, are
some of the allegations of Mrs. Anna
Nordness, SO years, who filed suit at
Madison, for divorce and alimony
The couple were married q little more
than one month ago at Waukegan, ILL.,
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One of the largest catches on rec
ord was made at Menominee recent
ly by Bay Shore fishermen. In a sin
gle lift with small net, measuring
not more than Is feet each way, a
total of 5,400 lbs. Of herring were
brought up. The entire lot was dis
posed Of by the fishermen at cents
a pound, bringing total of $270 for
the days work The net was again
cast and another catch of 1850 pounds
was made.
wild life refuge has been set aside
near Fairchild by the state conserva-
tion commission. The area included
comprises 760 acres, of which 240 are
in Eau Claire county, the technical
descriptions of the lands in this coun-
ty being the northeast quarter and
the north half Of the southeast quar-
ter of section %, township 25, range 5
west. The remainder of the refugee
includes adjoining lands in range
west, just over the line in Clark coun-
ty. These lands are not we'll adapted
to agricultural purposes and may be
wisely devoted to the purpose of a wild
animal and bird refuge.