Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-31

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Miss Regina Cameron, Chippewa
Falls, secretary to G. P. Norgord,
sails Aug. Ia for France to do Red
Gross work.
Mike Weber of Gresham, father of
nine, had his neck broken when his
auto overturned. A son was but
slightly hurt.
A German double eagle in front of
the Arcade building, Milwaukee, has
been ordered removed. The, eagle is
cast in concrete.
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Rite Schiner, aged 5 years, was
killed at Appleton when a train
struck an automobile. Ten others in
the car were injured.
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A trick bear owned by Geo Crap
sey of Merrill, ran amuck and chaw-
ed Mrs. Crapsey severely. She nurs-
es bites On face and neck.
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Prof. H. J.. ~Thorkelson, business
manager of the University, has re-
signed to take up government work
in the quartermaster department.
1000
G. w. Nash Of Kenosha, a widely
known auto manufacturer, has been
named as assistant to John J.. Ryan,
head of the U. S. air craft board.
900
Rush Touton, employed at the
S%toughton wagon works, had his
hand crushed last week. Touton is
a member of the Aviation reserve.
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John Jaevens of De Sofa, a dock
1aborer, e%ndeavored to carry too big
a load down the gang plank and fell
in the river. The body was recovered
next day.
John III. Joyce, a former Dane coun-
ty banker, vas recently arrested in
Chicago for selling a nurse a fake
mortgage bond. Joyce was captur-
ed after a long chase.
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The Madison gas company plans
to replace men meter readers with
women. The gentler sex already
does the office work for this concern.
Male help shortage as usual.
600
Governor Philip may suspend bus
mess for a day each week during the
harvest season. Business and pro-
fessional men will be called upon to
do their duty in the harvest field.
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Eleven Madison dentists saw death
by ~suffocation staring them in the
face when the elevator in the Can't
well block stopped between floors.
One crawled through a small open
ing and summoned aid.
1000
Mrs. Mark Traxler of Dunn county,
was killed when her daughter, An
na, drove the family car over an en-
bankment on the way home from
church. The girl turne dout to es-
cape a collision with another vehicle.
She escaped with slight bruises.
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Mrs. Mona Thomas, Madison, a col
ored woman, asks a divorce from her
husband, John Rastus, a peppery At
rican. o Rastus struck his wife
with a poker when the tool was red
hot, according to the aggrieved chat
elaine of the Thomas household.
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Ex-Gov. w. d. Hoard of FIT. Akin
son, nears so years but still is in
great mental vigor. He writes able
editorials weekly for the Union, the
paper he founded and in other ways
takes a deep interest in world events.
Mr.. Hoard went down to defeat on a
law to inculcate Americanism in '92.
Later generations are catching up to
his wisdom.
John A. Sheridan, a Mukwonago
blacksmith, aged Sc, was shot and in
stantly killed by Thomas A. Burton,
a retired and wealthy farmer. Ac-
cording to an eye witness Burton en-
tered the shop where Sheridan was
building a fire, and shot the man in
the head with a SO pistol. The men
were lifelong friends and Burton is
supposedly insane. Sheridan leaves
a large family.
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The Ripon Roller Mills of Ripon.
has been brought before the En-
forcement Division of the Wisconsin
Food Administration for violation of
food regulations. Operating a feed
mill as a flour mill, the concern OBJ
tanned a license for flour only, and
had neglected to secure one for feed.
Fined $50 which is to be paid to the
Ripon Red Cross, the mill has also
been ordered closed indefinitely.
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The absurd rumors of ground glass
and poison ingredients of food are
striking terror to the hearts of some
citizens of Wisconsin. The desks of
the food administration at Madison,
are piled high with cakes, candies,
cookies and ans of tomatoes and corn
accompanied by startling letters ask
ing that they be analysed for harm
full ingredients. Usually what peo-
pie take for ground glass is only
sand.
1000
Hans Larson, an intelligent and
Woodworking farmer whose lands lie
about eight miles south of Mineral
Point, visited that place last week
and unfurled a beautiful American
flag which he had wrapped in an Am
erican newspaper. In size the flag
was 17x21 inches, of fine wool yarn
and perfect in every detail-bright.
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