Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-21
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Eight million wall-eyed pike fry
are being planted in Black river.
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Mrs. Nancy O'Brien, Osseo, will eel
citrate her Tooth birthday this week.
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Prof. A. w. Burr of Beloit college
for 35 years, resigns to become pro-
lessor emeritus of the Carnegie foun-
datiOn.
David Williams, 40, died from burns
received when he fell into a vat con-
tanning boiling I've at the Simmons
Co., Kenosha.
Mary Wailich, 16, paid a fine of 81
and costs for violating the Kenosha
curfew ordinance. Unable to pay she
went to jail for five days.
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The body of a new born babe was
found in woodpile near the Armour
Grain company elevator on the Mil
waukee road at Brown Deer.
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| Mrs. Alvine Hebert, widow, was
welded to Frank Pelkley, wealthy re-
tired farmer and widower, Lena Wis.
The bride is 60 and the groom 70.
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Anton Salopek, Milwaukee, chased
his wife, Theresa, out in her nightie
and the latter had to stay with the
neighbors. Mrs. Salopek wants a di-
vOrce.
Herman Moelke, Mellen farmer.
was killed in trying to dislodge a
/ boulder on his farm. The big rock
fell when he crawled beneath it to
! dislodge some dirt
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! Gustav Violin, Sheboygan, who
pleaded guilty to a statutory charge.
was sentenced by Judge Kirwan in
circuit court to two and half years
in the penitentiary at Waupun
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| Charles Hintz, Sheboygan Mineral
Water Co., lost an eye when a bottle
with which he was conducting an ex-
pertinent, exploded and a glass frag-
ment lodged in the optic
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One pullet belonging to the Wiscon-
sin college of agriculture laid 1852
eggs up to April 20. This pullet,
Matched early and bred from a fam
lily of high producers, began to lay
Aug. 26.
| Villas county has secured protection
for the muskellunge, the big game
fish. Hereafter no muskie shorter
than 80 inches or weighing less than
6 pounds may be taken Most sports
men disdain to take muskie under 8
to 10 pounds
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Alvin Elvers, ShebOygan, by his
father. Henry Elvers, has opened suit
in circuit court against the Eastern
Wisconsin Electric Co. for $4,000
damages. The lad lost foot when a
street car passed over it.
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Chinese gardening on reclaimed
swamp lands near Tomah, is pro-
! nounced success after the first year
of the venture. Hip Lung and Toy
Fung, Chicago orientals of wealth,
are the hackers of intensive cultiva-
ton of 800 acres which until recently
was considered useless. 1t is new in
dustry for Wisconsin, which promis-
es well.
Superior officials with the U. S.
Marshal placed in custody nine per-
sons charged with illicit sale of liq-
uors. Dolly" Burnside, one of the
booze runners, put up a $4,000 cash
bail. Max Rosenthal, king of Super
ior's underworld, was placed under
$4,000 bonds "ROsie" has served
many sentences one being at Leaven-
worth for white shaving.
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Alfred Wilberg, Whitehall soldier,
saw Capt. w. F. Rowles, Galesville,
fall in battle. Wounded in the hand,
Capt. ROwles was urged by his or
derby to go back to the first aid sta
ton and have his wound dressed 81
came over here to fight, not to go to
hospitals" replied the captain A few
minutes later he fell while leading
his men over field, a bullet passing
through his head.
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Henry Strang, city commissioner
elect of Waukegan, who was injured
in a collision between a street car
and an automobile in which he was
riding April 26, died at the Kenosha
hospital SO hours after he had brought
suit against the city for $4,000 dam
ages. He was injured when an auto
driven by Frank Erickson, Kenosha,
collided with a street car. Geo. Smith,
also of Waukegan, was killed instant
ly and other occupants of the car Sc
verely injured. Mrs Bertha Smith,
widow of Geo. Smith, brought suit
for $4,000 at the same time that
Strang filed his claim
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The great murder trial of Raleigh
B. Ives for the killing of Herbert
Loehr is on at Fond du Lac. The state
will endeavor to show that Ives de-
liberately planned the murder and
then carried it out. Ives attorneys
will try to convince the jury that
Loehr seduced Ives wife taking adj
vantage of close friendship. The
men were lodge brothers. 1t is said
that previous to the shooting Ives
handed the district attorney evidence
of his wife's guilt with Loehr with a
signed confession from her The list
riot attorney refused to prosecute
Loehr unless the same warrant be
issued for Mrs. Ives. The families of
both men are prominent.