Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-30
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The Kandutsch red flag bill forbid
ding the display of symbols or en-
blems in defiance of the state and ma
tional governments, is before the leg
islature.
Earl Kalbakken, La Crosse, stood up
in a canoe and lost his balance. The
craft overturned and Kalbakkcn was
drowned. Gordon Taggart, Ia, swan
to W.I-0w clump where he hung icr
an hour but was rescued.
Arno Flath, Watertown, bought a
team for 1926 from the Milwaukee
fire department and drove them home.
At Pc Eaukee the team was fed. They
died soon after. Veterinarians found
indications of strychnine poisoning.
Michigan Island, the farthest south
of the Apostle group near Ashland,
will be logged off, The group was
logged years ago for it's heavy pine
| and now the cut will be oak, birch,
maple, elm and hemlock. The islands
when denuded of timber will make
fine farm lands.
! John and Tony Mazzaro and Peter
Messina, Madison Italians were dis
charged from custody after jury
had found them not guilty of killing
Patrolman Grant Bosch, Feb. 4, 1918
and robbing a store. The trial lasted
ten days
On the recovery of a stolen auto in
Oconomowoc, three GAINESVILLE youths
II, IS and 26, were charged with the
theft. The car was stolen from VIM
Croak and was found in ditch at
Ixonia. The three were held under
$500 bail,
Another such storm as occurred on
Lake Michigan a week ago might
compel the Milwaukee, Racine and
Kenosna interurban to move it's tracks
farther from the lake because OF
washing of land into the water. RAJ
cine county proposed to spend $l5O,-
900 for protective work, but lnterur-
bans objected to paying their share.
Wanda Stackowski Of La Crosse,
years. may walk again after being a
cripple from infantile paralysis.
surgeon replaced atrophied muscles
in her right leg with pieces of healthy
muscle from an unaffected part OF the
limb. Aside from a slight limp,
which is fast disappearing, the girl
has been restored to health.
Frank Plain, an Oconto Falls cor
poral, had his neck broken when the
truck he was riding on the west front
overturned in a she'll hole. lie was
shipped home in a plaster caste. Last
week his neck was rebroken by MAJ.
r w Ryerson at FIT. Sheridan. Plain
will recover.
A demand upon the government that
fishway be maintained in the keo-
kuk dam in the Mississippi river al
Keokuk, Ia, is being sent from prac-
tically all fishermen's ORGANIZATIONS
along the upper river. Commercial
and amateur fishermen unite IN the
demand, on the ground that mlgrat-
ing fish. once over the big dam, can
not return to the upper river.
After living nine years with ms
left eye blinded, S. G. Story, Kenosna
laborer, will henceforth be aDle Q
see with both optics. A piece of steel
lodged in Story's left eye WINE ne
was at work in Belcit foundry. Spe-
cialists declared it impossible TO ex-
tract the steel and Story wore band
age since 1910 He kept looking Tor
specialist who could restore the
sight. Doctors Allen and Ashley OF
| Kenosha. performed an operation that
proved successful
| A healing stone brought from Leeds
England more than 200 years ago, is
on display at the State Historical mu-
scum. Centuries ago, when people
! believed sickness was sign OF God
anger, they used the healing stone in
stead of medicine The specimen
! brought here is an odd little piece oil
smooth oak wood, about three inches
wide and four inches long. The face
| of a madonna is carved on the front
This stone, which had been blessed
| by the priests, was believed to have
! divine power to cure all ills, and peo
pie came from afar to be healed. The
/ stone was heated, then the carved
face was pressed to the skin, wherev-
err the bruise or pain was located
while the patient prayed. Mrs. Mary
Drummond and Mrs. Ellen Har1 imar
of Stoughton, donated the stone.
Beekeepers of Wisconsin appeared
before the senate ard house agricul-
tural appropriations committees al
Madison to urge passage of legisla-
ton furthering honey production. In
! spectiOn of apiaries to eradicate dis
eases of honey bees was urged. II
was stated that the bee disease was
responsible for the decrease in pro
duction in this state for the past few
years. Those who appeared were
DR.. F. B. Fracker, state entomologist
Prof H. F. Wilson, college entomolo-
gist; Madison; N. E. France, Platte
vile, and Kenneth Hawkins of the G.
B. Lewis company, WATERFOWL.