Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-05-21

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Stoughton farmers have organized
a company to supply electric current
to themselves at cost.
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Waupun prison recently acquired
$50 acres of land making the farm
2,400 acres worked by inmates.
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Frank Mathews, prominent Ashland
business man, shot himself through
the head while hunting woodchucks
on his farm.
For spearing pike at Wooddale
eleven men were fined $25 and costs
apiece. Among the men was w. c..
Libbery, postmaster at Yarnell.
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August Manthey, a Spirit Lake
farmer, was knocked down and rem
dered unconscious by new COW that
he was leading home. He has partially
recovered but cannot speak.
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Mr.. and Mrs Gus Arndt of Lady
smith were badly hurt at Barron
where their car tumbled down an en-
bankment. They were motoring to the
twin cities when the accident hap
pened.
The body of Tom Grady who dis
appeared on April at Rice Lake, was
found near the 500 right of way out
side the city Grady was in the habit
OF taking long walks and it is thought
he rested on the railroad track.
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burglar looted the business of
flee of the Superior Telegram. His
sole reward was a pair of new sox
left by an opulent reporter He left
his dirty ones. The burglar was an
amateur not knowing that a news
paper office was no place for wealth.
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With the blood of three men on his
hands Gotfried Voegeli, Monroe farm
hand, goes to Waupun for life. He
killed his employer, Richard Marti,
and shot Sheriff Solbraa and Richard
Morton, returned soldier, who at
tempted arrest Both men died later.
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The worlds biggest policeman,
Gus Anderson of Grantsburg, weighs
315 pounds and is feet inches tall.
He can pick a man weighing 1856
pounds from the ground with one
hand Last winter he fell and hurt
himself and will be laid up for long
time
Mrs. A. w. Fay, young Superior
matron, was asphyXiated while doing
the weekly washing. The water in
the wash tubs boiled away setting the
clothes on fire and the escaping
fumes and smoke caused the unfor-
/ e.
from suffocation soon followed. Mr.
and Mrs. Fay were married March 10.
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Rev. FIR. Buytaere, Marinette, was
mortally hurt while on his way to
visit the sick. A train struck his auto
throwing the pastor out on the tracks.
His foot was cut off and head injured.
The driver escaped serious hurt.
The university is experimenting on
a seed corn to resist low temper
atures.
Alex Sharkey, 10, Kenosha, lead a
band of youthful Yeggs none of
whom were over 13 years. They called
themselves the infant terrors" and
robbed right and left. Sharkey was
caught and given two years in Wau-
pun. The other lads are on proba-
ton.
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Thirsty thieves robbed the saloon
of Peter Glover, Marinette, obtaining
whiskey and gin worth 5000. They
used the simple expedient of cutting
a hole through a wood door and then
turning the inside lock. Booze run
ners to Michigan are suspected.
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Charles Hiuka was indicted at Su-
perior for the murder of IL year old
hoy whose body was found in the
! FlOOdwood river.
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Bill Elliott, lynx eyed game war
den, caught Bill Kock of Richmond,
shooting blue bills at Holden's Lake,
Walworth county Koch and his COM
Danions paid another bill of a stiff
fine for shooting ducks in the spring
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August Backus, Milwaukee, charg-
es his wife, Elizabeth, has the movie
craze and as a result neglected the
baby while she talked to neighbors on
theatrical subjects. August wants a
divorce.
DR.. ]. Morneau, Appleton, received
a mysterious package containing
what he thought was a bomb. A loud
ticking came from the inside. The
bomb" was cautiously opened and
found to contain sawdust and an
alarm clock. The doctor is about as
mad as though the bomb was real.
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James Cain, Is, Rice Lake, was
given medal for saving Clara and
Alvina Anderson from drowning in
| Hess lake last summer
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Root river, troublesome little trib-
utary of the Mississippi near La
/ Crosse, will be two miles shorter by
1920 if plans on foot eliminate sue
| cessfully. A petition is being circu-
lated under the judicial ditch" law
| in preparation for undertaking the
construction of new channel for the
river which would eliminate dlsas-
trous floods which occur every spring.
| Several thousand acres of farms were
| inundated by this stream this spring
and the damage was large.