Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-02-26

La Crosse county citizens contrib
uted S12,501,75 to the Armenian and
Syrian relief fund.
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Miss Anna Olson, Black River
Fails, has been elected to succeed
Paula Toraason as supervising teach
er OF the Trempealeau county schools.
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New London schools are again
closed because of fresh outbreak of
the fiu. Ten teachers and more than
20 high school students have the NAL
ady.
Mrs. Gesine Bloquelle, Manitowoc.
mother of Judge Emil Baensch, and
one OF the city''s oldest residents, is
dead
Albert F. Parker, Beaver Dam. has
Deen commissioned a second lieuten-
ant in France and assigned to Co. A,
l27th infantry, 32nd division
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Arthur jerks, SO, was instantly
killed at Loyal by the explosion of a
creamery boiler. He leaves widow
and two children
1000
Willis Smith, colored youth, walked
from Green Bay to Menasha, So miles
only to step into the arms of the po-
lice. He was charged with jumping
a board bill.
A victory campaign to close the s.
year campaign of Baptist churches
for increased membership will be
launched in the Appleton district on
Feb. 26.
Propaganda for a rejuvenated G. A
+. to include veterans of all wars will
be started by the Hector Swift camp
Spanish-American war veterans, Su
| perior, at its 21st annual meeting.
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The Burger Boat Co., Manitowoc
received notice of reinstatement oil
contracts for six wooden tugs by the
government. At the time of the arm.
astice the company received orders
virtually cancelling the contracts.
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Canadian whale meat will not com
pete with Wisconsin carp, the state
| conservation commission says, be-
cause carp is not eaten in Wisconsin
but shipped to eastern cities. The
whale meat is saiG to tase like beef
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Every man, woman and child in APP
pleton should have real estate val
ued at 1929 and personal property
worth 1910, according to figures com
piled by T. A. Polleys, tax commits
sioners Of the Northwestern road
900
Four and one-half miles of sand
streets in La Crosse have been treat
ed with cinders and ashes by the
city Automobile tire dealers say bus.
mess was never so good as at pres
ent and last fall.
1000
| Peter Kirst, IS, who grinds scis-
sors and saws, is the inventor of al
! ingenious household article in the
shape of potato crater which prom
Uses to materially tighten housekeep.
ers' duties.
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McMullen & PITT, Manitowoc con
tractors, have been awarded a $4,000
docking contract on property acquir-
ed by the city. The dock will Gov
er 1,160 feet of river frontage. The
next lowest bid was $4S,000
Judson G. Rosebush, president OF
the Patton Paper Co., Appleton, and
president of the Loyal Legion OF
Wisconsin, has been selected by the
governing board of the St. Paul area
to succeed Bishop Mitchell in charge
of the Methodist centenary move
ment.
The railroad commission granted
applications to the Wisconsin Trac-
ton, Light Heat and Power Co. to
increase its street railway rates from
5 to cents in urban and interurban
cities of Appleton, Menasha, Neenah
and Kaukauna.
Renwald Bolan, Is, disappeared
from Superior Jan. 81. A mysterious
stranger who refused to give his
name, telephoned the boys mother
that her son was at hotel in Mime
apolis. The name of the boy was
found on the register, but he could
not be located. Police are looking
for the stranger.