Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-06-16
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coal causes the dehciency
Chris Genial, Oshkosh, charged with
selling Is wild ducks in violation of
federal law, pleaded guilty before
Judge Geiger. and was fined $25.
Mrs Barbara Stark, wife of Crys-
tai Lake hotel man, was found dead
in her room. The post-mortem ex-
animation indicated that Mrs. Stark
had met death by coming into con-.
tact with an electric wire.
The P. W. Mackenzie company,
Poynette cattle raising concern, lost
three head Of valuable cows by a
mysterious disease. The veterinar-
ian pronounced the case to be hem
orrhagic septicemia, and this diagnos-
is was confirmed by the state author
tiles who investigated the deaths.
a. A. Schroeder, La Crosse, chief
engineer at the John Gund plant, was
fatally injured on a steep hill near
Rochester, Mimi. The car Schroeder
was driving overturned throwing him
into deep ditch Raymond Rach, a
passengers, sustained a broken collar
bone while S. G. Scheible was I'M
hurt. The party was enroute to ST..
Paul.
August Bendelin, Watertown, has
"a freak of nature in the shape of a
White Leghorn chick with four legs
exactly alike. One pair of legs is in
the normal position while the other
pair are reversed enabling the chick
10 walk in either direction. When
standing the chick uses all four legs.
AS the bird is healthy it may be ex-
hibited later.
Gretchen Reinwald, Mansfield, o.,
niece of William Renner, wealthy Ak
ron o., manufacturer, was drowned
near the Renner cottage on Lake Che
tao, while she and her sister, Hermie,
were fishing from a boat The girl
had celebrated her eighth birthday
anniversary during the day. She fell
out of the boat and her sister was
unable to rescue her.
While driving his car to Rice Lake
from his home in Cameron to get his
sister who had undergone an opera
tion for removal of her tonsils, at a
Rice Lake hospital, Walter Berger "a
years old, was seized with appendicit-
is and was removed to a Rice Lake
hospital where he died. Mr. Berger
was a former service man and was a
participant in several of the most inn
portant battles of the war.
Michael Fismis, Al, Kenosha, hung
himself at Fond du Lac where he had
been left in Jail while the sheriff
enroute to Waupun went to break
fast between trains Fismis was
tried and convicted for an attack on
Margaret Refs, IT, and given ten
years. At the trial he made no de-
tense but wept continually. He used
his belt strap to accomplish his end
attaching it to the cell grating.
The word lager" and the figures
- ga" have both been declared illeg-
al by U. S. authorities. The inscrip-
lions, being camouf1age pure and
simple, were used by Milwaukee deal
ers to kid" their customers. Lager
meant nothing at all while the fig
ures really referred to 275 of one per
cent instead of two and three-quar-
ters per cent. While it lasted the
bars were lined by the "kidded"
thirsty.
The rag rooms of paper mills at
Appleton are proving to be regular
gold mines. Three months ago an
Appleton workman discovered a $500
Liberty bond which no one had
claimed. More recently another
worker found a diamond ring Now
Miss Georgiene De Leest of Kimber-
ly, found $50 in a bale of clippings
in pile of rags The mony was all
in currency in what was probably a
pay envelope
A party of FIT. Atkinson young peo-
pie, motoring home from a dance
were injured in a spill when their car
struck sand and turned over. Miss
Florence Rooster sustained cuts on
her limbs, cuts on the neck and face
and loosened teeth Miss Anetta
Hammer was bruised about the body
and both arms sprained Floyd
Phelps and Alvin Wandschneider.
the girls escorts, were badly bruised.
The car was badly damaged
In trying to pass a wrecked car
near Bloomer, an automobile carry
ing e. r. Stephenson, Madison. Fay
Truk, 'Beloit both travelling sales
men, and Misses Mildred Cameron
and Genevieve Sampson, turned over,
pinning the four occupants under
meath. Two farmers driving by in
a car managed to lift the overturned
car sufficiently to release the four.
The men were not injured but the two
girls were badly bruised and scratch
ed but not seriously. The fact that
the top was up saved them from be-
ing crushed.
An argument over a Spanish ONE
let led to the death of Joseph Kalle,
Milwaukee. Kalle and his partner.
Ted Marlier. entered the Jersey Dairy
lunch on Grand avenue. Following
the soup course Kalle reproved the
waiter for delay in bringing his ONE
let. The waiter. Thomas Kollas. re-
torted finally daring Kalle to strike
him. Kalle did so. Kollas went to
the kitchen and procured butcher
knife which he concealed under his
coat. Reaching the men he attacked
Kalle with the knife cutting the man
in the chest and abdomen. Kalle died
and Kollas, a Greek, is held for the
murder.
Disagreement of jury in the heart
balm case of Ella Blend VS. Charles
Westenberg, Watertown parties. en-
abled the defendant to escape scot
free from payment of $500 or any
other sum. Miss Blend sued Weston
berg for alleged breach of promise
and got judgment for $4,000 damages.
for which the defendant gave a note
Later he instituted proceedings to