Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-02-11
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When eleven head of mich cows
ventured on the ice to drink, their
weight caused the ice to give way and
all were drowned Thev were the
property of Henry A. Gunderson, near
Portage.
A shortage of soy bean seed is ex-
pected, according to Ray L. Cuff,
county agricultural agent of Barron
county. Mr.. Cuff advocates the early
purchase of bean seed by. farmers in
that section.
Ten acres of land have been bought
along the south bank Of the Chippewa
river at Chippewa Falls for the estab-
ishment of mud bath sanitorium. A
building to accommodate fifty pa
tients is planned.
The Watertown Liederkranz society
has decided to disband after an exist
ence Of over twenty years. The mem
bers met for a program of singing
every Friday evening. Recently in
terest seemed to be lacking.
Officials of the Armour Leather COM
pany, owners of the Badger State Tan
ming company plant at Sheboygan, re-
Gently destroyed by fire, have an
nounced that the buildings, valued at
100000 will be replaced immediate
ly.
Wausau employers of labor an
nounced that they will adhere to the
open shop" plan which has prevailed
there under all circumstances and that
the matter Of union membership will
not be considered in giving employ
ment.
Leon Maciejewski, 3-year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Maciejewski of
Fond du Lac, is dead as the result of
swallowing a number of pills pre-
scribed for an older member of the
family but which were too strong for
the child
Announcement was made by Presi-
dent Harry Barrows of the Sheboygan
Rotarians, that camp has been pur-
chased for the use of the Boy Scouts
OF Sheboygan. The camp fronts on
Lake Michigan about two miles south
of the city.
DR.. Charles E. Bovard, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Waukesha, as
sumed his duties as chairman of the
Presbyterian synod of Wisconsin. He
will also direct publication of the Wis
consin Presbyterian from the new
headquarters there.
Many tons of fish are being taken
through the ice of the bay at Oconto
by venturesome fishermen who go oui
seven or eight miles for the purpose.
Much of the fish is sent to Chicago.
but the price is so low that the. bust.
ness is not paying.
The University of Wisconsin, follow
ing the lead of many eastern and west
ern universities, has announced THAI
the salaries of its faculty will be in
creased an average of nearly Is per
cent effective at beginning of the sec.
Ond semester, Feb. 16.
The Appleton Crescent, oldest news.
paper in Outagamie county, ceased
publication, having been acquired BY
the Appleton Post, which was recently
purchased by Green Bay interests
The merged paper will bear the name
Appleton Post-Crescent.
The former Palmer house buffet will
become a millinery store when the
Gerretson Co., recently burned out of
Its Main st. home at Fond du Lac. in
stalls it's millinery department store,
moving it from the temporary head
quarters, which proved too small to
accommodate all departments
r. s. Goodell, for sixty-five years a
prominent resident of Vernon county,
died from acute pneumonia at the age
of " at his home in Viroqua. He had
been sheriff member of the legisla-
ture, postmaster of Viroqua and nearly
forty years member of the county
board. He is survived by one daugh-
ter.
Frank Suppang, farmer of Oconto
county and giant in strength sue
cumbed to heart failure and was
found by his wife dead in the snow.
He had returned from a trip for pro
visions and had notified his wife OF
his arrival home. The wife went to
call him and found him lying face
down in the snow. He had a reputa
ton of being the strongest man in his
neighborhood.
A charge against st. Mary's hospital
an Oshkosh public institution, has
been made by DR.. f. n. Oium, an este
Opath physician. He charges that the
hospital refused to take in one of his
petisnts, who was i'll with intestinal
trouble, and gave as the reason that
the medical staff of the hospital had
made the rule that no person outside
the regular medical profession could
practice there. Oium declares he in
tends to carry his protest to the limit
Housewives of Minocqua are work
ing a boycott on eggs in order to de
crease the price locally. One dealer
was forced to ship sixty cases of fresh
eggs out of town.
Benjamin Schmitz, a resident oil
Sheboygan county, and Edward Frank