Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-07-07
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of bubonic plague, federal. state and
city authorities started an extensive
INSTRUMENTATION campaign. A ne
gress died of the plague Saturday.
New Y0rk-Franklin H. BALM. who
suffered amputation of a leg when he
was thrown from a train on which he
was stealing a ride, was awarded a
verdict of $4,000 against the Erie
Railroad Co., by a supreme court
jury in Brooklyn.
Dixon, IIl.-Dissension among mem
bers of the Perkins Grove Lutheran
church, south of Dixon, resulted in
some members entering the building
during the night with axes and saws,
destroying pews and pulpit, accord
ing to county officials. Several ar
rests are expected
Doom, Holland Rumors persist in
the village that the former German
emperor has been assaulted by Bel
gian, who, showing a forged pass,
gained admittance to Doom castle. 1t
is asserted that the former emperor
was wounded in the jaw, and that the
Belgian has been arrested.
Dunbar, PA huge black snake
on the baseball field at Keffer was
killed by ball thrown by Twirler
Harry Seanor from distance of 80
feet, as it was crawling under the
grandstand. A Woman's scream
started several hundred persons
tumbllng over each other in efforts
to get away.
WaShlngtOn-A report from the de-
partment of agriculture shows that
the average cost of production of a
bushel of wheat for the 1919 crop was
$2.l5. On 481 farms inspected the pro-
ductlon cost on two was 81 a bushel.
while on 20 it was SIS bushel. At the
price OF $2.15, says the report, half
the farmers would have lost money
on their crop.
WaShingtOn-The director general
OF the mint has purchased 100 900
ounces Of silver at 81 an ounce for de-
livery at San Francisco, the treasury
department announced recently. The
silver just purchased is an addition
to the 100000 ounces recently pur-
chased and was bought under author
1ty OF the Plttman act, it was stated.
London = Two thousand British.
Austrian, German and Finnish pris-
Oners of war were drowned when a
BOlShevik steamer was sunk recently
in the Neva river, according to a Hell
singfors dispatch A Reuters report
from Stockholm would seem to con-
firm this dispatch, saying that ship
was sunk on June with 1000 repat-
rated prisoners on board. 1t, how
ever, does not mention any loss of
life.
Hartford, COnn.-With four dead
and several others ill from drinking
wood alcohol whisky, police fear a
repetition of the wood alcohol Christ
mas massacre" when II died in this
city and nearly as many more in
Springfield, Holyoke and Chicopee, to
which places the holiday whisky
had been sent by four Hartford sa-
loon keepers, who are now in the Con-
necticut state prison.
st. Gainesville, O.-Constable AL
bert Shepherd is conducting a breath
smelling campaign in an effort to
catch persons who stole two barrels
Of whisky that were placed in the of
flee Of Justice of the Peace Powell
following raid. The building stands
on a piling few feet above the
ground and the thieves, crawling un-
der, bored hole through the floor in
to the barrels and drained the con-
tents into containers.
Albany, n. with the warning
that everyone must aid to prevent a
food famine next winter, Gov. Smiths
farm labor board announced a plan
under which persons in all walks of
hn1 e.
shortage. 1t proposes a back to the
farm movement under which mercan-
tile workers and school children will
be asked to work on farms during
their vacations. It has called to it's
aid chambers of commerce, oranges,
farm bureaus and all other public and
private agencies that may be inter
ested.
TOkiO-Heroic work by the officers
and crew of the American steamer
West Jester outside Yokohama har-
Dor resulted in saving the japanese
steamer Kiyo Maru, with 20 passen-
gers from South America from pos
sible destruction by fire. The Kiyo
MarU took fire in a storm. The Amer
lean steamer responded to distress
signals and found the Kiyo Maru
ablaze. Despite the dangerous seas
running the crew launched boats,
succeeded in getting men on board
the Kiyo Maru, who helped the Jap
anese crew extinguish the flames and
carried women and children aboard
out of danger.
ChicagO-The worlds food miners
start this week digging into the corn,
oat and wheat vein of the middle
west. Hundreds of workers are pre-
pairing to bring out estimated 504,-
100000 bushels of wheat, 1,315,000,-
900 bushels of corn and large stores
of oats. Reports indicate the wheat
output will approach the 750,000,000
bushels of year ago. Assayers de-
clared the wheat condition 1872 per
cent compared with 949 per cent a
year ago and that oats would run 1873
per cent, slightly increased valua-
ton compared with the former seas
on. Fifty thousand workers are ne
cessary to handle the output in Kan
sas alone, j. G. Mohler, secretary of
the state board of agriculture esti-
mates. Workers are offered 81, SIS
and Sc day.
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