Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-11-17
BADGER STATE
NEWS FLASHES
BRIEF ITEMS BY WIRE,
MAIL AND EXCHANGE.

An electric car line is built between
the cities of Stoughton and Oregon
and the road will De in operation by
December 1st
Earl NJ. Price, Racine, former I'M
iversity student, was given Is months
in prison for killing a negro porter
at Pittsburg, Kansas, on July T.
Harry Noff, Oshkosh warehouse hand,
was crushed by being caught in an ell
eyator He was engaged in trucking
onions when the accident happened.
wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield
commercial bodies are taking steps to
keep the highway between the two
cities open for motor traffic this win
ter.
A. E. Walrath, Chippewa Falls, was
attacked by acute Indigestion while
attending a football game He died
soon after Mr. Walrcth was pioneer
and wealthy.
900 Polish Jews, refugees from Po-
land have taken advantage OF the
offer of wealthy Superior Jews and
will come to northern Wisconsin to
live. Tickets are being sent the I'M
fOrtunates.
Nels Tilson, Mcnominee farmer, has
1riplet calves from 5, Holstein COW.
The calves at birth weighed "a, ~
and 81 pounds, respectively. The
mother is a 2-year-old hcifer.
o. E. Holly, Arena, holds the belt
for being the first Wisconsin man
this year to be overcome by gas fumes
from the engine exhaust while work
ing in his garage. Holly will recover.
Harry Nytes, 81, Sneboygan, walked
across the railroad tracks at Port
Washington and was struck and sew 9r-
ly hurt by q train. His companion,
Herman Nitsch, was uninjured. The
men were on visit.
Formal charges have been made
against r. M. Gibson, state adjutant of
American Legion, alleging that he
used his office for political purposes
10 assist in the nomination of Lenroof.
Francis Bawman, %, Marinette, is
under arrest for contributing to the
delinquency Of 14-ycar-old girl named
Marie Canter Bawman was pursued
by a posGe and brought to bay in the
woods He stood the men off with d
gun but finally surrendered after q
parley.
John Till of Barron county, famous
the country over as plaster doctor
is endeavoring to regain his release
from state prison. Till was convicted
May %, 1919, for practicing without
license Pilgrims came by the train
load to his home and while Till charg-
ed no regular fee he is said to have
attained riches through the gifts" Of
his patients.
Miss Lenore Crane, Is, daughter of
Or. Leonard Crane of Medford, at
tempted to light fire with kerosene
and was burned to death. An ex-
piOsion blew out the windows and en-
veIOped her in t1amec. Miss Crane
attempted to smother the flames with
bedding and then, burned beyond rec
ignition, ran to neighbours. Doctors
were summoned but the girl died in
q short time.
Fred keSsler, Rock county farmer,
was fined $50 and costs by Judge Max
field after jury had found him guilty
of selling thin milk. Other producers
are to be tried on 4 similar charge.
a practice prevailing in some quar-
ters of watering milk down to what
the producer con1iders as the legal
init and then selling it is being pro
secuted where the authorities are
awake to the public rights in the mat
ter
Through the industrial commission
200 telephone operators collected $22,-
1922 as back pay under the mini
mum wage law up to Oct Is. Pay
mentG of back pay have also been made
in many other cases which have not
cases bring the total amount OF bacl:
pay to telephone operators tc between
$ 5000 an $50 000 'rsuart to an
order of the commission, back pay
has also been paid to 1,442 women en-
plOyes in tobacco ~t
houses the amount totaling $5,56476.