Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-08-04


Iona Olinske, II, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Robert Olinske of Post lake,
was drowned in a small lake on her
parents farm when she went in bath
ing with younger children of the fam
| lily.
DR.. Leland Trump, Milwaukee drug
gist was fined $25 and costs for sell
| ling a quart of icecream that was u
ounces short of the legal weight. A
helper measured the CONNECTION by
scoops instead of ounces.
| Ivan Gibbs of Sumpter, 16-year-old
son of Charley Gibbs, was drowned at
/ Weigand's Bay near Prairie du Sac,
Sunday. The young man was with
his parents at picnic. The body
was recovered shortly afterward.
Five persons escaped death when
the touring car in which they were
riding was struck by an Appleton
Neenah interurban car near Waverly
beach. The car was demolished, but
none of the occupants seriously injur-
! ed
La Crosse has been invaded by a
band of youthful thieves and mar
auders who make a practice of peek
ing into windows where women sleep,
and entering homes in search Of
money. Several petty thefts have
been reported. A thief robbed the
poor box in St. Joseph's cathedral
G. w Daily, so, assistant general
superintendent of the operating de-
partment of the C. & N. w. Ry., died
suddenly of heart failure at the home
OF d. NJ Carroll near Phelps, being
stricken while in bathing A special
train took the body to Chicago for in
terment Mr. Daily, with his family,
was a guest at the Carroll summer
home.
Here is a challenge to the hens Of
the state A single-comb Rhode
Island Red, belonging to Geo. Kilby
of Oshkosh, laid an egg that weighs a
quarter of a pound and is 81 inches
/ from end to end and Z inches in cir
conference. All the flock lays eggs
i of larger size than usual and several
times dozen eggs have weighed
pounds.
I The timber workers strike in pro-
/ gress for several weeks was formal
/ ly called off and men in upper Wis
cOnsin, Minnesota and northern
Michigan, went back to work last
week. The men returned on a 10
hour basis instead of as they asked.
In some cases they were given in
creased pay but in general the strike
was failure.
/ Mrs. Herman Schuman, Merrill, re-
ceiyed two deep gashes below the
chin and an injury to her skull as a
result of being thrown Is feet from
a railroad velOcipede. Mr. Schuman
received minor injuries They were
returning from a berry picking trip.
The accident was due to the derail-
ment Of the car which was going at
the rate of Is to 20 miles an hour.
Joel R. Connolly, assistant sanitary
engineer for the U. S. public health
service, who has been stationed for
two months with the state board of
health for inspection of water sup
plies in the state, has been ordered to
Lincoln, Neb., by the federal depart
ment. Mr. Connolly attracted atten-
ton for his sanitary work in the water
supply of Palestine during and fol-
| lowing the war.
American newspapers consumed
697, 290 tons of paper during the first
six months of 1920, or an average of
1894 $50 tons annually. according to
a review of the paper situation by the
for news print paper jumped from
/ $3.50 to SO 100 pounds during the
year from July 1919, to June 1920.
Contract prices were increased from
! $3.50 to S4.75.
Arthur, the 6-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. Williams of Cedar Lawn,
near Fond du Lac, sustained a frac-
ture Of his left leg four inches below
the hip while playing under a hay
wagon. The little fellow climbed on
to wagon wheel, and the driver, not
knowing he was there, started the
team His leg became wedged be-
tween the snokes and the wagon box
His screams attracted the attention of
the driver who stopped the team and
sXtricated the boy
Misses Belle Stutz and Marion Nc
| Curren, prominent society girls of In
dianapolis, Ind, had an exciting ex-
perience camping near Phelps, in the
| Eagle river country The young
ladies' went fishing on Stormy Lake
and were forced to land by a storm.
They walked for miles through a
dense forest finally locating a trap
per's hut. The Finnish host prepar-
| ed hot coffee for his guests who were
chilled to the bone and in rags from
their walk through the woods. A
! searching party found them later
wrapped in bearskins and enjoying a
big log fire.
Primo Bosi, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs.
| Evaristo Bosi. living in the recently
cleared wilderness near Merrill was
! found dead with his fathers shotgun
! lying at his side The family moved
| to their 100-acre farm last April, hav-
| ing previously lived III Standard, Ill.
Temporarily they made their home at
a logging camp. Their new home was
| finished and the family was moving
when the accident occurred. Primo
was sent to the farm to watch the
cattle and discovered the gun, which
had been left near the door of the
inew home. His father had thought
it empty The boy accidentally hit
/ the stock against skidway while
carrying the gun, barrel up. The load
discharged in his face, some of the
shot passing out at the back of the
head.
Paul Michler. Medford. was thrown
| into a we'll when the scaffolding on
which he was standing broke. He