Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-02-02
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For selling cigarets to minors JOS.
Dillsipee and Herman Shields. Wau-
sau, were fined $25 and costs each.
Other dealers await trial on similar
charge. When cigarets were found in
the possession of school children the
authorities got busy.
A La Crosse saloon keeper, Louis
Vodaynski, was found guilty by Judge
Lands of violation of the prohibition
act In this caes the first conviction
was obtained for sale of Wine of Pep
sin, so-called medicine that con-
tains % per cent of alcohol Judge
Lands ruled in his charge to the jury
that under the law Wine of Pepsin
cannot be sold for beverage purposes
Warren Hamlet, Racine plumbing
Inspector, pleaded guilty to sending a
threatening letter through the mails
and was fined $500 Hamlet is a
brother of Rylance Hamlet, who was
murdered on a farm near Racine III
May of 1919. Hamlet wrote the let
ter to John Donnel, former neigh
Dor of the dead man, charging him
with completely in the crime and
threatening him with the fate of the
brother who was killed.
Herbert Stone we'll dressed young
man, shot and killed himself in a La
Crosse hotel. The young man reg
istered from Minneapolis and commit
ted suicide after removing all ident-
iflcatiOn marks from his clothing. A
scrap of verse found in his pocket
indicated a love complex
Citizens charged with trafficking in
liquor and possessing and operating
stills have been falling over each
other and themselves to plead guilty
before Judge Lands at La Crosse and
take their medicine. Evidently no
monkey business goes" in the United
States courts.
Milk hit the toboggan at Manitowoc
WIN a new farmers coop dairy open
ed with retail price of Z cents per
quart. The other dealers had been
selling for cents but met the drop.
Captain VIM. Williamson, a lake
skipper, nearly bled to death at Man.
itowoc when dentist pulled eight OF
his teeth preparatory to putting in a
plate. After the captain had bled for
four hours the dentist called in doc
tor and finally the bleeding was
stopped as the mariner was about to
die from loss of blood
Matthew Lynaugh, the Madison cop
recently acquitted of the murder OF
Carl JandOrf, has resigned his place
on the force and taken job as fore
man of a cement gang on street work.
Lynaugh claims that his trial cost
$1,000 and in view of his eXoneration
he was entitled to a refund from the
city on the grounds that he was per-
forming his duty when the shooting
occurred.
Edward Rogers, James King and
Charles Turner bandits who held UP
the Exchange bank at Oshkosh and
shot the cashier OH Sept. "a were
given 80 years in Waupun by jury
last week The men were convicted
for assault with intent to rob and as
sault with intent to kill.
GAINESVILLE farmers suffering from
thefts of chickens, swine, grain, to-
bacco and other farm articles, have
revived an old anti-horse thief organ
ization that existed years ago to COM
bat bands who swooped down upon
the farmers and stole their stock The
association may not use the stern me-
thods of years ago but it will devise
means to bring the present culprits
The village Jail at Wausakee has
been sold 10 farmer who will use it
foy woodshed. The Jail was used
frequently for thirty years until pro-
hibition came but has since been idle.
Here's a sermon on temperance more
effective than a thousand word lecture.
John Wilson, 70, and his wife,
Charlotte, 20, were remarked at
Plainfleld after separation of IA
years The couple were divorced
six years ago but last year love re-
kindled in their aged bosoms. They
have twelve children who are glad to
see pa aud ma back together again.
And the modern scientists say that
love is just sex complex in the
cerebrum.
The first Norwegian Evangelical
church at Eau Claire has petitioned
the city council to enforce the Sun
day laws prohibiting picture shows,
theatres, sports. pool halls, candy, CT
gar and other stores, from operating
on the sabbath. A $40 fine is asked to
be inflicted on persons convicted of
engaging in any Unnecessary business