Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-07-06
NEWS FROM
ALL AROUND
WISCONSIN
Items of Current Inter
est by Telegraph
and Mail.

Italian army during the World war,
and who came to this country two
wears ago, was drowned in the Wis
consin river while bathing near Wau-
sau.
Reuben G. Knutson, Lacrosse, labor
leader, was confirmed as member
of the industrial commission late Fri
day by the senate, Is to 10, after his
name had been resubmitted by Gov.
Blaine.
Mr.. Adeline S. Tongue, Hillsboro,
has celebrated her one hundredth
birthday anniversary. Mrs. Tongue is
remarkably. active for her advanced
age, and her mental faculties are UNI
impaired.
Twelve people, including the jani-
tor of the building, the speaker, and a
reporter, were present at an address
on Prohibition given in Fond du Lac
by J. H. Woertendyke, a representa-
tive of the National Prohibition as
ISOLATION.
Clarence 0. Case, a brakeman on
the Chicago and Northwestern rail
road, was instantly killed at Amigo,
when a freight car ran over him. 1t
is believed that loose rod Case
grasped in climbing onto car caused
him to drop beneath the wheels.
Frank Lang, of Kenosha, serving
term of twenty years in state prison,
following his conviction on second
degree murder charge for the Staying
of Charles Pacini, has started action
to recover 500 which he alleges was
taken from him by the local police.
The members of Wisconsin's larg-
ura6uo piVpn their
sheepskins in commencement exer-
cises at the state University this year.
They lined up in cap and gown pro-
cession, 1,497 strong, starting in the
upper campus and marching to the
Agriculture pavilion where President
e. A. Birge conferred the degrees.
KenOsha and Superior are the only
two cities in Wisconsin where milk
is more than 10 cents quart, accord
ing to the division of markets report.
Wausau maintains a price of cents
a quart, the lowest in the state. The
May average price paid for milk re-
ported for May and June was $40 a
hundred pounds, while the June aver
age was $194. The June average
price to the consumer is 10 cents a
quart.
Floyd Gier, Chetek, pleaded guilty
to forging a check for $3.50 and
asked for a speedy trial. Gier bought
an auto and when his check was
presented it was learned he had $40
in the bank He manifested great
surprise and shortly after appeared
with q check signed DR.. M. G. NAL
colin, who lives in Chetek. When
verification was insisted upon, the
forgery was disclosed. Gier has a
wife and daughter.
The resignation of Chief of Police,
Owen O'Hare, recently indicted on IL
counts by the Kenosha grand jury,
accepted by the police and fire COM
mission Friday night, but appoint
ment to fill the vacancy was laid over
until Monday. The retiring chief filed
a formal application for retirement
with the police pension fund board.
His record with the board showed
that he had served twenty-five years,
nine months and twenty-five days and
he was granted a pension of $112.50
a month, one-half of his pay.
The timely arrival of physician
saved the life of the 17-year old wife
of Walter Hanaman after she had
quarrel The husband, a brakeman
on the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad, left the house after she had
minutes later she took the iodine,
and attracted the attention of the
woman in the adjoining apartment
Her condition was deemed serious at
first, but che will recover. The couple
has been married about year and
live at Amigo.
H. ]. Thorkelson will leave his
position rs business manager OF the
University next month, and become
associated with the General Educa-
ton Board of New York. At meet
ing of the board of regents this week
he was granted q leave of absence for
one year. 1t is the understanding,
however, that he is to be available
to aid the regents in their problems
whenever needed. His work will be
assisting the various colleges and
educational institutions who receive
aid from this board in their problems
of organization, budget and financial
management
In the woods near Watersmead
Capt George Farnsworth Fisher, D.
S. c. and Croix de Guerre, found the
solution to the riddle of a life sud-
denly gone awry. He has married
Miss Mary Bent, daughter of Charles
Bent, WGterGmead, and formerly of
Boston. Thirty seconds after Capt.
Fisher, in command of an airplane
squadron, had sent Baron Won RIGHT
hofen, the famous German ace, crash
ing to his death, about three years
ago, he plunged to earth himself in
a streak of flame. He was dug out
of the ruins, encased in plaster of
paris and invalided home to his wife
and two children in Chicago. Doctors
predicted that he would never walk
again. While recuperating in the
woods near Watersmead, Capt. Fisher
was shocked to learn that his wife
had obtained a divorce on grounds of
desertion in a California court. To
make the dose doubly bitter came the
announcement of her marriage to
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