Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-01-19
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the great lakes, has plans for
a 100000 bridge next summer.
A live deer invaded Sherwood,
Milwaukee suburb, and after
creating much interest, was cap
tured and taken to the city zoo.
Grandpa" George Fenton,
oldest man in Glenwood City,
died last week aged 101 years,
shortly after his birthday. He
was native of New York who
came to this state in 1855.
John Paukert, for % years an
employee of the Wisconsin River
Paper and Pulp company Of
Stevens Point, was crushed to
death between. the floor of an
electric elevator and the base
ment ceiling in the plant last
Tuesday.
Emil Fritsch and Rudolph
Lemke, both %, were killed at
Oconto when the gasoline car on
which they were riding while en-
gagged in section work was hit
by the engine of an extra train.
Fritsch was instantly killed and
Lemke died at his home four
hours later.
$4,000 tons of ice will be har-
vested on the Wisconsin river
near Stevens Point this winter.
The ice is now s inches thick
and cutting begins when a foot
thickness has been attained. The
ice is stored in vast houses and
released for shipment during the
warm weather.
Alphonse Tilkens, Green Bay,
so years, was asphyxiated while
shaving in the bathroom of his
Zone. Escaping fumes from a
gas stove in the kitchen caused
the fatality. Last summer Mr..
Tilkens lost a leg in rail acci-
dent. His wife, away to a fu-
neral for the day, found the body
Arthur Leyiant, student at the
Milwaukee normal, leaves next
: week for Russia where he hopes
to locate his aged mother, three
sisters and two brothers. Lev
liant has been in America for z
years and for three years was a
soldier in the u. S. army. He
runs a street car days and at
night attends normal in an ef-
fort to educate himself.
Arthur Dobbs, employee of the
Hirt Bros. Lumber Co. at Deer
brook, was crushed by logs that
broke loose on a rollway. Dobbs
was holding a guy line. One of
the logs struck it and he was
thrown head first among the roll
ling logs. Dobbs was rushed tt
an Amigo hospital where al
operation was performed in {
vain effort to save his life.
Little Suamico fishermen los
$4,000 worth of fishing equip
ment when a high south wind
broke the ice and carried theil
Shanties and contents out OF
Green Bay. Some of the fisher
men were carried along out O.
sight when the ice broke but fl
nally reached shore after a six
hour fight. They lodged here
and there to find solid ice and
eventually reached the MAINLAND
Maggie Stephenson, gypsy wo
man arrested at Marinette few
months ago when she attempted
to steal a roll of bills from a
bank teller, was given a choice
of 1920 fine of six months in
jail. The fine was paid. The
woman carries a nursing chile
and expects to give birth tc
another soon. Under the law
she could not be convicted tt
prison while in this condition
Though the day was cold hel
babe was barefoot and while the
mother awaited sentence the lit.
tie one toddled about the cor
ridors in its bare feet.
Emmett r. Jordan, brother OF
Thos. Jordan of Hayward, Wis,
drove a crack dog team 1900
miles over the snow trail be-
tween the end of the government
railroad and Nome, Alaska, to
catch a boat for Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. Jordan, u. S. marshall in
Alaska, brought two prisoners
for trial in the states catching
the last boat to the outside" be-
fore winter descended on the
Arctic. He also brought his dog
team of IA Siberian huskies but
left them in a Seattle livery
stable while he came east to
spend the holidays with his
brother. The dog team itself has
= record for speed and endurance